Yes, I was tested and the doctor said I could not eat dairy nor pork. I was also tested for gluten sensitivity and it came out negative. However, the doctor said that there were cases of people whose bodies did not react well to gluten at all, even though the test was negative. So she asked me to try to do a full gluten free diet for a month and see if my digestion would get better. I did not want that to be true but she was a 100% correct. My digestion improved tremendously and after that I reduced gluten comsumption drastically.simple wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:59 pm Hi Rolisa, I’m so happy for you to find a solution that works! Thank you for sharing your thoughts & experience.
What kinds of food sensitivities/allergies do you have (meat, dairy, gluten)? How did you test for them? Do you have any sensitivities/allergies to sugar & sweets?
When you did drink protein shakes, did you tolerate them well in terms of bb?
Also, you seem to tolerate well brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, soy without sideffects of bb, do you?
I’m asking because I relate to what you talked about bb, meat and low acidity; however, those plant-based diets with high soy, legumes, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower all worsen my bbSo, i was thinking about the ways I can get protein with minimal bb, and so far only almonds don’t worsen my bb.
I do not have any sensitivity/allergy to sugar & sweets, as far as I'm aware. I simply reduced the consumption because I felt like it was the best thing to do. I did not want to feed any bacteria that loves this type of stuff.
The protein shakes I used to drink were soy based. I did not feel my bad breath getting worse. The only thing I would feel was me getting bloated, but then I found out that I was consuming too much soy (yoghurts, milk, tofu, protein shake, ice creams, etc). Two doctors of mine also warned me about this over consumption and told me to reduce it. One told me that it increases risk of breast cancer and the other said that it can cause digestive issues ands bloatedness. Which I can confirm. So now I stick to only soy milk (almost everyday with my cereal) and tofu (but not so often). But never both in the same day.
Regarding brussel sprouts, broccoli and etc - Yes, I do not think it directly affects my breath. At least I've never noticed and I eat these quite often (almost daily). The only thing that happens (but I consider normal with these kinds of vegetables), is that you become more gassy.
If I feel myself getting too bloated or gassy, the next day I try to not eat foods that will worsen that. Some foods might not directly give me bad breath, but I feel like if my bloatedness and gassyness reach a certain level, I'd start feeling some changes in terms of odor. So I pay a lot of attention to my reaction to foods. So far so good though. But I just feel that, like it happens with my constipation that definitely affects my bad breath, extreme bloatedness and gassyness can do the same.
Last but not least (and this isn't related to any of your questions) - I recently found out that my late grandmother was allergic to pork and that she couldn't drink sodas. This was an important finding for me because I remember noticing when I was a kid that she had extreme bad breath. So I pretty much changed my diet without knowing that my grandmother might've had the same issues as me. For some reason I always thought that it was an issue that older people tend to have. Please keep in mind that she passed away when I was very young and during these years of suffering with bad breath I have never connected the dots. But yeah, all this time I had no idea she had digestive issues and now can't stop wondering if these issues are hereditary.
