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I have terrible problems when I injest sugar. Some digestive problems, but mainly problems with my moods and emotions. I actually have these problems when I take in too much of anything sweet. I avoid honey, cane sugar, maple syrup, fruit juices, or any other concentrated form of sugar. I feel so much better both physically and emotionally when I eat...

I react pretty strongly to both cow's milk and goat milk. But I have strong reactions to lots of foods, so I'm fairly sensitive.

Right now the only grain I can eat is non-starchy rice. I'm still having some stomach pain and other problems, so I'm still in the process of eliminating items. The rice may end up being the culprit. Although it could be eggs or potatoes. I've already eliminated so many things, but the list of foods that I can eat just keeps getting smaller and smaller...

When I first took dairy out of my diet, I could still eat a little of it with lactase pills and be okay for the most part. I would only do this if I had to eat out for any reason. Instead of dairy, I used soy cheese which has casein in it. I was okay with that at first. However, when I started eliminating other foods that caused me problems, I found that...

Thanks for the info, although it's pretty disturbing to me. I seem to have problems with both corn and xanthan gum. I'm finding more and more that any type of non-natural and refined items cause me lots of digestive problems.

I was diagnosed with MS via MRI when symptoms first popped up in 1993. I never did have a spinal tap. Thankfully, my MS seems to be a benign form right now with only mild symptoms. My question is whether or not I should maybe be tested for Lyme's disease. My main health problems right now are mainly digestive, even after going off of gluten, corn, dairy...

All I know is that I very much react to MSG. It actually gives me symptoms similar to a mild multiple sclerosis flare up. I don't know if I react because it is related to the whole gluten intolerance thing, or if it because of my MS though.

I just saw the movie a couple of nights ago with my husband. Our local library had it. I'm definitely going to get more involved, as well as tell everyone I know. It's so frustrating that genetically modified food doesn't have to be labelled, and that through no fault of their own, organic farmer's crops are getting cross pollenated by this stuff. Who...

I'm not sure what parts of soy are "bad", but I generally avoid all soy. I have advanced endometriosis, and the phytoestrogens in soy potentially mess with my hormones and cause problems. One thing to think about is that if you are buying non organic soy products, there is a potential that they have genetically modified soy in them. I'm beginning to...

My husband and I go to Outback a lot and are very pleased with the quality of food they serve. They seem to be knowledgeable and detailed in making sure that they food we get is free of gluten. The same thing with PF Chang's. We haven't yet been to Ruth's Chris since it's more expensive than Outback :-) I was diagnosed back in 1993 via MRI. I had an...

You bring up a really good topic. I've never thought about some of these intolerances to other foods as being similar to gluten intolerance based on proteins. Unfortunately I haven't seen anything about it in all my reading on the Internet. I've heard a lot about "leaky gut" and that if you heal that, you may be able to reintroduce some of the foods back...

Thanks for all of the information. Its pretty scary! I'm definitely going to be more careful when selecting prepackaged food labeled "healthy".

I've had trouble in the past with digestive enzymes. I rarely take them now. I have found that when I start to have small intestine pain, I go back to a very basic, easy to digest diet of fruits, veggies, lean meat, fish, & eggs, and brown rice/brown rice flour (not the starchy sweet brown rice). I make sure not to eat any preservatives or additives...

For a person with celiac, no gluten should be consumed because even tiny amounts cause problems. However, for a person with gluten intolerance and NOT celiac, I have heard of people that are able to get their digestive systems healed up enough to eventually have small amounts of the foods that they used to be intolerant to. This may include gluten....

From my understanding, wild caught salmon should not contain red coloring. They only add this to farmed salmon since the flesh of farmed salmon doesn't get red like wild salmon. It has to do with what they eat. Evidently, people wouldn't buy the farmed salmon when it wasn't pink in color (as told to me by someone in a local meat department). People proabably...