Some readers might be drawn to this thread to see an elimination diet performed. Here is Dr. McDougall's description of that diagnostic diet:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_allergic.htmlNote that in the first stage, perhaps a week or two, all foods are cooked, even the fruit. The purpose of that apparently is to break down the proteins that are usual suspects. If you are willing to take a risk -- which I personally, as a layman, think is very small -- you might skip the cooking everything stage.
Veganteen, you have rightly stated that you are not yet, at this point, on the elimination diet. It might be helpful to your readers to point out foods you are eating that are excluded by the elimination diet.
Here is my list of
foods you have eaten so far, in your preliminary log,
that would not be part of an ED if you were to start one:
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beans (except green, which are immature): soy, black
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peas: "split" (or "garden") peas; lentils
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grains (except rice): oatmeal, wheat, corn
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nuts: walnut, cashew
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other seeds (usually high protein): flax
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spices: carob, cinnamon
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vinegar (or other salad dressings)
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mushrooms-
white potatoes (Russets, reds, golds, "whites," purple, etc.)
EDITED TO ADD FOODS AS VEGANTEEN'S INTRIGUING ACCOUNT CONTINUES
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