I had a blood test to determine what my body was reacting to and then went through the process of removing ALL the foods and then adding them back in to see if I had a reaction. I had reactions to all of them and removing them from my life has made a huge different in my quality of life.
Not diet. Not skinny-girl talk. Nothing but my ability to carry on normal, everyday activities as free from pain as possible. This process took me well over a year.
I generally eat when I am home and have access to food that I know is safe. So, I eat about once a day. Most of the food I consume I have made myself, though I am working on trying to find brands of food I can buy and eat. This convenience is not part of my daily right now.
Here is a simple list of foods I cannot eat:
- Baker’s yeast
- Beans
- Black pepper
- Brewer’s yeast
- Canola (rapeseed)
- Cranberry
- Dairy
- Eggs
- Mushrooms
- Peanuts
- Soy
- Wheat
- White pepper
Here is the complex list of things I cannot eat - a lot of foods combine with more than one food trips everything. For example, I can have corn but I can't have corn with a cheese sauce. I can have bacon but not bacon which was cured in vinegar.
- A1 Sauce
- Ailoi
- Atta flour
- Beans
- Bean sprouts
- Baked beans
- Baker’s yeast
- BBQ sause
- Beer
- Black Beans
- Black pepper
- Brewer’s yeast
- Bulgur
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Canola (rapeseed)
- Casein
- Cheese
- Chutney
- Cider
- Clotted cream
- Cocktail mixes
- Cocktail sauce
- Couscous
- Cranberry
- Creamer
- Crème fraiche
- Curd
- Custard
- Duck egg
- Duck sauce
- Durum
- Edamame
- Egg whites
- Eggs
- Einkorn
- Farina
- Farro
- Frozen yogurt
- Gelato
- Ghee
- Graham
- Guacamole (store bought)
- Hoisin sauce
- Ice cream
- Kamut
- Kefir
- Ketchup
- Khorasan
- Kidney beans
- Lentil
- Lima bean
- Malt
- Matzoh
- Mayonnaise
- Milk
- Miso
- Mung bean
- Mushrooms
- Mustard
- Navy beans
- Olives (in vinegar)
- Omelets
- Peanut butter
- Peanut oil
- Peanuts
- Pickles
- Pinto beans
- Quail egg
- Refried beans
- Relish
- Salad dressings
- Sauerkraut
- Seitan
- Semolina
- Sour cream
- Soy
- Soy sauce
- Soybeans
- Spelt
- Sprouted wheat
- Sushi (made with rice wine)
- Sweet and sour sause
- Tabasco
- Tabbouleh
- Tamarind
- Tartar sauce
- Teriyaki
- Tofu
- Triticale
- Triticum
- Vinegar
- Wasabi
- Wheat
- Wheat berries
- Wheat bran
- Wheat germ
- Wheatgrass
- Whey
- Whipped cream
- White beans
- White pepper
- Wine
- Yogurt
Here is a list of foods I don't like:
- Almond flour (almonds, in general, are not a favorite)
- Anything spicy
- Chocolate
- Cucumbers
- Fish mint (aka: fish leaf, lizard tail, chameleon plant, heartleaf, fishwort or bishop's weed)
- Grapefruit
Hey, bright side, here are the foods I can and DO eat in the course of a year:
- Almond milk
- Almonds
- Anise
- Apples
- Artichoke
- Asparagus
- Avocado
- Bacon (not cured in vinegar)
- Banana
- Beef
- Beets
- Bell peppers (red, green, yellow and orange)
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Brazil nut
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Carrot
- Cashew milk (FAV!)
- Cashews
- Cassava
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chard
- Chestnuts
- Chia seeds
- Chicken
- Coconut
- Coconut oil
- Coffee
- Corn
- Corn pasta
- Dates
- Eggplant
- Endive
- Flounder
- Frisee
- Garlic
- Gin
- Ginger
- Goat
- Goose
- Grapes
- Green beans
- Hazelnut
- Herbs (parsley, rosemary, thyme, etc)
- Herr's brand potato chips
- Honeydew
- Horseradish (not processed junk)
- Jicama
- Kale
- Lamb
- Leeks
- Lemon
- Lettuce
- Lime
- Lobstera
- Macadamia nuts
- Olive oil
- Olives (not cured)
- Onion (yellow, sweet, red)
- Parsnips
- Peaches
- Pear
- Pecans
- Pine nuts
- Pineapple
- Pistachios
- Plums
- Pork
- Potato vodka
- Potatoes
- Prunes
- Pumpkin
- Radishes
- Raspberry
- Red onion
- Rice
- Rice milk
- Rice pasta
- Rye
- Salmon
- Salt (all types, some even flavored)
- Scallions
- Scallops
- Shrimp
- Spaghetti squash
- Spinach
- Spring roll wrappers
- Squash
- Strawberries
- String beans
- Sunflower butter
- Sunflower oil
- Sweet potatoes
- Taro
- Tomatoes
- Tuna
- Walnuts
- Watermelon
- Yams
- Quinoa
- Zucchini
Brands I generally can eat:
- Bolthouse Farms: Most of their juices
- Cherrybrook Kitchen: Waffle and Pancake Mix
- Ener-G: Egg replacer and pretzels
- Herr’s chips: Mostly just the plain chips, nothing fancy
- Miyoko's Kitchen: VeganMozz only
- Namaste Foods: Egg replacer, cake mix and waffle mix
- PlantFuision: Phood
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