that would be hard to give up dairy, cheese, yogurt, milk....

Dear Bizi,
I stopped eating dairy, eggs, and all obvious animal products for about five weeks two summers ago. Around week two I felt a little yucky and went through sort of a detox.
Not eating animal products was liberating.
When the summer was over, I incorporated animal products back into my diet as I was dealing with work and other things.

M.

Dear Bizi

yes removing milk products would be very hard for me, because there isn't a single one i don't like!

Dear Mari

this is interesting.
i was thinking of removing dairy in the sense of milk products (not eggs) for two weeks as you suggested, as an allergy check. yuckiness at the two-week mark could be a little confusing because that is when i would be introducing them. it might be hard to tell if it were a latent "detox" effect or an allergic response to the reindroduction. so it might be better to remove them for longer.

but then, a few years back i was consuming WAY more milk products than in recent times. when i lived on my own i often drank close to a liter of milk a day, and i was not having these problems then. very recently i started having at most half a liter, i.e., more than the period immediately before, but not by any means the most i've had. so perhaps that is already a good indication that milk products aren't the problem.

perhaps if i work on building up my immune system, eg with the B vitamins, it will help reduce my allergies, regardless of the cause. i have to get labs drawn before i can restart supplements though. i forgot today! i think i have to fast, too, which sucks because i am up all night - and that's when i get most HUNGRY! i wonder if i can knock myself out cold somehow... somebody come whack me over the head with a 2 x 4?

~ waves ~

I can't remove dairy.

I need to eat it.

Hmmm, wondering why, it helps me stay sane.

Donna

i think i know what you mean. these are some of my favorite comfort foods, especially cheese...

and the other thing i should try eliminating is wheat/gluten, but i can't imagine that either...

life is dreary enough... if i have to take the cheese, pasta, and bread out of it, what's left????

~ waves ~ trying to read up on what supplements are good for allergies/immune function

Waves,
Maybe probiotics?
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/probiotics/
I did not look hard for probiotics and allergies but that info might be easy to find.

M.

i do take those