About "lectins, Oxalates, Peptides"

[mr. moore]

has going off any of these completely changed or helped your life in one way or another?

i went gluten free and my chronic problems are still friggin around. i read that something called lectins can cause problems. ugh. there's so many things that can cause problems!!

[mr. moore]

it um mentioned lectins in the failsafe diet.

[kenlove]

[Not sure about most of this but I do know Oxalates can cause Kidney trouble. There are warnings about them in Hawaii as they traced the high number of Philippino's on dialysis to growing up eating large amounts of starfruit and bilimbi which are very high in oxalic acid.

[Rachel--24]

it um mentioned lectins in the failsafe diet.

Lectins are not a part of the Failsafe diet. Failsafe removes food chemicals from the diet.

This is a trial diet that is designed to eliminate additives, salicylates, amines and glutamates.

It is not suitable to treat food allergies or coeliac (celiac) disease. It is not a gluten/casein free diet, a low opioid peptide diet, a low oxalate diet (LOD), the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD), a low lectin diet, a low goiterogenic diet, or a low phytoestrogen diet.

This diet is designed to test and treat your ability to tolerate additives, salicylates, amines, and glutamates. The elimination diet is designed to eliminate all of these chemicals at once, because sensitivities to these chemicals often occur together and the symptoms caused by each individual chemical largely overlap.

Currently, the only accurate way to test if you have a food chemical sensitivity of this kind is to eliminate all of the chemicals involved and then challenge them one by one. This is so that you can figure out which chemicals in particular affect you, and what quantity of chemicals you can manage without experiencing adverse symptoms. This enables you to eat the widest range of food without experiencing adverse symptoms.

Alot of people are Gluten-free Casein-free while also trying Failsafe. If you know you have a problem with any food that is NOT restricted on the Failsafe diet then you should continue to avoid that food. There are foods that I have problems with that would be considered acceptable for Failsafe....but I just listen to my body and avoid what I need to avoid in order to feel good.

I dont follow this diet to a "T" but in the beginning (while testing these chemicals) you should try to follow it the best you can. That way you have a better idea of what is affecting you.