Coincidence? I think not
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Hi everyone,
At the beginning of the year I cut out sugar (and consequently nearly all processed food) and about 6 weeks ago I cut out all wheat/gluten and dairy.
Not only did I feel better, but my flatulance and bloating problems disappeared!
As a test, this weekend I ate quite decent amounts of both gluten and dairy and surprise, surprise, I fell in a big heap - fatigue, pain, bloodshot eye, sweats, dizziness - you name it.
Spent most of yesterday in bed or on the couch (most unlike me).
Coincidence? not likely. Now I need to work out if it's gluten OR dairy OR both!
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tony80950 FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust tony80950
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This is just a roughie....
Breakfast: rolled oats and almond milk or a piece of zucchini slice (like quiche without the crust) made with soy milk, perhaps a couple of eggs and some mushrooms and some tomato (I have this for dinner occassionaly if I haven't planned anything)
Lunch: If I don't have left overs from dinner the night before I'll have tuna and a garden salad with home preserved olives, or soup (home made) and some fruit. I also keep left overs in the freezer ("freezer surprise" - put your hand in and grab something for lunch, you never know what you're going to have!).
Dinner: A fresh salad of some sort - particular favourites are Chicken larb (thai) or tabouli made with quinoa and a piece of grilled salmon. I do eat roasted/steamed veg but I much prefer raw veggies as a rule. I love curry and rice. I've also been making spaghetti bolognaise with gluten free pasta.
Because I no longer eat sugar I don't have dessert as such. If I haven't had a couple of pieces of fruit already I might have some after dinner.
Snacks: Nuts and/or fruit.
tony80950 FlipDover_Aust
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Sheilamac_Fife FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust Sheilamac_Fife
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Sheilamac_Fife FlipDover_Aust
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dan38655 FlipDover_Aust
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Seems that cutting out major sources of one's diet can also have the effect of mild fasting, which in itself often resolves G-I distress symptoms.
For me it seems to have turned out to be my calorie intake vs. expenditure over any period of a day or two, multiple symptoms disappear whenever I cut back on calories and/or greatly increase my exercise-related calorie expenditure.
I suspect this has to do with the liver's limited ability to regulate by storage the uptake of nutrients from the intestines, with the liver then acting as a nervous system of sorts of the entire digestive response via chemical signals that it can and does send through the blood (to the gallbladder for instance).
FlipDover_Aust dan38655
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leonard12916 FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust leonard12916
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Rye is wheat. So is spelt, and barley. I stay away from all wheat products.
Some things like buckwheat and oats can be contaminated with wheat
so I really watch those. For example soba noodles are supposedly made
with buckwheat but most packaged varieties include wheat.
Alomd milk is is made with almonds, and is not dairy! Milk, yoghurt, cheese are all dairy.
If really want o of gluten or dairy free you will just about cut out ALL processed food, as they are used in everything!
Think meat, veggies, fruit, rice, corn, oats, nuts, soy. Quinoa is also popular as a grain substitute these days.
I've found some substitutes like coconut yogurt and milk are useful.
margaret22251 FlipDover_Aust
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Do you ever need a sandwich, if so what do you eat.
I am really interested in diet, but do get bored with eating the same foods.
EileenH FlipDover_Aust
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So if it is wheat that is your problem rye is fine, if gluten is your problem, it isn't. Despite its name which confuses a lot of people, buckwheat is NOT a grain (just clarifying, flipdover didn't say it was) but a distant relative of the rhubarbs and naturally gluten-free. It makes lovely pancakes, pasta (a bit tricky to handle but it works) and a cake which is a traditional speciality here where I live.
Honey is sugar, just has a nicer taste people feel. It stimulates the production of insulin in exactly the same way as the white sugar in packets and all processed foods.
FlipDover_Aust EileenH
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FlipDover_Aust EileenH
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EileenH FlipDover_Aust
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I love rye bread, definitely my favourite when it is a good Bauernbrot (farmer's bread) with not too much cumin and a good bitter taste. It's fantastic with butter and Dundee marmalade on it. So if the problem turns out to be WHEAT as such, it still means you can have other breads.
When I lived in the UK I always went with OH when he had a meeting in Cambridge - there is a bread stall on the market there that sells pure rye bread and I was there early in the morning to reserve 3 loaves before it disappeared to take home and freeze for the next few months...
margaret22251 EileenH
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EileenH margaret22251
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linda17563 EileenH
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EileenH linda17563
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The chemo affected his sense of taste and the subsequent radiotherapy caused irritation of his gullet so some things are difficult to swallow without gagging - rice is an absolute no-no. He went back to wanting food from his teenage years that I had never really cooked for us as a family - steak pie, UK sausages, bacon had all disappeared from the menu when we lived in Germany. The girls and I wouldn't eat it, eventually I couldn't eat it and the pain of multiple meals appeared. He is also lazy about chewing - like his mother - so he'd rather have a burger than a bit of rump steak. I have found a butcher here that does a decent burger but he's decided he prefers the ones with far less herbs because he prefers the texture - yuk. And bacon here is smoked - won't eat smoked...
However - we live in the north, the food is Germanic here. They do have wonderful local things - all tend to be pasta and made with durum wheat. The hotel in the village does WONDERFUL Schlutzkrapfen (like stuffed raviolis) using spelt flour but generally they are not for me. I do buy my olive oil in 5 litre cans from the olive grove owner. I manage 10 litres a year just on my own on my very Italian salads and veggies with fish...
FlipDover_Aust margaret22251
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Nobody ever NEEDS a sandwich! There are lots of things to eat other than a sandwich - Salad? Pasta? Noodles? A meat pie (remember I'm an Aussie!) soup?
FlipDover_Aust EileenH
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EileenH FlipDover_Aust
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With you most of the way - why sandwiches? Other than the convenience I suppose but you still need a container. I'll cope with needing a spoon or fork to eat a salad out of a tub.
But soy? Though I had some fried tofu in South Korea that was almost acceptable...
linda17563 EileenH
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EileenH linda17563
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VickieS margaret22251
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EileenH VickieS
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Though thinking laterally, Brazilian salad sounds rather fine - chicken, apples and raisins with lime juice...
Juno-Irl-Dub EileenH
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margaret22251 VickieS
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EileenH margaret22251
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FlipDover_Aust EileenH
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EileenH FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust EileenH
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I was gobsmacked on so many levels.
EileenH FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust EileenH
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LOLOLOL