UTI and Diet: Food Sensitivities, Histamine and Chemical Irritants (Part 1)
In this video, Beverley Sarstedt, a UK-based Nutritional Therapist, discusses the following:
● An individualized approach to diet is essential as clients are often experiencing other conditions alongside UTI, like: endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), fibroids, thyroid issues, autoimmune disease, stress, musculoskeletal issues, psychosocial, psychosexual issues.
● Although there isn’t one go-to diet for UTI sufferers, generally speaking, we can all benefit from an anti-inflammatory diet to replenish the microbiome.
● Typically, if clients have experienced years of antibiotic treatment, they have a depleted microbiome. This can often lead to food sensitivities.
● An anti-inflammatory diet promotes food from nature. It’s also known as “clean eating” to avoid processed, pro-inflammatory, foods.
● Often, the first strategy is an elimination diet, whereby known irritants—like gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast—are eliminated for a time.
● If a client’s UTI-causing bacteria have been eradicated but there are still symptoms, it may be a histamine issue.
● Sugar is known to make bacteria and yeast thrive. Unfortunately, the typical western diet is very high in sugar. What’s more, when someone is experiencing pain, their stress-response makes them crave sugar.
● For people experiencing small intestinal bacterial growth (SIBO) a low FODMAP (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols) diet is recommended, limiting foods with short-chain carbohydrates (sugars), including most fruit.
● A tailored approach must be taken in not only which foods should be eliminated but how quickly they can be reintroduced.
● Unsurprisingly, because sugar feeds bacteria and yeast, high blood sugar levels due to uncontrolled diabetes also cause them to thrive.
● Another set of irritants are environmental– things like mold, pesticides transferred through food, and chemicals found in toiletries and beauty products.
● While organic foods and products are ideal, if costs are prohibitive, there are resources available to advise which non-organic products are safest.
● People who report only experiencing UTIs in particular geographic locations may consider varying water quality or changes in routine. A recent hypothesis scrutinizes the physical toll of travel disrupting biofilms and releasing pathogens into the bladder.
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About Beverley Sarstedt:
Beverley Sarstedt (BA Hons, ND Dip CNM, MNNA, CNHC, AFMCP) heads up Nourishing Insights, a virtual Nutritional Therapy and Functional Medicine Practice based in the United Kingdom.
Having trained with Internationally renowned Ruth Kriz—a US-based Nurse Practitioner and chronic UTI/IC specialist whose research spans 40 years—she supports clients with recurrent UTIs/Interstitial Cystitis, and the gut, vaginal, nervous system and hormonal health challenges that often go with them. She takes a functional medicine approach, looking at health as a whole, assessing the triggers, and drivers and finding the root cause. She helps clients navigate testing and relevant support for recurrent UTI/IC, in addition to gut flora rebalancing strategies after long term antibiotic use.
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