Sunday, December 11, 2011
Allergies
It turns out that I have a slight wheat allergy. By chance, my gastroenterologist told me to lay off the bread and pasta due to high triglycerides. Well, about 8-9 hrs after I ate minimal wheat products, my sense of smell came back, my hearing got better, my nose slowed down on the dripping and my gastrointestinal problems disappeared. Ever since, I have cut out the wheat products if it's in the first 5 ingredients but generally have cut it out all-together and my problems have not come back (yet). I feel grateful that I can smell things again, hear better and no gas, pain, bloating or diarrhea and/or constipation. Not only that, I just feel happier in general! It's not easy cutting out wheat (when your top favorite foods are: bread, cheese, pasta, and chocolate). I am also grateful that I didn't end up with Celiac Disease (would have meant avoidance of even more foods and it's way harder). I know that my MSG allergy had gotten worse over the past few years (to the point that if I eat a dim sum lunch with family at 28 Pell Street in Chinatown, NYC, then when I get home I will have headaches, gas, bloat, pain and diarrhea). I guess I must have developed this allergy to wheat? (as my MSG allergy got worse?) But like MSG, I can have a hand full of Doritos and I am okay (amount is key) and I can have some small amounts of wheat I am sure (before the gastrointestinal problems come back). The question is, what level? (how much?) I am afraid to find out just how much, and wheat is in virtually most foods here in America!! Good luck to me!
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