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From: grogants on 4 Jan 2006 15:49
Hi all,

I'm on day four of my Food Elimination Diet. Glad to say it's the first
time I can remember carrying out a New Year's Resolution!

I started this diet because of sinus infections. At least 20 times a
day I am either blowing my nose, sneezing, hawking a luggie, or
swallowing mucous. Sometimes it's infected, sometimes it's not. But
it's always there. I also have chronic congestion in my nose, which,
besides its sense of smell, I really don't use the thing.

So on New Year's Day I began. I'm following a rather stringent diet
plan that I found on the internet. (
http://drcranton.com/elimination_diet.htm ) I have broken one of the
rules, which is including rice in my diet. Still, it's tough. Called
The Caveman Diet.

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here's a brief clip regarding the vegetables/fruit portion:
" You may eat sweet potatoes, yams, cabbage, carrots, squash (many
varieties), asparagus, cauliflower, avocados, celery, garlic, okra,
radishes, greens (beet, mustard, spinach, collards, etc.), cucumbers,
eggplant, Brussels sprouts, kale, avocado, broccoli, parsnips, green
peppers (not hot pepper or peppery spices), rutabaga, leek, and
turnips. Because wheat, corn, rice, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat,
millet, and other grains are common causes of allergy, and because all
grains belong to related food families, avoid grains while on this
diet. This means you must avoid all breads and other foods made with
any kind of flour. Although buckwheat, amaranth, milo and quinoa do
not belong to the grain family, many grain sensitive people react to
those grain substitutes and they should also be avoided. There is no
way to make a sandwich, so get used to it.

You may eat fresh or fresh frozen fruits (not fruits dried in sugar or
packed in sugar or syrup), including bananas, grapes, peaches, pears,
pineapple, kiwi, papaya, mangos, melons (watermelon, cantaloupe,
honeydew, Crenshaw), cherries, apricots, pomegranates, mangos,
coconuts, plums, persimmons, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries,
cranberries, raspberries, or loganberries. Eat only small servings of
fruit, as fruits contain lots of natural sugar. Fruit canned in its own
juice without sugar or additives are allowed. Avoid fruit juice except
in small amounts."
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so far:

I HAVEN'T EATEN wheat, sugars, dairy, soy, corn, legumes (including
peanuts), white potatoes, tomatoes, beans, citrus, apples hot peppers,
onions, beef, chicken (okay i did eat a little yesterday),

I HAVE EATEN brown rice, squash, cucumber, spinach, collard greens,
garlic, carrots, mushrooms, almonds, rice milk, cranberry juice (no
corn syrup added), salmon and yams, and a spelt tortilla.

HOWEVER, the spelt tortilla contains spelt glutten, which I'm worried
might behave similarly to wheat glutten, which is widely known to
thicken mucous, regardless of allergies. I also intend to to drop
mushrooms from my diet, since one of the ideas of this diet is to
diminish the amount of yeast in the body, mainly in the colon, which
can stress the immune system and increase the severity of food
allergies and chemical sensitivity. So according to the plan, vinegar,
fungus-type foods and yeast shouldn't be consumed.

SO WHAT HAVE I LEARNED SINCE DAY FOUR?

After eating I'm never tired, very full, or fatigued. Probably all
this variety of *whole* foods is more completely satiating my hunger.
My urine is clearer, my poop is softer, and best of all, my mucous is
much clearer and thinner. It's running freely, almost llike I have a
post-nasal drip, except I'm not sick. The only drawback, which is by no
means minor, is this pounding headache! Uf! It lasted the whole second
day. So I cooked a plain chicken breast and had a spelt tortilla. The
headache calmed down overnight. Yesterday and today I didn't have any
chicken or spelt. I had salmon last night and today (4th day) with the
veggies listed above. And today the headache is back. I've learned to
accept a stuffed up nose over the last 28 years, but headaches I am not
accustomed to.

I know I have a long way to go, but does anyone have any suggestions? I
hate to pop a bunch of aspirin all day. I never get headaches and this
is clearly connected to the abrupt halt of my all-american diet.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and I'd appreciate any sort of comments or
sharing of similar experiences. And if anyone knows about the
relationship of blood typesto diet, I should also mention I'm type O.
Thanks again!

Ouch,
Todd

From: Andean Sergio on 4 Jan 2006 16:55
About the headache- try eating quinoa, which is high in magnesium. Ask
the store if they know who supplies their quinoa. Mountain peoples and
Quinoa Corp quinoa I am sertain are processed in plants that are
gluten-free. If you come up w/ another name I can tell you if they are
gluten-free or not.

-Sergio


grogants wrote:
And today the headache is back. I've learned to
> accept a stuffed up nose over the last 28 years, but headaches I am not
> accustomed to.

From: Brad_Chad on 4 Jan 2006 19:25
I skipped the elimination diet. I got a blood test from Immuno
Laboratories (www.immunolabs.com). They told me that I was sensitive to
about 18 foods. They may not be 100% accurate, but they were close
enough. I then started keeping a food diary and through the process of
elimination I figured out the rest.

Brad_Chad

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