May not need to substitute!

2 years ago

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Since I am a person who has several eosinophilic issues, I decided to contact my ultra-specialist eosinophillic issue physician to see if she could do dairy/egg allergy testing (she has done hours long medication testing on me multiple times). I am content with all the other foods I am to avoid. Instead, she's hooked me up with an eosinophilic esophagitis specialist who does food allergy testing.

I'll still go see my gastroenterologist, but I think going the food route is just his way of looking at things, since it's his area of work. I have a deep feeling medication can help loads. And hopefully, all I will need 🤞🏻

Either way, I'm happy for all the substitution suggestions, and I'll continue doing them until I find out definitively.

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rob333 (zone 7b)
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2 years ago

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EoE specialist said the elimination diet was an old school thought, and I could just do medication. Woohoo! I'm free!

About to have salmon and mac. Think I'll have some sort of nuts and cheese when I get home. After I buy a milk.

And then, I think I'll keep some of the new, better food/habits. Thank you for holding my hand

Whew.

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plllog
2 years ago
Fantastic news!
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John Liu
2 years ago
Fingers crossed!
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Islay Corbel
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I do hope they find the answer!
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This is great news! Keep us posted!
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rob333 (zone 7b)
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2 years ago
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Y'all are so kind. Thank you❣️

Apparently I need to slow down and read some labels closer, but even if I wasn't on a diet, I would switch to the Miyoko vegan butter all day long. I did not see the nuts are used in it. Drat! So I'll have to try again, but it was really good. Totally as good as cow butter.

Today I made a convincing sour cream using coconut milk unflavored yogurt, xanthan gum, and a bit of apple cider vinegar. I eat it rarely, but when I want it, I want it to be really creamy and buttery. I would describe my current sour cream as buttery. So one more tweak and it'll be there.

I will keep trying! And pass along what I'm learning is tasty.

I'm very happy with the coconut amino trade with soy. I'm planning on making a batch of teriyaki chicken with broccoli and rice, for some bowls this week. Lunches, probably. That happy with it.

I did find the cool whip equivalent. No. I would not call it the whipped cream equivalent. It would probably do in a pinch 😉

I'm still stuck with the poached egg and all the cheese trades. Getting there! I think the most surprising thing, for me, I'm not missing the milk I drink. I've been replacing it with water, which I needed more of anyhow.
rob333 (zone 7b)
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2 years ago
Wait! Wait!

It's not here yet... But check this out. Whoa. The answer when I asked where I could buy it, said "We're coming to Los Angeles soon"

https://www.yo-egg.com/
plllog
2 years ago
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I thought you were off soy: From yo-egg FAQs, “It is made primarily of soy and chickpea. The full list of ingredients is: water, vegetable oil (sunflower and/or canola oil), soy protein, chickpea protein, 2% or less of: [potato starch, yeast, seaweed extract, beta carotene, paprika extract, calcium lactate, salt, potassium salt, lecithin, guar gum, xanthan gum, maltodextrin, methylcellulose, carob gum].”

Congrats on switching from milk to water! That can't have been easy. Even if milk turns out not to be a specific trigger to what ails you, non-alleric, non-sensitive people can have mucous/respiratory reactions to liquid milk and yoghurt. Great that you're enjoying the water!
rob333 (zone 7b)
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2 years ago
Oh I'm not gonna eat those eggs, I just found them. It's pretty amazing. In case someone else wants it, now they know
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This is awesome news! You must feel terrific! Congratulations, welcome back to the land of milk and honey.
plllog
2 years ago
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I get it... but you could try one at a time to see if you get a reaction, even if you weren't 100% in.

Very happy for you that you aren't forced into weird food.
bbstx
2 years ago
Whew! So happy for you.
rob333 (zone 7b)
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2 years ago
I'm going to do at least two months of no wheat, soy, and fish, and very probably, dairy. I've already bought all the food and lined up the recipes. I don't eat that many eggs so I MIGHT avoid those also. I was serious when I said keep the better habits. Can't hurt anything to try.
John Liu
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Yes, think of this as creative experimentation, no longer forced deprivation :-)

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