Types of food our bodies don't like

[Sheila]

Can't eat cheese -- my favorite food -- because of sinus. Have had overactive histamine reaction throughout w/d, slowly getting better.

[grandmaD]

I forgot about milk. Used to drink gallons of it no worries. Went onto lactose free and now is good. Heard recently that the have been ADDING SOMETHING TO OUR MILK NOW! I think they have been taking all the cream out, leaving watery milk and adding something to make it thicker. They never did put it on the label, either. I sometimes wonder about bought food with all its additives - if they can't kill us with a/d's maybe then with the food!

[alex]

I had hypersensitivity to odors in the first 2 months of W/D then they stoped, and now I have it but less intense.

Because of this, I don´t tolerate spicy foods.

I used to eat a lot of CHILE (hotpeppers)

I stay away from caffeine, coffe, coke, etc.I have lost 11 pounds.That worrys me because at 6 feet 2" now I´m at 169 pounds.

[Luc]

I stay away from caffeine, coffe, coke, etc.

That is very good, Alex, you stay away from those. They all cause the worsening of the symptoms. The same with spicy food. Please, don't worry - once you start feeling better, your appetite will be back. What may help, is dividing meals into smaller ones. Eating less at a time, but more often.

[alex]

That is very good, Alex, you stay away from those. They all cause the worsening of the symptoms. The same with spicy food. Please, don't worry - once you start feeling better, your appetite will be back. What may help, is dividing meals into smaller ones. Eating less at a time, but more often.

Thank you Luc for being there and giving support.

[Chris]

Can't eat cheese -- my favorite food -- because of sinus. Have had overactive histamine reaction throughout w/d, slowly getting better.

Same here--I love cheese, but too much is bad for me and it's addictive for me, so better to avoid. All the stores where I live put out free samples of cheese (they know how addictive it is!) I have noticed that free samples are often given of addictive type things like coke and chips (and pharmaceticals.)

My new-monic: eat things with hard C sound: carrots, kale, cabbage
Avoid those with soft c sound: cheese, chocolate, chips
Exceptions to this rather silly rule: coke, coffee

Sheila--I can't find where you posted that you drink a teaspoon of coffee. I can't tell you how tough getting off the java has been for me. I switch to green tea. Recently, the craving was out of control and I was mixing coffee and chocolate. Then . . .

I started to get whispers of GERD/heart burn which I had had two severe episodes of few years ago. I looked up and saw chocolate is a suspect in GERD/heartburn.
(My severe episodes landed me in ER--so bad doc thought it was heartattack) So . . . as much as I love chocolate, fear of acid reflux makes me avoid.