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[aybro]

i hate to break it to ya:






avoid dairy at all costs.

[fakeplasticgirl]

^^ I don't eat dairy, apart from yoghurt and kefir, because I'm trying to get "good" bacteria in my gut and those are pretty much essential for that.

Haven't had milk in about 2 months now! Aaaand no cheese. Gotta say, I miss my camembert with red wine at times. I sound like such a wannabe bohemian

[aybro]

This is probably the most interesting post i've came across in a long time.

My skin has tremendously improved since becoming gluten & dairy free

It's incredibly annoying to have concerned "friends" give you sh*t

They look at you like you're doing something wrong.

You know you're not. F*ck them. They don't get it. Oh well.

I went to a naturopath and he put me on an elimination diet.

Be careful. don't go overboard. Eat more beans/rice/almonds. olive oil with your sweet potatoe would help too, as far as making sure you don't drop severely underweight. healthy fats.

Edited by aybro, 23 June 2011 - 04:30 PM.

[aybro]

here is the list of foods to eat and not eat from the elimination diet

i am NOT a doctor. Unless you are used to "extreme" eating, this might not be the best idea for you try on your own. I prefer eating light and healthy, however, this could possibly send someone else into shock for all i know! I don't eat gluten

here is the list. i had emailed it to myself and i dont have the part about what grains are allowed (b/c it didnt apply to me) but i have the book aroudn the house somewher e and ill type it up and send to you. heres what i ahve for now:
Foods to Eat:
Animal Protein
Beef, buffalo, lamb (grass-fed, three- to four-ounce servings once or twice a week.
Chicken
Duck
Eggs
Fish (limit shellfish to once a month)
Turkey
Grains (whole and unrefined only)
Amaranth
Brown Rice
Buckwheat
Millet
Pasta (brown rice only)
Quinoa
Wild rice
Vegetables
All (except corn, mushrooms and peas)
Potatoes, sweet poatoes, and yams (limit to three servings a week total)
Beans and Legumes
All (except peas and fermented soy products
Nuts and Seeds (raw and unroasted only)
Almonds
Brazil
Chestnuts
Macadamia
Nut butters (almond and macadamia only, can be dry roasted)
Pecans
Pine nuts
Pumpkin seeds
Sesame seeds (also raw tahini butter)
Sunflower seeds
Walnuts
Oils (cold-pressed only)
Coconut oil (can be used for cooking)
Flaxseed oil (not for cooking)
Grapeseed oil (can be used for cooking)
Olive oil (can be used for cooking)
Sesame oil (can be used for cooking)
Sunflower-seed oil (not for cooking
Fruits
Apples (sour green apples for the first month)
Avocado
Berries (discard if you see any visible mold; no dried fruits)
Coconut (small amounts of milk, unsweetened)
Grapefruit
Lemon, limes
Condiments
Apple cider vinegar (raw and unfiltered only- keep refrigerated)
Dry Mustard (or small amounts of mustard made with apple cider vinegar)
Fresh herbs (basil, parsley, etc.)
Mayonnaise (made with apple cider vinegar only)
Pepper
Rice vinegar (unseasoned and unsweetened only-keep refrigerated
Sea salt
Spices (without sugar, msg, or additives)
Beverages
Green tea (caffenaited or decaffeinated)
Herbal teas (red clover, peppermint, etc)
Unsweetened mineral water (Perrier, Gerolsteiner, etc.)
Unsweetened almond, soy, or rice milk (rice milk not more than two ounces daily)
Water (filtered, purified, or distilled only)
Sweetners
Stevia
Xylitol (small amounts either in gum or lozenges)
Miscellaneous
Carob (unsweetened)
Salsa (w/o sugar or vinegard, except apple cider vinegar)

Foods to Avoid:
Meat:
Bacon (except turkey bacon w/o nitrates and hormones)
Canned tuna
Hotdogs (except chicken or turkey hotdogs w/o nitrates and hormones)
Processed and packaged meats
Sausages (except chicken and turkey sausage w/o added sugar, hormones, and nitrates)
Grains
Breads (except wheat, dairy, yeast and sugar free)
Cereals (except wheat dairy and sugar free)
Corn (torillas, polenta, popcorn, chips, etc)
Crackers (wheat, and/or white flour)
Kamut
Pasta (except brown rice)
Pastries
Tapioca
White rice
White Flours
Wheat
Vegetables
Corn , mushrooms, peas
Beans and Legumes
Fermented soy products (miso, tempeh, veggie burgers, etc)
Peas
Nuts and seeds
Cashews
Peanuts, peanut butter
Pistachios
Oils
Canola oil (small amounts okay)
Corn oil
Cotton seed oil
Peanut oil
Processed oils and partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils
Soy oil
Dairy
All cheeses, including cottage cheese and cream cheese
Buttermilk
Cow milk
Goat’s milk and cheese
Ice cream
Margarine
Sour cream
Yogurt
Fruits
All citrus (except lemons, limes and grapefruit)
All juices (sweetened or unsweetened)
All dried fruits (apricots, dates, figs, raisins, cranberries, prunes, etc)
All melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon)
Apricots
Bananas
Cherries
Grapes
Mangoes
Nectarines
Papayas
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Pomegrantes
Beverages
Alcohol
Caffeinated teas (black, earl grey, etc)
Coffee (caffeinated and decaffeinated)
Fruit juices
Sodas (diet and regular)
Condiments
Vinegars, all (except raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar and unsweetened rice vinegar)
Ketchup
Gravy
Jams and jellies
Mayonnaise (unless made w/apple cider vinegar)
Mustard
Pickles
Relish
Salad dressing (unless made w/ apple cider vinegar or unsweetened rice vinegar and it contains no sugar)
Sauces with vinegar and sugar
Soy sauce and tamari sauce
Spices that contain yeast sugar or additives
Worcestershire sauce
Sweeteners
Artifical sweeteners, such as aspartame, maltitol, mannitol, saccharin, sorbitol, and sucralose (splenda)
Barley malt
Brown rice syrup
Corn syrup, dextrose, and maltodextrin
Fructose, products sweetened w/ fruit juice
Honey (raw or processed)
Maple syrup
Molasses
Raw or evaporated cane juice crystals
White sugar
Miscellaneous
Candy
Cookies
Chocolate
Coffee
Donuts
Gelatin
Gum, mints, lozenges (unless sweetened w/stevia or xylitol)
Fast food and fried foods
Muffins
Pastries
Pizza
Processed food (tv dinners, etc)
Smoked, dried, picked, or cured foods

[fakeplasticgirl]

aybro -- wow, thanks for that list! looks very similar to mine, except I don't eat pasta or even whole grains. And from fruits, I basically try to stick with berries and apples + no sweeteners for me. I've recently started sprinkling sunflower seeds onto my salads and I think it's really yummyyy It's really not that restrictive, it makes you be more creative in the kitchen, and there's lots of good recipe/cookbooks out there about paleo/GI/raw food eating where you can find lots of inspiring food to cook! It takes a bit of getting used to, but in the long run, it's worth it IMO.

Great example -- yesterday I had a "girls' night" -- we stayed in with drinks and ordered pizza. I hadn't touched pizza in, well, 2 months. So I thought, "Oh screw it, what can two slices do? I've been eating so well lately!" miiiistaaake. I mean, apart from a little zit I woke up to this morning on the side of my nose, the more infuriating thing about this was feeling like complete and total crap all night. I could literally feel the pizza soak up any goodness I had built up in my gut over the past 1.5 months of healthy eating. I felt heavy and nauseous. It's crazy. I think my body can't handle greasy/gluten-y food anymore at all. Which is a good thing, because now it'll be a long, long time, if ever, that I touch pizza again.

And aybro, I know it can be discouraging when people don't "get" you, especially your friends, but screw that. You're taking your health into your own hands. It's not just about the skin, it's about being healthy inside and out.

I've been eating more coconut oil (2-3 tablespoons a day as opposed to the usual 1 teaspoon) because I've started dropping weight again :/ all my gfs think I'm being a crazy dieter and tell me that I am going to be going into the negative size category soon, lol. So yeah, am trying to up my fat dosage.

Going to Paris tomorrow for 10 days, it'll be hard not to indulge in French bakery, but I'm determined to eat well. Will write a more detailed update sometime next week.

[secretz]

I'm on a similar diet as well. No sugar (unless it's naturally from fruit. Tho, I kinda cheat with drinking organic wine...if you can really call it cheating), no flour/yeast (tho whole wheat and will indulge in basmati rice), no dairy (tho I loveeee milk, it'll be sad to see it go). Plus, no processed food or preservatives.

It's been a bit difficult, but have been on this diet for about a month. I feel like I'm a bit more crazy than vegans (cuz they use sugar in a fair amount of their recipes, than the organic nuts, and even the amish. But it's really cleared up my skin quite a bit, which is beyond incredible for me because I have been plagued for 14 years on problematic skin (surface acne and lots of nodules) and have been on just about every medication out there (doxycycline, minocycline, cortizone, solodyn, accutane, etc.). About 95% of my acne cleared up within the first two weeks. Even my scars are starting to fade away.

Although, going out to eat on a rare occasion now...it's quite difficult, seeing as how I've turned into a sugar nazi.

Edited by secretz, 06 August 2011 - 04:42 PM.