Man, I never stop chasing the ghosts of food triggers. Very little has ever made much of a difference, though I'm always drawn to foods as somehow culpable... And then I cut things, and then I cut more things, and then more... and then I'm eating nothing but grassfed meat, cooked vegetables, and little else. I think I feel modestly better when I keep my sugar low, but beyond that, I can't say anything has helped enough to be clearly identifiable.
In my experience, this a highly plausible link - foods affecting symptoms is a huge factor for those of us with chronic conditions. I have found this out the hard way by many trial and error self-experiments over the years. Each of us seem to have our own perculiar lists of things that impact symptoms. It may not be the milk. but could be some artificial colour or preservative or gum. A little of the wrong thing can make a big difference. Just last week I went through something like this myself (again!). I started to drink milkshakes made with the cream and condensed milk (high calorie to help me put on weight) ...after two or three days I was feeling utterly fatigued and depressed for no reason. and getting worse by the day. I stopped drinking them, and was back to normal in two days...
I love this post. Except for the cheap ice cream part - I never found that it was worth even the cheap cost 😃 But then I’ve become a sorbet fiend recently.
As an infant, you had several ear infections. They were painful and you cried a lot. Doctors gave you antibiotics and figured it would clear up in a few days. It usually did. But three times you had a broken eardrum (twice on one ear; once on the other). When you were about five, a doctor suggested to me that those ear infections could have been caused by a cow's milk allergy. We never explored that further, and I believe you drank lots of milk and ate lots of ice cream as a kid. Still....you never know. We considered so many things, didn't we?
Man, I never stop chasing the ghosts of food triggers. Very little has ever made much of a difference, though I'm always drawn to foods as somehow culpable... And then I cut things, and then I cut more things, and then more... and then I'm eating nothing but grassfed meat, cooked vegetables, and little else. I think I feel modestly better when I keep my sugar low, but beyond that, I can't say anything has helped enough to be clearly identifiable.
In my experience, this a highly plausible link - foods affecting symptoms is a huge factor for those of us with chronic conditions. I have found this out the hard way by many trial and error self-experiments over the years. Each of us seem to have our own perculiar lists of things that impact symptoms. It may not be the milk. but could be some artificial colour or preservative or gum. A little of the wrong thing can make a big difference. Just last week I went through something like this myself (again!). I started to drink milkshakes made with the cream and condensed milk (high calorie to help me put on weight) ...after two or three days I was feeling utterly fatigued and depressed for no reason. and getting worse by the day. I stopped drinking them, and was back to normal in two days...
"Hope is even more tempting than ice cream."
Truer words have never been written.
I love this post. Except for the cheap ice cream part - I never found that it was worth even the cheap cost 😃 But then I’ve become a sorbet fiend recently.
As an infant, you had several ear infections. They were painful and you cried a lot. Doctors gave you antibiotics and figured it would clear up in a few days. It usually did. But three times you had a broken eardrum (twice on one ear; once on the other). When you were about five, a doctor suggested to me that those ear infections could have been caused by a cow's milk allergy. We never explored that further, and I believe you drank lots of milk and ate lots of ice cream as a kid. Still....you never know. We considered so many things, didn't we?