Oddbean

@205381b6 Convoluted one: get some pigs. Raise and particularly finish them using acorns, you got Jamon Iberico. If you happen to have pasture with both acorns and mulberry trees, you have my grandfather's secret recipe for which communists sent him to 3 years of really hard labor. Call it Serbian Ham. (Grandpa' used this traditional method, commies came and ordered how he must "properly" raise pigs, he didn't and had outstanding results. Not good for commies, you better do as told, 3yrs h.l)

@c45edd90 — wow. What a story! F’n commies. Sadly, I’m afflicted with alpha-gal syndrome so pork is off the menu, as is even handling and being around that much mammal. :P However, it has motivated me to find other foods I can eat. 😆

@205381b6 maybe the GAPS method (https://gaps.me) can help you out. It's a broad method you can tailor to your own situation and has been successful with all sorts of chronic problems, like food allergies. You go back to the bare essentials to heal your gut lining, then introduce more and more food (fermented foods are an important part of it). Can you still eat fish, chicken and eggs? And were you able to eat red meat before?

@dfe988cf — I had a close friend with RA who found GAPS very helpful. It’s been a long while now though, so I’ll look into it again. We (hubs and I both have it) are eating meat broths/soups about every other day, often from our own chickens or ducks. We’d love to eat fermented foods, but mast cell activation syndrome is also a problem, so very low histamine is still crucial to minimize allergic reactions. But we are starting to tolerate eating a wee bit of home-fermented foods like sauerkraut.

@205381b6 sounds like you're on the right path already! Mast cell activation syndrome is specifically mentioned in my GAPS book as well. The reasoning is that the gut lining is damaged and lets in too many undigested particles into the blood stream, causing allergies and other problems like MCAS. I'm doing the GAPS introduction diet soon, which is specifically to heal the gut lining. That diet consists out of mostly meat broths to start with. I wish I had my own chickens too!