[pct-l] Remedies for loss of appetite

[Lawrence Hermens]

Is it possible that you have an intollerance to wheat and gluten?  I have
just been diagnosed with celiac disease ( wheat and gluetn intollerence) and
it sounds familiar to what you are describing from what you are eating.  Try
eating the hummus with corn tortillas or rice crackers and see what
happens.  Since I have stopped eating breat, pasta, flour tortillas, and yes
even beer I am a new person.  There is gluten free beer out there if you
look for it.  The pudding you are eating could have gluten in it and the
pita does have it, so try skipping the wheat and see if that helps.

Good luck.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Diane Soini <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>wrote:

> I don't have any suggestions for why you lost your appetite. I've been
> struggling with my stomach, too, for several weeks. I cannot eat much
> but I do get hungry. Usually after I eat, I'm pretty sorry I did,
> except for dinner. By sorry I mean that I feel queasy and on jarring
> downhills my stomach actually hurts. Even town food doesn't sit well.
>
> Some foods don't bother me so much but I am not eating a lot of volume
> of any foods. I haven't really lost a lot of weight, either, and have
> only had a couple of bonking moments, so I think I'm ok so far.
>
> I thought it might be some kind of bug because I have not treated all
> my water. But I don't have the runs, and sometimes it's been the
> opposite.
>
> I've been experiencing this at low and high elevation, so it's not
> elevation-related.
>
> My only solution has been to carry many different foods and more food
> than I actually need for the segment, so if I can't stomach the
> thought of hummus and pita chips I can eat pudding instead, for
> example. Eventually the hummus sounds good again and I can eat it.
> Sometimes just drinking a half liter or more of an electrolyte/vitamin
> drink really helps. I have thought that if my hot dinner doesn't seem
> to bother me, perhaps I should cook a mid-day meal, too, but so far I
> have not felt I could eat it.
>
> Sorry you are not feeling well.
>
> Diane
>
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