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Intolerant to everything
Following many years of doing a stressful job and repeated bouts of flu, I found that I was constantly tired. A friend suggested that I might be suffering from food intolerance so I went on an elimination diet. I discovered, to my alarm, that I had an intolerance to any food which I had eaten frequently in the previous 6 months. I went on a rotation diet which consisted of foods which I had eaten rarely or never. I had been on the diet for 3 months and it was going OK but I was concerned about my weight, which was very low. This was largely due to the fact that I couldn't digest carbohydrates well and felt bloated and was constipated after I ate them in any quantity. I visited an osteopath, as I have poor posture, and I told him about the trouble I was experiencing with my digestion. He gave me some plant enzymes called "Similase". He said that he had been given them as a free sample and that they were very good at breaking down carbohydrates. I was a bit wary of taking anything new so I opened up a capsule and put a quarter of it in a glass of water which I then drank. After taking this enzyme I found that I was experiencing intolerant reactions to everything I ate. The explanation given by a number of doctors is that the plant enzyme must have stripped away the lining of my guts, which must have been very porous. I am now in the appalling situation of being intolerant to all foods and even to tap water. Consequently I suffer from constant physical and mental hyperactivity. I find any physical activity very tiring and I'm in discomfort from bloating. I have found a doctor who specializes in food intolerance but he doesn't know of anyone else who is in this situation. I would like to get in contact with anyone who has to eat foods which they can't tolerate and has to deal with symptoms like mine. |