not really its all very hard work trying to understand it all
if you only have a couple of cups of tea a day i wouldnt worry about
the soya milk only would worry if i drank a lot of it.
i am lucky so far i am still able to cope with dairy as long as i dont go over board then i get trouble with phelgm and sinus .. which is just as well as there are other food groups i cant manage . my fav meat is lamb love lamb , and chicken i like duck to but venison i dont like . can you have qourn its not good to have all the time but once a week would be ok .
dont forget that vegatables that grow under ground like carrots potatoes and other root veg are also full of sugar.
if you take magneisum it helps to stop your cravings for chocolate
to much soya has negative health issues , dont believe all you read
do your own research on sites that not pushing products .
to much soya in men actuly causes breasts to grow lots of cases in the USA , and theres lots of health issues in women ,one being it can increase the risk of breast cancer.
I am the same as you with dairy and phelgm, I mean my diet was so dairy-rich that I was always blowing my nose! And, sorry to be gross, I think my whole body was full of mucus.
What's also amazing is that, despite my eczema clearing slightly as I have entered my thirties, it has literally disappeared over the last week. I can't believe it. I have spent most of my life covered up because I have been self-conscious about my skin, but I hated covering myself in creams, etc - I just hate the feeling of being greased up as my skin is naturally oily. I have had a bit of a spot outbreak on my face this past week or so, but I am not sure it's related. My thought was that it was the crap coming out of my body - in a detox sense, and maybe my hormones balancing.
Oh yes, I love lamb too! It's my fav, as well as beef. I love a nice lamb curry though yum! Same as you with venison, I don't like it. Too gamey for me. My mum loves venison and she's always trying to get me to have some lol I also don't like pork, unless it's sausage meat or bacon, which I don't eat often because of the nitrates, etc.
Shame about the root veg - I love root veg. But I do balance it with other vegetables so I think I am okay with that. I had a sweet potato, 'free-from' cottage pie the other day and it was lovely.
I really like quorn, but it contains egg protein so I can't eat it. I was quite surprised about that as I thought it was just mushroom protein, but had to check because of my intolerance to eggs and sure enough it's listed as an ingredient. There are so many things out there with dairy products in, it's amazing how Vegans manage. I am glad I am able to eat meat still though.
The oestrogen in soy milk, as Tiswas said, can up your risk of breast cancer. Also, too much oestrogen in the body, without the balance of progesterone, can make pain feel worse if you suffer, like I do, with inflammation and pain in my joints.
Red meats stay in the digestive tract much longer than other foods and have been linked to bowel cancer. Hence, you should keep them to a minimum.
Chocolate is rich in magnesium, which helps with period pain. I have found that, since I was a teenager, eating a bit of chocolate helps a lot. If you take magnesium as a supplement, it can cause diarrhoea - it's a natural laxative.
I don't take Vitamin B10, I take B12 as I am deficient and suffer pernicious anaemia if I don't get enough. Basically my body cannot process the B12 and take it as a nutrient, so I have to take higher amounts each day to be able to get enough in my body to avoid the symptoms of pernicious anaemia.
I read the NHS website articles all the time, but I do prefer to keep up with medicine by reading new studies and going intuitively on what I feel is correct according to my body's reactions.
i think its only the dark chocolate that has magneisuim in
did you know you can buy a high does b12 patch
and a sublingual b12 that goes straight in to the blood stream when stuck under the tongue thus avoiding the stomach which reduces your the effectivness so you have to take a large does to get the does that you need,
sweet potao sugar sugar , yes i think you have to draw the line some where
its just that so many people dont consider root veg when they are giving up sugar , i like my root veg brocli and cauliflower ,and unless i get problems
i will keep eating them, yes i thought it was mushroom protein to, god it s
a blooming nightmare .
i am not keen on pork unless its sausage or bacon which like you say
are full of nitrates which are bad so bad for you
i limit my self to once a week . .all proccesed meat is bad and should be avoided as much as poss
esp if you have any form of stomach cancer not that you have but you might know someone ,
i can eat eggs if there in things like yorkshire puddding
or cakes but if i have even that, more than once a week i still will get constipated .
if you can eat flour ,and like pancakes you can make them with out eggs
just make up the batter with flour and use bottled fizzy water instead of tap water leave over night in fridge stir the next day ,and fry in the normal way .
Thanks for the PM and the advice again! I just logged back on after a week as I was diagnosed with strep throat and have been on antibiotics. Luckily no side effects (except the weirdest nightmares and glands slightly raised).
I have been doing really well on this lactose-free diet! I found an online store that does free-from foods so I know I can't go wrong. My appetite is normal-low compared to how it used to be, and without 'dieting', I have already lost 7lbs. I really need to lose 3 stone so that was a nice surprise. I feel like my body is thanking me for diet change lol I just don't feel like I was getting any nutrients before, but now I feel like my body is absorbing them. My eczema (which I have suffered from for over 15 years) has completely gone, I am so shocked! I just wish I had known sooner what what causing it and saved myself a lot of grief. But, hey, at least I know now
Regarding the sausages/bacon, etc, my nan died of stomach cancer so I am very wary about things that are carcinogenic, but I have treated my body like cr@p, tbh. Finding out I was lactose-intolerant was a blessing in disguise I feel, as it gave me the massive kick up the ar$e I needed lol
I have had a comprehensive food intolerance test done and will have the results this week. All I know right now is I am intolerant to lactose, eggs and cashew nuts (though I don't have much of a reaction to them, I never really liked them anyway).
Funny that eggs make you constipated if you eat them a lot, I get the exact opposite if you get my drift lol It's so not worth the grief! I miss them though as I always loved eggs. I have read before that you can crave things that you are intolerant to. I find that really strange, but true for me as I always craved cheeses/milk products before. I still do at times, but not nearly as much, especially knowing how ill they were making me!
Just went through your post. I havent diagnosed my LI test but I probably doubt that I'm lactose intolerant. I got the same problems like you shared above .. I had quit taking eggs since last 11 years..but didnt realize that intake of the dairy products were also the cause of stomach cramps.. I wanna quit dairy products but couldn't resist when I see them in front... How is it possible to quit dairy products... Please help..
Try going without as many dairy products as possible, but try Lactofree products by Arla. They are essentially dairy, but minus the lactose. Also, if you want to eat something with lactose in - a chocolate bar or something, try taking one or two lactase enzyme capsules. You can get them most places, but try Amazon. That's what I do because I love cheeses and chocolate lol I avoid lactose in my butter and milk, but dairy-free chocolate is pretty gross lol
By the way - eggs don't contain lactose, they are just classified as dairy, so maybe eggs aren't your problem, but lactose??
I would have horrible abdominal cramps and gasses I would have a huuuuge belly and tension inside caused me to cry and feel like vommiting when I cut on dairy it felt wonderful but still i needed a subsitute for calcium cos I was 18 when I discovered i'm lactose intollerent and my bones were still building so I started taking lactose free products and they suit me well most ppl with this intollerence like in your case which i guess was severe can't even tolerate lactose free products
something else that really helped my digestion issues that im still fighting is probiotics they give me a great deal of relief
you need to find a good substitute for calcium and magnesium like greens and vegetables and fruits
I have done process of elimination and figure I have become lactose intolerant as well as hormones out of balance. I get horrible cramps after consuming dairy. What has anyone used to relieve the stomach cramps due to reaction to lactose? Help
I have suffered from lactose intolerance for 10 years... But most of my symptoms are now managed.. I need to share with all of my fellow sufferers about LactoFreedom. It's a probiotic basically... I wouldnt' call myself cured, but pretty close to it.