Severe Stomach Pain

Ok, so a few days ago I took garlic tabs to combat Candida, and I woke up the following day feeling like I had the stomach virus. I didn't throw up, but my stomach hurt and I had diarrhea. I also had a low grade fever. I felt sick until I took alkaseltzer gold and then I was ok. I figured that was a herx.

Last night I went out with my husband and had some sweet potato fries. My stomach actually started to feel funny as I was eating them, so I stopped. I have been eating very very clean and adhering to the anti-canada diet. I figured it would be ok to eat these, since I had them 3 weeks ago without a problem, however I have been eating even more clean since.

I woke up from a horrible nightmare and stomach pains last night. (same thing happened when I took the garlic). Is it possible that bc i am eating so clean that if I eat something not fresh this could happen? if this is the case, then I will literally only be able to have salads minus dressings and bring my own. So pathetic, but it is NOT worth eating something to cause me to feel like this the following day, ugh, those fries were not THAT good!!! I also just drank seltzer with lemon in it.

This is so worrisome though, it just feels like I will never be able to eat normally again. But I did read in the Candida book that you must not "cheat" (although I didnt think i was cheating bc sweet potatoes are ok - I guess it's bc of the preservatives and whatever else was in them). The book says that when you are healing your body, it is important to stay on track - I just didn't expect to have this bad of a reaction!

But I also ran 3 miles yesterday again, could the exercise have caused this? I guess time will tell bc i am drinking my alkaseltzer gold now, will absolutely NOT eat anything that is not home cooked and fresh and I am slated to run again tmrw, so we will see where that takes me.
any thoughts??

Post Edited (Chapelle) : 1/31/2016 6:26:50 AM (GMT-7)

Chapelle garlic has anti-bacterial/fungal/parasitic properties so the garlic might've killed off some of the candida causing your stomach issues. Hard to say what the sweet potato fries issue was but Traveler may be onto something.

If you are going to use garlic use the one that has allicin powder and no preservatives. Here's the one I use from Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Allicin-Max-90-Veg-Caps/dp/B006KVTNYM

I vote that we need Lymie restaurants!!! LOL!!!

I would have to say it is food sensitivities.

Just because something is ok on the Candida diet doesn't mean YOU aren't sensitive to it. It also doesn't have to be the actual food itself. It could something used in the prep. Sweet potato fries probably use some kind of oil. It could be that or one of the preservative.

The question I have is how long have you been eating clean (with no cheating)? A few weeks? A few months? A year?

If the answer is a few weeks, then I would be 90% sure that it was a food sensitivity.

My diagnosis for more than 13 years has been Fibromyalgia. I only got my Lyme results this summer. But like many of us, I have been chasing other ideas. I had read about Mast Cell Activation Disorder. Mast Cells are a the part of the body that deals with allergic reactions. They release histamine which causes the itching. The theory is that our bodies over product mast cells and/or they don't die off after they are no longer needed.

So I say a doc who studied it through the NIH. He was an allergist and his theory was that many people have problems because of food sensitivities. Basically Leaky Gut. He had me do an elimination diet, but not what most people think is an elimination diet. Instead of taking one thing out at a time, he had me start with just two foods. Chicken and white rice. I know that white rice is completely processed and not really good for us. He chose that because he felt that fewer people reacted to it.

He wanted me to eat nothing else but chicken, rice and a little salt. No oils. No spices. Not even pepper. After the two weeks, I could add in one food (or ingredient) every four days. If I reacted to it, I would have to remove the food and wait until the reaction stopped and my body had a chance to clear the offending food. Probably longer than 4 days.

He did warn me that if I had a reaction it would be 10 times worse than any I had ever had before.

So I did it for four days. It was awful and I was starving. I ran out of chicken and rice. There was no one home and I wasn't up to going to the store. There were eggs in the fridge. Hardboiled egg whites were my go to protein. So I made them and they were delicious for about 2 hours, then I started reacting. The doc was spot on. I was sicker than I had ever been and I already knew I was allergic to dairy proteins because I would throw up for hours after eating ice cream (lactose free or not).

I went back to the chicken and rice. Within that 2 weeks, I felt better than i had in a long time. Ultimately, for me I couldn't stick to the diet. It was too strict and I was starving. I lost 8 pounds in 10 days. He did say that most people ended up eating organic because it cut out a lot of the things that cause problems.

He also told me that egg whites are one of the most common allergy. Most people can handle eggs in processed foods because there are only traces, but I was eating them directly. He also said some people who react to eggs have a cross reaction to chicken. Turkey and duck eggs seem to be ok.

He was less than supportive when I said I was unable to stick to the diet. Eventually, i modified things to remove the most likely allergens. Eggs, Dairy, Soy. Limited wheat and gluten. My gastric issues are less of a problem. I now eat a limited number of foods. After 18 months, I have been able to have some dairy and some eggs (even hardboiled). I don't push it by having too much, but I have been able to eat some every now and then. What a joy it was to have a soft served ice cream cone when i was on vacation. i just make sure I eat those foods early in the day so if I react I'm not up all night being sick.

If you have only been eating clean for a few weeks or a month, I would go back to your clean diet. Yes, during that period where you are just working in one new food every 4 days really sucks and you can't really go out.

One final thing, just because garlic can be used as a supplement doesn't mean your body can't develop a sensitivity to it. You can develop a sensitivity to anything. If you have Leaky Gut symptoms, you can be sensitive to anything taken internally. You can also react anywhere in your body. Food particles (and supplements) which leak from the gut and into the blood stream can go anywhere blood flows. That's why many of the symptoms are so weird.

I hope you have a good day and wish you luck with this.
Kim

omg wow! gka mom - thank you for your lengthy response! this is incredible information, but scary at the same time! I would seriously do this, but i can't eat white rice bc of the high carb content! i gotta think this thru carefully......

yes, i have only been eating clean for about 3 weeks, with some minor cheats here and there. it is SO HARD!!