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    Types of dietary rules

    #EatingDisorders

    A dietary restriction means the person has limitations to certain foods which they cannot or will not eat. There are many reasons for dietary constraints and they differ from person to person. Some of the more common ones include dietary restrictions based on a medical condition such as a food allergy, sensitivity or disease management. Other restrictions are based on religious practice while some are based on personal lifestyle choices.

    Food allergies or sensitivities, religious practices, and ideological beliefs are some of the main reasons people rely on specific diets or follow dietary restrictions.

    While some restrictions are meant to prevent life threatening events, others speak to your guest’s personal and moral beliefs. Either way, they’re equally important.

    Dietary restrictions are certain foods or ingredients that a person can’t or won’t eat. In the U.S, 40% of the population follows nutritional rules of some kind. They can be adopted by choice or recommended for medical purposes.

    You can refer to this:

    resiliens.com/resilify/program/overcoming-disordered-eating

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    Intro

    Skipped doing an intro the other day. 'Bout 7 years ago I got sick like the flu or pneumonia. I had this cough that wouldn't go away. I was working in a temple and the incense made me cough incessantly. Have a hard time beathing enough to do anything. Get really bad headaches all of a sudden. Intestines feel inflamed all the time.

    Lost my job. Wife threw me out. Doctors I've been to can't help. One said said get a job and lose weight coz being immobile and in pain for a year caused some weight gain.

    Got an appointment with a neuro-psych next month

    Getting checked out for adhd and depression and traumatic brain injury.

    Kind of wonder if anyone with a tbi experienced food allergies after. Mine are so bad I can't even go out to eat anymore or even buy most things from the store.

    Meal planning is overwhelming with depression and what i think is adhd and chronic pain. Sometimes I don't eat for weeks because I don't have the energy to cook.

    I'm afraid to go out of the house much in case I get a headache or incase I encounter a smell that triggers my cough and breathing problems. I've got incontinence problems too. I've had leakage from the backside happen at the store suddenly and I have problems with urinary urgency and frequency I think were caused by a car wreck I was in. I think absorbent underwear would help me get but it's kind of embarrassing.

    I feel really tired and in pain all the time. It's been like this for years and I don't know how to make it better and people just assume i'm faking it and everything is okay and I'm just lazy and need to try harder.

    I really hope this diagnosis comes through next month and I can start feeling better. I'm living with my parents now but they're aging and I don't want to end up in a nursing home in my 40's.

    Anyway, don't know what else to say. Nice to meet you all.

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    Sugar Addiction Battle

    I’m highly addicted to sugary products.. mostly sweets. I’m sick of the inflammation and the fatigue. I’m sick of feeling like sh*t. I’m assuming it’s mostly from the sugar. Has anyone tried to cut way back on sugar? I’m having a very hard time. I started a couple days ago. Of course I know it’s impossible to do it all at once.. at least for me 🙂 I’m craving my usual sweets 🍫 🍩🧁 I’m struggling 😢 Any suggestions or advice would be greatly welcomed. #Addiction #FoodAllergies #Anxiety #MentalHealth #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #BipolarDisorder #CPTSD #PTSD #Depression #ADHD #TheMighty

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    Quick Tip Thursday: New Diets Need Medical Consultation

    Make sure your diet is compatible with your individual healthcare needs before starting a new diet to manage diabetes. Food allergies or food intolerances, as well as treatment-related conditions that require the restriction or avoidance of certain foods, should be taken into consideration.

    #Diabetes #DiabetesType1 #DiabetesType2 #Diabetestype3 #lada #mody #GestationalDiabetes #JuvenileDiabetesType1 #ChronicIllness #AutoimmuneDisease #Lifestyle #Health #diet #Support #SupportGroups #MightyTogether

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    What To Do Before Allergy Testing | allergywest.com

    allergywest.com is a renowned website that assists you in what to do before allergy testing. An allergy test is an exam performed by a trained allergy specialist to determine whether your body has an allergic reaction to a known substance. For further details, please get in touch with us.

    #allergy #FoodAllergies #Allergies

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    Types of dietary rules

    #EatingDisorders

    A dietary restriction means the person has limitations to certain foods which they cannot or will not eat. There are many reasons for dietary constraints and they differ from person to person. Some of the more common ones include dietary restrictions based on a medical condition such as a food allergy, sensitivity or disease management. Other restrictions are based on religious practice while some are based on personal lifestyle choices.

    Food allergies or sensitivities, religious practices, and ideological beliefs are some of the main reasons people rely on specific diets or follow dietary restrictions.

    While some restrictions are meant to prevent life threatening events, others speak to your guest’s personal and moral beliefs. Either way, they’re equally important.

    Dietary restrictions are certain foods or ingredients that a person can’t or won’t eat. In the U.S, 40% of the population follows nutritional rules of some kind. They can be adopted by choice or recommended for medical purposes.

    You can refer to this:

    resiliens.com/resilify/program/overcoming-disordered-eating

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    Do you have food allergies? If you have them then what are some things your allergic to?

    Food Allergies #ubpd #Bpdways #MentalHealth

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    The Freedom of Dietary Restrictions

    Part 1 of 2 Finding out that I was allergic or intolerant to certain food groups didn’t feel much like freedom. I first had to remove wheat from my diet about 12 years ago and free from food at the time was particularly awful. Sandwiches had once been a staple lunch for me, but suddenly the bread was small, odd looking and often crumbled before you could assemble the sandwich! Thankfully, free from foods have improved vastly over the years and there are now many wonderful, delicious options to choose from.

    No matter how you look at it, the reality of these allergies and intolerances is that I will always experience times when managing a meal is a bit harder or I may have to miss out on the birthday cake; free from options aren’t always provided. I’ve learned to pack snack bars or flapjacks in my handbag before going to someone’s house for dinner, partly in case I am hungry and can’t eat anything there, but also to ease the burden on others when they struggle to cater for my dietary requirements.

    It has been a strange experience for me that many people treat my dietary requirements as optional. They respond as though I’m being fussy and awkward, they plead with me to just indulge in these foods as a “one off” or to give up on being free from entirely. They treat my dietary restrictions as the problem; but for me, it’s a very different story.

    I was a healthy child, rarely getting sick. In my teens I began to face ill health, beginning with Tonsilitis when I was 13, Glandular Fever when I was 14, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at age 15, a diagnosis that was replaced by Fibromyalgia when that started at age 17. They told me #Fibromyalgia was lifelong with no known cure, lacking even in treatment. The various medications they tried me on all failed. Like many others with Fibromyalgia, I seemed to develop allergies to everything: medication allergies, respiratory allergies, allergies to I-don’t-know-what and #FoodAllergies.

    I first gave up wheat in the hope it would ease my irritable bowel syndrome (yet another illness, symptomatic of fibromyalgia). While my stomach did settle with the change, I also noticed a decrease in my pain levels. Over the years I discovered that when I ate wheat, my pain became so great that I was often confined to my bed, unable to move and struggling to stifle the screams of agony. I also seemed to have a weaker immune system and was forever getting sick with colds and flu-like illnesses, which hit me ten times harder than the average person.

    People don’t like to talk about it, but the suicide rate among people with Fibromyalgia is awfully high. Pushing through pain every minute of every day is exhausting, but when it becomes so debilitating that you can hardly live your life, it often begins to feel like life just isn’t worth it. I was missing out on my university classes, unable to hang out with friends, cancelling last minute on people’s birthdays and eventually out of sight became out of mind. It’s a sad fact of chronic illness that we often seem to fade away; nobody ever intends to forget us, but eventually the invites stop coming and we become quite forgotten.

    Giving up wheat didn’t fix my #Fibromyalgia, but it drastically reduced my pain levels. When I stopped eating wheat, I had less days confined to my bed and a greater ability to be present with my friends. Over time, various aspects of my chronic illness have fluctuated in intensity, largely improving as I have learned more about nutrition and worked to understand my body’s needs and respond accordingly.

    My wheat intolerance seemed to develop into more of an allergy as even skin contact seems to cause a rash. I’ve given up gluten entirely and dairy. I also work with including certain foods and supplements in my diet; using ginger or peppermint to treat nausea, apple cider vinegar for acid reflux and all manner of other natural remedies. I have grown to have a deep love for my body and I’m on a journey of discovery, learning to recognise what my body needs and regaining a vibrant life where I can live in harmony with my body, instead of feeling at war with it.

    Food restrictions and other dietary changes are not the whole answer, but they are a huge piece of the puzzle. I’ve spent much time working through alternative remedies and seeking lifestyle changes that support my health and somehow, the impossible seems to have happened: I am getting my life back.

    Other people see the missed pieces of birthday cake, they get annoyed when I don’t eat the “gluten free” food they prepared and then laid out touching the gluten containing foods, they moan that I’m just being awkward and plead with me to just eat regular food; th

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    Food Allergies And Mental Illnesses

    Why am I so allergic to everything: peanuts, cow's milk, mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato sauce, strawberries, cheese made with cow's milk, this is such a horrible way to live! Not including my Acid Reflux Disease. So what I have learned to do is to eat spaghetti with meat sauce, less acidic, I drink Oat Milk and I just avoid mushrooms and peanuts all together, but sometimes I eat walnuts. Studying yourself will help you learn to live a semi ok life and don't focus on your limitations