At some point, I'd like to try a few weeks of a "Food Elimination Diet." I am intrigued by a coworker who discovered her gluten reaction by a variation on the usual elimination diet -- she spent weeks eating one trigger food every day for a week and then avoiding that food, documenting if she felt different when she stopped eating it. I'd like to try this approach, which seems more doable given my schedule, out of town guests, nutrition needs, etc. (It can't hurt, right?)
FOOD DIARY
Breakfast
Mood: somewhat nervous about intestines/off and on constipation; going to doctor for follow up visit (non-GI related); otherwise fairly relaxed
Symptoms: reflux/belching before eating; belching and some reflux after eating; bloated overal
1 Wheetabix square
1 C. Blue Diamond unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tsp bran
1/4 C. ground walnuts
handful of miniature grapes
1/2 C. apple cider (from the greenmarket)
1/2 C. apple cider (from the greenmarket)
1 C. lemon verbena tea
Snack
1 small oat-bran-apple muffin (from home)
1/2 C. mini-grapes
Lunch
Mood: content, busy, hungry
Symptoms: belching, some reflux off and on
1 serving eggplant-chickpea-tomato casserole (from home)
1/2 whole wheat mini baguette from Au Bon Pain (I forgot my grain today!)
Snack
1 banana
1/2 whole wheat mini baguette (the rest of it from lunch)
Dinner
Mood: Irritated, fatigued
Symptoms: No reflux but very bloated
2/3 C. Bird's Eye mixed vegetables
1 C. baked beans
2 Morningstar Farm sausage links (veggie)
2 slices rye toast
1 T. Earth Balance whipped spread
Snack
1 C. Breyer's ice cream (three flavor)
I went to bed feeling exhausted from a rigamarole of a day but slept throughout the night. No GERD to wake me up. [Note: By morning, I woke up refreshed but again, about 5 minutes after waking and rummaging around the kitchen, I experienced a heavy feeling in my chest/stomach area -- what I think of as "reflux." It is as if there is something "wet" inside my stomach.]
1 small oat-bran-apple muffin (from home)
1/2 C. mini-grapes
Lunch
Mood: content, busy, hungry
Symptoms: belching, some reflux off and on
1 serving eggplant-chickpea-tomato casserole (from home)
1/2 whole wheat mini baguette from Au Bon Pain (I forgot my grain today!)
Snack
1 banana
1/2 whole wheat mini baguette (the rest of it from lunch)
Dinner
Mood: Irritated, fatigued
Symptoms: No reflux but very bloated
2/3 C. Bird's Eye mixed vegetables
1 C. baked beans
2 Morningstar Farm sausage links (veggie)
2 slices rye toast
1 T. Earth Balance whipped spread
Snack
1 C. Breyer's ice cream (three flavor)
I went to bed feeling exhausted from a rigamarole of a day but slept throughout the night. No GERD to wake me up. [Note: By morning, I woke up refreshed but again, about 5 minutes after waking and rummaging around the kitchen, I experienced a heavy feeling in my chest/stomach area -- what I think of as "reflux." It is as if there is something "wet" inside my stomach.]
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