Food allergies

I know as I've started paying more attention to my foods I've noticed more and more intolerances *not allergies* to certain foods. Like, I've always figured sugar was a trigger for my migraines, but I never dreamed how much better I'd feel off of it. After that helped so much, I started noticing how physically bad I felt after eating meat (I've done vegetarian for morals, tick. Not this time). After that, dairy went too!

I'm so sorry to hear you've suffered that traumatic experience, whatever it may be. Don't worry about the weight, you can deal with it when you have more piece of mind. Trust me, mind before all else, or your body isn't worth anything.

I'd say the weight may be an unlikely culprit. I'd say once you noticed one, maybe you started picking up on the others? Certainly the weight gain could make you more conscious of what you're eating, feelings of guilt, etc. Any extra attention can make things rise up, though I personally have never experience nor encountered someone who has had experiences quite so extreme as hives.

I wish you luck in identifying root cause, but I agree with the above poster, one issue at a time. I do hope you feel better soon and you're finding solace in your therapist (mine's lovely).

*hugs*

inflammation and weight gain can be a result of food allergies or can cause them to become more obvious to you. many people with food allergies don't have any symptoms that they're aware of for years, it is all internal. hives can be a sign of food allergies too, but its not unusual to break out in hives or a rash due to stress either.

food allergies tend to manifest and become more severe as people age, not necessarily as they gain weight since weight gain is a result of various things for various people. allergies rarely disappear or weaken in adults even though there are cases of that on record and you'll hear people speak of these experiences. allergies in children can sometimes disappear when they hit the age of puberty.

Have you considered histamine intolorance?

My mom was diagnosed recently, and it's like a light bulb went off...

She was always red and swollen, generally feeling 'allergy-ish' at seemingly random times, sometimes it seemed like she must be allergic to EVERYTHING! She also developed more severe allergies, she's had anaphylactic shock many times, suffered from migraines, hives, dizzyness, kept finding more and more symptoms and started wondering 'how many ills can I suffer from?!'

And then, PING, it's all histamine intolorance! All foods contain histamine, which isn't a problem for a normal person, but those with an intolorance for it, when they get to their 'limit', they start getting these symptoms.

Since it's to do with hormones, it can cause weight gain, but it's not a major symptom - though my moms doctors are wondering if her histamine intolorance can have affected her majorly her whole life - my mom also suffered from rickets as a child, which is rare, so they are thinking 'hmm, 2 rare diet-related conditions in one patient? might be a link!', and they are thinking it *could* have affected her weight too, since they histamine intolorance deffinitely has gotten worse with her weight, though they can't confirm which came first.

This reminds me of someone I used to know...

He was kind and oh-so generous. He seemed so happy, but he had issues.

Finally, at the urging of his wife, he saw a specialist, and everything changed!
Turns out, it was dietary issues! The culprit? Milk & cookies!
The thing is, he only ate them once a year, but he just ate SO DAM MUCH of 'em!
Imagine eating 2 billion cookies and 700,000 gallons of milk in one night!!!

Yep. I'm talking about Santa.

So, I want to urge everyone out there... Please, please! Cauliflower cookies and rice dream milk ONLY this year!

I would suggest going to an allergist and getting some real testing done. I just went last week because I was getting hives on my chest and neck everyday for years. Lately it's been getting worse, and I finally figured out why. I'm allergic to corn, eggs, white potatoes, oranges, cantaloupe, white potatoes and carrots. I was trying to eat healthy the last few months, and I was eating A LOT of what I was allergic to! I'm in the process now of cutting that out of my diet. It's been 10 days and I feel SO much better. I no longer get headaches everyday, I don't feel bloated at all, and I've lost 3 pounds! So maybe you have a different food allergy that is causing the extra weight, I know mine was causing me to gain weight.

ps, i hate how i feel like i am walking on egg shells when i post now because i feel like i am going to be attacked for asking a question.

Opinions?

People don't attack you they give you advice but because the advice isn't what you want to hear you get all defensive. As with all your other issues the best remedy is to consult a Doctor but I know you do not wish to do that.

As someone who has food allergies no your extra 10 lbs is from eating too much. But stop trying to diagnosis yourself and go see a real doctor.

No one has attacked you or whatever it is you are walking on egg shells about, you just aren't getting the answers you want to hear. But good luck to you