Question:
I'm not sure I understand the problem. are you allergic to some
foods? Do you know which ones? What may be an excellent diet
for some will not work for others.
Answer:
I'm not sure of what foods I am allergic to, or even if I have an allergy.
I just suspect one because I have many of the symptoms.
They recommend the 'stone age' diet where you cut out many types of food
(dairy, wheat, etc) to see if this stops the symptoms. I was wondering what
foods that leaves, it's something they seem to leave out.I wouldn't assume you are allergic to foods. Just start eating right
and see how you feel. Then, if you still have symptoms which aren't
attributable to other things (pollen, dust, animals, Christmas Trees,
etc...) you can try eliminating one thing at a time and experiement. If you are trying to find what foods you are allergic to, best to start with
everything cooked. Cooking breaks down the protein/carbohydrate into simpler
molecules and so less chance of an allergy.
For example I can eat cooked apples, applesauce, pies, etc but I am allergic
to all raw apples. The idea is that once you have found a diet that doesn't cause any symptoms,
for example cooked rice and roast beef, then start adding one food at a time.
If you suspect raw apples, eat a lot of it for a week, if you are OK then next
week add another food.
Caution though. even if you are not allergic to, say papaya, too much of it can
upset your stomach, so eat the new food just slightly more than a normal meal.
Another approach is to try to eat only the foods you are sure you are not
allergic to for a week. If you are OK then start adding to the above list.
But start with cooked only as these are less allergenic. I think the 'stone age' diet refers to a hunterer-gatherer type diet of the type
that might have been eaten in preagricultural days, including meat and fish,
fruits and vegetables. As far as I could see, milk is excluded. Grains and
beans, being agricultural products not likely to be found in the wild, would be
excluded. I would have great trouble on an all-cooked diet. I find some foods, including
almonds, hickory nuts, English walnuts and black walnuts, easier to take raw
than baked or otherwise cooked. Also, I get a nauseated feeling from eating
too much of some cooked vegetables, hence I eat carrots mostly raw. I also
prefer string beans and asparagus raw, don't like these cooked. I also find some raw fruit, such as apples, help me digest a meal much better
than if the apples were cooked. Pineapple contains a protein-digesting enzyme,
bromelain, which is destroyed by cooking. Thus, if I want to use pineapple as
a digestive aid, I must et it fresh and raw. Of course, too much pineapple can
be irritating. I wouldn't want to go to the extreme of all raw foods, but neither would I do
well with the other extreme of all foods cooked. I have been a vegetarian and eating healthy food for several years but the
allergy sympotom
just keeps worsening as year goes by. Initially, allergic to Oak, then
Cedar, then something else. And
then the sympotom also turns me to allergic to fresh fruits and vegetables
when the allegry season is
here at Austin, Texas. What a nightmare!! Recently, I have taken a supplement called "OPC-3" and it has done a great
deal to relieve
my allergy sympotom. Several friends of mine also get a great result by
taking that supplement. So,
you are welecomed to do some reasearch if the product OPC-3 would help.
