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Which of the following inflammatory foods aggravate your chronic illness the most?

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rolling_pigs

Caffeine and leafy veg

Greenfiretrucks

CAFFEINE IS SO BAD WITH POTS

maharahnee

Any food containing salycilates such as most fruits, caffeinated beverages, veggies except starches.

Kittypop

Had to go thru so many tests (ultrasound, endoscopy, etc.) & be told I "just have heartburn" only to randomly find a video on YouTube explaining Tight Junctions...I might not have Celiac, but gluten does not agree with my digestive tract 🙅🏻‍♀️ thank goodness for digestive enzymes

yumzy199725

Yeah definitely caffeine but can't cut it out all together so have to have it at some point I drink decaffeinated tea aswell.

Amanda1993

Can we add an every single thing option? I can eat healthy and have little processed sugars and I'm still dying in the bathroom I think.

eternalgemini

I'm with you there! When everything sets you off... If you know what I mean. Ugh, very frustrating. 😞

Vihera

Soy.

sadgraycat

Soy for me

PurplePenguin

Oh gosh so many 😥 multiple effect me in different ways, none is "worse" than the others

bonbisbro

All of them 😭

SantheSerpent

Oddly enough, soda seems to help me! Or maybe it just helps me not be so sad about everything lol

Marzie

diet cola has always helped me with nausea!

poodlelover28

Considering I have celiac disease, by far the answer for me is gluten

dogmum

Me too all trigger it shame you can't select more than one as I just found out.

Captain_Honey

I'm lucky and no foods make my chronic pain worst. Just movement and exercise.

feralsharkdog

Some dairy, like regular milk or ice cream, messes with my asthma. But that's it.

Hollybelle

Really anything can set off a flare. Too much sugar. Too much protein. Too many carbs. Too many veg. Random never the same.

Issalot

Garlic, onion, peppers, acidic foods and butterfingers

Starsunmoon

onions are a big one for me! I didn’t eat any red meat for years, then realised that it sometimes made me sick because people put onions in burgers! I can eat mince meat now, and I avoid onions at all costs

thisgirl2311

I can't have acidic stuff.. pineapple,oranges ect. Which stinks because I love them!!

Aaronb03

Red meat and processed foods make me feel emotionally horrible, my Dr advised a Mediterranean diet and it's helping a lot

SomeKindaKid

For me dairy sometimes does sometimes doesn’t. Greasy food just makes me feel 🤢

Spacegirl1209

Chocolate

Spacegirl1209

I’m allergic to chocolate

Pipsmum

I have a life threatening wheat allergy

chihiro.sen

i was told to not eat anything with citric acid within 30min of taking my meds, the only soda it isnt in is coke and its in soooo many processed foods TT

PrivyPink

wow really? Idk that

RaspberryRuffle

Chocolate 🍫

Leeroy

Also alcohol and nicotine

Deej3005

I really don’t fully know yet, I’d give a lot to be able to work this out (especially very quickly and painlessly)

Bre19

Caffeine

MichealB

Dairy mostly. Coffee can give me bad cramps tho

royalty

Mainly artificial dyes. But maybe I should cut most of these out once I can afford it and see if there is any difference.

Creator

So far, the only food that gives me the pain is Pizza, and that's only if I accidentally eat too much, I have to eat it slow and not alot at once or I feel like I'm dying later.

BbyBunnny

Basically any sugar, i have fructose malabsorption (fructose intolerance) And fructose is in like everything, so eating most foods cause me stomach pain

Froppy

Caffeine and alcohol

Nocturnaldove

Artificial sweeteners

RMSjohns

DAIRY products. Moved to coconut and soy.

psw

Raw plants.

Muffen91

Almost everything. If I can't have it due to my gastroparesis or all the ulcers due to my GP, I can't have it due to my food allergies/sensitivities.

Femalepotato

Greasy/ Spicy food.

SapleMyrup

Sodas and artificial sweeteners kill me

willownyx

it's strange, some sodas really upset my stomach and some are completely fine and I haven't quite figured it out yet ^^;; but cheese specifically always makes me feel super sick, along with red meat and any hot drinks giving me symptoms similar of food poisoning or an allergic reaction of some kind. not sure why it happens but I just try to avoid them as a result (or I live with the consequences of eating cheese anyway because it tastes so good but is so goddam deadly aaa)

MidlightTheNightFury

Random just what ever my stupid useless body decides

AnimalBoy

My only sensitivity that isn't an allergy is for specific types of icing. Usually decorators icing is the worst and cream cheese, whipped cream, and marshmallow icings seem to be the best for some reason.

IAmTired247

Anything with a high histamine level, so basically all delicious food 😭

Q31525

easy, milk affects me the most. but not because of my illness. i’m mildly allergic to it 😅 won’t stop me from eating ice cream though

Ashcookie

For me it's sugar like even if I have a lot of fruit it'll mess me up. That's why I just stick to just blueberries a day.

AndromedaSpark

Dairy, apples, grease, overly processed food

krinkle

Slim jims

krinkle

and rosé wine and many fruits if not all of them

SuccinctAbilities

Any caffeine will do it, but also I need it to function with the amount of sleep my illness is costing me 😭

survivor_girl96

Soda drives me crazy. It tastes very flat with a metallic aftertaste

AJ13

No foods, only stress, worry, excitement 😥

Valkar

Eating makes me sick, taking the first bite of food is always super difficult.

AimeeB

Coffee goes right through me, but I still drink it (I have to choose between a terrible headache possible flare up, the headache wins) but onions and milk are the worst triggers for me

Sadie7B

Caffeine

GlitchSky

Acidic foods

Haleyc210

Trying to avoid feels impossible some days

Harli

Not necessarily always fried but when something has just way too much grease on it where it's dripping grease, that usually messes with my stomach bad.

Knees

When I stopped eating French fries for every meal my hands stopped locking up as bad

pixieluna

I'd have to say diary but it's mainly milk. I get really ill if I have milk, yet I can eat cheese in moderation with no effect

Seae

You could be lactose intolerant; the amount of lactose drops off sharply when cultured or fermented (yogurt, cheese, etc). Might be worth trying Lactaid?

carter._.16

Fried foods, carbonation, dairy, too much caffeine, too much sugar. Fresh fruits and veggies make me sick so that's fun. There's a lot thats just not good for me :/

serunika

For me, the worst is refine sugar. After sipping sweet drinks, my body will respond to it quickly with feel-like a 'burn' sensation on my back.. another trigger for me: msg. I easily got petechiae or nosebleed afterwards.

Neuco

Anything with high fibre or high acidity. Annihilates my colon. Only thing on the list that's iffy for me is soda because of the fizz.

hippo05

Acidic foods (especially tomato based). No ketchup for me...

SammyJay

Aspartame a sugar substitute

Gracielovestobake

soy is very inflammatory for me

Klingon

Tomatoes

Karmaline

Milk, cream, and coffee. 😥

MysticFae

Msg makes mine worse. 🥲

AriEden

sorry I believe in real things

WitchyWoman89

very rude. Some foods cause inflammation in the body, thats actually a scientific fact.

WitchyWoman89

Red meats

Mafuyu

For me it’s fried foods BIG TIME- I feel as though I even look at something fried or greasy and I feel awful!

lizzythelizard

I'd say dairy bc it makes me get more mucus in my chest so I get stuffed up but I like cheese so I probably won't really change

Traveller23

Milk and boiled sweets

Katharina

I think I’m lactose intolerant but even lactate milk bothers me…. Anyone know why? (And since I switched to not drink as much milk other issues, like tonsil stones, have resolved.) yet I can have cheese and some other dairy. But not strait milk.

Seae

I was going to say maybe casein allergy, but cheese has very high casein content.

PrivyPink

Salt seems to be the bane of my existence

Pattie96

Tomatoes… noticing it causes more pain for both my stomach and chronic pain

Bakon

Marinera sauce specifically. Tomatoes on their own are fine but marinara sauce causes a lot of issues

LE95

not a food specifically but greese. i love pizza and other greecy foods but if something has like the wetness of greese all over it, i dry it or avoid it. if i eat too much greese i get really sick and ready bad acid reflux.

eternalgemini

Me too! The more greasy the food the more my stomach upset, and in turn the more pain increase and horrible heartburn.

Bubbl3s

Dairy, eggs and legumes mostly

CrazyMeerkat

I am intolerant to chocolate but I can't survive without eating chocolate. So there we are, enjoying my flares up 🤣🤣

viviennemma

Caffeine makes me so anxious but I 💗 coffee

Maizy

Heavily salted things set me off

eternalgemini

I cannot digest cruciferous vegetables. They absolutely kill and murder my stomach. Brussel sprouts = death in my tummy. Sometimes natural is not always the best. This will flare up my acid reflux big time. Extreme stomach discomfort.

geonaut

if my symptoms have been bad recently I cannot tolerate them or leafy greens. Otherwise they seem to be fine in small amounts for me.

Seae

Casein allergy specifically. But I avoid all of those

Seae

Also soy, artificial sweeteners, processed foods, spicy food, anything very chewy, and a bunch of things I’m forgetting…

Moggy

I can't eat a lot of dairy as it affects my skin causing it flare up and creak like eczema and it's sets my chest off I have switched to oat and almond milk but these still flare up my skin and tomatoes, pineapples and peaches set off my chest and my stomach cramps and I m allegric to these anyway

LaurenRomero

I’m still trying to figure out because it seems like it changes day to day

florals.and.fatigue

Soya by far

Blue_Penguin

Caffeine caused me severe abdominal pain & endometriosis flare ups.

Marjo

Stressful situations trigger my system with flushing, sweating, heart racing, IBS-D, insomnia, general pain increases. Iceberg & Romaine Lettuce, Red Wine, Acidic Foods, Spicy Foods.

geonaut

Inflammation from lactose intolerance really hits different

elvendork

Still figuring it out 🥲

ZeroMelody

never a fun point to be at, hope you can get a grasp of what works best for you soon. 💕

FatHammie

I'm no good with alcohol. It makes me feel awful within a couple of drinks. Also I have to watch how many citrus fruits I have. I'm okay to have them in water, but eating them is a different story.

probablysleeping

Spicy food, alcohol and acidic foods make my GERD flare up and also bad for my Ulcerative Colitis/digestion in general. I wish I could cut out caffeine to know if that negatively effects me, particularly fatigue and insomnia, because I consume it all of the time, but I'm too addicted....

Lembasbread

High fructose/fructane content food

ZeroMelody

Physical matter. In my GI tract. Different things set off different parts of my health issues. Most foods will make me feel sh!t in some way or another. :'c

BethEntrekin

Alcohol. I feel like death about ten minutes after having alcohol

MischiefsGirl

Alcohol and caffeine for me. Haven't been able to have any in years now.

Anides

Just about anything I eat aggravates my heartburn

Rileyrilers

There isn't much that doesn't cause a flare up

Scaryspoonie

Pop or anything that has caffeine, white bread is really bad for my pots

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Which of the following inflammatory foods aggravate your chronic illness the most?