Food Intolerances are hereditary

First off, Happy Holidays
I'm up this morning with extreme gas and gas pains. I have been having a little bit of unbalance in my gut since last Friday I think. It could have began after eating black eye peas for dinner. I have not got back into strictly recording all food and drinks I consume. I stoped doing that a while ago. My food diary has been taken out of my purse and put somewhere. It looks like I need to start recording again. Something has definetely got my gut all out of whack. Excess gas and fatigue everyday since sometime last week is a good enough warning that whatever one or few foods I am consuming is not digesting properly even with me taking my probiotics.

After talking with my dad yesterday, I found out he and I were going through stomach trouble on the same day. He is having a hard time changing his diet to fit his digestion needs. He also can not eat corn, wheat, and dairy without having digestion problems. Other foods we both have trouble digesting are salads, cucumbers and processed foods. He knows which foods are connected to his digestion problems yet he keeps consuming them. This is the mindset I have been in all my life and finally changed this year. So I will continue to encourage him, with the same words he encourage me with. " Eat what you can digest." We also talked about how my grandmother, his mom, had a very sensitive stomach. So I am sure this thing is hereditary and like my gastroentiologist said to me, I have to learn to live with it. I am doing just that with a few set backs. I need to become more disciplined and start recorded in my food diary again. It really helps when you need to pinpoint or narrow down a problem causing food.

I encourage those of you who have food intolerances to learn as much about food intolerances as you can. Doctors only pay attention to food allergies. You have to be your own food intolerance advocate. Talk with your relatives about you food intolerances because it is hereditary. I thought I was alone in this, but now I know its just how I was designed. I was designed to eat as close to earth as possible. A whole food diet. I feel my best and keep a healthy steady weight when I eat high amount of vegetables, especially greens. My second high intake is gluten free grains such as brown rice, sorghum and quinoa. I like organic eggs as my protein. A low meat consumption is best for me. I eat meats like chicken, salmon and some beef. I try to buy organic foods as much as possible.

Its been a challenge, but its gotten easier

Its been awhile since my last post. I have been busy with family and new business ventures. I must admit, I have slacked big time when it comes to my dream of writing my book and gathering up recipes for the site. I want to do so much sometimes that I don't know where to start. I love blogging, food and fashion. I am enjoying foods without so much digestion problems as long as I take care to avoid the foods my body can not digest. After doing an elimination diet of certain foods, I explored introducing some of them in small amounts. The results were surprising. I can no longer at this point eat chocolate. It makes me feel ill after eating it almost immediately. I can eat tomato based products in small amounts so far which is great because I love the taste of tomatoes and tomato base foods such as pasta sauce and barbecue sauce. Yum. I have become aware, of how exactly my body reacts to what I eat and drink. I know if experience certain symptoms with my digestion I am not consuming the right amounts of fiber, water and greens. I can now eat out at certain places without fear, but caution. I have learned how my body reacts in general to soy, dairy, wheat and corn. I thank God for that. I do need to work on drinking enough water.

After my recent visit with the doctor, I found out that she did not know that restaurants offered allergy free menus or options. I was happy when she said she would pass on this info to her other patients who have or maybe suffering from food intolerance.

Some of the restaurants who have allergy free menus/options are; The Fish House, Chilli's, Mimi's, In N out burger, and Denny's to name few.

My favorite place to eat out is Yummy Pho in Oceanside.

Pho is a vietemese soup dish. It can be made with meat or just veggies.

Rice noodles, broth, basil leaves, bean sprouts, lime, green onions, veggies and/or meat. No corn, wheat/gluten, soy or dairy in this dish.