Food Allergies Treatment

Question by Serena G: Can lifelong depression be caused by food allergies/intollerances?
I have chronic depression and am trying to find out if it could be a food allergy/intollerance. It seems weird to me that something like citrus or milk could make be feel depressed/fatigue. HELP!

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Answer by sweetleka
It’s possible, but not TOO likely. You’d have to go see a Dietician or talk to your doctor to start a HEALTHY diet without particular foods. Then you switch foods around after a week or two to see if there’s any difference. It’s actually also possible for some of depression to be cause by a lack of certain proteins and vitamins. So again, going to see a dietician and getting some blood work done to see if you’re low in anything would be a good idea. Either way, GOOD LUCK. I suffer from a few mental illnesses myself(depression being one of them), and if all I had to do was change my diet, I would JUMP at the chance!

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Question by paper_abby: What does a MILK allergy look like??? HELP, new mom and so confused.?
I am hoping someone can offer me some advice or help pls!! My baby is 8weeks old and has been on Similac Advance from the hospital on. He is gaining weight well and otherwise seems like a healthy baby.

BUT here is the part that I am so torn and confused about. I am at my wits end and so frustrated. Lately and actually as the weeks go on it seems like he is not doing so well on his formula. I am noticing the following:

Cramps as where he brings his legs up to his stomach
Constant hard farts but not constipated
Not finishing all his bottles and when he does finish he cries sometimes
Plus he is always, always fussy and fidgity.

WHAT is wrong?? Can someone pls tell me if it seems like he might have a milk allergy?? Do you think I should try Soy?? I mean this can not be right?

Any suggestions would be so helpful??
YES I would believe it could be an intolerance not an allergy as well. So would you think that switching to Soy would help then?

Also if I do switch him to Soy, later on in life he would be able to go back to Milk right, if he was allergic?
No he has never had bloody stools, and he did try the goodstart but it did not help either. If he has to “grow” out of this phase why would that be? Does anyone think that it could just be that?

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Answer by paradisemtn
It sounds like a digestion problem

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Question by kazee: I need new recipes due to sons allergies, any online sites to find them?
I just found out my 2 year old is allergic to milk and peanuts. I need new recipes, so if anyone has any recomendations i would appreciate them.

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Answer by ckngbbbls
If he is not allergic to soy products, I would think you could simp[ly replace any milk product with soy milk in most recipes. Peanuts wouldn’t be as hard , I would think, as long as you do not use peanut oil in anything. FYI, an allergic friend told me to watch for chocolate too since generally peanut products and chocolate products are produced in the same factories and frequent product crossing can occur.

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Question by Tara O: I am often congested – especially at night. I have never had allergies, but could it be due to an allergy?
I’m often congested. at night, I wear Breathe Easy strips on my nose and during the day, I blow my nose a few times every day. I have never had allergies and I’m not really taking any major medications. I’m 28 and am fairly healthy. someone yesterday talked about constant medication being possibly caused by a milk allergy. could this be in response to milk????
thank you for the replies so far! I actually started cutting out milk today, but boy is it hard!!! can I still take calcium tablets? someone mentioned that many tablets still have lactose in them. and does soy milk count as dairy, or can I have that? if milk surely is the problem.

the problem is during the day as well, I’m a little stuffy right now as a matter of fact! I don’t think it’s anything specific to my bed….although I’ll be more aware of that, since I never thought of it before!

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Answer by Sunshine
No clue, try a netti pot.

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Question by Lindsay: Is it the stomach flu or a milk allergy in my 2 month old?
My son just turned 2 months old. Last weekend we all had a stomach bug and we thought that maybe he had escaped it until he started throwing up. He only threw up 3 bottles in about 3 days. He had no diarrhea at this point and was completely himself and eating normally other than throwing up a bottle a day. After that stopped he then had the diarrhea but it also his stools had some mucous in them as well as little tinges of blood. He went to the pediatrician today and she doesn’t think it’s the flu, but instead a milk allergy. She did say though that there is a possibility that his bowels are just irritated from the diarrhea and that’s why there is a little blood but most times its due to milk allergy. She gave me nutramigen, a non milk based formula, to start giving him(he was on similac advance). The first bottle of this new formula he threw up, so I don’t really know what to think. I will be seeing her again on Friday, but am curious if anyone else has insight on this. Thank you!

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Answer by amanda
it does take a few days for formula to regulate in the body. I would give some pedialyte to help with hydrating your baby and wait a few more days to see if baby can stomach the new formula.

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