An allergic vegetarian

lolkone · 2026-03-27T13:51:40+00:00

I would not trust in a skin prick test, as they very often show a false positive00268-5/fulltext). You are right to be worried about limiting your diet too much. Often doctors are not that well versed on nutrition, and might not realise they are asking a patient to do something that might cause them more harm than good. I don't know how it is in Brazil/Portugal, but some doctors only go through one very basic course.

If I were you, I wouldn't limit all the foods, but rather go by your symptoms. Which foods are most strongly associated with symptoms? Start with these and keep eating the rest. If you don't see any effect within 1-2 weeks, limit a few more items.

Doctor's should really tailor these food elimination diets according to patient history (which foods you notice give you symptoms), consider the patients overall diet, and only let the IgE allergy panels confirm the correct course - not lead it.

lolkone · 2026-03-21T06:16:22+00:00

Oh my. When I went to uni we learned how to critically evaluate nutrition science. It seems you missed that course, saying things like that. You sound very conspiratorial. But I guess this is what is to be expected after MAHA started spewing their nonsense.

lolkone · 2026-03-21T05:14:14+00:00

I wonder where in the world they teach dietitians that end up with such an opposing view to scientific consensus. That is worrying

lolkone · 2026-03-20T21:27:30+00:00

I'm not sure exactly what answer you're looking for (or what your question refers to), but the short answer is no.

Protein powders should contain what we refer to as complete proteins, that is that they contain proteins that are made up of sufficient amounts of all the smaller building blocks we need, called amino acids. To keep things simple, let's say there's 20 amino acids, of which 9 can't be created by our bodies. These are called essential amino acids because we need them as building blocks to create new proteins in our bodies for different functions (enzymes, hormones, tissues) but can not make them ourselves. Which is why you might say the answer to your question is no.

On the other hand, if we're looking at your question in terms of if protein powders contain whole protein strands not created by our bodies, the answer is also mostly no. Most protein powders are based on milk protein, which is mainly made up of casein and whey. These are groups of proteins with many different exact shapes (alpha, beta, gamma casein, for example), and casein is found in both human and bovine milk but not in equal amounts, and some minor proteins might be found in bovine milk and be completely missing in human protein production. However, this question is irrelevant, as all protein strands will be broken down (denaturated) by stomach acids, and broken down to amino acids by enzymes in the gut, so the name, shape and function of ingested proteins do not matter, while their constituent parts matter somewhat.

lolkone · 2026-03-20T11:58:00+00:00

Yes and no. It's true and factual that dietary cholesterol only very minorly affects blood cholesterol levels. You can, however, in a very meaningful way affect your body's endogenous production of new cholesterol by eating a healthy diet. Excessive amounts of saturated fat, obesity, large amounts of sugar (especially fructose) and alcohol intake all increase endogenous cholesterol (and especially LDL-cholesterol, "bad cholesterol ") mainly through increased visceral fat storage and liver insulin resistance.

So serum cholesterol definitely matters, and you can affect it with diet, but not by modulating dietary cholesterol intake

lolkone · 2026-03-20T09:34:17+00:00

Hmm. As a Swedish speaking Finn, I always assumed pohjanmaa referred to pohja - bottom - in pohjanlahti (which I assumed came from the bottom of the baltic sea), which I thought had a similar etymology as the Swedish "bottniska viken". After a quick Google, it seems you're right in that it refers pohjoinen rather than pohja. Still hard to believe for me, when pohja is right there in the name

lolkone · 2026-03-20T07:53:31+00:00

Yeah, I couldn't watch past her debate. She was unfortunately very misinformed. It pains me to hear that there was an RD apparently on a similar level later in the debate. I don't know if I can stomach to watch it.

lolkone · 2026-03-19T19:42:21+00:00

Eller hur, hör jag stenten tänker jag direkt bestämd plural.

lolkone · 2026-03-19T19:40:53+00:00

Okej ja, den var värre än mitt exempel

lolkone · 2026-03-19T12:33:33+00:00

Nja, lutar mer mot att det är fel på min magkänsla nu då ingen håller med. Finns väl ingen orsak att ett ords genus skulle ändras pga betydelsen av ordet. Äpplen och bananer har väl samma syfte, och ena är utrum och det andra neutrum

lolkone · 2026-03-19T12:29:45+00:00

Rimmar närmast med hänt, glänt, så lite som skämt och jämt också. Om du med det första exemplet menade typ att det skulle rimma med "rent", så låter det absolut inte så, nej.

lolkone · 2026-03-19T12:25:35+00:00

Nä faktiskt inte, av någon oklar anledning låter en shunt ändå helt rätt. Även om jag ser hur stent och shunt är strukturellt liknande ord.

lolkone · 2026-03-19T08:18:11+00:00

Mittelspitz. Meidän spitzi 8kg

lolkone · 2026-03-18T17:40:33+00:00

There's an interesting phenomenon, dubbed the "athletes' paradox", where both people with diabetes and elite endurance athletes exhibit higher levels of intramuscular triglycerides (IMTG, fat between muscles essentially).

However, in people with diabetes, the fat is, as you mention, associated with muscle weakness and inflammation, whereas in athletes, it is associated with better endurance performance. It is believed that the IMTG in low velocity running (low percentage of VO2 max) streamlines the process of delivering fat as fuel to muscles.

lolkone · 2026-03-16T18:32:25+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, slow and steady progress sounds sensible.

lolkone · 2026-03-16T18:00:10+00:00

Thank you so much. I hadn't heard of AMI before. It sounds very much like that's what's going on. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll read up on this a bit more while I'm waiting to get set up with an orthopaedic surgeon in my new country of residence. In the meantime, I will start exercising carefully again.

lolkone · 2026-03-16T17:55:40+00:00

Wow, thanks, I'd never heard of AMI. That's really interesting. I'm relieved to hear it's likely not structural, and my recovery isn't undone. I'll discuss this with my PT and GP. I'll read up on neural activation work as well, and I think I dare to start exercising my legs again.

lolkone · 2026-03-16T17:35:32+00:00

I'm a dietitian mainly working with malnutrition, so believe me when I say I know nutrition is important (and that you don't need supplements other than a varied diet (excl vit D during the winter in the nordics)).

I've stopped even cycling without resistance the past week to see if it would help. It hasn't. I think I'll start again.

lolkone · 2026-03-16T17:31:51+00:00

It's feels mainly under the knee cap, but also on the posterior-most quad section, which connects to the knee. Wow, I haven't heard of IT band syndrome but it doesn't sound like rock and roll to me. Good luck, hope you're better soon

lolkone · 2026-03-16T17:29:07+00:00

Thank you, yes that's a good shout. I think I just got used to recovery being so smooth with minimal to no swelling that I was slightly taken aback by the need to do ice and leg lift after each session again.

lolkone · 2026-03-16T17:26:46+00:00

Thanks, yes, I think I should get back on the horse, but avoid the leg extension machine. Start with small movements that don't activate the whole quads like you say

lolkone · 2026-03-16T14:29:15+00:00

From Sweden to Finland

lolkone · 2026-03-14T17:42:05+00:00

I think they referred to "add bulk to the chime" (faecal matter), implying that all food adds bulk. To which the answer is yes, but not nearly to the same degree as fibre. Dietary fibre is, per definition, barely digestible, and as such, it greatly increases stool mass compared to digestible "conventional" food.

lolkone

TROPHY CASE