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I suffer from digestion issues too and would like to try elimination diet. Could you please share some reliable sources or advice on that? It's hard to google a

by kbart 9y ago

I suffer from digestion issues too and would like to try elimination diet. Could you please share some reliable sources or advice on that? It's hard to google anything good health/diet related, because most sources are pure BS.

TACIXAT 9y ago
Yea, the basic idea is you cut out most foods that people have issues with for a few weeks then slowly reintroduce them. Usually that means living off of chicken and rice, but if you plan it out you can get some more variety in there (veges, rice based noodles, soups). I agree about stuff being tough to find, googling elimination diet are a whole lot of pop-health sites. They all have the right gist of how to do it though, just ignore the fluff. A little below this anchor [1] (closest anchor I could find) there is a how to do an elimination diet. That has a list of foods to avoid. Most people who have digestion issues have a problem with one or two FODMAPs [2], which are gluten, fructans, lactose, and legumes. I highly recommend adding sugar and caffeine to the list of stuff you get rid of. You'll go through a little withdrawal but it can be a trigger. My digestion problems were caused by foods that were high in fructose. This meant high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners that had a similar structure, and fruits with a high fructose to glucose ratio (looking at you, apples). This happened because I'm a celiac and eating gluten for years messed up my small intestine. Due to sinus headaches I've cut out a lot of foods, doing so has also fixed all my digestion issues. The things causing my digestion issues were fructose and gluten. My brother is lactose intolerant but I can eat dairy all day long. Additionally, I've cut out caffeine, sugar, sodium nitrites, and MSG because they were triggers for sinus headaches. I wish you success in finding the source of your problem. Getting your diet right is such a change in quality of life. 1. https://draxe.com/elimination-diet/#mydiv-26267 https://draxe.com/elimination-diet/#mydiv-26267 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FODMAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FODMAP

by kbart 9y ago

TACIXAT 9y ago

Yea, the basic idea is you cut out most foods that people have issues with for a few weeks then slowly reintroduce them. Usually that means living off of chicken and rice, but if you plan it out you can get some more variety in there (veges, rice based noodles, soups). I agree about stuff being tough to find, googling elimination diet are a whole lot of pop-health sites. They all have the right gist of how to do it though, just ignore the fluff. A little below this anchor [1] (closest anchor I could find) there is a how to do an elimination diet. That has a list of foods to avoid. Most people who have digestion issues have a problem with one or two FODMAPs [2], which are gluten, fructans, lactose, and legumes. I highly recommend adding sugar and caffeine to the list of stuff you get rid of. You'll go through a little withdrawal but it can be a trigger. My digestion problems were caused by foods that were high in fructose. This meant high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners that had a similar structure, and fruits with a high fructose to glucose ratio (looking at you, apples). This happened because I'm a celiac and eating gluten for years messed up my small intestine. Due to sinus headaches I've cut out a lot of foods, doing so has also fixed all my digestion issues. The things causing my digestion issues were fructose and gluten. My brother is lactose intolerant but I can eat dairy all day long. Additionally, I've cut out caffeine, sugar, sodium nitrites, and MSG because they were triggers for sinus headaches. I wish you success in finding the source of your problem. Getting your diet right is such a change in quality of life. 1. https://draxe.com/elimination-diet/#mydiv-26267 https://draxe.com/elimination-diet/#mydiv-26267 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FODMAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FODMAP