Food intolerances
So how did you go through the process of working out what was making you ill?
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Over time I have worked out that I cannot tolerate Onions ,anything spicey,careful with cabbage and brussel sprouts ,just about all dairy food,cold boiled eggs especially in sandwhiches and rolls,cooking oil even rice bran oil.
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The only thing I have noticed is that it comes on either if I go out to a friends to eat, or if I have friends over here. Now the food is obviously not going to be the same, but I am guessing as if you have guests over you tend to cook richer foods, so I am wondering if that is part of it.
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If you do an elimination test, you have to stay off a particular food or group of foods (like if wheat isn't specific enough, gluten-containing grains are rye, barley, wheat and oats, though recently I think I read oats may actually be OK even for people with celiac, but don't take my word for it!), or oranges (which then extends to citrus fruits). You get the idea. Anyway, I cut myself off! You have to stay of the food for a minimum of 4 days to allow all traces of it to get through your system. So, it can take a while to work out what's bothering you unless you get an immediate allergic reaction. And by immediate I mean something more tangible than pancreatitis which comes on slowly, as opposed to a rash, gut-ache, headache, etc which can come on up to 24 hours after eating an offending food.
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For example, my Aunt has coeliac disease but was still showing signs of an intolerance. Her Dr suggested dairy as the next most common culprit.
Hey presto, no dairy and she feels great. What I have noticed is it has to be all or nothing.. as in even a tiny amount of an offending product is enough to really set her back.
I'm fairly sure I have a dairy intolerance, but I love dairy products so I will live with it. And it doesn't affect me as much as it does my Aunt, ie it's not so painful that it puts me off. She, on the other hand, really suffers terrible pain/discomfort.
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After a bit of resarch I also found that a low GI carbohydrate source is best so she's on raw minced rabbit and basmati rice (lowest GI - lower than brown) or raw chicken necks and basmati rice.
Also small frequent meals are best. The dog is on 3 meals a day.
I'm not suggesting that you want to eat raw minced rabbit and rice [:0] [xx(] but a low fat/low protein/low GI carb diet of small and frequent meals might help.
Basically you're looking for foods that don't put a strain on the digestive system and are absorbed slowly.
Also, some medications (e.g. steroids) set of pancreatic episodes.
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Although I think I have had it since early 20s, it has got a lot worse since moving to NZ, so my suspicion is that it is something I have started eating since moving here, or had started to eat a lot more of. It seems to be worse in the summer months.
Things I know it can't be:
milk - don't drink it, only use it very occasionally in cooking
chocolate - don't eat it
caffeine, - have cut down caffeine intake to about once a week
cigarettes - never smoked
Possible
Cheese - love the stuff
pies - bad habit of not making sandwiches and just grabbing a pie (high fat content which can cause pancreatis)
I do love spicy food and onions
alcohol - it does not trigger it, but it does make it worse.
Andrea, unfortunately I do not get any allergic reaction to food, so pinpointing it is difficult. I have read that for pancreatis, it takes about 2 days from eating the trigger ingredient.
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The question is - have you started any supplements that you didn't take earlier? Obviously a very random thought but you just never know.
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I had wondered if it was our bore water and got a filter fitted, but it wasn't that.
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Just found this, but sure there would be more if you did a good search...they are actually really yummy warm

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the problem with bran or having too much is that it soaks up the calcium that you eat so osteo, can result.. so remember moderate amounts
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I asked my doctor about the latter and she said you could lose weight. We looked at each other and burst out laughing! I am certainly not even within cooee of obesity, I am active but I am a meat and three vegie girl from way back. Tonight I am having a Scotch fillet steak, potatoes, brocolli and grilled tomatoes for dinner - oh and the steak is topped with onions. God forbid - cooked in butter!
I gave up sugar for Lent when I was a practising Catholic at about 10 years of age - not a sweet eater - hate 70%+ chocolate - love my wine (which accounts for the sugar intake!) and hate chicken (tasteless) with a passion. Can't eat fish.
You know what - there is life out there and I just want to enjoy the one I am living. It doesn't last that long (as you discover the older you get) so to hell with it all - live the one you love!
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Didi it is a myth that purely being overweight causes diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a genetic predisposition. If you have the gene, being overweight will increase the likelihood of being diabetic, but you can easily be diabetic and not be over weight if you have the gene for it.DiDi;248619 wrote: BeeDee - I am sure you are right and you too tigger that I could change my diet but to be honest - I'm just not into doing that. I get really confused when we see these obesity programmes and how if they just did this and that all would be well. My doctor also says I am pre diabetic!
I asked my doctor about the latter and she said you could lose weight. We looked at each other and burst out laughing! I am certainly not even within cooee of obesity,
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