Preliminary Allergies to Food

Nana b
Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I was tested for 65 foods by an allergy specialist and the following is what I am sensitive to and had quite a reaction to tomatoes. I love tomatoes!! :( She wants me to stop eating these foods, and introduce them after a 4 week abstinence, to see what kind of a reaction I get to each. Some may just be sensitivities. I find it interesting, that I really don't eat wheat, white potatoes, pork, peas, and beer. I usually can go without them, since childhood. No bread, no pasta. Point being, you naturally shy away from things that are making you feel bad. As a kid, I never ate cereal nor drank milk. Later in adulthood, I find out that I got really bad stomach cramps when I ate this food. Just never put the two together, as a child.

As some of you know, I have been on a no wheat, no dairy, no fruit, no starch diet for the last 3 weeks, so I decided to test two of these foods, I had a Tuna sandwich, and I got the runs so bad, still have it today! Now I need to figure out if it was the tuna or the bread. Dummy me, one at a time. lol

I have lost 11 pounds, 3 inches in my waist and an no longer bloated, so knowing about these foods helps me make smart choices. You know our immune system works to stop a reaction to these foods, leaving other areas in your body unguarded from diseases.

My insurance covered this testing 100%.

Allergic or sensitive to

Oats
Green Pea
Pineapple
Watermelon
Walnut
Pork
Sweet Potato
White Potato
Wheat
Tomato
Baker Yeast
Brewer Yeast
Tuna * love Tuna
Salmon

Comments

  • plh4gail
    plh4gail Member Posts: 1,238 Member
    #2
    Interesting and
    Interesting and congratulations on 11 pounds loss from improving habits :) yay for you!

    Love and hugs, Gail
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #3
    interesting
    Hi Raquel,

    I find your results interesting. Also interesting that some of the foods I've been found to have allergies and/or sensitivites to are also items that I don't like to eat. For example, I have allergies to mustard and to tuna & I have always hated those things- only had them to try them a time or two- never ate them again. Oh- also rye bread- my mom was always trying to get me to eat rye bread as a kid & I never liked it. Come to find out I'm allergic to it, so not a problem to try and avoid it.

    Of your allergies, I think watermelon would be tough & tomatoes definitely would be tough- I eat a lot of foods with tomotoes or tomotato sauce in them. I don't have a tomato allergy myself.

    Well, now you know and can work on testing them, as you were told to do.

    Lisa
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #4
    lisa42 said:

    interesting
    Hi Raquel,

    I find your results interesting. Also interesting that some of the foods I've been found to have allergies and/or sensitivites to are also items that I don't like to eat. For example, I have allergies to mustard and to tuna & I have always hated those things- only had them to try them a time or two- never ate them again. Oh- also rye bread- my mom was always trying to get me to eat rye bread as a kid & I never liked it. Come to find out I'm allergic to it, so not a problem to try and avoid it.

    Of your allergies, I think watermelon would be tough & tomatoes definitely would be tough- I eat a lot of foods with tomotoes or tomotato sauce in them. I don't have a tomato allergy myself.

    Well, now you know and can work on testing them, as you were told to do.

    Lisa

    Yep!
    I ran two miles today, my goal is 3 miles a day. Let's see how I do!
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #5
    Go, girl!
    Yay for the weight loss! Good for you!

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • scouty
    scouty Member Posts: 1,965 Member
    #6
    Nana b said:

    Yep!
    I ran two miles today, my goal is 3 miles a day. Let's see how I do!

    Hey Rachel
    I just wanted to share with you what I experienced after I cleaned up my diet, recovered, and most importantly healed from the chemo/surgeries, many of my food sensitivies went away. It has taken time, which I am very thankful for but now 6 years after chemo and 5 years after my last surgery I am still learning and refining what I do.

    I also have to tell you to NOT run every day. You body will break down if you do it. Even Olympic athletes don't train every day! Try crosstraining with walking or biking in between the days you run. I'm older than you are (56) and hurt my knee 3 years ago by being stubborn and thinking I was young again. Now I do what I can and am setting personal best every month! Remember rest days! I take 2 a week, run 3 and cycle with weight and/or resistance training the other 2 days. There are "workout" days when I just can't muster the energy so I get out and just do what I can but make sure I don't skip more than a day or 2 of my "plan".

    I'm so happy you are feeling so good and working hard to stay that way. I hope others see you as an example of what life after treatments can be like. Thank you for sharing it.

    Lisa P.
  • lizzydavis
    lizzydavis Member Posts: 893
    #7
    tootsie1 said:

    Go, girl!
    Yay for the weight loss! Good for you!

    *hugs*
    Gail

    Congrats on the weight loss!
    Congrats on the weight loss! What can you eat now? I saw your allergic list and wonder what you can eat. I am having a lot of difficulty eating lately. I have tried different things. It seems everything I eat is causing pain and bloating.

    Lizzy
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
    #8
    I got referred to an
    I got referred to an Ear-Nose-Throat doc after complaining about hoarseness after my chemo. He thought I had a food allergy with, so far as I could tell, no evidence whatsoever, and he wanted me to eliminate a list of foods from my diet, one at a time. That's what food allergists do, I guess. I decided he was a flake, and didn't go back for a second visit. The hoarseness went away by itself.

    I run 30 minutes every morning --- works for me.
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #9
    scouty said:

    Hey Rachel
    I just wanted to share with you what I experienced after I cleaned up my diet, recovered, and most importantly healed from the chemo/surgeries, many of my food sensitivies went away. It has taken time, which I am very thankful for but now 6 years after chemo and 5 years after my last surgery I am still learning and refining what I do.

    I also have to tell you to NOT run every day. You body will break down if you do it. Even Olympic athletes don't train every day! Try crosstraining with walking or biking in between the days you run. I'm older than you are (56) and hurt my knee 3 years ago by being stubborn and thinking I was young again. Now I do what I can and am setting personal best every month! Remember rest days! I take 2 a week, run 3 and cycle with weight and/or resistance training the other 2 days. There are "workout" days when I just can't muster the energy so I get out and just do what I can but make sure I don't skip more than a day or 2 of my "plan".

    I'm so happy you are feeling so good and working hard to stay that way. I hope others see you as an example of what life after treatments can be like. Thank you for sharing it.

    Lisa P.

    Thanks Scouty! Will do.
    Thanks Scouty! Will do. And....I am right behind you in age. :)
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #10
    lizzydavis said:

    Congrats on the weight loss!
    Congrats on the weight loss! What can you eat now? I saw your allergic list and wonder what you can eat. I am having a lot of difficulty eating lately. I have tried different things. It seems everything I eat is causing pain and bloating.

    Lizzy

    Lizzy
    Maybe you can try a protein and veggie diet for a couple weeks and see if your bloating goes away... I'm taking beta plus, 1 tablet before each meal to get my liver to process my food better. My naturopath also has me on this powder that helps the lining of the stomach rejuvenate itself. The powder is L Glutamine. I take 1.5 tsp once a day. It's all herbs and can be ordered on line. Licorice root allows me to do away with my prilosec.
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #11
    PGLGreg said:

    I got referred to an
    I got referred to an Ear-Nose-Throat doc after complaining about hoarseness after my chemo. He thought I had a food allergy with, so far as I could tell, no evidence whatsoever, and he wanted me to eliminate a list of foods from my diet, one at a time. That's what food allergists do, I guess. I decided he was a flake, and didn't go back for a second visit. The hoarseness went away by itself.

    I run 30 minutes every morning --- works for me.

    I had hoarseness also, but
    I had hoarseness also, but it was due to the chemo.
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #12
    Nana b said:

    Lizzy
    Maybe you can try a protein and veggie diet for a couple weeks and see if your bloating goes away... I'm taking beta plus, 1 tablet before each meal to get my liver to process my food better. My naturopath also has me on this powder that helps the lining of the stomach rejuvenate itself. The powder is L Glutamine. I take 1.5 tsp once a day. It's all herbs and can be ordered on line. Licorice root allows me to do away with my prilosec.

    Licorice root
    I LOVE licorice root tea! It really doesn't taste like licorice to me, but has a very mild taste at first, then a sweet aftertaste. It was good for me since I am no longer using sweetener in my tea- helped me transition since it tastes naturally sweet.
    Plus, it's good for you!

    Lisa
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #13
    lisa42 said:

    Licorice root
    I LOVE licorice root tea! It really doesn't taste like licorice to me, but has a very mild taste at first, then a sweet aftertaste. It was good for me since I am no longer using sweetener in my tea- helped me transition since it tastes naturally sweet.
    Plus, it's good for you!

    Lisa

    lol
    Oh Lisa. but the tables are chalky and disgusting; I however think that I have gotten used to them!

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