I know peri & menopause can play havoc with your digestion, and you start to not be able to tolerate certain food, but is there a tipping point of ‘not normal’?
After another evening of crippling indigestion and 4 rennies eaten in 1 go, I’m reflecting on what I now can’t eat / find v difficult to digest. Tonight was chicken tandoori and cauliflower aloo - never had an issue but now I’ve got more gas than a soda stream! I’ve also found thoughts of certain food elicit a ‘nope’ reaction when i think of them (I’ve never had any issues with food / ED etc) namely
- apples with skins on (indigestion)
- peppers with skins on, and green peppers generally (indigestion)
- tomatoes make me feel weird, and some tomato sauce / passata I find way too acid
- cauliflower, celeriac and broccoli 80% of the time gives me gas
- plain yoghurt and sometimes egg make me feel weird (altho tbf i used to have dairy and egg allergy as a kid so i think thats psychosomatic)
- big mushrooms make me want to heave (small ones weirdly are ok)
- spicy food - love it, but it’s starting to hate me
- citrus fruits (prob unsurprisingly) are also gas giving
And there’s a few more. I suspect a trend with nightshade and root veg but can’t pin it down. I try and eat a lot of veg and this is massively impacting that! i’m basically down to courgettes, types of peas and beans and carrots (i’ve never been able to tolerate lentils so stay away from them and go easy on pulses) and fruit is berries
I had allergy and intolerance testing done this year and it didn’t mention any of the above (i’m not sure i fully buy into whether it works anyway) I’ve also done two stints on low carb which did help a bit, but i don’t love the high dairy / meat content to keep protein up
Is this all inevitable with peri?!