Hi Aqua,
My main suggestion would be to seek out meats that are both grain fed
and organic. Alot of people react to the hormones, preservatives and
pesticides that are found in most of the readily available produce
these days! I would also avoid corn syrup as much possible. You can
find high quality products that avoid the corn syrup and hormonal
meats :) at Farmer's Markets and various health food stores. There
are also online suppliers who deliver, but they can be a little
pricey.
I am very "anti" allergy shots myself. If you are already taking
insulin shots, I wouldn't mess with your body anymore than necessary.
Your body is very good at telling you what it can and can't handle, so
you should listen to it and treat it with great respect!
I hope this was helpful. Good luck!
Nikki Volz
On Jul 19, 11:00 am, EFIS2 <lucky...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have some questions regarding my complicated situation. I have
> insulin resistance and must follow a high protein diet. However, I am
> having symptoms when I eat most protein sources and this is really
> worrying me as I need to eat this food to control my insulin levels.
>
> First of all, I am not sure this is a food allergy but it probably
> could be. I get a swelling/lump feeling on the right side of my
> throat in different places (sometimes high near jaw/ sometimes near
> laranx) when I eat many foods, nearly everything i eat that is protein
> cuases this besides a few meats (beef/****k). Somtimes I get the same
> feelings when I eat foods I have rarely ate in my life (i used to be
> vegetarian) such as lamb or turkey. The main foods that seem to cause
> problems are soy, eggs, chicken, maybe fish, hot drinks - sometimes
> drinking hot water or herbal teas cause the same symptoms. I also
> have a dairy allergy but that causes nasal problems only. I also have
> other mild allergy symptoms to foods like almonds and peanuts
> occasionally, not allways. Again, so many foods are causing this that
> I'm becoming alarmed that I will not have anything to eat, do you
> understand?
>
> I have used a peak flow meter when I get these symptoms and I don't
> have any reduction in air flow levels, so I don't know if it is really
> restricting my air flow or not. I have been to an ENT when normal and
> he doesn't see anything wrong with my glands.
>
> I am taking a course of LDA shots with my allergist and so far no
> change in the food allergies, i'm only on my second shot- however
> asthma has improved (enviornmental allergies). He tells me that
> allergy tests wouldn't be worth it as he feels they can't be really
> trusted and wouldn't help him. I had a blood test two years ago with
> a regular doctor and I had high readings for dariy,eggs, but not for
> any meats or fish or soy.
>
> I get heart burn and indegestion also, is there any possibility that
> this neck thing would be caused by acid reflux?
>
> What would you suggest given that I need to eat protein sources for my
> insulin/hypoglycemia and now I don't know if I can - I feel very very
> anxious. I'm worried I'll end up with diabetes because I'll only be
> able to eat carbs/fats.
>
> I must repeat that my pulse never goes too high when I experience such
> symptoms and I never have felt that I couldn't breath, although the
> neck thing gets pretty horrible and again, its only on one side
> (right) always - its very annoying. It seems exacerbated by
> swallowing.
>
> Should I encourage my allergist to do skin tests or blood tests even
> though he prefers to wait and see what happens with the LDA shots?
>
> Anybody here doing LDA shots? If so, are you doing the special diet.
> I'm not, but I may consider doing it if it will help with the
> allergies.
>
> I really appreciate the help
> Best
> Aqua
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