A new economic report from TD says Canada is falling behind the standard-of-living curve compared to its peers.

A new economic report from TD says Canada is falling behind the standard-of-living curve compared to its peers.

  • @[email protected]
    3•1 year ago

    I have IBS. Or rather, I did, when I consumed animal products. Granted we are all different and IBS is sort of a catch-all diagnosis without specific mechanisms, but if not eating animal products will literally KILL you (it won’t), you’re clearly not dealing with fucking IBS, you have some serious fucking problems.

    • @[email protected]
      2•1 year ago

      Plant proteins are all fodmaps. Beans, lentils, peas, etc are some of the worst ibs triggers out there. If I eat any of those foods I’m in excruciating pain on the toilet for a week. Not eating any protein would kill me yeah. I guess I could try to survive on powdered rice protein isolate which is the only plant based protein that doesn’t fuck me up. But fuck that. More plant foods absolutely destroy me than not. Fruit? Forget it, that’s fructans. Vegetables? Sure, if it’s lettuce or something. Beans? Nope. Broccoli? Nope. Tomatoes? Apparently also high fodmap. Used to be low fodmap but Monash seems to have changed their mind. Sweet potatoes? You betcha that’s a fodmap. Garlic and onion? Oh yeah those are the worst triggers ever. Nuts? Absolutely brutal reactions as well.

      I’ve lived wth this shit for a decade. At first I could tolerate some fodmaps in small amounts. Recently? It’s zero fodmap or I’m dying on the toilet.

      I’m literally considering carnivore diet as a potential treatment. So yeah, all you lovely vegans and environmentalists are advocating for making my life either impossible, incredibly expensive, or excruciatingly painful.

      • sik0fewlOP
        1•1 year ago

        Are you saying that you have negative reactions to all (or almost all) fodmaps? I thought people only have reactions to 1-2.

        • @[email protected]
          1•1 year ago

          Unfortunately I do. Anything that feeds gut bacteria messes me up. Antibiotics make me feel better for a bit but it always comes back. My only diagnosis is ibs, I’ve tested negative for sibo multiple times.

          I used to be able to tolerate things like tomatoes and certain berries, even small amounts of lactose like in cheese. Little bits of garlic powder when used sparingly as a seasoning.

          Not anymore though

          • sik0fewlOP
            2•1 year ago

            Damn. As someone with Crohn’s, I understand what it’s like, but that sounds way worse than my condition.

            I’ve been thinking about doing a low FODMAP diet to identify any triggers, but I can’t imagine having to do it all the time.

            • @[email protected]
              1•1 year ago

              Tested for hydrogen and methane, unfortunately gastros just diagnosed it as ibs and don’t even test for sibo here. I paid out of pocket and worked with naturopaths to get it done, but they only had a glucose/lactulose test that wasn’t triosmart.

              I’ve since developed histamine issues as well after having covid, so it’s been a great time.

                • @[email protected]
                  2•1 year ago

                  Could very well be, unfortunately doctors don’t take it seriously and naturopaths pretend to know more but really don’t, and have less options available for treatment. I’ve tried herbal treatments to no success, so I’m kind of stuck living with what I’ve got. Unless I travel to the states for treatment or buy myself some rifaximin online on my own or something I’m kind of SOL. Not comfortable self prescribing antibiotics to be honest.