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Gluten-Free with several food allergies - what to eat?

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  • Started 10 months ago by tcorbett
  • Latest reply from lisastafford

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  1. tcorbett
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    Hi, First, I love this site! It's great. I have celiac disease, I was diagnosed in 2003 - had the runs for over a year before and still have them. In feb this year I went to a DO - he ran food allergy tests - I was shocked at the results, all my favorite foods for the most part! Here is my list: avocado, green beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, yellow wax beans, beet, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, EGG, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, onion (I have added this and done well), oat, green pepper, pineapple, white potato, radish, rape seed/canola, spinach, tomato, brewers yeast (indicates candida). Before all this - I ate lots of mexican or italian foods - I love spicy. I know it's not the end of the world, but somedays I feel like I just want to eat whatever I want that is GF! I do have a good side to all this, I lost weight that I struggled for years to lose! If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. I do eat a lot of rice. For the past month I have been trying the Low Oxalate Diet that my DO suggested. It's helping a little, but very limited too. Thanks just for "listening". Theresa sorry for the double post, I put it in the wrong section - I'm new - so sorry!

    Posted 10 months ago #

  2. Babalubakidz
    Member

    They do offer rice pasta which I am sure you know about..
    a lot can be made with rice flour too..
    so that list is what you cannot eat?

    san

    Posted 8 months ago #

  3. MrsBear
    Member

    If you can use some grains check into using sorghum, teff, millet, quinoa. Quinoa makes a decent pilaff, and is versatile. Rinsing it well minimizes any bitter flavor. The first time I made Quinoa as a side dish, I cooked it in the juice from a can of black olives. I still like it that way. Quinoa is a balanced protein grain. Do some research it is interesting.
    Arrow root, tapioca and sweet rice flour make good thickeners. Sweet rice flour is my favorite for gravies and sauces. Oh, but I see you have been adjusting to celiac since 2003 so you probably know about these.
    You might check into drsallyrockwell.com she has a rotation plan with recipes and help with candida. Her rotation plan is color coded by food families so on a "yellow day" you can eat/use anything in your pantry on the yellow shelf or marked with yellow. It helps take some of the thinking/planning time out of the equation.

    It is possible that given some healing time and experimenting, some of the above allergies will calm down and you will find what you must avoid always, what you can eat occasionally, and what you can rotate every 3-4 days.

    Posted 8 months ago #

  4. lisastafford
    Member

    Dear tcorbett,

    My family has all been tested with an Asyra machine and we have lots of allergies, too. Thankfully, no diarrhea. The Asyra machine activated custom drops for each of us that we take sublingually each day. They are desensitizing each of us from what we are allergic to. We will go back after 30 days to test, and the practitioner told me that our lists will get smaller each time. The drops change the way that our bodies respond and we will no longer be allergic. Your DO might want to check into this machine. It is small and easy to use.

    We have been trying to take out gluten and dozens of other foods since learning of our allergies/sensitivities. It is really challenging. We all have different lists!! I understand what you are going through.

    Best regards,

    Lisa

    Posted 7 months ago #

  5. lisastafford
    Member

    We are mostly eating fruit, vegetables and meat, fish and chicken. We can all tolerate Almonds, and I have started to do a little baking with almond meal.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  6. lisastafford
    Member

    You might check into the SCD, Specific Carbohydrate Diet. you might also look for a practitioner with an Asyra machine. The drops it produces are specific to your body and allergies, and they can desensitize your body to the allergens.

    Our family has similar problems. We are using our drops daily, and are transitioning to the SCD.

    Posted 7 months ago #

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