Almond Reaction

[JoelW1lls]

Hello, another post here from me!

 

So recently I have been more sick than usual (after drinking cherries and orange juice, home made omelette eg etc.). And yesterday I threw up after eaten eggs and bacon, then I had a gluten free jam tart yesterday and threw that up, but the day before I had my usual chicken jalfrezi microwave meal and was sick after that. So yesterday when I was throwing up I was still throwing up the chicken curry AND jam tarts and I tried throwing it up as much as I could and today felt a bit of it still inside. I had then a banana with a bit of black on it (which in the past has been fine) and then had a gluten free almond slice and was then sick after that. Could this mean that I could be allergic to almond or is it triggered when I already have sick inside of me?  My worry is that I'm dependent on these snacks and don't want to not take these, anyone have any suggestions? The only think that's highlighted on the curry is mustard.

 

Thank you all for your help on my previous posts as well!

[knitty kitty]

Look into the Autoimmune Paleo Diet....  this is the book I found most helpful, easy to read, lots of illustrations, charts, etc. for visual learners....

https://www.thepaleomom.com/books/the-paleo-approach/

 

Think easy to digest foods...soups or stews that's been simmering until very soft and mushy.  

Keep a food/mood/poo'd journal to pinpoint problematic foods. 

Some foods contain high levels of histamine. Your body already makes histamine as part of the immune response.  So, eating more histamine in foods can make you feel bad.  Try to avoid high histamine foods like eggs, citrus fruits, nuts, spicy foods (mustard and curry), and over ripe fruit, and foods with lots of sulfur in them (pork, wine).  

Stick with meat and veggies.  Avoid gluten free facsimile foods because they often are made from corn which can be rough on the gut. 

Avoid dairy and all grains including oats (for now until you heal a bit).  Avoid nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants).  

Do look into taking a B Complex vitamin supplement.  Look into taking additional thiamine Vitamin B1 (500 mg a day or more).  Throwing up is a symptom of thiamine insufficiency.  Thiamine is water soluble and nontoxic.  

And remember to stay hydrated.

Hope this helps!  

 

 

 

[JoelW1lls]

On 4/3/2021 at 8:25 AM, knitty kitty said:

Look into the Autoimmune Paleo Diet....  this is the book I found most helpful, easy to read, lots of illustrations, charts, etc. for visual learners....

https://www.thepaleomom.com/books/the-paleo-approach/

 

Think easy to digest foods...soups or stews that's been simmering until very soft and mushy.  

Keep a food/mood/poo'd journal to pinpoint problematic foods. 

Some foods contain high levels of histamine. Your body already makes histamine as part of the immune response.  So, eating more histamine in foods can make you feel bad.  Try to avoid high histamine foods like eggs, citrus fruits, nuts, spicy foods (mustard and curry), and over ripe fruit, and foods with lots of sulfur in them (pork, wine).  

Stick with meat and veggies.  Avoid gluten free facsimile foods because they often are made from corn which can be rough on the gut. 

Avoid dairy and all grains including oats (for now until you heal a bit).  Avoid nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants).  

Do look into taking a B Complex vitamin supplement.  Look into taking additional thiamine Vitamin B1 (500 mg a day or more).  Throwing up is a symptom of thiamine insufficiency.  Thiamine is water soluble and nontoxic.  

And remember to stay hydrated.

Hope this helps!  

 

 

 

Thank you so much for this! I avoided the foods you suggested yesterday and it worked. The thing that is concerning me though is that you say not to eat food high in sulfur yet fish and chicken and stuff is high in that, so it means like I can't really eat anything and on the website of that book, it says to include fish in the diet so a bit confused on that. Also, I can't buy the book because I'm from Britain

[CMCM]

17 hours ago, JoelW1lls said:

Thank you so much for this! I avoided the foods you suggested yesterday and it worked. The thing that is concerning me though is that you say not to eat food high in sulfur yet fish and chicken and stuff is high in that, so it means like I can't really eat anything and on the website of that book, it says to include fish in the diet so a bit confused on that. Also, I can't buy the book because I'm from Britain

I got really sick the other night after having a fish oil capsule.  I've had trouble with them before, and also after eating fish.....although not always after fish, so it's frustrating figuring out what is causing what.   I definitely can't take a fish oil pill on an empty stomach.  I hate having to mostly avoid fish and fish oil...don't see any other choice, though.

I've been taking Vitamin B1 (benfotiamine) for a couple of weeks on a recommendation from several people on this forum, and I do think it's helping with things in general as my gut was in a rough state and it seems much better now.  Here's a definition of benfotiamine if you don't know about it: 

Benfotiamine is a relative of thiamine, which is better known as vitamin B1. Thiamine is critical for the metabolism of our brain's major energy source—glucose. Benfotiamine, which converts to thiamine in the body, enters cells more easily than thiamine.

[GFinDC]

5 hours ago, CMCM said:

I got really sick the other night after having a fish oil capsule.  I've had trouble with them before, and also after eating fish.....although not always after fish, so it's frustrating figuring out what is causing what.   I definitely can't take a fish oil pill on an empty stomach.  I hate having to mostly avoid fish and fish oil...don't see any other choice, though.

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I don't know if this is the problem, but fish oil is an organic oil so it c an go bad/rancid if left sitting out at room temperature.  It's better to keep fish oil capsules in the refrigerator or freezer even.  Just a thot.

[knitty kitty]

On 4/4/2021 at 8:29 AM, JoelW1lls said:

Thank you so much for this! I avoided the foods you suggested yesterday and it worked. The thing that is concerning me though is that you say not to eat food high in sulfur yet fish and chicken and stuff is high in that, so it means like I can't really eat anything and on the website of that book, it says to include fish in the diet so a bit confused on that. Also, I can't buy the book because I'm from Britain

I'm pleased to hear that you are making progress!

You get to become a Celiac Guinea Pig now and experiment with chicken and fish and what YOUR system will tolerate.  

The book is available on Amazon.co.UK  and on some used book seller sites (abebooks) and ebay.  I hope you can find a copy.  

Keep us posted on your progress!

 

[knitty kitty]

9 hours ago, CMCM said:

I got really sick the other night after having a fish oil capsule.  I've had trouble with them before, and also after eating fish.....although not always after fish, so it's frustrating figuring out what is causing what.   I definitely can't take a fish oil pill on an empty stomach.  I hate having to mostly avoid fish and fish oil...don't see any other choice, though.

I've been taking Vitamin B1 (benfotiamine) for a couple of weeks on a recommendation from several people on this forum, and I do think it's helping with things in general as my gut was in a rough state and it seems much better now.  Here's a definition of benfotiamine if you don't know about it: 

Benfotiamine is a relative of thiamine, which is better known as vitamin B1. Thiamine is critical for the metabolism of our brain's major energy source—glucose. Benfotiamine, which converts to thiamine in the body, enters cells more easily than thiamine.

 

Fish oil caps are a problem for me, too.  I switched to flax seed oil caps for the omega threes and separate vitamin D and vitamin A supplements.  

Skip fish for now and try it again in three to six months.  This is the fun Celiac Guinea Pig part where you test foods, record the reaction in your food/mood/poo'd journal and try them again in a few months.  

Some foods I wasn't able to tolerate at first, but I was able to tolerate later as my intestines healed and my body began functioning better.  

I'm so happy you've found good results with benfotiamine!  

Tryptophan and the amino acid L-Theanine are also beneficial.  Tryptophan, a form of niacin B2, is instrumental in healing the intestinal lining.  

 

[CMCM]

2 hours ago, knitty kitty said:

 

Fish oil caps are a problem for me, too.  I switched to flax seed oil caps for the omega threes and separate vitamin D and vitamin A supplements.   

Tryptophan and the amino acid L-Theanine are also beneficial.  Tryptophan, a form of niacin B2, is instrumental in healing the intestinal lining.  

 

Thanks for the flax seed oil suggestion.  Any recommendation for which brand, and are amounts the same as with fish oil?

I'll check out Tryptophan and L-Theanine.

[knitty kitty]

I use Naturewise Organic Flaxseed oil.

[Scott Adams]

I use Nature Made available at Costco.

[JoelW1lls]

On 4/3/2021 at 8:25 AM, knitty kitty said:

Look into the Autoimmune Paleo Diet....  this is the book I found most helpful, easy to read, lots of illustrations, charts, etc. for visual learners....

https://www.thepaleomom.com/books/the-paleo-approach/

 

Think easy to digest foods...soups or stews that's been simmering until very soft and mushy.  

Keep a food/mood/poo'd journal to pinpoint problematic foods. 

Some foods contain high levels of histamine. Your body already makes histamine as part of the immune response.  So, eating more histamine in foods can make you feel bad.  Try to avoid high histamine foods like eggs, citrus fruits, nuts, spicy foods (mustard and curry), and over ripe fruit, and foods with lots of sulfur in them (pork, wine).  

Stick with meat and veggies.  Avoid gluten free facsimile foods because they often are made from corn which can be rough on the gut. 

Avoid dairy and all grains including oats (for now until you heal a bit).  Avoid nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants).  

Do look into taking a B Complex vitamin supplement.  Look into taking additional thiamine Vitamin B1 (500 mg a day or more).  Throwing up is a symptom of thiamine insufficiency.  Thiamine is water soluble and nontoxic.  

And remember to stay hydrated.

Hope this helps!  

 

 

 

Hi, me again! It's been a while since I commented on this thread here but I wanted to ask about the Paleo Diet. I saw online on of their websites that it can heal the gut or something like that in 30 days, so this may sound stupid, but I was wondering if I could follow this diet for 30 days and then go back to the gluten free food that I was eating, maybe in smaller amounts and excluding ones that cause a leaky gut?

Thanks. 

[JoelW1lls]

Also, I am quite concerned with the level of food that I have to cut out, even looking at some recipes on the Paleo Diet, some of the ingredients involve eggs and almond flour and stuff like that, seems like I'm limiting myself to quite a lot

 

[Scott Adams]

@JoelW1lls I forgot your specific circumstances, but if you've been diagnosed with celiac disease, or have non-celiac gluten sensitivity, these are considered to be lifelong conditions which require a gluten-free diet, so it would not be a good idea to add gluten back into your diet ever.

[JoelW1lls]

2 hours ago, Scott Adams said:

@JoelW1lls I forgot your specific circumstances, but if you've been diagnosed with celiac disease, or have non-celiac gluten sensitivity, these are considered to be lifelong conditions which require a gluten-free diet, so it would not be a good idea to add gluten back into your diet ever.

Yeah that's completely off the table now, but some other foods I have had bad reactions to as mentioned above. However, I am in the process of getting an endoscopy three weeks since Monday, I had a piece of wheat chocolate cake Monday, but couldn't bear myself to do it yesterday or today. Currently waiting for a phone call from my doctors about it etc. I live in the UK so hopefully I can get support from a dietician depending on whatever happens next

[Scott Adams]

If you are doing an endoscopy to confirm diagnosis of celiac disease you need to eat 1-2 sliced of wheat bread daily for at least 2 weeks before the test, otherwise you could get false negative results.