tablets or remedies for food intolerances...

[joko]

Do they exist? is there something you can buy or get on prescription to counteract symptoms?
would taking an antihistamine help?

please dont bother to tell me to just not eat the food - its getting ridiculous the amount of things i am supposed to avoid.

thanks

[RATTER15]

"would taking an antihistamine help?"

I would imagine that antihistamines would only help with an allergy to a food rather than an intolerance.

It rather depends what you mean by an intolerance?

[boxtops]

You need to find out exactly what it is that you are intolerant to.. I don't antihistamines will help, that's for sensitivity to specific allergens. intolerance and allergy are not the same thing.

ask your GP to refer you to a dietician - that's the best way to do it.

[venator]

Lots of people have a wheat intolerance, whose symptoms are discomfort and "bloating"

They can usually eat and enjoy spelt bread - I've been making it for friends for ages now, and it's very gratifying to see them eat really good bread for the first time in years.

[joko]

i don't have food allergies, just intolerances.
i get nausea, weakness, jitteryness, fuzzy headed headaches, redness round my nose and cheeks, fatigue, bloatedness, used to get a lot of diarrhoea but not so much now... (diagnosed IBS)

and so far i've had reactions to lecithin, (which is in a LOT of foods such as potatoes, eggs, aubergine, nuts, etc etc) tomatoes, dairy, wheatgerm, formalin. I bloat after bread, and get headaches after toms and lecithin...others i havent studied properly yet

basically - everything! - and being a veggie they are my staples... it explains why i almost never feel quite right, and often just feel like Sugar... but i have to eat something... i cant just eliminate eveything...

also allergic to cats, dogs, feathers, mould, horses, dust and soil...been tested.

(i am hoping the lecithin is soy lecithin rather than general - just in case i am only intolerant to one type... but i dont know...theyre probably the same thing)

i am going to start a reaction diary to see which are the worst.

[RATTER15]

Hell man, that's a list and a half, I don't mean to take the p!ss but if there were tablets available you would probably have an intolerance of them!

[ubasses]

There are priobotic tablets you can get which are stronger than the drinks in the supermarkets, but I do not know what are in them so you would have to look at all the ingredients. You have my sympathy I had a very bad flare up of food intolerances in my 30's. I went on an exclusion diet and eliminated quite a few things from my diet. Over the years I have been able to re-introduce quite a few foods many in small doses, others still need to be avoided. I am sitting here at the moment with my the skin round my eyes and my lips looking like they have been badly burnt, the Dr has diagnosed Rosacea which is common in people who have allergies,(most of my allergies can be found in the garden) you mentioned redness round your nose and cheeks, so may be worth talking to your GP. an antibiotic gel is helping. Trouble with something like this no 2 people are the same so difficult to put forward suggestions a dietician will probably be your best bet.

[joko]

thanks ubasses, i think i will see my doc, maybe she can help.

The redness is temporary on me - just a very red patch on my nose and a sort of blob on each cheek...like my nose has wings haha...it disappears completely though in a few hours
my hands go red itchy and blotchy if i touch soil, or use cream with wheat germ in.
mostly i get nausea and bloating and stuffy headaches... and just general malaise
i have noticed i need ventolin immediately after i clean my teeth! lol

i could handle some symptoms but the headaches are so annoying because it affects my ability to ignore symptoms and take my mind of it, because i cant think straight.

i suspect its as you say a 'flare up'... because all though i have never been particularly well and always felt rough (had all sorts of tests) ive never noticed them to this extreme. i am sure i have always had negative reactions to some foods, but you get used to things and took ages to link them

lol ratter, you're probably right - some tablets have lecithin in them!

[shoota]

Just a thought - perhaps you need meat?

[joko]

shoota...believe me the thought that i may have begin eating meat again - at least for a while until i can eliminate these foods - has occurred to me ...

[Sqad]

I agree with all the above posters..........except to say that I do not "go much" on the Probiotic approach.

[rowanwitch]

You really need to see a specialist dietitian as your diet is so restricted you may need artificial supplements. I think introducing meat back into your diet is a good idea Lamb is the least likely to cause intolerance the other foods normally used in exclusion diets are Rice, Pears, and Lentils (a dietitan friend told me this when I wanted to test for sensitivities during an arthritis flare up) I should really avoid wheat (I don't I just accept the bloating and stuffy nose) but am good with rye bread and also need to keep citrus to a once in a while treat. Sometimes after a long exclusion period foods can be reintroduced. Another consideration is reverting to 'native foods only' so keeping to things that have been part of the diet of our ancestors for centuaries.. this means avoiding the nightshades potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines etc citrus, imported wheat (the romans brought us spelt before that Rye was the northern european grain along with some barley) takes a bit of research And drink mead or whiskey instead of wine Rye vodka is ok too