Food Intolerances - Help Me!
Discussion
I recently had food intolerance testing done (I have IBS and want to resolve it once and for all). And I need help with some recipe suggestions, as the list of foods I can't eat is pretty restrictive - a pain in the arse to be frank, but I'm willing to give it a shot if it works.
I am severely intolerant to:
Yeast
Sugar (including all natural sugars like honey, fructose)
And generally intolerant to:
Grains (rye, barley,oats, lentils, Soya, Wheat)
Green Leafy (Lettuce, Cabbage, Kale, Spinach, Broccoli)
Onions (garlic, shallots, leeks, chives etc)
Nightshade Family (Potatoes, Tomatoes, Aubergine, Mushrooms)
I've been pretty inventive with soups, noodles, stir frys, sushi, yogurt, fish, poultry, red meat etc.
I dearly love vegetables, but seem to be pretty restricted to what I can cook with - so far have only used carrots, green beans, courgette, bean sprouts, avocado, cucumber, rocket, butternut squash and sweet potato.
I'm bored and need some inspiration! Any help and suggestions would be hugely hugely appreciated.
Mods, please don't move this into health and I need cooking ideas. Thank you.
I am severely intolerant to:
Yeast
Sugar (including all natural sugars like honey, fructose)
And generally intolerant to:
Grains (rye, barley,oats, lentils, Soya, Wheat)
Green Leafy (Lettuce, Cabbage, Kale, Spinach, Broccoli)
Onions (garlic, shallots, leeks, chives etc)
Nightshade Family (Potatoes, Tomatoes, Aubergine, Mushrooms)
I've been pretty inventive with soups, noodles, stir frys, sushi, yogurt, fish, poultry, red meat etc.
I dearly love vegetables, but seem to be pretty restricted to what I can cook with - so far have only used carrots, green beans, courgette, bean sprouts, avocado, cucumber, rocket, butternut squash and sweet potato.
I'm bored and need some inspiration! Any help and suggestions would be hugely hugely appreciated.
Mods, please don't move this into health and I need cooking ideas. Thank you.
I think that it's more the way I listed them than how they told me. I had the tests done at a local clinic. My oh says Its all b
ks too, but to be honest I'll give anything a try to get rid of the IBS.
I've been following it for about two weeks now and I am in much less pain. I really just wanted ideas for cooking meals, avoiding those foods.
Cheers!
ks too, but to be honest I'll give anything a try to get rid of the IBS. I've been following it for about two weeks now and I am in much less pain. I really just wanted ideas for cooking meals, avoiding those foods.
Cheers!
I thought IBS was wheat and grain related and I would have thought avoiding those would have done the trick. Can you eat things like chick peas and kidney beans because accompanied by root veg such as carrots etc they can make amazing stews, soups etc. I am allergic to mushrooms and as a veggie I have a repertoire of arabic foods as they have some great veggie recepies using beans and pulses but you can avoid lentils and soya easily.
Mobile Chicane said:
If lentils are out, I would have thought bean sprouts and green beans would be too. Likewise rocket - it's a member of the Brassica (cabbage) family.
So did I. So I am testing them all out to measure reaction. I think it's very much a process of testing and eliminating as I go. I suspect the green beans may be an issue. Cheers for the stews suggestion (previous poster) haven't done any stews yet, so that's an idea!
I think you should go get referred to a dietician who'd be able to go through an elimination based diet with you to correctly work out what you're allergic to.
I went through one of these to find out exactly what I was having problems with - you switch to a very basic safe diet for a few weeks to clear out any allergens in your system then slowly reintroduce one at a time to find accurate problem foods.
I went through one of these to find out exactly what I was having problems with - you switch to a very basic safe diet for a few weeks to clear out any allergens in your system then slowly reintroduce one at a time to find accurate problem foods.
looks like a glass of water and a multiVit for the next 10 years then 
I've been diagnosed with possible IBS and I can sympathise with just how much pain you can get from it. I'm in the process of working out what foods aggravate my stomach and have had a blood test for coeliac/gluten. I know for a fact that peanuts and lentils give me pain. The GP has prescribed me anti-spasmodic tablets which has helped my pains tremendously and although they're not a long term solution it's a great help and a break from the constant pain I was having.
Good luck!
Good luck!
OH has just got a diagnosis for coeliac disease. Only found out by chance after a blood test for other things. She has not had classic gut problems which is why she has suffered for ten years with pain in hands and legs, which quack put down to arthritis caused by psoriasis (jumped to conclusions I think due to a small patch of psoriasis).
Been having some of the breads off from supermarkets - very dry. Don't know if IBS is the same but for coeliac disease she can get basics like bread and biscuits of prescription. Only certain ranges are available from the quack, and they don't seem to be in the shops. Local coeliac group have recommended contacting the makers to get free samples of those ranges before getting prescription quantities.
And strangely - our dog - Irish Setter - has coeliac disease. Its the only dog breed which has been proven to suffer and is therefore very rare.
Been having some of the breads off from supermarkets - very dry. Don't know if IBS is the same but for coeliac disease she can get basics like bread and biscuits of prescription. Only certain ranges are available from the quack, and they don't seem to be in the shops. Local coeliac group have recommended contacting the makers to get free samples of those ranges before getting prescription quantities.
And strangely - our dog - Irish Setter - has coeliac disease. Its the only dog breed which has been proven to suffer and is therefore very rare.
I've been through all the medication and tests, scans, poking and proding by doctors and whilst I'm not a raving tree hugger I really don't want to take pills for this for the rest of my life. So if I can manage it through food and exercise I will.
It's just a case of establishing which foods are best and finding inventive ways to cook with them, and find alternatives for the foods that set it off.
For example, onions and garlic set me off, so I compensate with other herbs and spices.
Bread, pasta set me off so I cook with rice and noodles, rice cakes, corn substitutes.
Full fat dairy/cream and soya alternatives are also bad for me. But you would be surprised at what you can achieve with a tub of
Philadelphia extra light.
The hardest part is being avoiding yeast, grains and sugar. It means rye breads and oat substitutes are out, and even the free from ranges are packed with sugar, additives etc so might be free from but still not good for you!
The long and short is that I cook everything from scratch, which is healthier in the long term but can be tedious when what you really want is sit on the sofa with pure food filth, a pot noodle and a whole packet of chocolate hob nobs.
It's just a case of establishing which foods are best and finding inventive ways to cook with them, and find alternatives for the foods that set it off.
For example, onions and garlic set me off, so I compensate with other herbs and spices.
Bread, pasta set me off so I cook with rice and noodles, rice cakes, corn substitutes.
Full fat dairy/cream and soya alternatives are also bad for me. But you would be surprised at what you can achieve with a tub of
Philadelphia extra light.
The hardest part is being avoiding yeast, grains and sugar. It means rye breads and oat substitutes are out, and even the free from ranges are packed with sugar, additives etc so might be free from but still not good for you!
The long and short is that I cook everything from scratch, which is healthier in the long term but can be tedious when what you really want is sit on the sofa with pure food filth, a pot noodle and a whole packet of chocolate hob nobs.
anonymous said:
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I'm going to give that a shot - it's the whole soluble vs insoluble fibre argument. Although I have discovered a newfound love for sweet potatoes. Yum yum. Roasted sweet potatoes, carrots and butternut squash, blended with stock and a little moroccan spice, love love love it!
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