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.