Its Over

[Jackmat]

My problem first began on March 24th 2005. I thought I had the flu. No matter what I ate, it made me feel ill.

I began to keep a food diary and within 3 months I worked out that I could relieve my symptoms my minimising my intake of fructose and by eliminating sorbitol.

For the next 9 months, I was on a fructose restrictive diet, but I was still able to enjoy honey, bananas, nuts, cheese, yoghurt, salmon and oil and use psylliym husks as a bulking agent when I needed to. However, in March this year and particularly from July, all the aforementioned foods plus wheat, were bothering me and in the past month, I had been eating only rice, chicken, fish (all boiled) and green vegetables.

I had been taking statins (cholesterol lowering drugs) for the past 4-5 ears (since the age of 50), and on August 20th this year, decided I would stop taking them.

For the first 26 days it made no difference. In fact I felt worse.

It has now been 29 days since I stopped my daily dose of statins.

Yesterday and today I have eaten chocolate, potato crisps, sultanas, oranges, cream biscuits, caramel pudding, mince meat, bread, pasta and any other food you might care to imagine.

I have had no food intolerance symptoms.

The relief and joy that I feel is tempered by the knowledge that all of you must continue with your own battles. Besides, celebrations in the past have often been shortlived.

Although I am cautiously optimistic about the future, I now know that these statins impacted on my liver/intestines in such a profound way that my body was no longer able to digest and absorb many foods. As my body continues the "washout" of the effects of the statins, my tolerances towards foods continues to improve.

I will post this news on other forums and will hopefully continue to contribute something relevant in the future.

May you all continue to find the strength to carry on with your struggles.

Cheers

[ravenwoodglass]

My problem first began on March 24th 2005. I thought I had the flu. No matter what I ate, it made me feel ill.

I began to keep a food diary and within 3 months I worked out that I could relieve my symptoms my minimising my intake of fructose and by eliminating sorbitol.

For the next 9 months, I was on a fructose restrictive diet, but I was still able to enjoy honey, bananas, nuts, cheese, yoghurt, salmon and oil and use psylliym husks as a bulking agent when I needed to. However, in March this year and particularly from July, all the aforementioned foods plus wheat, were bothering me and in the past month, I had been eating only rice, chicken, fish (all boiled) and green vegetables.

I had been taking statins (cholesterol lowering drugs) for the past 4-5 ears (since the age of 50), and on August 20th this year, decided I would stop taking them.

For the first 26 days it made no difference. In fact I felt worse.

It has now been 29 days since I stopped my daily dose of statins.

Yesterday and today I have eaten chocolate, potato crisps, sultanas, oranges, cream biscuits, caramel pudding, mince meat, bread, pasta and any other food you might care to imagine.

I have had no food intolerance symptoms.

The relief and joy that I feel is tempered by the knowledge that all of you must continue with your own battles. Besides, celebrations in the past have often been shortlived.

Although I am cautiously optimistic about the future, I now know that these statins impacted on my liver/intestines in such a profound way that my body was no longer able to digest and absorb many foods. As my body continues the "washout" of the effects of the statins, my tolerances towards foods continues to improve.

I will post this news on other forums and will hopefully continue to contribute something relevant in the future.

May you all continue to find the strength to carry on with your struggles.

Cheers

Hello, I am so happy for you that you may have found the cause of your distress. Not every med works for everyone and some do cause side effects that don't go away with time. I do however want to caution you that for many gluten intolerance is a delayed reaction. For some it takes 3 to 5 days to feel the effect of a glutening. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you and hope the challenge you are doing shows that it was the statins all along.

[mythreesuns]

Oh, how JEALOUS I am at the relief you must feel!!! I have been looking for answers and finding none for so long....I can only dream of that feeling.

Good luck to you, and I hope your symptoms continue to improve.

[Jackmat]

Thank you both for your good wishes.

Its been about 3 weeks since my disovery and I've eaten everything under the sun without a reaction.

I hope all of you can find answers to your problems. Without wishing to understate the gravity of your issues, sometimes, the answer can be so surprisingly simple.

[RiceGuy]

I'm also glad to know you are getting relief, and off the meds too. That's always a good thing whenever it can be done. I just thought I'd chime in to suggest prunes as just one of many ways to naturally lower cholesterol. Here's a link to some excellent info on it: Open Original Shared Link

That site is one place I find continuously useful. I'm sure you'll find plenty of interesting articles about cholesterol by typing that into their search engine.

[Jackmat]

Thanks Riceguy,

I won't try prunes just yet because I'm still afraid of sorbitol (prunes are loaded with it). But in a couple of months I will give it a go.

At present my cholesterol lowering regime consists of:

Freshly ground flaxseed sprinkled on cereal each morning. Three fish oil capsules a day. Cinnamon powder sprinkled on dessert (or tea). Psyllium husks before most meals.

I'm also wondering if I should be taking Lecithin.