On the Road

A few days within taking the additional items out of my diet, the itching stopped. My other symptoms also continued to be at bay. I found I wasn’t experiencing any wheezing or coughing even though I had gone off my asthma meds. (Note: my asthma – if it is even that – is mild enough that I don’t need to be on the meds, so don’t try that at home without consulting your doctor.) Also, as I was no longer experiencing fatigue or brain fog, I realized what it was like to simply be tired after getting too little sleep; it was a very different sensation.

Since my results were so positive and the diet was more feasible than I’d thought, I decided to commit to two months so that I’d have plenty of time to do the food allergy challenge thoroughly. This meant I’d be attending the Coachella music festival down near Palm Springs as a teetotaler. Since it’s hot down there in the desert, I was actually fine with simply drinking a lot of water, so it wasn’t a huge sacrifice. I packed quinoa, amaranth and almonds in my suitcase and vowed to stick to the diet as best as I could under the circumstances. Fortunately the organic Palm Greens Café was not only right around the corner from our rental house, but they had a food stand at the event itself. I ate healthy falafel sandwiches for three days in a row, along with baked sweet potatoes and corn on the cob. It definitely wasn’t a caveman diet, but I was impressed at my ability to stay on the veggie wagon.

I only gave in once on the last night and had a slice (and a half) of cheese pizza. Fortunately I had no noticeable symptoms as a result.

After a weekend of amazing music and fun, I headed back to San Francisco and took up the super-limited caveman diet yet again. I diligently stuck to it for 5 days in order to prep my body for the next big step: food allergy challenge testing.