very true - food is a drug! I so relate to everything you write here and agree completely

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Oh, I so relate to what you are saying! I never know what to eat. A lab in FL created a diet for me and mainly I am supposed to eat fish, fish and more fish! I love fish but I hate to cook it. If I eat fish and salad, fish and rice I will feel good but after awhile it gets so boring. They sent me these giant spread sheets in order to do food rotation. I have to attempt the 4 day food rotation. So far today I have only had 1 Van's waffle which does contain soy but is gluten free, a cup of coffee and organic cream. There is nothing I want to eat or can eat. Yesterday I did have some Ben and Jerry's ice cream. My husband eats huge amounts of ice cream but I normally only crave it in summer. OH, forgot as I have had some great

cherries. They are super good this year so far. I am allergic to most veggies beans being the worst one (legumes), also melon is deadly, kiwi made my throat swell shut once sending me to ER, tomatoes, even lettuce I will react to if I eat it too often as lettuce is a crossover to milk! That lab in FL called ImmunO or something like that can help lots. They do your diet plan based on a blood draw. My allergist had told me no pickles as all foods with vinegar are a crossover to molds and I am very mold sensitive. I now eat them sometimes any way and seem to be OK. I do love pickled beets. I should go eat something

before I get light-headed. I have friends who live on ice cream! and my father did too and he made it to 88 living basically on ice cream! He did have several heart attacks and very high blood pressure altho he was thin. He also ate garlic and olive oil by the crate! Good luck, Alice jewelleleigh wrote: Sigh, so you know how I am craving ice cream...well I haven't been shopping to get some new food. I am sitting here eating dill pickles because its the healthiest thing I can come up with to eat. Today I've had two huge salads, lentil beans, my meal replacements and some fruit and a few pecans. I am not hungry...but I want to snack....and all I have hear is popcorn, corn chips, gee...doesn't toast sound good...I don't want ANY MORE VEGGIES...and all I can come up with is pickles.... :-(> >> > For years all CFS and EI friends have told me to take probiotics > and I have....bottles and bottles but I never notice they make a > difference for me altho I take lots of antibiotics. This all comes > from the thought of Dr. Crook I believe concerning candida overgrowth > in the gut which causes leaky gut syndrome. About 15 years ago I > was in a book store and there must have been 75 books about candida > overgrowth, it was all the rage and a fad I thought. I had already > been eating yogurt for a few years. If you take steriods, birth > control pills and antibiotics it can damage the lining of the small > intestine allowing candida overgrowth which allows large particles of > food to pass thru

supposedly causing food allergy, etc. I think its > a good idea to read all this stuff and form your own opinion.> > > > I do require lots of supplements in order to feel half way > decent. Two years ago ago I had an endoscopy finally and it > confirmed the lining of my small intestine is FLAT. This means I > cannot absorb much. The gastroenterologist said that I have celiac > disease. I have a hard time believing any of this stuff but that is > probably just my problem. Today I just took my first > dyglycyrrhizinated licorice in order to cure my CFIDS (another > theory). I am so sick I try all kinds of stuff to get better. > Genetically I do not have celiac disease but apparently all genes > have not been discovered yet. Same for my iron overload. A friend > who was in the EI clinic told me that other things than celiac can > severely damage the lining of the gut.

> > > > Let me know if probiotics works for you. I am always > interested to hear what alternative stuff helped others. > > Alice> >> > > > > > > just started deglycyrrhizinated licorice which cures CFIDS (13 May) per Dr. D'Adamo. Will let you know if I get cured! I am upping my blood pressure meds just in case as licorice raises bp however the degly is supposed to be safe. This info is from 4 Blood Types, 4 Diets Eat Right for you Type or something like that.>

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I lived on Baskin Robbins Choclate mint icecream for 5 months when I

was pregnant with my daughter. It was the ONLY thing I could

stomach. Then it was steak. I'd sneak home from work and bbq myself

a steak for lunch. Ironically, I gained the least amount of weight

with her and had the closest to normal iron I've ever had.

> > >

> > > For years all CFS and EI friends have told me to take

probiotics

> > and I have....bottles and bottles but I never notice they make a

> > difference for me altho I take lots of antibiotics. This all

comes

> > from the thought of Dr. Crook I believe concerning candida

> overgrowth

> > in the gut which causes leaky gut syndrome. About 15 years ago I

> > was in a book store and there must have been 75 books about

candida

> > overgrowth, it was all the rage and a fad I thought. I had

already

> > been eating yogurt for a few years. If you take steriods, birth

> > control pills and antibiotics it can damage the lining of the

small

> > intestine allowing candida overgrowth which allows large

particles

> of

> > food to pass thru supposedly causing food allergy, etc. I think

its

> > a good idea to read all this stuff and form your own opinion.

> > >

> > > I do require lots of supplements in order to feel half way

> > decent. Two years ago ago I had an endoscopy finally and it

> > confirmed the lining of my small intestine is FLAT. This means I

> > cannot absorb much. The gastroenterologist said that I have

celiac

> > disease. I have a hard time believing any of this stuff but that

is

> > probably just my problem. Today I just took my first

> > dyglycyrrhizinated licorice in order to cure my CFIDS (another

> > theory). I am so sick I try all kinds of stuff to get better.

> > Genetically I do not have celiac disease but apparently all genes

> > have not been discovered yet. Same for my iron overload. A friend

> > who was in the EI clinic told me that other things than celiac

can

> > severely damage the lining of the gut.

> > >

> > > Let me know if probiotics works for you. I am always

> > interested to hear what alternative stuff helped others.

> > > Alice

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > just started deglycyrrhizinated licorice which cures CFIDS (13

> May) per Dr. D'Adamo. Will let you know if I get cured! I am upping

> my blood pressure meds just in case as licorice raises bp however

the

> degly is supposed to be safe. This info is from 4 Blood Types, 4

> Diets Eat Right for you Type or something like that.

> >

>