What to eat

Kelly: I've been having GI issues (we'll leave it at that just in case anyone is eating while reading this blog) on and off for a while now and other seemingly random nagging health issues. I found a doctor who had treated random symptoms and visited him while I was home. He confirmed that as I had thought but had been dismissed by conventional medicine that my thyroid wasn't functioning up to speed. But because the one test that conventional docs run didn't showed up just within the "normal" range, I was fine. Nevermind, that my symptoms were a mirror image of the textbook definition of hypothroidism. Okay, done with the mini-rant. In addition, the proactive doc mentioned that I might be allergic to foods and that the food allergy was driving the thyroid issue. So, I had more blood drawn and received the results of the tests Monday night. He told me, in no uncertain terms, that the tests indicated I was allergic to almonds, dairy, milk, eggs, and beef. WHAT??? What will I eat. Hmmm. I had just swallowed my dessert of organic raw cheese and almonds. Not good. "What about gluten?" I had asked. Gluten didn't show up on the test. To mourn my loss of ice cream (thank God I got my fill of gelato in Italy!), I tested my gluten allergy by eating a couple of handfulls of Matt's organic granola. Within 30 minutes and three trips to the bathroom, I had my answer. Yep, still allergic to gluten. So, with tears rolling down my rashy face, I called my mom to tell her that I couldn't eat anything. She went in to mom fix-it mode and started brainstorming how I could survive. After we hung up and I started researching a little more (shocker, I know...me, reasearch), I pulled myself together and looked at this newfound knowledge as an opportunity to be healthier. I have repeated that little mantra several times this week and it will likely become etched in my neurons as I navigte through our processed food world. With that, I'm off to the farmers' market and then yoga. To health!