Last night I got to start using the Flaredown app and so far I love it! Here’s what I had to do to set up an account: So far I have changed what conditions I’m tracking. I got rid of arthritis since I haven’t been diagnosed with it and added Fructose Malabsorption. What’s nice about…
WEGO Health: April 7th is World Health Day – so let’s talk about daily nutrition and diet. After your diagnosis, did you alter your diet or health routine? If so, how? How do you maintain a healthy regiment? After I got diagnosed with a fructose malabsorption I definitely changed my diet. There are a lot of foods that have…
I was able to get a hold of my dietician about my vinegar question. Apparently balsamic has more glucose than fructose but I should limit it to 1-2 tsp servings. White distilled vinegar has no fructose and cider vinegar trace amounts of fructose. There are also times that HFCS is also added to vinegar apparently.…
Go figure. Two days after I tell everyone that most of my symptoms have gone away but a few I have a flare up. I noticed the last day or two that my abdomen is getting very distended and I’ve been burping a lot. I have a feeling the culprit may be vinegar or I’ve…
My elimination diet has been over for about a week now. I’m definitely feeling better which makes me very happy. A couple of the symptoms that I was having that were really giving me some problems have calmed down quite a bit. I’m still keeping up with my food diary. It’s been really helpful with…
A lot of people have been curious as to what sweeteners I have to avoid. Here is the list I received from my dietitian: Agave Syrup Brown Sugar(made with molasses) Caramel High Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) Fructose Honey Corn Syrup Molasses Mannitol Maple Syrup Palm Sugar Sorbitol Splenda(Sucralose) Xylitol Beet Sugar The ones that are the…
As with any medical condition, you have good days and bad days. If you lucky you have more good days than bad but that isn’t always the case. At the worst I was having what I call “episodes” every other day while I was in college. An episode for me is the worst symptoms that…
I’ve been on the elimination diet for about two and a half weeks now. I started July 29th and I’m supposed to go until the 26th of August with it. I may push it back another week just to be safe. There are a couple times during this diet that I have made mistakes and…
So I got asked yesterday if I was burping to fit in. I never in my life thought I’d be asked a question like that. Which I guess can kinda be expected seeing how I’m the only woman on my team, but at the same time give me a damn break. I’m not going to…
I finally got to see the dietitian today. The lady I saw was very nice and helpful. She was able to answer many of the questions I have. I’m on a pretty strict diet for the next four weeks. After that I can start to reintroduce some of the foods I have to avoid for…