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Elimination Diet....
Has anyone ever done an Elimination Diet for allergy testing or other health reasons? H and I are on it to try to find some food sensitivities for him that are making his asthma act up. And I'm on it to support him and since I have frequent digestive issues, maybe I have some food sensitivities too.
So anyway, for those of you who don't know it (and it can be tapered depending on the needs of the person), we're on a NO gluten(wheat), casein(dairy+), sugar (including honey), soy, corn or corn products, eggs, oranges, caffeine, beef, or pork. (Oh, and no alcohol cuz it's all either gluten or sugar!! ACH!) I think those are the biggest things that cover 75% of our diet. :-D We started it last Monday. We go back to his doctor this coming Thursday and she'll start adding things back in slowly to test it. It SUUUUUCKS. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever done anything like this. We're having a hard time with no bread/tortillas. And I'm also shocked with how many things (even condiments, sauces, etc) they add sugar to. We can have most fruits and veggies, so we eat chicken/turkey and veggies, and can have rice and oats as grains. We got some rice flour bread which is DISGUSTING. And are about to try some brown rice tortillas with chicken fajitas. My fingers are crossed!
Anyway, that's what's happening in my life. I wanted to share it and see if anyone else has any similar experiences.
Re: Elimination Diet....
Good lord, Z, that sounds horrible. I told my BFF about the whole thing and she basically said if she had to stop taking in caffeine... we should lock her up away from ANYONE. LOL
Good luck, hon. I hope they figure out what's making the man have the asthma problems.
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LOL Knibbs, actually we didn't have to cut out caffeine cuz we RARELY have it anyway. So that was no big deal. We cut that out a long while ago cuz H is a bit hyper-sensitive to it, so I don't wanna tempt him. Oh oh, except for chocolate. We both love chocolate. But we can't have any.
Boo. Me too! (ABout finding out what's making him have problems). It's been making our household pretty up and down.
Are you eliminating it all at once or little by little?
Let's say it works out well and no asthma flare ups. How do you decide which of the eliminated food groups was causing it initially?
Sounds interesting. I should tell my sister about it. She has a lot of health/digestive issues that they haven't been able to diagnose.
ETA: nevermind, I didn't read it very clearly the first time. I see know you are going to be adding things back in slowly. You are a much better wife than I. I'm already dreading being pregnant, Britt with no caffeine is really not a pretty sight.