We Can't Have Nice Foods Anymore: Surviving the Diets of the Modern Era

Is this going to be an ongoing thing, or just for a limited period?

Unsure, if it actually helps my auto-immune stuff, I'll have to see how far I can push it as far as cheat days or reintroducing certain foods. If there's no change in 6 weeks I'll probably say fuck it.

I'm seeing someone on a low FODMAP diet. For her underlying condition (microscopic colitis, apparently) not clear if she's ever going to be able to eat things like onions and garlic. Infused oils are okay, because the bad stuff (fructans) isn't soluble in oil, but that doesn't really help when going out to restaurants.

ive been doing no gluten (strict) & anti-inflammatory (ish) for about a month now due to some health conditions… no idea if its helping but it cant hurt & hasnt been too hard

I kinda have the opposite problem — I'm on a new diabetes medication that drives my blood sugar so low overnight that if I don't eat a pile of carby garbage for dinner I wake up in the morning with an A1C of, like, 3. (Which is bad.) I'm at the point now where I can literally eat a breaded chicken sandwich and a Snickers bar for dinner and when I wake up in the morning my blood glucose number will still be somewhere around 70.

what are you taking? can the dosage be adjusted?

dang, I want some of that

I did an elimination diet in the 90s to try and figure out my constant fatigue/CFS type issues. I had to cut out all the faddy irritants of that time (amines, MSG, salicylates, all the FODMAP kinda stuff though they didnt call it that back then). It was the worst, and frankly, aside from psychosomatically, it did fuck all.

I'd also never heard of lectins and low lectin diets til this thread but a lot of non-quack pages seem to indicate it is fad/not ideal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectin-free_diet

what are you taking? can the dosage be adjusted?

I was on 1000 mg of Metformin in the morning and 20 units of Toujeo (injection) in the evening. It wasn't getting the job done; I was eating healthy and exercising moderately and still getting glucose numbers in the 160-200 range in the mornings. I added 25 mg of Jardiance, taken every morning, and my numbers have gone down by 2/3. Jardiance also comes in 10 mg doses, but honestly I think I'm gonna stick with it as-is and just eat more pizza and Popeye's chicken. You know, for my health.

i mean you do you but maybe an endocrinologist referral would be helpful?
or drop to 10mg at least. idk.

Sorry unperson, that sounds rough, although the diet does seem much more fun.

I'd also never heard of lectins and low lectin diets til this thread but a lot of non-quack pages seem to indicate it is fad/not ideal?

Yeah, it's definitely the most fad-ish thing I've ever done, and the main proponent definitely says a lot of eye-rolling and non-sensical shit. I think it's possible he had one useful thought, and then has been tempted/compelled to keep saying things as a diet guru. It's definitely not supported by actual studies, but neither has it been disproved by actual studies.

At worst (for a short period), it's an elimination diet that's slightly more stringent than FODMAP (basically cutting out grains as well). I've never done one and I've always been a slightly gluttonous eater (though I don't have a problem with weight at all, this is not about that), so it seems like it's finally time to cut back to foods pretty universally viewed as non-problematic for a bit and see if anything changes with my auto-immune stuff.

I did the paleo diet for a few years (no legumes, no dairy, no sweeteners, no grains, limited fruits, no typically used commercial oils) and had great improvement in inflammation. It helped normalize Mr. Jaq's blood sugar as well. But it meant never eating out anywhere and so much home cooking. Unsustainable even though beneficial.

Honestly that diet would probably be great for me. No legumes though is, like, "Hey Im TRYING to do something for my cholesterol here!" And then having more meat and eggs instead.

For my thing I'm theoretically going to reintroduce some beans in a few weeks, but only pressure-cooked to start (and that's one of those things that other people say is probably overkill, oh well).

I got through the 'cleanse' portion and had eggs this morning, a little French omelette, they may have been the best eggs I've ever tasted.

Been on low FODMAP for years now. Impossible to stick to at restaurants really, chefs aren't gonna go without garlic or onions. I've mostly managed to even it out so I can indulge myself a little every now and then, but the choices when I do need to go easy on myself are absurdly reduced in my case...it's basically porridge or, like, meat and potatoes. Also I'm recovering from a stomach bug right now and it's clearly taking longer than it should.

not clear if she's ever going to be able to eat things like onions and garlic. Infused oils are okay

Infused oils are such bullshit! I've tried garlic infused olive oil in all sorts of contexts and it never brings me the slightest hint of a garlic taste.