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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: discokaren on April 27, 2019, 12:02:04 PM
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Has anyone else become intolerant to foods they used to be able to eat before with no problems....?
I now can't eat onions, garlic or drink coffee
I am on the loo for days if I do
Share your lists ladies to help others
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Yip- can't touch onions or leeks, a lot of garlic, pasta is another no no as is bread!
Alcohol too although it doesn't stop me having a go :lol:
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Wheat and nuts,appt at immunology 8th May to be tested properly
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Oh and nothing too fizzy 😏
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Hi there.
Yeah me too..... Any type of cheese and eggs.....
I eat mostly veggie so I put up with the abdo pain, bloating and toilet trips but sometimes I have to avoid them both...
I also became asthmatic.... Apparently all due to increased sensitivity and inflammatory markers.
Grr Woodlands xx
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My stomach playing up today for some reason best known to itself 🤨 I had an oaty kinda flapjack thing,I'm guessing it's that,although it's oats not wheat,omg,when did eating become so difficult
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Have to be careful with gluten items now. I can eat small amounts but too much too frequently and issues happen. For awhile I had to stay away from dairy, garlic, onions, and a couple other items but I seem to be okay with all that now.
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🙄 you just can't win can you
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I'm not great with dairy, wheat, trying to avoid that if I can. I baked some cakes for the work this week and had 2 on Tuesday, suffered for being greedy.
Green leafy veg, especially spinach, I have noticed frequent urgent loo visits and most distressing of all wine just doesn't agree with me any more.
I don't understand😡
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Good thread!
I've been allergic to onions for years unless they are really well boiled i.e. in chutney
Garlic I had to get accustomed too, initially it gave me heartburn
A few weeks ago, by chance, I dropped shop cakes and chocolate from my diet and my heartburn receded completely :o
Tea tastes different as the day goes by :-\
Coffee makes me nauseous
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Hi everyone,
A lot of the foods that have been mentioned on this thread are high in FODMAPS, meaning they are highly fermentable. I used to have severe stabbing pains in my stomach if I had garlic, onions etc but now, after following a strict low FODMAP diet for about six months & building up the good bacteria in my gut with a good probiotic.....I can now tolerate a lot more foods such as garlic & onion.
I know its quite boring having to give up yummy foods but it might be worth considering to try & re-balance the gut. You could try garlic infused olive oil for flavour as that's low in FODMAPS & fresh chives instead of onion. Worth considering anyway!
Another thing to consider is low stomach acid, something that apparently declines naturally with age. I now take digestive enzymes & that aids my bloating, wind & indigestion. Again, just something else that might be worth considering but obviously won't help any ‘true' food intolerances.
I'm no angel though obviously & although I'm really struggling with switching my HRT routine I still thought it a good idea to have 2 glasses of wine last night when really I should be doing everything possible to keep stable! Sometimes I just have to rebel, particularly when I've had enough of feeling rough! ;-)
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At the grand old age of 47 I suddenly developed an intolerance to milk! Was diagnosed with GORD and given massive doses of omeprazole. By chance, I went away for a week and had no milk or chocolate and my symptoms improved dramatically. I cut out all things containing milk - lactose free still made me ill, coughing when I ate or lay down and really nauseous with lots of mucous. 12 years later I don't take anything and no longer cough - unless I eat something with milk in. Strange huh?
I also developed IBS type symptoms but follow FODMAP like Blue Kingfisher and it definitely helped me. I eat ground linseed every day too and I think that's helped a lot. I tried that as an experiment for phytoestrogens but I don't think it's made any difference there but my stomach has benefited.
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DH adds garlic and ginger to most recipes ......... a lot is Indian based which encourages turmeric too.
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Dear Kingfisher
I've been going through exactly what you're talking about for a few years. I'm on a FODMAP diet, but it's not enough. Would you mind letting me know which digestive enzyme and probiotic you're taking? I promise not to hold you to it! I believe I may have found a low FODMAP prebiotic.
thanks ever so,
Helene
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:welcomemm:
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I did loads of research on why post menopause I suddenly had all these food intolerances, where I had none before. Why I suddenly had IBS and severe anxiety.
It's something to do with oestrogen levels dropping. Oestrogen keeps another hormone Cortisol in check. It's your fear and flight hormone. If oestrogen levels drop, it seems that bad boy Cortisol runs riot, making us feel stressed and anxious, but more importantly it effectively switches off the digestive system. Fear and flight turns off everything that isn't needed.
I've been diagnosed with IBS and severe anxiety.
I've tried taking hormones, which actually did help a little. Sadly Femseven conti has temporarily been discontinued. So I thought I would try another tack which is why I was really interested to read Blue Kingfisher's post about using probiotic and digestive enzymes. Just something to add, I think I've found a low FODMAP prebiotic, which hopefully will be good for IBS sufferers.
I'd love to know which probiotic Blue Kingfisher used.
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I use an all in one cranberry & probiotic also actimel.
Since finding out I'm intolerant to wheat & cutting it out all together, I do feel better for it.fod diet no use for me as I'm veggie
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Dietician spoke to us tonight at menopause group, she had samples for us to try including Kefir (fermented milk, enzymes good for the gut), also discussed probiotics and general healthy diet with vitamin D supplementation. I've taken probiotics for a number of years and generally it helps with my IBS. There is alot of research being done on pro/prebiotics and a range of different health problems, it is an interesting topic.
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Hello ladies.
I don't seem to have developed any food intolerances so far ( touch wood, obviously) infact my diet has become more varied since the menopause. This may have been helped by making my own Sauerkraut as a probiotic and eating it regularly over the same period of time.
I have mentioned this before on the forum so please excuse me for repeating myself but if anyone wants to try making Sauerkraut there is ample advice online. Be careful at first though, it can be powerful stuff!
Wishing you all well ladies.
K.
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Hi Jaypo
I'm vegetarian and follow fodmap. What's the problem you have with it? I'm curious!
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What's FODMAP for those not in the know? Also Kathleen I can't face Sauerkraut ....... even though I know that it is Good For Me :D.
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Hi Jaypo
I'm vegetarian and follow fodmap. What's the problem you have with it? I'm curious!
Hi otter,dietician told me being vegetarian it wasn't much good for me as you've to cut out so much fruit and veg
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Hi Jaypo
That's interesting and I can see why but, once you get used to the adaptations and seeing what you can tolerate, there's still plenty of variety.
My niece is a dietitian and she's the one who recommended it. It did help a lot too.
CLKD, FODMAP stands for fermentable oligo-, di- mono- saccharides and polyols. Foods high in these carbs are ones that can't be digested by some people. Causes IBS type symptoms. Hope that's right!! Eating a low fodmap diet - you can get lists of foods high in these carbs or low - helps with digestive problems. At least it did for me.
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I developed an intolerance to lactose in my late 30s. Typical symptoms of tummy bubbling like a cauldron and then the inevitable gas output!! In a bid to get more calcium in, in my earlier 40s I tried lactofree milks but even then I can only tolerate about a cupful of milk before I feel really off. I can stand about enough regular milk for a cup of tea, but my new go-to has been Oatly Barista; I now get to drink a latte! Best dairy free milk for hot drinks!!
I used to eat loads of cheese but I can't now :( I'm with CKLD I could not bring myself to eat Sauerkraut!!
I'm not a veggie now but I have been for long spells without eating meat. I would be happier going veggie but my diet would be so limited as with IBS I have to be careful about fibre intake. Most recently, I decided to try Quorn nuggets and happily chomped my way through 5 or 6 before realising they had 3g worth of fibre in EACH. :o :scottie:
I had no idea that the drop in Oestrogen had an impact on Cortisol. My IBS is definitely aggravated by stress
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I'm not great with bread now....ok with small amount of high fibre or flatbread, but lovely white doughy bread gives me a blinding headache, or as i like to call it breadache!!!
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Thanks otter, I may look at it again as the gastrointestinal specialist I saw also recommended it but said he did think it would be a little bit more challenging for me.
Cutting out ALL wheat has definitely helped with my ibs,bloating has gone,yay,some days I'd look like I was 6 months pregnant 😳
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Hi Jaypo
It's worth a try. After a few weeks of only low fodmap, you can start reintroducing things to see what's ok. I've found the longer I've followed it, I've been able to eat some things once in a while, others still not.
Good luck with it.