Histamine Intolerance food List

http://www.food-intolerance-network.com/food-intolerances/histamine-intolerance/histamine-intolerance-hit-tolerated-foods-list.html

Bryers New ice creams not ice cream

YES! I am having reactions (I have not consumed Bryers ice cream in awhile so I am noticing the new changes.....UGH ) Well be researching homemade ice cram makers in the near future...although I do not eat ice cream often hubby loves it and its 100 degrees outside ;) 

• Breyers was bought by Unilever. Everything has changed.
• Natural Flavors can mean anything and can be changed at any time and the company does not have to disclose what the natural ingredient is. 
• Legally natural ingredient can be a natural substance that can be manipulated in the lab. These "franken" foods can cause major disturbances in people with sensitivities.

http://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/breyers-ice-cream-changing-ingredients-on-some-flavors

When you think supermarket ice cream, many of us think Breyers for wholesome ingredients.

It has been making "all natural" ice cream -- with just five or six ingredients -- for generations.

But take a close look some new Breyers cartons. Some now have an ingredient list that's grown to a more than a dozen ingredients including mono and diglicerides, guar gum, carrageenen, and corn syrup.

Breyers says the change makes it have a smoother texture and says it contains less fat. The company also says the new formulation scores very well in taste tests.

Doesn't That Stink?

But from the "doesn't that stink" file, news that Breyers reformulation doesn't meet FDA standards for ice cream, according to the consumer website Mouseprint.org.Under federal law, to be called “ice cream”, a product must meet a certain standard of identity, which in this case requires that there be at least 10% milk fat in the product. That generally would come from the cream in the product. If the product does not meet the federal “recipe” for ice cream, it has to be called something else. In this case, they are calling it frozen dairy dessert which has no federal definition (other than it does not meet the standards to be called ice cream.)

Mouseprint reports that Breyers now has to call its new recipe " frozen dairy dessert" instead. 

WWW.truthinlabeling.org  (the label has changed even on the natural brands)

Recently, Good Humor-Breyers, producer of Breyers ice creams, eliminated "vanilla" from their list of ingredients and replaced it with "natural flavors."

We suspect that Good Humor-Breyers replaced "vanilla" with "vanillin" in order to save a little money, but even if they are now using "vanillin," an apparently safe ingredient for MSG-sensitive people, the term "natural flavor" is a suspect term for MSG-sensitive people and, in more cases than not includes some processed free glutamic acid (MSG). The content of "natural flavor" can change at any time without notice since congress has declared flavors and flavorings to be proprietary, and do not require disclosure by food companies.

One webpage said they knew something had changed when the cat would not even lick the empty bowl.  Maybe our animals should all become taste testers!

Paleo Diet/ LIFESTYLE  and SCD 

I am not a big fan of diets but Paleo is a lifestyle . It is not just about losing weight but gaining health. Its about food and lifestyle. It focusing on the complete person not just digestion. I am not saying I am 100% paleo but this lifestyle come pretty close to it . Bonus for me is that most recipes that are Paleo fit my dietary needs: grain free, corn free.  I have got to say I do not eat pork (pork is paleo friendly) and I do not eat it for several reasons. It is a choice you have to make for yourself but:
For me and my house we will serve no pork!.

So you will see I long list of recipes under the paleo tab. I use to be just gluten/corn free, but then I have found that just gluten/corn free is not working for me. I also have recipes under a tab called SCD - that is Specific Carbohydrate Diet. (this a HEALTH diet - not necessarily a weight diet). Many disorders of the digestion system and the brain (depression, autism,etc) can be dealt with using SCD diet. I have found that I am carb senstive and I am trying to find more SCD recipes.

The list for legal/illegal foods on the SCD is so long that I will post the link but not the list. Check it out. I have found that many of the illegal foods are foods that I have deleted through the years because they cause me issued and I have learned of new since looking at the list.



Legal foods: carbohydrates that  are monosaccharides and have a single molecule structure that allow them to be easily absorbed by the intestine wall. 
Illegal Foods: Complex carbohydrates which are disaccharides (double molecules) and polysaccharides (chain molecules) are not allowed. Complex carbohydrates that are not easily digested feed harmful bacteria in our intestines causing them to overgrow producing by products and inflaming the intestine wall. The diet works by starving out these bacteria and restoring the balance of bacteria in our gut.

Also from their webpage. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is biologically correct because it is species appropriate. The allowed foods are mainly those that early man ate before agriculture began. The diet we evolved to eat over millions of years was predominantly one of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, nuts, low-sugar fruits. Our modern diet including starches, grains, pasta, legumes, and breads has only been consumed for a mere 10,000 years. In the last hundred years the increase in complex sugars and chemical additives in the diet has led to a huge increase in health problems ranging from severe bowel disorders to obesity and brain function disorders. We have not adapted to eat this modern diet as there has not been enough time for natural selection to operate. It therefore makes sense to eat the diet we evolved with.

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ was clinically tested for over 50 years by Dr Haas and biochemist Elaine Gottschall with convincing results. From feedback from the various lists and other information at least 75% of those who adhere rigidly to the diet gain significant improvement.

As you know I have a corn allergy. I also found out that the organic tomatoes I have been using for years contain citric acid, which the company confirmed was corn derived. I will be looking for a new tomato until I dig up a garden and plant my own. Look for posting under tomatoes.

Also I am looking for them in glass jars or least BPA free lined canned. Tomatoes are highly acidic and leach the BPA (and whatever other nasty chemicals right into the themselves).

Update!!! I have found my tomatoes they are Bionature tomatoes in GLASS jars and they are organic. I bought mine at vitacost but I know they are at other sites. 

Another thing I can't eat: 

Citiric Acid - usually made from CORN

Carragean- grown on CORN or WHEAT - also some evidence that is cancer causing

Natural Flavor - can be anything inclduing wheat and corn

Wheat 

Corn

Any meat or dairy that is not grass fed

Artificial Sweetners 

Maltodextrin -check labels!!!

xanthan gum - grown on wheat, corn or dairy



No Wheat, No Corn, No Sugar, No Artificial Sweeteners, NO MSG, No Peanuts, No White Rice, No Cokes, No Diet Drinks, No High Fructose Corn Syrup, No Sucrose, No Dextrose, NoSuclrose (nutra Sweet), No aspartame, No splenda, No Cow's Milk, No SOY, No pink/yellow/blue packets,No Wine, No Whine :) , No Preservatives, No Drugs, and No Alcohol