I found out l have SIBO and leaky gut and am doing the autoimmune paleo which is no grains for the reason given above, no nuts or seeds, no chocolate, sob! no nightshade no fruit apart from berries and no dairy. This should only be for a period of a few months but l was reading that Lyme causes leaky gut so maybe it will take longer. Lots of symptoms have eased.
In more 'my gut' news, I tried potato chips.
Mistake, but not a dreadful one. My gut feels bloaty, but neuro symptoms aren't markedly worse. I guess that's the difference between cold potato and hot potato, carb-wise... prebiotics vs no prebiotics...
...or it's an issue of cooking oil quality control...
@SickOfSickness -- doesn't seem to matter re: organic almonds vs not. I had almonds show up on an allergen test but kind of didn't believe it was that big a deal? I used to eat 'two moms in the raw' cacao almond truffle-like things. 100% organic, 100% raw, 100% non-GMO, etc. I sadly concluded that it was the chocolate setting me off, but eventually realized it was the almonds.
re: soy, everyone says how horrible it is, what an allergen it is... I'm steering clear of lots of tofu for now, but I really don't seem to react to soy.
I think the other grains are bad because of cross-contamination
Fermented stuff, still too much lactic acid ?
It may be that the anti-inflammatory nature of the other things I eat at the same time as miso have some kind of effect; or it may be that the Japanese restaurant where I eat miso soup has boiled the heck out of it and there are no live cultures anymore.
I've had that head pain in the same location, back of the head. I've called it migraine, but technically it's occipital neuralgia.
Thanks for the 'spitballing' guys. I'm wondering if these foods have something in common that we're missing.
(Sings: I've got a theory...) <--- and if you 'get' that, HIGH FIVE.
-J