Sensitivity To Other Foods.

[foodiegurl]

Sorry for all these questions. it just seems that every minute, I think of something new.

I have read of a lot of other people also develop sensitivities to corn, soy, dairy, potatoes, etc... So, I have 2 questions about this:

1. Will that sensitivity ever go away? Is it only around until we heal our bodies from the Celiac?

2. Does out body treat these substances like wheat, where it is damaging our body, it is is just uncomfortable to us, hence many people stay away from it.

Thanks!!

Also wanted to add:

Last summer, I had allergy testing done, skin and blood...and it showed I had no allergy at all to corn, cow's milk, eggs, rice, wheat and tomatoes. Now obviously i know that i can not be allergic to wheat, yet still have Celiac. But with the others....if I all the sudden became sensitive to these things would it be different than an allergy? Or would I all the sudden develop an allergy to them?

I had these done at the time because my sister discovered she had a wheat allergy. Celiac was not even a thought then.

[terreemc]

I started out on this healing adventure last August. At that time I could eat all my favorite foods except the proscribed gluten containing ones. But as the months went by, I found that tomatoes and green peppers caused the D reaction. This was not as severe as being "glutened" . A few months later I had to add soy to the off limits list for the same reasons. I then decided to go on the Specific Carbohydrate.Diet. That helped enormously ( my BMs became solid and I felt much better) but this also meant that rice and potatoes, plain and sweet, where gone. Recently I have had a bout with fibromyalgia show up. I have never had this symptom. I traced it to corn.....many pieces of corn bread....so.....out went the corn. UGH!

I have this theory that after years and years . 65 in my case, of our bodies fighting the celiac disease, we now have a system that is geared to respond to any irritation. Perhaps with time things will calm down and not be on such a "hair trigger" I certainly hope so. Contributors on this site have indicated this may take several years.....but healing is healing....and I am grateful for that fact.

Any how that is my guess from my own experience.

Being 'glutened" is not like these other, lesser, reactions. Glutening means hours of stomach cramps and hours in the bathroom with progressive D....also much fatigue and days of brain fog. One can't mistake it for the milder response of irritating food. Perhaps for someone else it is different.

It has been such a challenge to adjust to this ever changing landscape. I never thought I would have so many sensitivities.

Best wishes

Ter

[julirama723]

I used to have a stomach of iron, nothing ever upset it. I then started having problems with gluten. Took that out, I was fine for a while, then I had to remove dairy. Then I had to remove corn. Then I had to remove rice. Then I had to remove all grains. Then I had to remove soy. Then I had to remove sugar. Then I had to remove fruit.

I'm hoping that I don't have to remove anything else! Luckily I seem to be OK with vegetables, meats, fats, and the occasional glass of wine. I tried a handful of nuts the other night and that seemed OK, too.

One GOOD thing is that I do have a food that I can eat now! Prior to all of my gluten problems, I went through a 3 year stretch where I couldn't eat potatoes. I recently (as in a month or so ago) tried small pieces of potato, and lo and behold, I could eat them just fine! It seems silly and small, but by golly, it also felt like a victory!

I never thought I'd be able to eat potatoes again. So this recent development gives me hope that perhaps some of these other intolerances are temporary. I'm not expecting to be able to sit down and eat huge amounts of these foods, but a little bit every now and then would make me happy.

[mushroom]

Last summer, I had allergy testing done, skin and blood...and it showed I had no allergy at all to corn, cow's milk, eggs, rice, wheat and tomatoes. Now obviously i know that i can not be allergic to wheat, yet still have Celiac. But with the others....if I all the sudden became sensitive to these things would it be different than an allergy? Or would I all the sudden develop an allergy to them?

You may or may not become sensitive to other things. Depends on how irritated your body is with what you have been doing to it. And it probably depends on the individual how long it lasts. I would describe it as a sensitivity rather than an allergy.

I had skin testing done many years ago, long before the celiac realisation, which showed mild sensitivity to corn and soy, so these were no surprise to me, although the extent of the reaction was. I had abandoned lactose back in '92. And I had always avoided fajitas when my husband made them, and suspected it was the green peppers; but the reaction to the rest of the nightshades was a big surprise to me. My favourite vegetable side dish was always ratatouille, and I put tomatoes in everything!

I have recently been tolerating the milk in capucchinos so I am hopeful that as my villi heal that one day I will have an ice cream cone again (drooling!!). The only things I truly miss are sourdough french bread, croissants, anything with filo pastry, and ICE CREAM.

And one of these days the nightshades will return to my diet--just not sure when. As for soy, I could care less, except they put it in chocolate!! and too many other things. Small amounts of corn as an ingredient I can tolerate now, but not soy (yet!) and maybe not ever.

I think it fair to hope that as you heal and your system becomes less reaction set that things you have (or may have to) set aside for now could one day return to your diet. At least I live on that assumption. Besides, there's no harm in hoping.

[foodiegurl]

I used to have a stomach of iron, nothing ever upset it. I then started having problems with gluten.

ditto. i used to be able to eat everything and anything. and then i had a baby!

[foodiegurl]

At least I live on that assumption. Besides, there's no harm in hoping.

I agree!!