Maybe it's an individual thing? Perhaps some tolerate the casein, but not the gluten or something else? I have a real problem with citrus, and so it's hard for me to find fruits I can tolerate. I'm trying grape juice now, as I get so tired of water all the time, but it's experiemental because it's hard to find something I can drink without getting rhinitis. I don't currently drink tea or coffee. I have a couple of cokes or soda at the weekend, but all other times I drink water with a rice protein shake once a day (if I don't feel I've had enough protein from food) or maybe the odd hot chocolate.

I don't have dairy (unless I'm eating out and there's nothing else to have except something with dairy in it), so the only animal food I eat are eggs, and then mostly only the whites as I get a reaction to the yolk, and I'm on a low gluten diet, so the only wheat or gluten I have now is in veg slices I have with salad. I have crispbread instead of regular bread, which is okay with soup as it softens when dipped in.

I'd like to try some of the raw foods recipes, they look really yummy some of them i.e. pizzas and burgers, but I need to improve my cooking skills 99% before I even try, lol, as I am a dreadful cook. But I definitely always feel better when I eat cold foods rather than hot. I don't know whether it's because hot releases more mercury from the fillings, but I always feel better after salad type meals than hot meals, so I have lettuce about 4 times a week now with bean casserole, veg-slices or egg-white. Also salad is lower in carbs than hot meals. I have organic iceburg or romaine lettuce.

I try to have a low copper diet, so I don't have much seeds or nuts, although I am very partiial to pistachio nuts, and ate 30 just today, lol, but I only buy a 150g bagful say once a month. I love cornflakes, but have organic, and for lunch I generally have a variety of Lentil soup ie with tomato, or with parsley or with veggies. A couple of nights I have veggies with vegetarian-chicken pieces or fries with peas and fried egg. Not a very "varied" diet, but considering the restrictions I'm on, I'm pretty happy with it. Dessert is harder, so I mostly have custard with gluten-free cake and the occasional soya ice-cream, but I try to avoid soya as much as I can. I sometimes have baby fruit purees, but need to try them more often to see if I can tolerate them. For supper I'll have maybe a couple of gluten-free cookies or another bowl of cornflakes, depending if I'm hungry or not. I am terribly weak on chocolate, so I am ashamed to confess I have a bar of dark chocolate raspberry ruffle almost every day, lol <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />