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0 pointsworker_person3y ago0 comments

plain chicken. broccoli and sweet potatoes. All plain. No spices, no oils. I wanted a baseline. Water or green tea only.

This was self directed. I was in horrific agony every moment of every day, stuck in bed 20 hours a day.

I slowly added things back in, most things caused issues. Eventually I realized I was just re-inventing the AIP diet.

Few months later I was out kayaking every weekend.

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chasebank3y ago

I'll add my anecdote. Nightshade vegetables, in particular the potato, wreak havoc on my body. Took me years to figure out. I didn't even know what a nightshade was. Every few months I'll start to question my sanity and I'm sure potatoes won't bother me. Without fail, every time, rashes, pain, insomnia, deep depressive thoughts, all within 8 hours of consuming potatoes. It's truly crazy. I still have a hard time believing it. Funny enough, I grew up in Idaho, can't eat potatoes. Sweet potatoes it is!

worker_personOP3y ago

Sjogrens autoimmune support forums are full of anecdotes from people who discover that nightshades are problematic for them. They will often give a list of good / bad things that work for them.

I find it highly amusing that people who have never heard of AIP diet end up recreating it over and over again.

dredmorbius3y ago

Thanks.

Rice is often mentioned as another low-inflammation / -irritation food. Though I've heard through a friend of someone with a rice allergy --- by an east-Asian, to boot!

I'd look at minimising complexity whilst achieving nutritional sufficiency (macros, vitamins, essential oils) and take it from there, I suppose.

surfpel3y ago

> I was in horrific agony every moment of every day, stuck in bed 20 hours a day

Surely not as a result of the diet?

dredmorbius3y ago

If something you're eating is making you sick, then not eating that thing will make a tremendous difference in your health and quality of life.

"If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything."

-- Tyrone Rugen

swores3y ago

That is indeed quite obvious, but parent comment was asking about a specific person's situation, not whether food is possible or making somebody sick generally or whether it's bad to be sick.

dredmorbius3y ago

I'm not OP.

But I've found myself occasionally faced with food-related unpleasantness, and it's remarkably debilitating.

YMMV

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worker_personOP3y ago

Milk addition and standard American crap diet.

Fixing diet, adding supplements (Vit E, D, K B12, magnesium) avoiding the sun were massive in getting body under control.

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chasebank3y ago

worker_personOP3y ago

Sjogrens autoimmune support forums are full of anecdotes from people who discover that nightshades are problematic for them. They will often give a list of good / bad things that work for them.

I find it highly amusing that people who have never heard of AIP diet end up recreating it over and over again.

dredmorbius3y ago

Thanks.

Rice is often mentioned as another low-inflammation / -irritation food. Though I've heard through a friend of someone with a rice allergy --- by an east-Asian, to boot!

I'd look at minimising complexity whilst achieving nutritional sufficiency (macros, vitamins, essential oils) and take it from there, I suppose.

surfpel3y ago

> I was in horrific agony every moment of every day, stuck in bed 20 hours a day

Surely not as a result of the diet?

dredmorbius3y ago

If something you're eating is making you sick, then not eating that thing will make a tremendous difference in your health and quality of life.

"If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything."

-- Tyrone Rugen

swores3y ago

That is indeed quite obvious, but parent comment was asking about a specific person's situation, not whether food is possible or making somebody sick generally or whether it's bad to be sick.

dredmorbius3y ago

I'm not OP.

But I've found myself occasionally faced with food-related unpleasantness, and it's remarkably debilitating.

YMMV

1 more reply

worker_personOP3y ago

Milk addition and standard American crap diet.

Fixing diet, adding supplements (Vit E, D, K B12, magnesium) avoiding the sun were massive in getting body under control.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse