[worker_person]

plain chicken. broccoli and sweet potatoes. All plain. No spices, no oils. I wanted a baseline. Water or green tea only.

This was self directed. I was in horrific agony every moment of every day, stuck in bed 20 hours a day.

I slowly added things back in, most things caused issues. Eventually I realized I was just re-inventing the AIP diet.

Few months later I was out kayaking every weekend.

[chasebank]

I'll add my anecdote. Nightshade vegetables, in particular the potato, wreak havoc on my body. Took me years to figure out. I didn't even know what a nightshade was. Every few months I'll start to question my sanity and I'm sure potatoes won't bother me. Without fail, every time, rashes, pain, insomnia, deep depressive thoughts, all within 8 hours of consuming potatoes. It's truly crazy. I still have a hard time believing it. Funny enough, I grew up in Idaho, can't eat potatoes. Sweet potatoes it is!

[worker_person]

Sjogrens autoimmune support forums are full of anecdotes from people who discover that nightshades are problematic for them. They will often give a list of good / bad things that work for them.

I find it highly amusing that people who have never heard of AIP diet end up recreating it over and over again.

[dredmorbius]

Thanks.

Rice is often mentioned as another low-inflammation / -irritation food. Though I've heard through a friend of someone with a rice allergy --- by an east-Asian, to boot!

I'd look at minimising complexity whilst achieving nutritional sufficiency (macros, vitamins, essential oils) and take it from there, I suppose.

[surfpel]

> I was in horrific agony every moment of every day, stuck in bed 20 hours a day

Surely not as a result of the diet?

[dredmorbius]

If something you're eating is making you sick, then not eating that thing will make a tremendous difference in your health and quality of life.

"If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything."

-- Tyrone Rugen

[swores]

That is indeed quite obvious, but parent comment was asking about a specific person's situation, not whether food is possible or making somebody sick generally or whether it's bad to be sick.

[dredmorbius]

I'm not OP.

But I've found myself occasionally faced with food-related unpleasantness, and it's remarkably debilitating.

YMMV

[dredmorbius]

It can even lead one to the Pits of Despair.

[worker_person]

Milk addition and standard American crap diet.

Fixing diet, adding supplements (Vit E, D, K B12, magnesium) avoiding the sun were massive in getting body under control.