It is hard to resist lamingtons! and I know them only from Oz visits. There was a shop in a town on the Mornington pennisula that had the best vanilla slice in the world, or so they said. It would have served 6 or 8 people IMO. But we were both saved because the shop was closing. Good thing with my lactose intolerance and DH diabetes. That was before LC so I don't think we would have been tempted now. (They also had the biggest and softest looking lamintons in the window).

dasher602014 wrote: »

Found this:

http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2013/02/foodless-friday-health-benefits-of-diatomaceous-earth.html

Hummm.... with my yeasties and beasties making VLCD impossible (when I am in ketosis for longer than 12 hours - all symptoms re-appear with a vengeance), I am skeptical but tempted to try. And the OP is a blogger about LC diet who ran into food intolerances and it was a miracle cure for her.

Not recommending but very curious. Anyone else heard of this one?

@dasher602014 I bought some diatomaceous earth at the recommendation of @dietbepsi. She posted this comment in the post about Biotin and hair loss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x55jNuCIbo

I posted this recently (a few minutes ago) on another topic. I really recommend looking into food grade diatomaceous earth. The stuff is amazing and helpful with so many things! For hair and nails, intestinal health, cleansing, skin, it's anti-aging, it's truly amazing.... I have definitely seen improvement in my hair which my hair dresser had told me a couple of months ago that my hair was thinning! I can't afford to lose hair! It's so much healthier. I really feel like the stuff is the all natural fountain of youth. Google it!

I took it one day, but became concerned about the detoxifying effects, so I'd put it on hold, but I'm happy to have read the article you posted, and I plan to take some shortly, as I'm happy to say I have it with me! I got a different brand than recommended, but I'm sure they quality rating the one I got had means it will be good, too. I'm going to start slow, as I'm taking a probiotic and other stuff lately, too!

SamandaIndia wrote: »

Caesar salad with no croutons but including tuna (odd) and cheese. Bloated like a basketball and fatigued. Later tried a meal replacement with milk proteins in it to test that idea and wham sneezing and sinus flare up. Guess dairy needs to be off my list for a while. I keep hoping a cheese style or some dairy would be an exception. No cheese, bacon, tomatoes, avocado and no gluten. This is getting trickier. Think I need to work on healing gut!!

@SamandaIndia - The culprit here is most likely the Parmesan cheese in the dressing. It's got a STUPID HIGH histamine rating... Just FYI...

And have you tried nutritional yeast with things? I can add it in and cut my level of cheese down by 80%.

Well, I could see where DE might work, after all it is the mineral shells of tiny algae. Here's the mineral content from a site about deworming/killing parasites in livestock:

Diatomaceous Earth provides a broad spectrum of naturally occurring chelated minerals. These include potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphate, sodium, titanium and others. Numerous accounts of gain have been reported when adding Diatom to a ration. With the lack of mineralization in modern grains, it isn't hard to conceive of mineral benefits from a finely ground natural mineral product. Feeding at 2% of grain ration can take care of both de-worming and mineralization. Most livestock will acquire a 'taste' for the mineral if a small amount is mixed in with other feed. After acquiring a taste for Diatom, they may take it free-choice.

Diatomaceous Earth is a natural (not calcined or flux calcined) compound with many elements which include:

Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - 83.7%, Aluminium Oxide (A12O3) - 5.6%, Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) - 2.3%
Calcium Oxide (CaO) - 0.4%, Magnesium Oxide (MgO) - 0.3%, Other Oxides - 1.9%.

Analysis of Other Elements:

Copper - 2ppm, Strontium - 100ppm, Titanium - 1800ppm, Manganese - 200ppm.
Sodium - 2000ppm, Vanadium - 500ppm, Boron - 50ppm, Zirconium - 220ppm.

I am having trouble with sprouted grains. (Not that we eat much bread.) But in trying low carb breads, sprouted grains seem to be the winner for lower carbs, and I cannot do them at all. Off to the bathroom within 10 minutes. Regular yeast bread, tried as a experiment twice, no problem.

Is it possible it's something in your environment? Have you looked into oral allergy syndrome? Do you have an allergy specialist?

Sounds awesome!

SamandaIndia wrote: »

@KnitOrMiss good question. Will investigate.
BtW Just had a new season apricot as a treat and I have a funny swelling tingling in upper palette of mouth so I may also need to burrow down the OAS birch pollen line of thinking too. Thxs to @ryanb1385 for that tip. Wish it was easy to pattern match with a cause.

Trust me when I say I feel your pain. Hopefully, it is OAS because there is a solution to it. You can always message me, or post here if you have questions.

@SamandaIndia They have dry mustard, even in the canned ones. That was one of the first things I reacted to. Our family ate baked beans every Saturday when I was a kid. Now I substitute a 1/4 tsp of turmeric and 1/4 tsp of ginger for the mustard. Horseradish is good in them , too. Or a but of cayenne or hot sauce. Different flavor than mustard but it gives a little kick to things.