Re: Bowels Food allergies HELP

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My one piece of advice for you if you think food allergies may be your

problem, is: don't do an exclusion diet half heartedly! The reason is

that susceptible people can become allergic to pretty much any food

they eat a lot of, and your symptoms will not disappear unless you

exclude ALL the foods you are allergic to from your diet. If you

exclude one thing, then another, 6 weeks later you may not be any

better, and you will give up the diet not knowing whether it didn't

work because you didn't exclude the right food, or because food

allergies are not what is causing your problem. I know this from

EXPERIENCE - the exclusion diet is very hard to stick to, so if you are

going to do it, you want to get it right first time.

Please get hold of a copy of this book:

" Food Allergies and Food Intolerance : The Complete Guide to Their

Identification and Treatment " by Brostoff & Gamlin

ISBN 0892818751

And follow their advice on the diet. I wish someone had given ME this

advice before I tried an exclusion diet; it would have helped a lot!

Good luck,

andrea

xxx

[Guest guest]

Your symptoms sound exactly like the allergic reactions I have to

foods too, sudden onset of diarrhea after eating, itchy bum, then

later on red, burning, itching vulva.

I agree with though...you can't do an elimination diet half-

way. You need to avoid any and all foods you might be allergic to for

1-3 weeks then reintroduce them one by one to see which one(s) are

the problem. So you need to just eat meat, veggies, and fruit (but no

citrus), and to insure you aren't accidently getting any wheat or

corn you'll need to prepare them yourself. I know it sounds really

hard but that is the only way you are going to be able to tell on

your own if you have food allergies.

in SF

> Ok I was doinng just fine then 2 nights last week I had flare ups

of burning.

> My entire vulvar area had looked like it was sunburn. SOmething set

this off.

> and it happened right after dinner one night...first diareahha then

a bit

> later

> my vulva was on fire....then Friday night again after dinner...RED

RED RED

> OUCH. fire..HOT. I did have food containing SOY both meals.

> I am going to try giving up soy and see what happens....then if

that doesnt

> work.

> CORN.

> It was obvious something triggered it....

> And today after using the bathroom, I come out with my backside

itching.

> Obvoiusly something in my stool, prompted this....

> I think there may be more of a food connection that we think for

those of us

> that have the burning and itching..

> Any COMMENTS?

[Guest guest]

One of the first things that my support group contact

person asked me was whether I am a vegetarian b/c she

wanted to know if I eat lots of soy products. She said

that soy is a major irritant and is common among our

group members, many of whom are vegetarians.

FYI.

Sorry about your pain.

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--- blueeberri@... wrote:

> Ok I was doinng just fine then 2 nights last week I

> had flare ups of burning.

> My entire vulvar area had looked like it was

> sunburn. SOmething set this off.

> and it happened right after dinner one night...first

> diareahha then a bit

> later

> my vulva was on fire....then Friday night again

> after dinner...RED RED RED

> OUCH. fire..HOT. I did have food containing SOY both

> meals.

> I am going to try giving up soy and see what

> happens....then if that doesnt

> work.

> CORN.

> It was obvious something triggered it....

> And today after using the bathroom, I come out with

> my backside itching.

> Obvoiusly something in my stool, prompted this....

> I think there may be more of a food connection that

> we think for those of us

> that have the burning and itching..

> Any COMMENTS?

>

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