FODMAP reintroduction phase
I'm now officially a FODMAP believer. After months of
awful diarrhea, nine days of a low FODMAP diet turned me 100% regular.
Time to start adding categories back in to see which one(s) were
messing me up.
I started with milk,
which I was pretty sure wasn't going to cause a problem. After all, I'd
never had trouble with lactose intolerance in the past. Day 1 --- one
quarter cup of milk and all's well. Day 2 --- half a cup of milk and
back to the explosive diarrhea.
The interesting part is
that my symptoms occurred eight hours after imbibing. Which means all
of my previous correlation analyses (I ate x and then ran to the
bathroom immediately) are invalid.
Time to rest the gut
again, then move on to test two. Shall I hit honey (fructose) or garlic
(fructans) next?
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My friend ate milk, cheese, etc all her life. Then she got sick like you. She had developed lactose intolerance. Now she has to avoid some of her favorite foods. Here's a link to some info. Maybe you're not intolerant, though. Could be something else that the site suggests. Good luck.
http://www.newhealthadvisor.com/Can-You-Become-Lactose-Intolerant.html
Eight hours seems a long time for lactose intolerance to manifest itself. According to an overview I found it takes 2.5 to 3 hours for 50% of your stomach content to be emptied into the small intestine.
According to Wikipedia symptoms typically appear between 1/2 and 2 hours after drinking milk.
Hi Anna,
Most [30 yrs at least] of my adult life I suffered from PAT [fast beating of atrium].
Medicine could not help. Nothing. over the years I tried a lot of different things.
Eventually I discovered that the whole thing was food allergies somewhere in the later part of my guts.
I would eat beef or tomatoes or onions or worse yet a combination and 4 1/2 days later I would feel VERY strange and often my heart would be off and beating VERY rapidly for a 1/2 day or so with all sorts of other symptoms.
In college I once rode my bike over to the infirmary to look for help and measured a heart rate of 320 when I got off my bike!!
Eventually I fixed my diet [bone broth or whatever] and my gut now seems to have somewhat healed. I still take it very easy on beef, even pastured beef, but tomatoes and onions seem to be OK.
I can't remember the last time I had an episode.
I hope you too can 'figure yourself out' and are eventually relieved as much as I have been.
I would suggest reading Natasha Campbell-McBrides book Gut and Psychology Syndrome or just looking closely at her website gapsdiet.com.
That is what I am doing today and it seems to be making me feel better each day.
I really hope you are back to 'normal' soon!!
My kale is still alive and yummy.
Thanks again for your most helpful website :).
warm regards to you both, John
After months of diarrhea I too became desperate. After the diagnosis of celiac + collagenous colitis and changing to the SCD diet I found relief. This digestive stuff is tricky.