October 2010 Chat!

[tanyalynn]

We're getting new people in Chat, it's so nice! Consider becoming one of them.

As usual, I'm not creative, it's October and it's Chat. Come chat about the weird things that can only happen because you or a loved one has allergies, intolerances, or other odd reactions to foods or something in your environment.

It's a nice place for quick answers to simple questions, or a quick poll of "Am I nuts for....?" or just a place to feel normal.

And just for JR, here's a link to September's Chat, in case you need to go back to find a hidden gem.
http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1259478

[JaneS]

Continuing Amazon Subscribe and Save discussion... I really like this too. We have multiple things on it like the fruit crisps DS likes for his snack at school
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B001942GAI

(seriously what is wrong with this picture: they have snack at 9:30 and lunch at 11:10, if I don't pack a really light snack he never eats his lunch and then is a complete ravenous bear when comes home at 3:00!!)

I really like it because I can delay or send a shipment whenever I want and get free shipping plus a reduced price. If I need something right away I can just tell it to send now.

[JaneS]

Also I finally think I've found some of you on Facebook but don't laugh at how pathetic a FB user I am.

[changingseasons]

Wow- that's crazy that snack and lunch are so close. And then nothing else for the rest of the day?!

Originally Posted by JaneS

Also I finally think I've found some of you on Facebook but don't laugh at how pathetic a FB user I am.

Ooh- come find me.

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by Lady Lilya

You also mentioned vitamin C. I am wary of taking it because I hit bowel tolerance REALLY fast. Like if I take one gram in the morning and another in the evening, it is going to hit me hard.

I don't know if that is a sign of something else, or if it just means I have enough. The need for higher doses is based on having toxins that you want it to bind to, right? So maybe I am just low in toxins? Maybe I have enough C in my diet to handle the load of toxins already?

My head isn't willing to think about insulin right now. But C... Tolerance is supposed to have to do with how much you need/can absorb. My data point is that normally I can take boatloads, with no issue. LOTS. At the end of my pg with ds, my gut was messed up and I couldn't take *any.* Recently, same gut weirdness, same not being able to take any. Probiotics (kefir/yogurt) has completely fixed it. I haven't played to find my new level, but I'm going to say that for me at least, gut bacteria balance or lack thereof seems to be a major factor.

I said I wouldn't talk about insulin, but one explanation is damage to cell membranes, which might be related to high metabolic toxins, which might be due to gut bacteria again.

Did I mention that I've been slowly feeling so much better/energetic/motivated/happier since starting this enzyme route 4 months ago, at least when I'm not in detox mode (80% of the time )

[JaneS]

Originally Posted by changingseasons

Wow- that's crazy that snack and lunch are so close. And then nothing else for the rest of the day?!

Ooh- come find me.

yeah I think some parents in our class are going to talk to the teachers we've been discussing it. Also DS is going into afterschool program on thursdays which means I have to pack 2 snacks, a lunch and 3-4 drinks (because now this year they are allowed to keep a water bottle on their desk and it's apparently a big status symbol in 2nd grade). Oy! Good thing I just found our 4th Sigg bottle. His backpack is so freaking heavy already.

I have absolutely no remembrance of what your last name is, my brain has gone on vacation for the summer and not come back yet. I'll PM you my link!

[JaneS]

oooh yay, you've found me!

Now I just have to keep everyone's real names and screen names straight. It might take me a while be gentle

[chlobo]

Subbing.

[Theloose]

and let the b12 detox madness begin.

thank goodness dh is home for the weekend, and thank goodness it's still having big impact!

[rileyscoutmom]

Look, there are so few posts so far I don't feel overwhelmed - go me!

We'll see if I can keep up this month. I never can.

Karen

[Sandrine]

I"m still around and read and learning. I also get confuse with the intense conversations. lol Although, i am starting to sound smart when i start talking like you guys. lol Thanks!

Any way to reduce gag reflex so that I can start taking my vits again???

[dannic]

Waluso, yes! that's what I meant, lol. thx!

[tanyalynn]

I clearly need to look closer into amazon's ship-and-save plan. I ordered coconut oil once and then I think I accidentally cancelled it a couple months later.

And someone should bump the Halloween thread. Maybe it should be me, but we are about to go out to start finding materials for Halloween costumes--if no one does it, I'll get to it this evening. DD wants to be an angel (ha!) and DS wants to be Capt Huggyface (which given how big his head is, and how he's sorta goofy, fits pretty well).

[oaksie68]

Okay, so here goes: jumping into chat after being a long time reader/lurker!

I have posted a couple of threads in H & H and here, but I'll share some details about myself and my kids (all of us with some intolerance issues!)

I'm a 42 year old SAHM to a 10 yo DD and a 2.5 yo DS. I have a long health history that is related to food intolerances and probably mercury issues, so I have spent the last 10 years on a healing mission, learning more and more as time goes on - a lot of what I have learned/researched/implemented is from what I've learned here at MDC and specifically the Allergies forum - thanks ladies!

Both of my children were recently IgG tested, and my DD is doing much better behaviorally (and physically - not congested/snoring anymore) since removing gluten and dairy. My son hadn't shown much symptomatically (other than some KP), but I have him GF/DF too. They both tested reactive to egg white/yolks (my DS more so), so we are EF too.

So here's my issue: I don't think that eggs were really ever an issue. I posted in the Allergy forum in June, asking if the egg result could be a false positive. We had eaten a lot of eggs before that (baked goods, hard boiled eggs, ate eggs every 2nd/3rd day for breakfast, etc), and frankly I wasn't seeing any symptoms/reactions that I would connect to the eggs. My kids and I went egg free (well I did, at least as long as I was nursing - now I have some gluten free bread products that are made with eggs as an ingredient). It's been about two months now - and I don't see and differences/improvements being egg free (though my daughter is doing better, but for what ever reason, I really think it's from the GF/DF part).

mamafish, I know from reading/lurking that you recently have gone through this egg issue with your son, and talked about how there are differences between cooked eggs and raw eggs (which they use for the IgG test). Do you have any links to research that talks about that? I haven't been able to find/gain access to research that talks about that. My ND doesn't believe that there is a difference.

For the sake of optimal healing, I normally would just stay the course, suck it up and live without eggs for a couple of more months and then trial and/or retest eggs, but we are flying on an unexpected last minute trip to Hawaii on Tuesday, and I'm freaking about how to handle the food restriction issues: the resort is going to be able to work with us abou the GF/DF issue, but I'm not as sure about the eggs. My ND said since they aren't ana for eggs, to go and enjoy ourselves and not worry about eggs.

What do you guys think about just letting go of the worry about egg consumption while on this trip? and maybe just putting them back in our diets cuz they are sooo good , and oh yeah, soooo nutritious?

And, yeah, I need to be here! My DH is pretty supportive (but utterly clueless, and I say that with love and kindness), but other than that, I get grief from others (and get outright passive aggressive behavior/disbelief of testing results and improvement on restrictive diet from my MIL, who we usually only see 1-2 times/year, but we usually stay with the IL's or at least share meals - let's just say she has now lost the privelege to feed my kids in the future )

[changingseasons]

Originally Posted by oaksie68

So here's my issue: I don't think that eggs were really ever an issue. I posted in the Allergy forum in June, asking if the egg result could be a false positive. We had eaten a lot of eggs before that (baked goods, hard boiled eggs, ate eggs every 2nd/3rd day for breakfast, etc), and frankly I wasn't seeing any symptoms/reactions that I would connect to the eggs. My kids and I went egg free (well I did, at least as long as I was nursing - now I have some gluten free bread products that are made with eggs as an ingredient). It's been about two months now - and I don't see and differences/improvements being egg free (though my daughter is doing better, but for what ever reason, I really think it's from the GF/DF part).

Welcome to chat! I don't remember if I saw (or responded to) your last thread, but I'll tell you what I know. DD is IgE to eggs, has a pretty huge positive on her skin tests to them. She also got into some eggs on the way home from the grocery store and ended up with full body hives just from them touching her skin. Before we did that skin test, we had already been trialing eggs at home. She didn't seem to have any major symptoms from them, so I was giving her some since like you said- very nutritious! After we got the positive IgE result, I told the allergist that we had been eating eggs. She had in fact eaten 2 whole hard-boiled eggs a couple days before that (this was also before the hives incident.) He told me that eggs are one of the foods that the proteins change dramatically when they're cooked, so some allergic people can handle them just fine if they are well cooked. I've experimented a few times since the test, and she can't handle them baked any less than hard-boiled (like putting them in my waffle batter wasn't enough cooking, she got a couple hives from that.)

So I guess if they are not IgE allergies, and you don't see any symptoms, I would say go for it. When you're back home and can do a proper trial, I would do it... but for a trip, personally I wouldn't worry about it.

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by oaksie68

What do you guys think about just letting go of the worry about egg consumption while on this trip? and maybe just putting them back in our diets cuz they are sooo good , and oh yeah, soooo nutritious?

Yeah, absolutely do it! We do better away from home (less stress, I think) and we trialed eggs while camping at Yellowstone and got a pass. I say thoroughly enjoy them while you're gone, and consider it a trial!

[mama9]

First post on one of these threadies!

I've only been around MDC for a few months and you mamas have been a lifesaver for me and my DS.

I've a little shy to post here lol, and it gets real busy with all different topics I've tended to chicken out each month Also, I've been so overwhelmed as I'm mostly alone at home with my DS who is a super-sensitive babe (hubby away or working most of the time, family live far, friends live mostly across the pond in the US. Anyway, my family think I'm living on another planet with my parenting preferences so to speak

I started a thread for my DS tonight should anyone want to pop by.

Bye for now!! DS awake and crying!
xXx

[kjbrown92]

Still can't quote for some reason. Popovers...
2 eggs
3/4 c. rice or almond or whatever milk
1/2 c. sorghum flour
1/4 c. tapioca starch/flour
1 Tbs. oil (I use canola or olive)
pinch of salt.
Preheat the muffin tin in a 425F oven. When the pan/oven are preheated, take out the pan, and put about a tsp. of oil in the bottom of each cup. Then divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups. Bake 15 minutes. Turn down to 375F and bake for 20 minutes.

So had my bone density scan, still osteopenia (duh, like it would have gotten better?) and he wants me to take 1500mg calcium/day. I can't tolerate it. I've tried every kind I think and it all makes me nauseous, want to totally vomit for a few hours after taking it. Anyone know of a kind that's absorbed better or more easily or something?

Ordered my Christmas cards from winkflash (they were about half the price of shutterfly and snapfish that I usually do). So that's off my to-do list. But that to-do list is REALLY long!!

Making braised pork/sauerkraut from Julia Child's cookbook. It's almost the same ingredients as my slowcooker version except she uses wine in hers (go figure). So I'm curious if the cooking method makes that much of a difference. She also rinses/soaks her sauerkraut to take out the sourness (never heard of that before). But I'm also making chicken broth from the carcass from last night's dinner (it's been cooking about 22 hours so far) and everyone is smelling that so they want THAT for dinner. And I was trying to just have the broth in the freezer for when I need it. I'm going to make turkey broth next. I want lots of healing foods in my stockpile.

So who was asking about grocery stores from the previous month's thread?
Some of these stores may be regional:
Xpect Discount (toothpaste, almond milk, Bob's Red Mill stuff, rice cakes, regular yogurt, regular Goldfish, safe Italian sausage, Black Pearl olives, eggs, milk, half & half, Real Raspberry Lemonade - I know, I know lots of sugar, but it's really good)
Price Rite (turkey, chicken, beef, chickpeas, navy beans, corned beef, hash, green olives, anchovies, tunafish, frozen peas, all my fruits/veggies, frozen strawberries, frozen oj, pine nuts, frozen wild salmon)
Trader Joes (rice noodles, rice milk)
Whole Foods (palm shortening, rice crackers, Coconut Aminos, white sweet potatoes)
Amazon (Pacific Foods chocolate hazelnut drink - I'm an addict; Namaste pizza crust until I can figure it out myself - I've tried 9 times already)
Costco (almonds, walnuts, maple syrup, raspberries)
my mother (canned tomatoes, safe jelly, safe pickles, zucchini relish, peppers, green beans, tomatoes, eggplant, butternut/acorn squash, cabbage, zucchini, potatoes)

[mamafish9]

On eggs...

I was highly sceptical of our IgG + for eggs. We did a TED 15 months ago, and eggs were one of the first foods I brought back in - with no issues. But, because of the test +, we took them out again for a week, and then brought them back in - and when I reintroduced, I gave him scrambled eggs for breakfast, not just a little (probably 1.5 eggs worth). Nothing. Nada. Sorry, if I can't see a reaction taking them out or in, it's not real! And I think CS' daughter is good evidence that eggs really change during cooking, so raw and cooked could be quite different. Trial them back in. If I were going to Hawaii on Tuesday, I'd do it today, so you know, but that's just me .

[FireWithin]

Thanks Kathy for the recipe. I made Dutch babies instead, which are quite similar.

Watching a sunset over the water right now.