HelenB
06-10-2006, 01:35 PM
I live in Japan at the moment.
I came home to the UK for 6 weeks over the summer and, after 4 days, suffered from tremendous digestive problems. The local casualty and my parents' doctor could not find the cause and decided to call it IBS. I was sent home with a fact sheet! For the next fortnight I ate very little other than rice and salmon and all was well. However, it seemed that everytime I tried to introduce something new to my diet I became ill again. As a last resort I went to see a food allergy tester at the local holistic centre. She used kinesiology and told me I was intolerant to beef, yeast and dairy products, in particular whey. Since I have removed these from my diet I cannot believe how much better I am feeling.
Living in Japan with food intolerances is a challenge. They have plenty of soya products which are great but my Japanese is not good enough (particularly my reading skills) to decifer ingredient lists so I am learning the hard way by making mistakes! MSG (contains yeast) is a particular problem. However, my whole family is benefiting as I now home cook most meals from basic ingredients as then at least I know the meal is 'safe'.
Eating out is fraught with difficulities but I have discovered a local soya cafe which is a lifesaver! I can even have cake there. Also my husband's work colleagues now come on business trips with suitcases full of Hobnobs so I cannot complain.
The website has already given me lots of useful information. I am so glad I found you all!
I came home to the UK for 6 weeks over the summer and, after 4 days, suffered from tremendous digestive problems. The local casualty and my parents' doctor could not find the cause and decided to call it IBS. I was sent home with a fact sheet! For the next fortnight I ate very little other than rice and salmon and all was well. However, it seemed that everytime I tried to introduce something new to my diet I became ill again. As a last resort I went to see a food allergy tester at the local holistic centre. She used kinesiology and told me I was intolerant to beef, yeast and dairy products, in particular whey. Since I have removed these from my diet I cannot believe how much better I am feeling.
Living in Japan with food intolerances is a challenge. They have plenty of soya products which are great but my Japanese is not good enough (particularly my reading skills) to decifer ingredient lists so I am learning the hard way by making mistakes! MSG (contains yeast) is a particular problem. However, my whole family is benefiting as I now home cook most meals from basic ingredients as then at least I know the meal is 'safe'.
Eating out is fraught with difficulities but I have discovered a local soya cafe which is a lifesaver! I can even have cake there. Also my husband's work colleagues now come on business trips with suitcases full of Hobnobs so I cannot complain.
The website has already given me lots of useful information. I am so glad I found you all!