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Topic: Allergy Support Group / Food intolerances

I apparently have food intolerances to spinach, iceburg lettuce (and many other lettuces as well), broccoli, etc. They usually aren’t digested, cause me diarrhea, and also make my chronic prostatitis much worse.

When I tested for allergies, I put broccoli down and it came up negative.

Is there a chance that my food allergies caused digestive problems resulting in my intolerance? If I stay off of my allergy-foods, is there a chance I can start to eat those intolerant veggies again?

I read one site (can’t recall which one) that stated many food intolerances are actually hidden allergies. Is there anything to this? I thought that an intolerance was just that you lacked an enzyme for digesting the substance.

Topic: Allergy Support Group / newbie with lots of allergies

Well, I’m a 38 year old single guy in Michigan (USA).

I was diagnosed with chronic non-bacterial prostatitis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) several years ago. Symptoms just got worse over the years. My joints ached and I started having horrible low back pain. All the symptoms seemed to respond to anti-inflammatories (like ibuprofen)

I started getting bouts of shortness of breath, dizziness, and palpitations if I worked out. Four years ago, I backpacked across England (196 miles in under 2 weeks). Now, I am in the worst shape of my life. Totally depressed and despondent, one weekend I just laid in bed, too depressed to go to the store. All i had to eat in the house was some old frozen chicken. The thing is, after fasting all weekend, I felt pretty good. My IBS and prostatitis seemed the best it had in a long time.

It was only later when I was looking up some information that I stumbled across “food intolerances”. I ended up going to an allergist last week and got tested for allergies.

Turns out that I am damn near anaphylactic with grasses, trees, and dust mites. [b]I’m allergic to peaches (and perhaps related, like apples, pears, etc), bananas, rice, corn, wheat, soy, dairy, coffee, tea, and eggs. [/b] I was diagnosed with a peanut allergy as a young child.

I’m working on an eliminate diet, but it’s hard (as I’m sure you all know).

I tried Quinoa, but I wonder if I’m intolerant. Eating green leafies seems sets my IBS off and makes the prostatitis a lot worse and, unfortunately, quinoa seems to have the same effect.

I noticed that my allergist didn’t test me for all foods available… and that I test positive for most of the ones he did.

Is there a way to be tested for a ton of foods so I know what to exclude in my elimination diet?

I’m worried that my food intolerance for green leafies and other vegetables combined with my allergies will make it hard for me to have a balanced diet. How do I go about getting a nutritionist consult?

When I start reintroducing foods, how severe of a reaction is too much? I noticed that I got a stuffy nose when eating chocolate (milk free), but that was it. Should I therefore stay away from chocolate?

This has been rough. I’ve been vegetarian at different points in my life and just love good food. I feel like my body has betrayed me.

Anyway, thanks for the website. I’ve already used the quickbread skillet recipe and have loved it.

I’m trying to experiment on making my own powerbars for bicycling right now using sunflower butter, buckwheat, tapioca flour, sucunat, and pumpkin seeds.