Guest guest Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 instead of aspartame maybe you could use splenda (e.g. in diet rite soda). it's made out of sugar. > I'm now a vegan who can't eat wheat, tomatoes, lemon, orange (and > other acidic fruit), garlic, leafy green veg or aspartame. I'm > allergic to dairy too but i don't eat it anyway so thats ok. > Hmm... cooking suddenly got a bit more tricky! > Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 , " Laura " <lauramoore@t...> wrote: >.... I'm now a vegan who can't eat wheat, tomatoes, lemon, orange (and other acidic fruit), garlic, leafy green veg or aspartame. I'm > allergic to dairy too but i don't eat it anyway so thats ok. > Hmm... cooking suddenly got a bit more tricky! > Any suggestions? I have found this to be helpful: FOODALLERGYKITCHEN/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Bad luck, Laura! :=( But, hey, that still leaves apples and pears and stuff like that, onion (no garlic? hell!!! But think of all the wonderful spices you will be able to experiment with), and green beans and other non-leafy greenies, and oodles of wonderful root vegetables and legumes. Have you got any non-wheat bread recipes??? (Perhaps with so many allergies it'd be safer to make your own ;=)) But, hey, you're up to this challenge, right? I shall start thinking up things for you! Take care of yourself - and now you're out of lurkdom keep in touch. Best love, Pat > I'm now a vegan who can't eat wheat, tomatoes, lemon, orange (and > other acidic fruit), garlic, leafy green veg or aspartame. I'm > allergic to dairy too but i don't eat it anyway so thats ok. > Hmm... cooking suddenly got a bit more tricky! -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. " - Immanuel Kant * " I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. " - Abraham Lincoln * " There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it. " - Franz Fanon ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 > instead of aspartame maybe you could use splenda (e.g. in diet rite > soda). it's made out of sugar. Splenda is great - nicer than the other stuff anyway - I got it on the advice of someone on this list some months ago. Best, Pat -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. " - Immanuel Kant * " I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. " - Abraham Lincoln * " There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it. " - Franz Fanon ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Welcome back Laura. I too hope you can find some recipes in our files that will fit your new dietary restrictions and challenges. I am glad they were able to determine what was making you feel so ill, but I am sorry you are going to have to give up eating some of the things you enjoyed. Namaste ~ PT ~ The superstition in which we grew up, though we may recognize it, does not lose its power over us. Not all are free who would make mock of their chains. ~ Gotthold Lessing ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~> , " Laura " <lauramoore@t...> wrote: > Hi everyone, > went back into lurk mode for quite a long while as i've been feeling > crappy. just had allergy tests and now my list of thing i can't eat > is even longer than it is already! can't eat wheat, tomatoes, lemon, orange (and > other acidic fruit), garlic, leafy green veg or aspartame. I'm > allergic to dairy too but i don't eat it anyway so thats ok. > Hmm... cooking suddenly got a bit more tricky! > Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 , " Laura " <lauramoore@t...> wrote: > Hi everyone, > went back into lurk mode for quite a long while as i've been feeling > crappy. just had allergy tests and now my list of thing i can't eat > is even longer than it is already! > Oh, changed my email address again - was having trouble with the > one, getting duplicates of some mail and not receiving others > until days after, or not at all. so if you're confused i was > veganvixen/child_of_the_80s. Sorry to confuse you guys! > Anyway, i just wanted to say hi and i shall be perusing the files for > appropriate recipes. I hope i find some. > I'm now a vegan who can't eat wheat, tomatoes, lemon, orange (and > other acidic fruit), garlic, leafy green veg or aspartame. I'm > allergic to dairy too but i don't eat it anyway so thats ok. > Hmm... cooking suddenly got a bit more tricky! > Any suggestions? Laura, Bob's Red Mill website also has alot of gluten-free recipes (as well as alot of other good looking recipes). Just do a search on wheat- free or gluten free. http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipe/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 i use stevia to sweeten everything; it tastes good, it's actually good for you, and it has no calories... http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hi. I've got some questions to run past y'all, because this is a pretty knowledgeable bunch. I took my daughter to a naturopath (who I have decided is a complete quack). Anyway, she did some allergy testing - IGG and IGE. She came up with a few IGE allergies, some of which were foods she hasn't eaten in years (like barley and apricot, which she's never had - how does she have the antibodies for it if she's never eaten it?). I'll rotate those out for a few weeks, but I'm curious about the IGG tests. Are they useful at all? Because she's showing reactions to an AWFUL lot of stuff. Like, if I follow this dr's instructions, she's left with potato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, walnuts, sunflower seeds, green beans, peas, amaranth, quinoa, honey, and sesame seeds. And all the meat she wants. Blech. I'm really seriously displeased with the push to have my daughter eat more meat (from a naturopath?!) when, in my opinion, she eats too much of it already! We will NOT be going back there, that's for sure. The naturopath actually calculated her BMI as if it means something useful. What a joke. However, I do want to get some use out of the allergy report, so if any of you have any knowledge about these things, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 IgG has proven useful to me and some others on here, but there is some question about its validity as far as results in scientific studies. Does your daughter avoid gluten? I heartily believe my long-undiagnosed gluten and casein intolerances were at the heart of me developing food allergies. Sally On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Shannon West <shanwest wrote: > > > Hi. I've got some questions to run past y'all, because this is a pretty > knowledgeable bunch. I took my daughter to a naturopath (who I have decided > is a complete quack). Anyway, she did some allergy testing - IGG and IGE. > She came up with a few IGE allergies, some of which were foods she hasn't > eaten in years (like barley and apricot, which she's never had - how does > she have the antibodies for it if she's never eaten it?). I'll rotate those > out for a few weeks, but I'm curious about the IGG tests. Are they useful at > all? Because she's showing reactions to an AWFUL lot of stuff. Like, if I > follow this dr's instructions, she's left with potato, cucumber, broccoli, > cauliflower, zucchini, walnuts, sunflower seeds, green beans, peas, > amaranth, quinoa, honey, and sesame seeds. And all the meat she wants. > Blech. I'm really seriously displeased with the push to have my daughter eat > more meat (from a naturopath?!) when, in my opinion, she eats too much of it > already! > > We will NOT be going back there, that's for sure. The naturopath actually > calculated her BMI as if it means something useful. What a joke. However, I > do want to get some use out of the allergy report, so if any of you have any > knowledge about these things, I'd appreciate it. > > Thanks, > Shannon > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Here's what my doctor tells me about those tests. 1. Eliminate all the suspect foods from the diet for three weeks and then start introducing them back in to the diet one at a time. Note reactions. Ask if you can live with the reaction. If you can't detect a reaction, it might be ok to eat. Your reaction is the real test. Then make decisions about which ones you will eat and which ones you will not eat. Eliminate from you diet only those which you have to to feel as good as you wish. 2. You need to decide where your cut off line is. The doctor says he used to cut it off at 1, but now he cuts it off somewhere between 2 and 3, but really, we are the ones who need to draw the cut off line between problem and non-problem foods. 3. Remember there are more foods one can eat then are tested. For example, I noticed that alfalfa sprouts, garbonzo beans, black beans, fava beans, teff, swiss chard, kale, mangos, and yams are not on the list of the test I took. And that is just what the foods I thought of at a glace. 4. And yes, somehow I'm reacting to coffee beans, and I can't remember when I ever had coffee. That is one reason you need to test the results personally with a food trial. I also haven't eaten any dairy products in years, and my body is no longer making antibodies to them, so my current test results show I could eat dairy if I would like to, but let me tell you, I am not going back to dairy again, even if I didn't have a reaction. 5. My doctor says that you end up with more IGG reactions when your body isn't digesting food well. He puts his patients on Betaine HCL (hydrocloric acid) to help patients digest food better. It is working well in my case. If you get your digestion working better, you shouldn't develop new food reactions, and should be able to eat at least some of the reacting foods again. In my case, I can eat some of the foods on my list with no observable reactions, but some items make me feel pretty tired, wired, or achy or yucky, etc. I do know a girl with reactions to 30 foods, and she feels much better without them. I hope your girl will be able to have a much shorter list, and that she will really thrive. And yes, I don't think meat is a good option, no matter what you are allergic too. Courage, Barbara ______ On Behalf Of Shannon West [shanwest] Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:59 PM Cc: KidsWithCeliac allergy testing Hi. I've got some questions to run past y'all, because this is a pretty knowledgeable bunch. I took my daughter to a naturopath (who I have decided is a complete quack). Anyway, she did some allergy testing - IGG and IGE. She came up with a few IGE allergies, some of which were foods she hasn't eaten in years (like barley and apricot, which she's never had - how does she have the antibodies for it if she's never eaten it?). I'll rotate those out for a few weeks, but I'm curious about the IGG tests. Are they useful at all? Because she's showing reactions to an AWFUL lot of stuff. Like, if I follow this dr's instructions, she's left with potato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, walnuts, sunflower seeds, green beans, peas, amaranth, quinoa, honey, and sesame seeds. And all the meat she wants. Blech. I'm really seriously displeased with the push to have my daughter eat more meat (from a naturopath?!) when, in my opinion, she eats too much of i t already! We will NOT be going back there, that's for sure. The naturopath actually calculated her BMI as if it means something useful. What a joke. However, I do want to get some use out of the allergy report, so if any of you have any knowledge about these things, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yes, she eats no gluten, casein or fruit. Thanks. Shannon ----- Receiving the following content ----- Sally Parrott Ashbrook Receiver: Time: 2009-10-15, 18:44:08 Re: allergy testing >IgG has proven useful to me and some others on here, but there is some >question about its validity as far as results in scientific studies. Does >your daughter avoid gluten? I heartily believe my long-undiagnosed gluten >and casein intolerances were at the heart of me developing food allergies. > >Sally > >On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Shannon West wrote: > >> >> >> Hi. I've got some questions to run past y'all, because this is a pretty >> knowledgeable bunch. I took my daughter to a naturopath (who I have decided >> is a complete quack). Anyway, she did some allergy testing - IGG and IGE. >> She came up with a few IGE allergies, some of which were foods she hasn't >> eaten in years (like barley and apricot, which she's never had - how does >> she have the antibodies for it if she's never eaten it?). I'll rotate those >> out for a few weeks, but I'm curious about the IGG tests. Are they useful at >> all? Because she's showing reactions to an AWFUL lot of stuff. Like, if I >> follow this dr's instructions, she's left with potato, cucumber, broccoli, >> cauliflower, zucchini, walnuts, sunflower seeds, green beans, peas, >> amaranth, quinoa, honey, and sesame seeds. And all the meat she wants. >> Blech. I'm really seriously displeased with the push to have my daughter eat >> more meat (from a naturopath?!) when, in my opinion, she eats too much of it >> already! >> >> We will NOT be going back there, that's for sure. The naturopath actually >> calculated her BMI as if it means something useful. What a joke. However, I >> do want to get some use out of the allergy report, so if any of you have any >> knowledge about these things, I'd appreciate it. >> >> Thanks, >> Shannon >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Thank you! This is very helpful! ----- Receiving the following content ----- Barbara Frohne Receiver: Time: 2009-10-15, 19:01:11 RE: allergy testing >Here's what my doctor tells me about those tests. > >1. Eliminate all the suspect foods from the diet for three weeks and then start introducing them back in to the diet one at a time. Note reactions. Ask if you can live with the reaction. If you can't detect a reaction, it might be ok to eat. Your reaction is the real test. Then make decisions about which ones you will eat and which ones you will not eat. Eliminate from you diet only those which you have to to feel as good as you wish. > >2. You need to decide where your cut off line is. The doctor says he used to cut it off at 1, but now he cuts it off somewhere between 2 and 3, but really, we are the ones who need to draw the cut off line between problem and non-problem foods. > >3. Remember there are more foods one can eat then are tested. For example, I noticed that alfalfa sprouts, garbonzo beans, black beans, fava beans, teff, swiss chard, kale, mangos, and yams are not on the list of the test I took. And that is just what the foods I thought of at a glace. > >4. And yes, somehow I'm reacting to coffee beans, and I can't remember when I ever had coffee. That is one reason you need to test the results personally with a food trial. I also haven't eaten any dairy products in years, and my body is no longer making antibodies to them, so my current test results show I could eat dairy if I would like to, but let me tell you, I am not going back to dairy again, even if I didn't have a reaction. > >5. My doctor says that you end up with more IGG reactions when your body isn't digesting food well. He puts his patients on Betaine HCL (hydrocloric acid) to help patients digest food better. It is working well in my case. If you get your digestion working better, you shouldn't develop new food reactions, and should be able to eat at least some of the reacting foods again. > >In my case, I can eat some of the foods on my list with no observable reactions, but some items make me feel pretty tired, wired, or achy or yucky, etc. I do know a girl with reactions to 30 foods, and she feels much better without them. I hope your girl will be able to have a much shorter list, and that she will really thrive. > >And yes, I don't think meat is a good option, no matter what you are allergic too. > >Courage, > >Barbara >______ > On Behalf Of Shannon West [shanwest] >Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:59 PM > >Cc: KidsWithCeliac > allergy testing > >Hi. I've got some questions to run past y'all, because this is a pretty knowledgeable bunch. I took my daughter to a naturopath (who I have decided is a complete quack). Anyway, she did some allergy testing - IGG and IGE. She came up with a few IGE allergies, some of which were foods she hasn't eaten in years (like barley and apricot, which she's never had - how does she have the antibodies for it if she's never eaten it?). I'll rotate those out for a few weeks, but I'm curious about the IGG tests. Are they useful at all? Because she's showing reactions to an AWFUL lot of stuff. Like, if I follow this dr's instructions, she's left with potato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, walnuts, sunflower seeds, green beans, peas, amaranth, quinoa, honey, and sesame seeds. And all the meat she wants. Blech. I'm really seriously displeased with the push to have my daughter eat more meat (from a naturopath?!) when, in my opinion, she eats too much of i t already! > >We will NOT be going back there, that's for sure. The naturopath actually calculated her BMI as if it means something useful. What a joke. However, I do want to get some use out of the allergy report, so if any of you have any knowledge about these things, I'd appreciate it. > >Thanks, >Shannon > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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