Are you keeping a food diary?
It really sounds as though you have some difficult challenges with food which may include something underlying that hasn't been uncovered.
My suggestion is that you probably need to be working with an allergist who is willing to do some very aggressive in-office food challenges so that you have an adequate diet-- what you're describing sounds like a
really inadequate intake of both nutrients and micronutrients.
So, in order, what I'd be doing:
1. look for a FOOD allergy specialist (not all board-certified allergists are food allergy specialists)
2. Keep a food diary-- list EVERYTHING that goes into your mouth, and what happens to you that could even possibly be correlated. Be very very detailed-- list brands, times, etc.
3. If you're seeing an alternative/complementary practitioner (chiropractor, homeopath, naturopath) understand that those people are
likely to be giving you bad, bad, bad advice re: food allergy, and if they are offering you advice on food allergy, you should RUN... (I mention that because you bring up some concepts that are generally unsound re: food allergy, which makes me wonder who you've been getting recommendations from)
Next, this is a super-helpful resource for some of the weirder questions that come up re: IgE-mediated allergy and related issues:
http://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert.aspxBe aware that Ig
G testing is
NOT the same thing as "food allergy" testing.
Re: candida in particular.General issues surrounding the notions of intestinal permeability and allergy (well, and seemingly everything else under the sun, too)--
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/cam-on-campus-naturopathy/
Okay. Whew. Now that the PSA is over with, there,
please, please, please make sure that you are getting GREAT advice from an allopathic physician (or probably, in light of the liver issues you mention) a TEAM of them.
You can't live without good nutrition. Obviously. You also can't live while eating things to which you are allergic-allergic (as in, IgE-mediated). When those two things collide via Multiple Food Allergy, that's bad enough-- but when the picture also includes another chronic and life-threatening medical condition (such as diabetes, coronary disease, liver dysfunction, etc. etc. etc.) then it is
critical to get the best medical advice possible.
I'm concerned for you that your practitioners seem to be leaving you to figure things out all on your own-- and that's simply not cool in this situation. Cruciferous veggies are gas-producers, for sure-- but that is NOT the same thing as "I must be allergic to this as well." It's important that you be mentioning to a medical professional just how limited your diet is at the moment-- and that the person listening understand your concerns.
I'm really sorry that food has become such an incredible challenge for you. I don't usually say this-- but-- we probably can't help you figure this one out without a lot more input from your medical professionals.
Fats and carbs
are basically one of the only ways to get adequate nutrition. Eliminating either one completely is going to lead to major malnourishment. I'm also
deeply concerned that you may be relying upon an alt-med practitioner and supplements-- which is VERY VERY dangerous in someone with a compromised liver. That industry is largely unregulated, and liver
damage is not at all uncommon as a side effect of many herbal/CAM supplements.