Hey Daniela,

Quite a list... Chelsea already reviewed pretty well, but I will add my comments as well. She mentions iodine, several do use it, I do not since I was able to get to a pain free state and I can now "listen" to my body as it reacts.



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Breakfast 1: Any of the following or in combination: Berries, pineapple, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, blueberries

I have not had any issues with any of these foods. But if I have eaten too much sugar, I developed candidas (AS symptoms)... but I was eating too much honey as my source of sugar.

Breakfast 2: Omelette with onions, mushrooms, spinach, olives. Or sometimes I’ll have eggs and frozen sausage patties (turkey or pork)

Mushrooms can be an issue, it depends and onions (as well as asparagus) for some are issues since they have FOS (accornym for a food source for bacteria). I have no issues with onions or asparagus myself. The turkey/pork sausage patties caused me issues early on with my diet... they contained modified starch. I had to find a brand of turkey sausage links at Trader Joe's.

Lunch: Salads (cucumber, spinach, onions, roasted peppers, olives, pine nuts, or walnuts, palms of heart, artichoke)
with Tuna salad (with real Mayonnaise)
or with Smoked Salmon

I have issues with heart of palms (as they are called here) and I believe artichoke can be troublesome. I would also mention the Mayonnaise brand here for others to look over... I stay away from because processed foods tend to be a problem... I worked for a processed cheese manufacturer and know what "small items" make it to product at times but not on label.

Soups that I make—chicken and onion.

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Dinner: Stir-fry with veggies (red peppers, onions, garlic, sno-peas, pineapple) and chicken/beef
Or grilled fish/chicken/steak with mushrooms and spinach/broccoli, squash

I react to sno-peas if I recall correctly and what variety of squash? I can have zucinni and yellow squash... most others will cause some stiffness.

I snack on nuts (pine and walnuts), seeds (pumpkin, sunflower), raisins, and dark chocolate

I react to sunflower seeds... love them, but react. Pumpkin for me were OK. Dark chocolate I love, but can not have too much.

I drink herbal tea with honey and lemon, decaf coffee (often I use Soy milk for cappuccino), green tea

I do not trust Soy Milk myself... I think there are some here that drink coffee. I drink Mate all the time (similar to green tea) and drank some herbal teas in the states. I have to be careful with honey personally.

I put carrots in soups but otherwise I avoid them because I’m not sure if they are okay. I also stopped tomatoes and eggplant. I use pickled hearts of palm and artichokes and roasted peppers.

I have never had issues with carrots, I know others have. I do have tomatoes all the time and SOME eggplant, if I overdo the eggplant I can feel it. Love peppers, but know hearts of palm are an issue (my wife loves them).

Hope this helps out. The diet can be confusing.... everyone is a bit different with diet. For me, I went very basic first and eliminated a lot of foods since I wanted to know if it worked. Then I slowly added food back to my diet.

Best to you,

Tim