Allergic Reactions From Other Foods

[Guest adamssa]

hi,

are your allergic reactions to other foods the same as your reaction to gluten?

i ask because i am having many of the same problems gluten gave me, but i know that i've got it cut out. the problems went away went i went gluten-free but have come back full force. i wonder if it's because i started drinking a lot more coffee, and my food sensitivities test showed that i am fairly sensitive to it. so i've decided to cut out coffee but in the meantime am tired of this and wondering if you guys have had similar experiences. i don't know what to do.

thanks,

Sara

[mamaw]

I'm sensitive to just about everything on this planet. I've always been that way since I was small &I can't say it got better with the gluten-free diet.. I did have alot of my sensitive stuff treated & that helped some.

mamaw

You can try doing an elimination diet & it will help you know what is a trigger.....

[loraleena]

I'm sensitive to just about everything on this planet. I've always been that way since I was small &I can't say it got better with the gluten-free diet.. I did have alot of my sensitive stuff treated & that helped some.

mamaw

You can try doing an elimination diet & it will help you know what is a trigger.....

How did you get your sensitivities treated?

[marciab]

My reactions are very different. This is what I have figured out over the last year.

My stomach goes into spasm immediately from soy and corn. I also get a lot, I mean a lot of phlegm (sp) in my throat from soy milk. Dairy gives me runny and sometimes floating stools. I get horrible gas from eggs. And I get sleepy and sharp pains in my colon from gluten. And I get brain fog from processed grains, but I think this is more related to my hypoglycemia.

Apparently, my seizures were from gluten too.

This so explains my digestive issues over the last few years .... Marcia

[jayhawkmom]

Wow. I am really starting to wonder about other "issues" I've been experiencing since going gluten-free. It never ends, does it?

[Nooner]

Okay, I realize I'm lucky that I only react to 4 things (so far). Everyone, I'm so sorry you have so many intolerances!

My reactions are gluten (worst), chicken (almost as bad), broccoli (mild in comparison) and cabbage (ditto). All hit me in the lower abdomen, with pain, bloating, and C. I've been gluten free since the beginning of August, so haven't had enough time to notice any change.

I also get zapped from cross-contamination. My hubby tried gluten free, but is back to gluten lite (only bread, wheat tortillas and cereal), and is a little forgetful sometimes. But otherwise he's wonderful! So until we both have develop good habits, we monitor each other in the kitchen. Also, I had to throw out all baking supplies that could have been contaminated before my new diet. Evidently I had contaminated the cinnamon, sugar, and baking soda in the past, because I've had fewer problems since buying new ones.

I hope you discover what else is bothering you soon.

~Li

[miamia]

Wow. I am really starting to wonder about other "issues" I've been experiencing since going gluten-free. It never ends, does it?

since i cut out gluten it really does seem it never ends I cannot tolerate anything. Lately u have been wondering despite all the studies if there are some harmful effects of cutting out gluten as well as positive.

Miamia

[LoriCF]

since i cut out gluten it really does seem it never ends I cannot tolerate anything. Lately u have been wondering despite all the studies if there are some harmful effects of cutting out gluten as well as positive.

Miamia

My son has multiple food intolerances and since eliminating gluten 3 months ago, it seems like he's much more sensitive to other foods, too. I still haven't figured out why.

[marciab]

Just wanted to mention that a good deal of my food intolerances have subsided in the last 4 months.

I still can't have soy, dairy, corn, eggs, or gluten, but I have added back in tomatoes, garlic, leeks, onions, chocolate and just 3 days ago I ate an orange.

Also, at one point I was having oral allergies to cantaloupe and that is gone now too. And when I first started eating nuts, walnuts gave me sores on my tongue. Again, gone.

From what I understand we have to keep trying foods that give us problems because in some cases it is not permanent. Marcia

[jerseyangel]

I agree, Marcia.

I have a lot of additional intolerances, and for several months I ate only whole, natural foods--almost nothing processed.

I continued this way until I felt better, more or less consistantly. (Except for obvious things like CC)

I find that now, I can eat a serving or less of a couple of things that I just couldn't tolerate before--for instance, a serving of Tinkyada pasta maybe twice a month. I can also now tolerate, infrequently, citric acid (from corn) --like in canned, organic tomatoes.

I think the key here is to not consume these problamatic foods every day--just once in a while.

[mouse]

I agree Patti and Marcia, about some of the food allergies ease up. I can now eat dairy and soy when I go out to dinner with very very very very, minor breathing problems. But, I do not use soy or dairy at home. The corn is so new and that one is TOTALLY OUT. When I tested it at a PF Changs for lunch a week ago, I had breathing problems. I had to use my nebulizer when I got home. So, now I will be asking PF Changs to again thicken my sauce with potato starch. But, I do think that sometime down the line, I will be able to have that when I eat out (and I don't mean corn on the cob). I really don't mind getting rid of all gluten, soy, corn and dairy in the home. Everyone here helped me through that and I now have a good handle on it.

But, I do think that it does not hurt to get rid of the soy, corn or dairy as it is in so MANY things and after several months, add just one in at a time, to test the waters. Soy and Dairy are in the major allergen list and I think it will not take too many years before corn gets added to that list.