Many of you already know that I am very sensitive to food.  I have had allergies and eczema since I was a child.  Whenever a hystamine reaction would come on, I would pop Benadryl like Britney popped anti-psychotic drugs.  I also slathered my skin with steroid based creams. 

When I moved away to college I started eating and living much healthier, kind of.  Perhaps it is all of the drinking and partying (what you do in Detroit at 17...), that led me to fasting and cleansing.  I also quit using all medications, and began searching to a "cure" for my eczema. 

  Ten years later and that "cure" still alludes me.  I have cut out wheat (when I accidently ate some recently, my eyes swelled shut...), dairy, all meat except for lamb and fish, and all fried foods.  I eat as much local, seasonal, organic produce as possible.  Each and every morning I use my Vitamix (LOVE IT!) to make a green smoothie (one of the best ways to get your daily intake of greens and detox.  This is supposed to be one of the best things that you can do for you body.  I used to make fruit smoothies but they contain way too much sugar.

Recently I got tested by Immuno Laboratories to find out what foods I am sensitive too.  Some people (like my old-school chiropractor boyfriend) think that these tests are bull.  I agree to some levels that they are very inaccurate and can change from day to day depending on what foods you have been eating.  Some people that I know have taken this test and eliminated all foods that were causing IgG reactions, then reintroduced them a year later, to much success. An IgG Food Sensitivity test identifies which foods that a blood sample deem invasive (when your immune system identifies a food or foreign substance as dangerous, it sends off antibodies called immunoglobins which attach to the item and eliminate it...

My blood serum reacted to these food antigens-

Avocado

Pinto Bean

Beet

Broccoli

Brussel Sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Cherry

Coffee

Cranberry

Egg

Mustard

Oat

Onion

Black and White Pepper

Pineapple

Quinoa

Radish

Rape Seed (Canola)

Rye

Sunflower

Tomato

Wheat

Baker's and Brewer's Yeast

I'm going to take these results with a grain of salt and do my best to follow them.  I was happy to learn that most of my readings were on the low end (I'm not as messed up as I thought)!