I'm new to the boards and have spent all my time in the last week reading old posts. This has answered alot of my questions, so thanks everyone for sharing! One issue I haven't come accross is how to sort out food allergies and IBS. About 2.5 years ago I started having MAJOR sinus problems (infections etc) that were allergy related. My naturopath suggested I avoid gluten, dairy, and eggs, which helped alot for a while. Last summer I became really ill again, with sinus problems and overwhelming fatigue, which seemed directly related to pollen/ragweed/outside. Hypothesizing that some hidden food allergies must be contributing to the problem, my naturopath put me on an exotic foods diet, which helped immediately with my sinuses but (I now realize) aggravated my IBS. She suggested that I re-introduce foods one at a time, eating as much of that food as possible for three days, to see if I have a reaction. This strategy has been a terrible failiure for me, as too much of an insoluble fiber food triggers D. And, with the unpredictable nature of IBS, it's hard to tell if I'm having D because I'm sensitive to a food, or because of stress, or PMS, or voodoo! But I'm scared to re-introduce foods without somehow testing them, because if my sinuses become inflamed and infected I will be completely debilitated for weeks. And, to top it off, after months of such a restricted diet I have lost too much weight, and I am now at 100 lbs, the absolute minimum safe weight for me.
So what's a girl to do? I'm running out of options!
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