Mark’s own story of his severe reaction to tyramine/histamines on the blog. "Reading all these replies are interesting, I too have gone to ER not knowing what happened to me, or why my blood pressure shot up over 200/120, sudden chills and shaking, why I felt sick in the stomach, felt anxious, sometimes my vision seemed to get cloudy, had that niacin flush feeling, tight chest, labored breathing. I ate all the foods I have eaten for years and all of a sudden am getting these allergy like … [Read more...]
Ever wondered if IBS symptoms can be affected by your 24 hour clock, or by eating?
Those with Irritable Bowel Syndrome [IBS] report that their gut symptoms are often connected to when they wake and when they start meals. They may report that their gut wakes up when they wake up, or their bladder may wake first and their gut a usual time later. Then they may report that they just have to have one mouthful of food when they begin a meal and they get gut urgency! Or they may report that after they have had what for them is a large meal their gut activity at the other end gets … [Read more...]
Mood is another way diet can affect food sensitive people
People are gradually accepting that food can affect migraines, or that additives can affect ADHD kids, but many do not know that diet can affect mood. Diet responding adults with various symptoms also report feeling calmer, with more even mood. Parents report that their ADHD and ASD children are much less irritable, touchy or cranky. Like other symptoms it is not an all-or-nothing change but rather a decrease in the severity of the symptom. There have been reports of reduction in worry, anxiety … [Read more...]
Is the FODMAPS diet the only option for Irritable Bowel Syndrome [IBS]?
Most people have heard that diet has a role in Irritable Bowel Syndrome [IBS]. Usually it is assumed that the only diet option is to lower all the food that cause bloating and wind and the discomfort, even spasm pain that may follow. This is the FODMAPS diet which is useful for those symptoms. However there is another option, especially for those who have severe pain, crampy pain, looseness, bowel urgency with a wave of almost feeling faint as the motion is passed. For these symptoms the low … [Read more...]
Mood changes and the role of diet
One of the surprising results of trialing diet in symptoms such as ADHD, migraine, gut pain, and allergic symptoms was that parents and individuals reported changes in mood. There were differences in the type of mood change and in the amount of change, and differences in children and adults. And there were different types of mood change:- Irritability, touchiness and crankiness While dietary intervention in ADHD showed changes in the core symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and … [Read more...]
Stories of IBS food sensitive patients.
Patients ring to make an appointment saying they wonder if food is involved. Some are fairly sure that some foods are connected to their symptoms, but not always, and excluding those foods has not solved the problems. They may report that if they stay on their usual at-home food they have few symptoms, but if they dine out they often have symptoms afterwards. Others connect symptoms to spice, or what they call “rich food” or to high fat foods. Yet when they reflect if they get symptoms after … [Read more...]
Celiac Disease And Allergies: Cooking Pasta May Change Proteins In Wheat
Hooray! Researchers are finding out what patients have reported for years. Have you found that your tolerance a food varies depending on whether the food is raw or cooked? Researchers found that wheat allergens may be changed by cooking. In their work ‘Celiac Disease And Allergies: Cooking Pasta May Change Proteins In Wheat’ published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry they report that some wheat allergens which are soluble are lost into cooking water when pasta is cooked, but … [Read more...]