extreme brain fog after eating. Allergy?? - Health, Fitness, and Sports

JoeRose Snowy Owl Joined: Dec 23, 2011 Posts: 172 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:30 pm?? ?Post subject: extreme brain fog after eating. Allergy?? Recently I've been having some pretty strange stuff happening. I find that when I wake up in the morning I feel fine. But as soon as I eat a standard breakfast such as cereal or toast I begin to feel this overwhelming brain fog. It kinda feels like my brain is not working on any level. When I have it I feel like I have literally no attention span, I can't concentrate and when people talk to me it kind of feels like I'm in a dream. So anyway today I decided to eat things which generally aren't allergenic. So all I've been eating is fruit... and I feel fine! No brain fog. What's going on here? Does this mean I'm allergic to gluten or dairy or something? (also of note, I am having a sigmoidoscopy at the start of next month to investigate GI bleeding. Could this all be related?) basically my question is, to those of you who experience with food allergies, can gluten allergy cause a host of mental symptoms/brain fog? Back to top Morningstar Blue Jay Joined: Jul 30, 2012 Age: 27 Posts: 95 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:02 pm?? ?Post subject: Cereal and toast are full of refined sugars and carbs. That type of stuff will make your head feel foggy. I've heard that white bread has some kind of opiate effect on the brain in some people...but I don't have a link at the moment. Fruits are better for your brain first thing in the morning because they have complex sugars that take longer to break down in your body, so you don't get a sugar spike and then a sugar crash. I usually have greek yogurt, fruit, and nuts for breakfast and I feel fine. I've noticed that any time I eat large amounts of bread or sugar, I do feel foggy and sleepy, so now I avoid them altogether. As far as I'm aware, gluten intolerance has mainly to do with the gut's ability (or lack thereof) to digest gluten and process the nutrients from it. I think the brain fog has more to do with the sugars/starches and some kind of sugar crash. But hey, I'm mildly sensitive to gluten too; I used to get bloated all the time when I still ate bread/gluten. My symptoms were mild enough that the doctors would tell me I'm normal and not to worry, so I'm not really sure if these things are related at all or what they might have to do with your upcoming medical procedure. I was under the impression that even doctors are new to the fact that people can be gluten intolerant without having celiac disease. Back to top questor Hermit Joined: Apr 24, 2011 Posts: 1908 Location: Twilight Zone Back to top Jojoba Sea Gull Joined: Feb 08, 2011 Posts: 207 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:38 pm?? ?Post subject: I think brain fog is fairly common after eating wheat for many. I know for me personally, milk and dairy foods causes brain freeze ups. For some reason eating dairy makes me feel chilled allover, which then makes thinking more difficult. Recall this article about some of the effects wheat can cause the brain in those with sensitivities. "This is your brain on wheat" http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2011/10/this-is-your-brain-on-wheat/ Back to top Adventus Raven Joined: Aug 26, 2009 Posts: 119 Back to top asdmommie Hummingbird Joined: Jul 04, 2011 Posts: 18 Back to top Apple_in_my_Eye ...wha? Oh yeah ...huh? Joined: May 08, 2008 Age: 43 Posts: 3578 Location: in my brain Back to top

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