Suggestions for finding other intolerances...

[peanut]

Hi all !

Okay, the other thread about how often we have mc reactions got me to thinking... actually Joanna suggested it, but anyway, maybe I have other food intolerances that are exacerbating my problems.

Now, I think everyone knows that I have Celiac as well as LC, so it goes without saying that I am gluten free - have been for over a year now.

So, what I am wondering is how do I go about finding out if something else is bothering me ? I tried excluding dairy for a while, as a matter of fact, I am still pretty much dairy free.

Can some of you guys help me out here, like, what to start with, what seems to be the most common intolerance after gluten and dairy, all that good stuff.

I feel like my choice of what to eat is so limited now, I don't know too much else to exclude. By the way, I also exclued lettuce for a while, but that didn't make any difference at all.

Thanks so much in advance for any thoughts you might be able to offer me! I would love to be able to go on an outing without having to make sure I know where a bathroom is first !!

Love,

Carla

[Jean]

Carla,

Why don't you go the the information section under diet info. Look at the elimination diet. It isn't easy, but the quickest and surest way I know to find other intolerances.

I sure hope you don't find any, but I won't be surprised if you do.

Be sure to ask me any questions that you have about it.

Love, Jean

[peanut]

Thanks Jean, I will go check it out.

I think I have probably just been avoiding the issue, expecting a "miraculous recovery" !

Off to check out the elimination diet !

Love,

Carla

[Jean]

Carla,

It's a pain to find out you have more foods to avoid, but feeling good is worth it. Six months after I went gluten free I found out I was corn, diary and soy intolerant. Six months after that, I learned I was rice intolerant.

I knew I had to look for other intolerances when my initial improvement on gluten started backsliding.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Love, Jean

[Lucy]

Carla,

I asked a former national celiac president about other "allergens" and celiacs, and she said that soy is one of the most common among that group. Are you a big soy eater?

It's on my list and I have one celiac gene and had the tTg antibody in my stool. Didn't go any further as it wasn't necessary to get an official diagnosis since I have all the food allergies anyway. Did the soy by elimination only. At that point, it was easy.

What I was doing after I'd eliminated gluten and dairy TOTALLY was to increase my intake of eggs. Guess at that point, I'd not figured out what I could eat at the diner, so I'd just have that, a little bacon, and white rice.

Welp, did the test for egg whites which was positive, and also, had noticed the reactions came maybe a day after eating them when I was otherwise doing ok, diarrhea-wise.

I also react to brewer's/baker's yeast species.
I'd like someone to tell me which species is present in balsalmic vinegar as I've had two reactions to that in the past in two different brands, so never use it.

Carla, are you a member of a local celiac group, just in case you're missing something? Sometimes you can find a more experienced buddy or a leader who might be able to go over with you all that you are eating. It can be confusing if you're getting gluten contamination and make you think you're getting a reaction from yet another food. Are you certain that it's the dairy that you react to also? Have you checked out gfdfdiet.com yet? I avoid all yeast-containing
products just in case, but alot of fruits and vegetables have this species naturally. I don't know specifically which ones do, except the obvious -- grapes, but I'd be careful of those. That's the one "allergy" that it's impossible to avoid. You might want to avoid grapes, grapejuice, etc., for a while at least, and eat a little less fruit in general til you get things under control. I was thinking that perhaps with your celiac disease and our celiac genes and gluten sensitivity, that you might have a similar list to ours. That might not have a thing to do with it, however, but isn't it strange that my sister has the exact same foods, except for possibly the soy?

Be verrrry careful about your meats, particularly if you eat out. My sister says that when she has to eat at the hospital, the ONLY thing that she can eat is a salad and some fruit. Usually she takes her lunch to work with her, goes home or here to eat with us, and her staff really has learned lots about how to check out restaurants so that she can eat out with them occasionally. It's amazing how people like a challenge and to help others out!

Hopefully, you're eating uninjected, unmarinated meats, and are careful to check out all bottled spices and condiments for additives. Once you've got a good list of these kinds of things, you can fix some really good tasting things that are so simple even I can fix them.

Do let us know what you're trying to leave off in the elimination process. Would like to follow your progress in finding the culpret/s if there are any.

Yours, Luce

[tex]

Luce,

Apparently there are zillions of types of yeasts. You might want to check out the site below, discussing the Candida diet.

Here is a quote from it about yeasts to avoid:

"Yeast -- Foods that contain yeast should be eliminated. These include: Baker's yeast, Brewer's yeast, Engevita, Torula, and any other nutritional yeast. Baked goods raised with yeast such as breads, rolls, crackers, bagels, pastries, and muffins should also be eliminated. Healthy, yeast-free alternatives may include: Sprouted Essene bread, Lifestream bread, Manna wheat or rye bread, corn tortillas, tacos, rice cakes, rice crackers, Wasa rye crackers, Dimpfelmeier's 100% Plus rye bread, and rice bread. Muffins, biscuits, pancakes, Irish soda bread, chapatis, and other breads made at home using the flour of whole grains that a person is not allergic to and made with baking powder and/or baking soda for leavening."

Here's a quote from it about vinegars:

"Vinegar -- Vinegar is made with a yeast culture. Foods that contain vinegar include: White vinegar, red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, mayonnaise, commercial salad dressing, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, steak sauce, BBQ sauce, shrimp sauce, soy sauce, mustard, pickles, pickled vegetables, green olives, relishes, horseradish, mincemeat, chili sauce."

This is from:

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popular ... dadiet.htm

Are you sure that it even matters whether the yeast is of a brewer's or baker's type? I suspect that if one has a yeast intolerance, it might be best to avoid all of them.

Tex

[Lucy]

That's pretty much what I don't eat now, except for a little bit of catsup now and then which has vinegar. Even noticed that a pear raspberry dressing also ha balsalmic in the title, and it doesn't bother me. Go figure!
May just have to try the other balsalmic in the frig again and see what happens. I really don't think the Thyme brand one with pear and raspberry is all that strong a balsalmic though.

Thanks. Good information!
Yours, Luce

[Jean]

Wayne and Luce,

I suspect that yeast is removed from vinegar during the distillation process, just like gluten is.

Love, Jean