Yay--i Figured Out My Food Intolerances

[samcarter]

Silly to be so excited about it, but it feels good to finally have a list of all the foods that cause me problems.

My gluten issues, I think, were always masking my other food issues. As my husband explained to our 9 year old (who was aghast that i can't eat the following foods), "The gluten was making Mom so sick, she couldn't tell the other foods were also making her sick."

I knew oranges--either juice or the fruit---caused my psoriasis to flare up. So i took myself completely off oranges. Didn't think anything about lemons, but then i drank a little bit of lemonade--not on an empty stomach, but with a meal--and immediately got a stomach ache--which I haven't had in ages. I can't believe i used to think a constant stomach ache was normal!

Green beans, apples, and bananas are all confirmed allergies. They never used to bother me, BUT once i detoxed from gluten, green beans made me sick! Amazing.

Dairy, even small amounts of dairy, cause a headache almost immediately. Again, I used to think headaches were completely normal. Doesn't everybody have a headache every day? But i ate a small amount of milk chocolate, and bam--headache and flushing.

So finally I've got a list of foods that cause me trouble:

Gluten

Dairy

Citrus (my 9 year old said, "Oh, mom, not lemonade TOO? Poor Mom!)

Apples

Bananas

Green Beans

Black tea (can have mold in it, and once I gave that up I felt much better in the mornings)

It's a relief to be feeling normal

[lizard00]

YAY!!! For you!

I have other stuff I can't tolerate, too, in addition to gluten, and sometimes it's a pain, but feeling better is so much more worth it. Cheese is super hard for me to resist still, but I get headaches too from it, so it makes me second guess whether I really want to eat it or not.

So glad you are feeling better and have figured this stuff out.