Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

Question

6

Is eating the same food almost everyday a sure way to become intolerant to that food or is that just a myth? Traditional cultures seem to have no problems , I think, from consuming the same thing day in day out.

flag	asked Jun 20 at 22:22 ROB 3,362●8●30

That's a really good question. – foreveryoung Jun 20 at 22:24

2

Obviously a myth, I don't even want to get into it. You amswered it yourself already. – a mesmerizing trickster Jun 20 at 22:42

1

Well yeah, but how do we know the Kitavans don't have some sort of silent inflammation from a sweet potato or coconut allergy?? – ROB Jun 20 at 23:01

Whar makes you suspect they do? – a mesmerizing trickster Jun 21 at 6:56

1

In portugal we ate traditional fresh food, ate lots of czbbage collards fish seafood pork chicken kale potatoes' never had any issue. Aftre coming to usa only did I get symptoms. sorry for typos, android is a pain to type on. – a mesmerizing trickster Jun 21 at 6:58

Mike · Answer 1 · 2012-06-20 22:31:23Z UTC

4

My son has a "true" allergy to brazil nuts which could kill him. My feel is that the rest is intolerance due to leaky gut. I was "allergic to everything" and they all went away when I stopped eating wheat.

Gotta heal the gut.

answered Jun 20 at 22:31

Mike
540●9

Did you do anything else in particular to heal your gut aside from dropping wheat? Such as supplements, etc? – Shawn Jun 21 at 1:03

Shawn I can tell you from vast personal experiece that the quickest way is to stop any and all offending foods (for you, you have mentioned dairy and gluten) and use supplements to heal your gut. Then, you may in fact be able to eat those again, if you want, not a recommendation, just saying... please look at PermaVite by Allergy Research Group. I worked for me and my son & several friends and clients - like 20. In addition to probiotics and the other things I have told you about.YOu can likley do it with diet alone (like GAPS or maybe Paleo) & fermented foods but it will take a lot longer. – Crowlover Jun 21 at 5:17

fermented foods without healing intestines first would probably hurt, dont ask me how i knpw :-! supplements with damaged intestines is probaly a waste of money since your body probably won'r be able to absorb most nutrients from it. Heal first! :-) With half assed Gaps my 5 years of food sensitivities went away in less than a month... so lucky! – a mesmerizing trickster Jun 21 at 6:55

1

Hiya Shawn, the biggie is simply to stop eating things that cause leaky gut... simple plan would be to eat only meat/fish/broth/dressings like olive oil + lemon with non-starchy veggies and fruit on its own. I had a lot of fruit... making meals of just one type of fruit. So... when your hungry in the morning you could go with fruit, then a few hours later, meat + veg, then fruit, then meat + veg etc. Nice and simple. – Mike Jun 21 at 12:19

Luisa what you say makes sense. There are degrees of Leaky gut though for sure.Mine was mild, not severe but thanks for reminding me that I didn't add the supps till 30 days of diet changes, probiotics & PermaVite, then added the supps (Uqiquinol, R-La and others).I had an ND & Nutritionist helping me. The PermaVite is for healing leaky gut and it works for many. There are other supplements too GI Benefits from DaVinci Labs is also good. Im surprised you were able to heal it in less than a month though as my understanding is the that it takes longer than that for the lining to re-grow. – Crowlover Jun 21 at 16:15

Crowlover · Answer 2 · 2012-06-21 05:12:56Z UTC

2

ONLY IF YOU HAVE A LEAKY GUT.

answered Jun 21 at 5:12

Crowlover
4,443●5●12

2

Yeah, in cases of intestinal permeability I'm under the impression that you one can become intolerant to anything, aesecially those foods eaten frequently... – Michael Jun 21 at 8:38

Roberto · Answer 3 · 2012-06-21 09:18:10Z UTC

Robb Wolf says something in this regards in his podcast. Basically he says that eating for instance eggs everyday could be a problem - not because of cholesterol of course - but because you are eating the same thing every day and he specifically says that he does not like to eat anything that often as one could develop some intolerances.

I find this a bit of a problem, i.e. variety. I feel that in paleo (plus histamine intolerance), once I find food that I digest well I tend to stick with those way too often. In my opinion this is also a problem in terms of micronutrients ratios and deficiencies. One should make an effort of varying his diet a bit.

TimB · Answer 4 · 2012-06-21 10:25:55Z UTC

0

Well, I am allergic/sensitive to eggs since a week ago, after eating an average of 5 per day for a while. (Swollen throat, rash) So, I'm pretty sure it's possible, at least for some foods.

No more eggs for me for a while :-(

answered Jun 21 at 10:25

TimB
116●4

	Can you tolerate just the yolks? – Violet Jun 21 at 21:12
	From internet research, I expect I can, since most of the allergenic stuff seems to be in the whites. Not going to try that just yet though, since the symptoms have gotten worse every time I ate more eggs. But indeed when trying them again in a while, I'll be starting with just the yolks. – TimB Jun 21 at 23:08

Myth or Fact: You develop allergies to foods you eat often?

4 Answers