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Originally Posted by firefaery  Babygrant...I'll come at it from another angle. Perhaps you have the allergies *because* of your relationship with food. IT is a more energetic way to look at it, but if food is your enemy (as it is with anyone who has an ED) then manifesting symptoms is the easiest way to keep it your enemy. It's far more complex than "you manifested your health issues" but since I ultimately believe that our health is always a result of our emotions that's basically how *I* look at it.
Perhaps it's really just about changing your relationship with food? Clearly you have to be safe and well in the meantime, but if this resonates with you at all it may give you a bit of hope. I can suggest some reading material if you are open to the idea.
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Full Moon Feast!! Jessica Prentice, the author, writes in the first few pages about her struggle with food. It took her years to figure out how to have a positive, nourishing relationship with food.
The book has delicious, nutrient dense recipes - I'm also reacting to * alot* (29!) foods at the moment & this book has been a blessing.
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Originally Posted by kjbrown92 But my son was born with milk intolerance. Are you saying it's because he was emotionally imbalanced from birth? There is a big relationship between food and mood swings/emotional imbalance. But I'll agree to disagree, as it's up to the OP to decide what she's going to do.
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When a mother is reacting to foods, she has chronic inflammation, inflammation in the mother can lead to allergies, asthma & autism-spectrum disorders in the child.
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Originally Posted by firefaery No, what I'm saying is that he was still in your energy field, as my dd was in mine. All babies are. They simply reflect what's going on with you. That why the advice for an allergic baby is to heal MAMA's gut. Dd was born with ALOT more than dairy allergies. I had ALOT to heal.
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Originally Posted by kjbrown92 There was an article awhile back (couple weeks ago), I think in the allergy forum about how antigens are passed through the breastmilk, and that's how the kids get the allergies. Interesting, because I didn't think I had any food intolerances. But if child #2 had some, then child #3 had even more, it's definitely a possibility. So now I'm getting tested. It's an interesting theory, anyways.
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I was JUST pondering this this morning! Wow, weird tha I came here & read it....
I am reacting to 29 foods (possibly more) & am bfing Ds *a lot* - I'd venture to say that his diet is still 85%-90% breastmilk at 22 months. I know that babies get their mother's antibodies, so I wondered if he would get these from me - jeez I hope not.
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Here's how I believe my food allergies came about: I had a time of great stress, more stress than I've ever been through in my life all at once. My cortisol shot through the roof, constant fight-or-flight, many, many horrible symptoms both mental/emotional & physical. Eventually I used up all of my cortsiol, DHEA & sex hormones. And now I have 5 pretty strong food allergies + 24 moderate allergies - who knows how many more taht we didn't test...
Of course there are soooo many theories out there, but I've read that foods eaten in times of great emotional stress can cause the body to recognize them as intruders.
Another theory that I've hitched my wagon to - and Jessica mentions this in Full Moon Feast, is that adrenal fatigue is the cause of allergies, asthma & eczema - this came from her trusted herbalist.
It makes sense to me, your adrenals are the core of your immune system, along with your gut - if they aren't up to par, everything will be compromised.
I am afraid though. I'm afraid that when I take these foods out of my diet, I'm going to binge. I used to binge and purge....but now I only binge and my binging days are a lot less than they used to. I know how quickly one binge can send me into days and days of binging and lots of purging. Has anyone else dealt with this?
I don't have advice, but I empathize with your worry and fear.
