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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1678336" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I'm afraid that home intolerance testing gets to be pretty hard work. Although it can pay off hugely.</p><p></p><p>One thing to bear in mind is that excluding something for, say, 2 weeks may be nowhere near enough. Sad to say.</p><p></p><p>I realise that you have been told you are wheat intolerant, rather than gluten intolerant, but as an example I have seen several people say that they only became aware of the full benefits of excluding gluten from their diet until 4-6 months had passed.</p><p></p><p>In our household, Mr B was concerned that his psoriasis might be being triggered by gluten/wheat so he excluded it. But he also excluded dairy, since he was expecting to continue for months, and couldn't face a strict diet for the wheat, followed by a strict diet for the dairy. So he did both at once. Over 3 months later, he had seen no reduction in psoriasis so he re-introduced each food individually. Neither seemed to trigger a psoriasis flare up, so he has gone back to eating both. We are now testing out nuts. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Over the years I have seen various recommendations for allergy detecting by exclusion diet. It used to be 5 days was considered enough. Then 2 weeks. But some people now talk about a minimum of 30 days... I guess that I am suggesting that you do a fair bit of reading around and decide exactly how much effort you want to put into it, and how long you intend to do it for.</p><p></p><p>My own experience of cutting out gluten/grains was that I noticed no benefits for over 2 weeks, then saw a v slow improvement for another 4 weeks. At that point I decided to eat some bread and test what happened - which was nothing at all for 3 days, and just as I was cautiously celebrating, with a piece of toast, <em><strong>all</strong></em> my old symptoms came back with <em><strong>a vengeance</strong></em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1678336, member: 41816"] I'm afraid that home intolerance testing gets to be pretty hard work. Although it can pay off hugely. One thing to bear in mind is that excluding something for, say, 2 weeks may be nowhere near enough. Sad to say. I realise that you have been told you are wheat intolerant, rather than gluten intolerant, but as an example I have seen several people say that they only became aware of the full benefits of excluding gluten from their diet until 4-6 months had passed. In our household, Mr B was concerned that his psoriasis might be being triggered by gluten/wheat so he excluded it. But he also excluded dairy, since he was expecting to continue for months, and couldn't face a strict diet for the wheat, followed by a strict diet for the dairy. So he did both at once. Over 3 months later, he had seen no reduction in psoriasis so he re-introduced each food individually. Neither seemed to trigger a psoriasis flare up, so he has gone back to eating both. We are now testing out nuts. :) Over the years I have seen various recommendations for allergy detecting by exclusion diet. It used to be 5 days was considered enough. Then 2 weeks. But some people now talk about a minimum of 30 days... I guess that I am suggesting that you do a fair bit of reading around and decide exactly how much effort you want to put into it, and how long you intend to do it for. My own experience of cutting out gluten/grains was that I noticed no benefits for over 2 weeks, then saw a v slow improvement for another 4 weeks. At that point I decided to eat some bread and test what happened - which was nothing at all for 3 days, and just as I was cautiously celebrating, with a piece of toast, [I][B]all[/B][/I] my old symptoms came back with [I][B]a vengeance[/B][/I]. [/QUOTE]
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