Yes! I take a probiotic daily and try to avoid or limit heavy, spicy, greasy foods. Had to stop my NSAID because of ulcerations in colon. RAD affects everything absolutely everything!!

and please, watch DR. BERGMAN videos (RA and LEAKY gut) on youtube...that man is so informative!

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and a few years later with arthritis associated with the UC.

I have colitis and have been told that it goes right along with RA and OA. Watch out for the night shade foods. Peppers, potatoes etc.

When I have a flare up, *everything* flares up. I try to eat soup, mild foods, and juice a lot of veggies so at least if I'm not making it worse when it's really bad.