Help with Huel with Colitis

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Hi guys!

Really happy and surprised to have come onto the forum and seen so many posts relating to IBD.

So I have recently been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. I had been taking a high dosage of my prescribed medicine (Asacol) to get it under control, but when I reduced the dosage as my doctor instructed it flared up again. So during a flare up I have to use the loo frequently and my body barely takes in any nutrients from the food I eat, however health it is, as it just passes through me so quickly which is really affecting me when I try to exercise as I feel as if I have no energy.

I am considering purchasing Huel to use during flare ups with the thinking that it may be more easily digested than food and will obviously contain all of the nutrients I require which will help me to maintain weight/energy etc.

Any help/opinions/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hope to hear from some of you guys soon!

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I don’t think Huel will be much use for this will it? I have a close friend with Colitis and the main thing she needs to avoid is fibre, something which is intentionally added in quite large amounts to Huel.

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Ulcerative colitis is mentioned in the Cautions and Allergen Advice section of the nutrition page, the recommendation is to talk it over with your doctor first: https://huel.com/pages/nutritional-information-and-ingredients#cautions