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Posted 5/23/2010 2:52 AM (GMT -5)
I like to have a few beers after a long day at work to relax and to chill out.

I am very healthy jog every morning and eat well.

Got the bad news a christmas that I have pancolitis.

Just wondering Should I stop having a few beers dcotor said alcohol or food don't relate to colitis help please

Posted 5/23/2010 6:46 AM (GMT -5)
Some of us can tolerate alcohol and some can't, from what I've learned here. The only way to find out if you'd be better off without would be to cut it out, or at least down, for a week or two and see what the difference is, I would think.
I like a glass of wine with dinner on the weekend, when I get to relax and eat with my husband, and most of the time it doesn't bother me, unless I'm flaring badly. We really are all different, so you need to find what works for you.
Posted 5/23/2010 3:03 PM (GMT -5)
I have always been a regular drinker and mostly beer. I cut back on drinking and drink red wine now. Beer "bleeps" happen for a reason. I also find skipping a few days helps. I stopped drinking hard liquor a couple years ago because I found it hard to moderate but a mixed drink might be an option for you. Easy to experiment because I can tell the next morning even if I have one beer. Drinking with meals really helps with me. Drinking on an empty stomach is not a good idea and leads eating the wrong stuff after.

In a more than mild flare, it is probably a bad idea to drink. Empty calories, hard on the system, and definitely not constipating. Both the liver and pancreas are often effected during a flare and alcohol stresses them out.

Exercise definitely helps me process a few drinks from the night before. No idea why? So does eating healthy.
Posted 5/23/2010 3:10 PM (GMT -5)
I've found it doesn't hurt me. I have a few beers after work and more on the weekend.  I had to cut it out when I was on prednisone for 6 weeks and it didn't really help (neither did the pred).  I've also tried cutting it out at other times and it didn't make a difference  As mentioned above, everyone is different and you should give it a shot for a few weeks to see if it helps.
Posted 5/23/2010 4:46 PM (GMT -5)
Having a few beers shouldn't have any effect (although we're all different). Binge drinking is not a good idea though. I'm still trying to get that lesson through my head.
Posted 5/23/2010 4:50 PM (GMT -5)
I was always flaring, but the times when I was better off than most of the time, a couple drinks didn't bother me. When I was badly flaring, I was so dehydrated and sick that alcohol would not have been wise
Posted 5/23/2010 5:10 PM (GMT -5)
Alcohol is the worst thing for my colon, so I really limit how much I consume. Like everyone has been saying, it seems to affect us all differently so you just have to judge for yourself.
Posted 5/23/2010 8:58 PM (GMT -5)
Well...my opinion is that if you have to ask, you already know it's not a good thing.

All our livers are compromised just by the aspect of having UC and being on medications for it. Be kind to your liver....you can't live without it.


I don't even think moderation is the best way to go here....minimal would be best, over the long-term and especially in one outing.


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Posted 5/24/2010 12:03 AM (GMT -5)
Yah. Anti-inflammatory medications can be very hard on the liver. I drink only on specially occasions, about two or three times per year. When I do drink, it's usually a vodka mixed drink or absinthe (the Green Fairy).
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