Basic Nutrition question

[Visagex]

Nothing in regards to building muscle, cutting fat ETC

I'm wanting to change up my diet by taking out Gluten, Soy, and Dairy just wanting to test any type of intolerance.

Mostly just in regards of "feeling" more alert, energetic, and sleeping better at night; overall "healthier".

Has anyone made changes like this too there diet and had positive results or maybe didn't notice any changes in how they feel or the opposite.

For the last few years ive just lived by my macros and eating whatever i felt like eating tbh.

[SeanFxxx]

My recommendation obviously would be to do it one at a time, otherwise you don't know what the culprit is. I've had some odd digestive issues that have occurred in my mid to late 20's. I used to eat sushi all the time, now it gives me really bad acid reflux. Avocados make me basically projectile vomit. The strangest one is that higher quality proteins (whey, whey isolate) give me GI distress but crappier ones like milk protein and casein I'm fine with.

The ironic thing is that I digest sugar, dairy, and gluten pretty well (which are the ones that commonly give people issues). Honestly haven't really been able to pinpoint anything major after adjusting my diet, then again I haven't kept much of a food journal. A lot of it seems pretty random, perhaps it's just overall stress giving me problems.

[yoojungl]

Are you having particularly stomach aches or other symptoms?
In regards to feeling more "alert," from my OWN personal experience, I try to not have a large high carb and high fat meal since it does tend to make me more tired. Also, are you getting enough sleep on top of that?

You're going to have to experiment for yourself and see what may be causing it, but like the poster above stated, try to eliminate it one at a time since it'll be hard to pinpoint it if you take all that out of your diet.

[Visagex]

My recommendation obviously would be to do it one at a time, otherwise you don't know what the culprit is. I've had some odd digestive issues that have occurred in my mid to late 20's. I used to eat sushi all the time, now it gives me really bad acid reflux. Avocados make me basically projectile vomit. The strangest one is that higher quality proteins (whey, whey isolate) give me GI distress but crappier ones like milk protein and casein I'm fine with.

The ironic thing is that I digest sugar, dairy, and gluten pretty well (which are the ones that commonly give people issues). Honestly haven't really been able to pinpoint anything major after adjusting my diet, then again I haven't kept much of a food journal. A lot of it seems pretty random, perhaps it's just overall stress giving me problems.

I was thinking of eliminating all and then reintroducing back into my diet 1 by 1 to find the culprit.

i'm actually in my mid 20's right now and starting to feel like **** from eating the same way I did in my teens.

I feel like it might be gluten because i felt amazing doing Keto, but couldn't sustain it for long. Its a life style thats hard for me to adapt to because of low carbs.

[Visagex]

Are you having particularly stomach aches or other symptoms?
In regards to feeling more "alert," from my OWN personal experience, I try to not have a large high carb and high fat meal since it does tend to make me more tired. Also, are you getting enough sleep on top of that?

You're going to have to experiment for yourself and see what may be causing it, but like the poster above stated, try to eliminate it one at a time since it'll be hard to pinpoint it if you take all that out of your diet.

Stomach aches / bloat for sure with horrible gas a lot. Not like protein farts.

My sleep schedule is pretty bad just due to my job, I can't fix that currently so maybe a change of diet would help.

[Mikeez0]

Hello, I was feeling the same.
I have a lot of experience with cutting out sugar/gluten/dairy/meat.

And it actually works. But now, I am eating everything, and feeling absolutely great.
I switched from chaotic IF eating to 4 square meal and snacks, and it works best for me.

Don't forget to take a bloodtest.

[Visagex]

Hello, I was feeling the same.
I have a lot of experience with cutting out sugar/gluten/dairy/meat.

And it actually works. But now, I am eating everything, and feeling absolutely great.
I switched from chaotic IF eating to 4 square meal and snacks, and it works best for me.

Don't forget to take a bloodtest.

interested in the bloodtest, but i'm in the military and medical is absolutely horrible. Idk even if they will give me a blood test to see lol.

[kusok]

After some careful experimentation (one food item at a time taken out) I was sad to find out that dairy and starch made me bloated. Dairy also caused stomach discomfort and even facial dermatitis of some kind. Took them out and everything is better now. Number of farts produced per day now = 0

Another one is whey concentrate, can't do it. But isolate is ok.

Peanuts and such are a no-no for me, weird red spots appear all over the body...

This sucks, I must have lost some enzymes or gut flora with age or whatever, because certainly don't recall having such reactions to these foods 20 years ago.


I had some clients at work that had swollen hands and arthritic kind of pain, took out wheat, and voila, all fine suddenly. Celiac?

[Heisman2]

After some careful experimentation (one food item at a time taken out) I was sad to find out that dairy and starch made me bloated. Dairy also caused stomach discomfort and even facial dermatitis of some kind. Took them out and everything is better now. Number of farts produced per day now = 0

Another one is whey concentrate, can't do it. But isolate is ok.

Peanuts and such are a no-no for me, weird red spots appear all over the body...

This sucks, I must have lost some enzymes or gut flora with age or whatever, because certainly don't recall having such reactions to these foods 20 years ago.


I had some clients at work that had swollen hands and arthritic kind of pain, took out wheat, and voila, all fine suddenly. Celiac?

Sounds like you have lactose intolerance. You may be able to tolerate some dairy if you use lactaid.

Red spots all over the body with peanuts may be a new peanut allergy, which can onset at any age. If they appear as hives then you do have a small risk of developing an anaphylactic reaction with repeated exposure.

Arthritis with gluten exposure could potentially be due to Celiac disease.


To answer OPs question, I have never eliminated anything from my diet and never associated food intake with any symptoms.