I would, but I'm allergic to EVERYTHING, seriously, my food allergy list is so long. Wheat, yeast, soy, corn, dairy, peanuts, chocolate, lettuce, tomato just to name a few. Trust me, food brings me no comfort.
Also- i've been on a pretty strict diet for 10 yrs, and though it has helped me not get sicker, it has not cured me either.

This last year I've put on weight....sigh. Even though I had to stop my usual exercising, activities, what I was doing previously kept me steady. Being at home this last year.....spending so much time in bed, in the chair, etc. and so close to the kitchen added unwanted pounds. I've been eating smaller meals more frequently, dodging the night bus that stops in the kitchen and for awhile I set my scales next to the frig!

I just got a juicer, new territory for me. Plan to juice my way to better health and supplement my diet with regular food. Don't care about high school skinny at all, just want to be healthier......

Wishing you well, I have a lot of foods I became hypersensitive too and had to eliminate a lot of things, but I still manage to find my way to the snack cake aisle....right now I have my little George Foreman Grill in a place on honor on the counter to grill chicken,etc. I made a deal with myself, before I can reach for treats, first I'll have something healthy, drink a glass of water and see if I can get past the lure of the sugar bug.

Figure out little things you can do, best choices to help you in support of your struggles and your goals....gentle hugs!

Food used to be a comfort-but then with multiple sensitivities -it became more of a chore to find something that doesn't bother me. I do still have treats-coconut "ice cream" is the best :) While I understand the emotional connection-that food has your right about sugar being an immune suppressant and packaged "foods" are full of nasty chemicals that mess up the endocrine system.

I am not a black or white person. It works best to slowly add more healthy things into the diet rather than feel deprived by taking things away...

Yes, I am with you! I am definitely addicted to my comfort foods. It has gotten really bad since I've been on prednisone for almost a year now and a side effect from it is extremely powerful cravings for food. I also know that I feel better when I eat well, and I generally eat well when I feel well... the sicker I feel the worse I eat!

I have the same thing, when feeling bad its nice to have a treat to enjoy and its one pleasurable thing i can do thats easy but i really belive also that a clean diet would make me feel better in the long run. I have been trying for so long to cut all of the crap but think im addicted to the stuff that im prob sensitive to. Im really going to make an effort for the next few months, wish me luck!!!

For me the key was to find healthy food that really tasted good. I like spicy stir-fries and satisfying soups with a lot of potatoes in them.

I bake my own sourdough bread, not as difficult as it sounds. If you replace junk food with a self-torture of bland, low fat, low carb food, of course you are going to fail.

I think another key is recognizing high-sugar foods as a drug. You have to get off them altogether to break the craving. Our brains are programmed to seek sweet fruit and other plants, that gets shorted out with sucrose and fructose in high concentrations...and we get addicted to the sugar high.

I'm sensitive to a lot of things too. But I believe in challenging that with small amounts of the food until I desensitize. That won't work with a severe food allergy, you need professional help to do that. But desensitization is a standard remedy for allergies.

Of course nothing is easy with ME. It takes patience and a lot of indigestion to get anywhere with my way of doing things. But I can eat a wide variety of things and with the help of a lot of ginger, my indigestion is more or less under control now.

Hello all, I am new here.
Diet has always been a problem for me. I have never had any appetite since I was a child, and have had anemia at least 5-7 times now. I'm sure that it does nothing to help the Chronic Fatigue.
Currently I have it again, this time it's from both iron deficiency and B-12 deficiency. Sick of taking supplements -- but I just don't really like to eat.

I have found that a sugar free low carb diet is very helpful. I am a vegetarian, but I eat milk products and eggs. I supplement my diet with Whey protein. I avoid eating Soy, so that makes it more difficult...
I give myself B12 Glutithyone shots daily.

I don't care much about food....I am anemic too...I would rather just grab some peanut butter and crackers than sit down to a balanced dinner.

I believe if I ate healthier, I would feel better.

My food intake is crap, crap, and yet more crap. Mostly because that is all that is brought into the house. (I live with my sis and broinlaw and all they eat are fried foods and junk). I had been homeless for two years, so had not been able to get the healthy food that my body needs.
I have gained quite a few pounds in the last few months and want to get things back in control. I have just been approved for disability, so when that comes in next month, I plan on going to the store and getting fresh fruit and vegetables and stop eating all this crap. I kind of gave up on the healthy diet thing because it was such a challenge, but I am sure that all the junk I have been putting into my body has exacerbated my condition.
Yuck.LOL

I try to eat the tastiest nutritional food I can. Then, I indulge in junk. There seems to be a pattern to this crazy diet. I payed attention to it for awhile but have swayed. Thank you for getting me back on track.

I know when I eat like I should (I like to follow an acupuncture diet) I feel SO much better. But it's not easy. For one thing that food takes more to prepare than others. It's harder to find at the store, etc.

I guess when we want to eat comfort food, one way to do it is to make that food for a meal, but make the rest of the meal "ideal." Like, I will have steamed kale, baked salmon AND mac n cheese. hee hee.

That way it's not too bad, right?