claire's journey

Brazilnuts · Post by **Brazilnuts** » Sat 23 Aug 2008 09:00

Hello, I just found your diet diary (thanks for your kind comment on my diet diary).

Have you considered using avocado oil in place of olive oil? It has no fibre, unlike the whole avocado. This is the brand I use:

http://www.olivado.com/avocadooil.htm

claireelis · Post by **claireelis** » Tue 26 Aug 2008 20:23

hi all, an update... i've found out exactly what's gone wrong with my digestive system, still not quite sure how to get it right again. but my food problems stem from long term giardiasis that let to disaccharide intolerance (so not just lactose) plus i have histamine intolerance. i worked with a dietician to really test this out - exactly which foods caused what. anyway been feeling pretty good after avoiding all disaccharides and histamine containing foods.

interestingly enough, i discovered that histamines really cause a lot of swelling in me. if i have just a tad of a food containing them my fingers and lymph nodes swell up. i wonder if i have swelling on the inside too, which leads to trouble keeping food down.

right now my diet is whole fruits when i feel like it and raw salmon (about 150g per serving) 2-3x a week. my skin is great, wrinkles are less and i feel pretty good

i exercise daily: pliates, yoga, cycling (pretty slow). i really would like to be sure that the infection is completely cleared and no more damage is being done to my intestines.

claireelis · Post by **claireelis** » Tue 26 Aug 2008 20:25

thnx for the tip brazilnuts

turns out that avocado is high in histamines so that's why it was problematic - not b/c of fat or fiber...

Brazilnuts · Post by **Brazilnuts** » Tue 26 Aug 2008 21:33

claireelis wrote:been feeling pretty good after avoiding all disaccharides and histamine containing foods

That's great news! I'm happy for you.

Post by **Oscar** » Thu 28 Aug 2008 11:47

Good to hear Claire