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In reply to the discussion: 70 lbs. down. Now I can rant about obnoxious fitness fanatics. [View all]Silent3
(15,207 posts)...but I'm happier not to have such sensitivities myself, so I don't have to be so incredibly selective about what I eat, ending up shut out from so many of the foods plenty of people around me are enjoying.
Also, I think there can be some common false, questionable, or misleading interpretations of stories like this:
(1) That if some people have terrible problems eating X, then X is probably bad for everyone to a lesser degree. Let's just consider X bad, bad, BAD.
(2) You stopped eating A, B, C, D, E and F all at once, and you got better. A, B, C, D, E and F must ALL be bad for you. (When it might just be E, or A and D you truly have to worry about, but you end up being afraid to risk any part of the magic formula which has helped you, or it's just to daunting a process to test all of the possible permutations and combinations.
When effects (1) and (2) get combined in some people's minds, I think it can end up leading to a lot of people torturing themselves with totally unnecessarily restrictive diets.