Is your chronic illness really just a food allergy?

3 years ago, I was completely crippled and bedbound. I had to wear braces on my hands. I was diagnosed with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, hidradenitis (boils) and many other things. I realized that I felt worse after eating certain foods. I had allergy testing done, and found out I was allergic to wheat, eggs, soy, commercial dairy, peanuts, tomato and avacado. Once I eliminated these allergens from my diet, I healed completely and all of my health issues resolved. I have cheated on my diet 5 times in 2 years, and all 5 times I ended up with horrible flare ups. As long as I stick to it, I am perfectly fine. I am convinced that undiagnosed allergies are the root of most illnesses. I do not take any supplements or medications. I wanted to pass this on to others who are suffering needlessly. I recommend keeping a food diary for a couple of weeks to see if your symptoms get worse after eating certain foods (free online diary at nutridiary.com) or get allergy testing done.

I hope this helps someone. I would have loved to have known this before I wasted 12 years in bed, in pain.

Glad this helped you, but please don't make the mistake of thinking it's the answer for everyone with a chronic illness. Many of them are genetic and have nothing to do with food allergies.

Thanks for the great info. Though I have nothing to add, I appreciate that you took the time to post this for the benefit of others.

Thanks for the info.

A playwright called Roger Macdougal cured his MS through diet, he acknowledged that this would not work for every sufferer though. The film director Bryan Forbes has MS but it has been in remission for 30yrs by following the diet advocated by Macdougal.

Can you tell us about the type of allergy testing you had please?

Good information, glad it worked for you!

congrads!

makes alot of sense ill check into it thanks for the information