DO NOT EAT List :)

• Acetic acid
• Alcohol
• Alpha tocopherol
• Artificial flavorings
• Artificial sweeteners
• Ascorbates
• Ascorbic acid
• Aspartame (Artificial sweetener)
• Astaxanthin
• Baking powder
• Barley malt* (generally OK, but can be contaminated)
• Bleached flour*
• Blended sugar (sugaridextrose)
• Brown sugar* (generally OK if no caramel color)
• Calcium citrate
• Calcium fumarate
• Calcium gluconate
• Calcium lactate
• Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA)
• Calcium stearate
• Calcium stearoyl lactylate
• Caramel and caramel color
• Carbonmethylcellulose sodium
• Cellulose microcrystalline
• Cellulose, methyl
• Cellulose, powdered
• Cetearyl glucoside
• Choline chloride
• Citric acid*
• Citrus cloud emulsion (CCS)
• Coco glycerides (cocoglycerides)
• Confectioners sugar
• Corn alcohol, corn gluten
• Corn extract
• Corn flour
• Corn oil, corn oil margarine
• Corn starch
• Corn sweetener, corn sugar
• Corn syrup, corn syrup solids
• Corn, popcorn, cornmeal
• Cornstarch, cornflour
• Crosscarmellose sodium
• Crystalline dextrose
• Crystalline fructose
• Cyclodextrin
• DATUM (a dough conditioner)
• Decyl glucoside
• Decyl polyglucose
• Dextrin
• Dextrose (also found in IV solutions)
• Dextrose anything (such as monohydrate or anhydrous)
• d-Gluconic acid
• Distilled white vinegar
• Drying agent
• Erythorbic acid
• Erythritol
• Ethanol
• Ethocel 20
• Ethylcellulose
• Ethylene
• Ethyl acetate
• Ethyl alcohol
• Ethyl lactate
• Ethyl maltol
• Fibersol-2
• Flavorings*
• Food starch
• Fructose*
• Fruit juice concentrate*
• Fumaric acid
• Germ/germ meal
• Gluconate
• Gluconic acid
• Glucono delta-lactone
• Gluconolactone
• Glucosamine
• Glucose*
• Glucose syrup* (also found in IV solutions)
• Glutamate
• Gluten
• Gluten feed/meal
• Glycerides
• Glycerin*
• Glycerol
• Golden syrup
• Grits
• High fructose corn syrup
• Hominy
• Honey*
• Hydrolyzed corn
• Hydrolyzed corn protein
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
• Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
• Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose pthalate (HPMCP)
• Inositol
• Invert syrup or sugar
• Iodized salt
• Lactate
• Lactic acid*
• Lauryl glucoside
• Lecithin
• Linoleic acid
• Lysine
• Magnesium citrate
• Magnesium fumarate
• Magnesium stearate
• Maize
• Malic acid
• Malonic acid
• Malt syrup from corn
• Malt, malt extract
• Maltitol
• Maltodextrin
• Maltol
• Maltose
• Mannitol
• Methyl gluceth
• Methyl glucose
• Methyl glucoside
• Methylcellulose
• Microcrystaline cellulose
• Modified cellulose gum
• Modified corn starch
• Modified food starch
• Molasses* (corn syrup may be present; know your product)
• Mono- and di- glycerides
• Monosodium glutamate
• MSG
• Natural flavorings*
• Olestra/Olean
• Polenta
• Polydextrose
• Polylactic acid (PLA)
• Polysorbates* (e.g. Polysorbate 80)
• Polyvinyl acetate
• Potassium citrate
• Potassium fumarate
• Potassium gluconate
• Powdered sugar
• Pregelatinized starch
• Propionic acid
• Propylene glycol*
• Propylene glycol monostearate*
• Saccharin
• Salt (iodized salt)
• Semolina (unless from wheat)
• Simethicone
• Sodium carboxymethylcellulose
• Sodium citrate
• Sodium erythorbate
• Sodium fumarate
• Sodium lactate
• Sodium starch glycolate
• Sodium stearoyl fumarate
• Sorbate
• Sorbic acid
• Sorbitan* (anything)
• Sorbitol
• Sorghum* (not all is bad; the syrup and/or grain CAN be mixed with corn)
• Splenda (Artificial sweetener)
• Starch (any kind that's not specified)
• Stearic acid
• Stearoyls
• Sucralose (Artificial sweetener)
• Sucrose
• Sugar* (not identified as cane or beet)
• Threonine
• Tocopherol (vitamin E)
• Treacle (aka golden syrup)
• Triethyl citrate
• Unmodified starch
• Vanilla, natural flavoring
• Vanilla, pure or extract
• Vanillin
• Vegetable anything that's not specific*
• Vinegar, distilled white
• Vinyl acetate
• Vitamin C* and Vitamin E*
• Vitamins*
• Xanthan gum
• Xylitol
• Yeast*
• Zea mays
• Zein

Not that bad, right?????

 

Health

I've always chalked myself up to being a healthy person. I've had some boob issues, a couple sugeries, but nothing life threatening or scary. That all changed about two weeks ago when my dr used the word "disease." Autoimmune digestive to be exact. Of course I googled. Dumb. Crohns, IBS, leaky gutt, CANCER, all things I did NOT want to be associated with ME. First step in this road to figure out why my stomach hates me is new allergy testing. The ones they were looking at specifically are the Type 4 allergens or reactions that have a delayed reaction, and take weeks to leave the system. Monday, Tues, Wed....lots of itching, uncomfortableness, and now we have our answer. Ladies and gentleman...I am seriously allergic to CORN. Really? Corn? I don't eat corn. Like, ever. Oh....but yet I do.

Come to find out corn is pretty much American's go to food item. It is in EVERYTHING!!! Other than the obvious high fructose corn syrup, it's in yeast, baking power, powdered sugar, gelatin, any -dextrose item and these are just the easy ones. It is a binding agent in vitamins, drugs, moisturizers, tooth paste, etc. It took me by surpise when he said they have a support group for people with corn allergies becuase it is such a hard allergen to stay away from. I almost laughed! Seriously!?! Can it be that hard? WILL it be that hard?

I went from relief that I had an answer and it DIDN'T involve a poop bag on the outside of my body...to fear. I laughed a lot. IV's? Really? Allergic to most IV solutions? I should wear a medical alert bracelet? Really?

But all this to say that I am looking for answers. I AM needing, wanting to fix my tummy issues. To NOT cause more damage to my internal organs. I prayed for anwers, and well I believe I got them. Thankfully it didn't include invasive SUPER expensive testing,and well this is something that I control. Six weeks is his game plan. Six weeks to see if all my symptoms disappear and I become healthy again. 6 weeks....how hard can it be?