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Egg Intolerance causing my Insomnia? We shall find out......

SandGirl — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:44:11 GMT

So….. I eat Organic Eggs (2 full and 2 egg whites) every morning – I have for YEARS.
Those that know me on here know I suffer from INSOMNIA – Well, I was talking with a
Natural Doctor that so happened to be at the Health store I was at, we chatted – Very (very) long story
Short he told me, “DROP THE EGGS” – he said, I bet since you have been eating them every day for over
2 years now that your body has built up a tolerance and the result is INSOMNIA. Well, shoot I never thought
Of dropping my beloved eggs, dropped my oatmeal and wheat but kept my eggs.
Well – Starting tomorrow……..Eggs are out. Who knew???? Guess I’ll find out. Just had to share!!!!

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adelle38 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:45:14 GMT

I've never heard of that. Hope it works for you.

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SandGirl — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:49:18 GMT

On 10/7/2014 adelle38 said:
I've never heard of that. Hope it works for you.

Me neither?? But, i do eat them EVERY SINGLE DAY, it's part of my routine and clean eating I've done for YEARS. My neighbor has organically fed, free range chickens so, I get fresh eggs daily!

I actually hope it doesn't work because I would (and will) miss my eggs and it's GREAT brain food too!!

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winamac1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:51:23 GMT

I eat egg whites every day too. No wonder I have insomnia.

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SandGirl — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:59:51 GMT

On 10/7/2014 winamac1 said:
I eat egg whites every day too. No wonder I have insomnia.

LOL - well Winamac, lets hope to heck it's not my issue but, he told me by eating them EVERY SINGLE DAY (and honestly I haven't missed a day in YEARS and my blood work is text book good so, they are for sure doing some good)

you can build up a tolerance and everyone's tolerance is diff., he said I would feel perfectly fine, not other issues but the only side effect of it could be the insomnia and I'm just missing it..... I have tried to eliminate every thing else so this is the last thing ....really, I have tried EVERY THING ELSE URG

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winamac1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:12:39 GMT

On 10/7/2014 Sandgirl said:
On 10/7/2014 winamac1 said:
I eat egg whites every day too. No wonder I have insomnia.

LOL - well Winamac, lets hope to heck it's not my issue but, he told me by eating them EVERY SINGLE DAY (and honestly I haven't missed a day in YEARS and my blood work is text book good so, they are for sure doing some good)

you can build up a tolerance and everyone's tolerance is diff., he said I would feel perfectly fine, not other issues but the only side effect of it could be the insomnia and I'm just missing it..... I have tried to eliminate every thing else so this is the last thing ....really, I have tried EVERY THING ELSE URG

Let me know if it works if you stop eating them! I would be very curious. Heck, I eat greek yogurt, broccoli, etc. every day. No wonder I can't sleep!! uggghhhhhhh I've probably built up a tolerance to everything as I eat almost the same thing daily with a few exceptions.

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SandGirl — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:17:40 GMT

On 10/7/2014 winamac1 said:
On 10/7/2014 Sandgirl said:
On 10/7/2014 winamac1 said:
I eat egg whites every day too. No wonder I have insomnia.

LOL - well Winamac, lets hope to heck it's not my issue but, he told me by eating them EVERY SINGLE DAY (and honestly I haven't missed a day in YEARS and my blood work is text book good so, they are for sure doing some good)

you can build up a tolerance and everyone's tolerance is diff., he said I would feel perfectly fine, not other issues but the only side effect of it could be the insomnia and I'm just missing it..... I have tried to eliminate every thing else so this is the last thing ....really, I have tried EVERY THING ELSE URG

Let me know if it works if you stop eating them! I would be very curious. Heck, I eat greek yogurt, broccoli, etc. every day. No wonder I can't sleep!! uggghhhhhhh I've probably built up a tolerance to everything as I eat almost the same thing daily with a few exceptions.

ME TOO!!!! I'm boring that way, it makes it simple and I stick to my healthy eating that way. I do Eggs and a protein smoothie in the morning (it used to be oats....those are out now) then Veggies & Chicken for Lunch and Broccoli / Chicken or small salmon piece for dinner but, other than that I do not rotate much, sometimes at lunch it's Greek Yogurt if I don't pack my chicken and veggies - but yup, same ol every day!

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sidsmom — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:27:05 GMT

Girlie! I sure hopes this works for you! I, too, have had issues with sleeplessness or waking up several times throughout the night...until I had an A-Ha moment recently.

I know you do Insanity & like to get a good sweat on...me too! I do indoor cycling 3-4 times a week...and usually redline it every time because it feels good!!

Couple months ago, my foot was hurting & I sat on the "workout sidelines" for a week/two...nothing cardio/endurance other than lifting weights. In that second week, I slept like a baby! Fast forward to this past weekend, I read a book about the benefits of low-intensity exercise. I discovered I was training too hard...well into the 80% of my Maximum Heart Rate!! So remembering how I slept so well while doing nothing, I'm making a concerted effort to slooooow down my cardio workouts....and see if I get the same sleep-thru-the-night results while exercising my heart. Only since Saturday, but last night I slept 5 hours straight w/out waking! I think I might be on to something!!

I know this has nothing to do w/ eggs, but had to chime in w/ my sleep results.

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SandGirl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:34:32 GMT

On 10/7/2014 sidsmom said:
Girlie! I sure hopes this works for you! I, too, have had issues with sleeplessness or waking up several times throughout the night...until I had an A-Ha moment recently.

I know you do Insanity & like to get a good sweat on...me too! I do indoor cycling 3-4 times a week...and usually redline it every time because it feels good!!

Couple months ago, my foot was hurting & I sat on the "workout sidelines" for a week/two...nothing cardio/endurance other than lifting weights. In that second week, I slept like a baby! Fast forward to this past weekend, I read a book about the benefits of low-intensity exercise. I discovered I was training too hard...well into the 80% of my Maximum Heart Rate!! So remembering how I slept so well while doing nothing, I'm making a concerted effort to slooooow down my cardio workouts....and see if I get the same sleep-thru-the-night results while exercising my heart. Only since Saturday, but last night I slept 5 hours straight w/out waking! I think I might be on to something!!

I know this has nothing to do w/ eggs, but had to chime in w/ my sleep results.

I haven't done Insanity since last year (July, Aug, Sept) - my issues started almost the 1st of Nov. LAST year! urg. We must be running similar lives, I sprained my ankle 3 weeks ago walking my dogs, into emergency, on crutches for 4 days, hoping for about 10 and all I could do was upper body too (weights, pull ups, push ups etc) So, it got me thinking about pushing it too (plus the lack of energy from not sleeping) and I started doing Turbulance Training (you can google it) I got the download (you download it to your computer) and it's basically fat burning "good for you & your joints" workouts - he recommends 3-4 times a week - they are 30min each and he says on the other days just do a light walk or something active you enjoy but not to push yourself. The workouts are VERY do-able but you still feel like you worked yourself when you get done! BUT, I was doing basically nothing plus I sit for my job for 8 hours - for 10+ days and it didn't help me sleep, I was actually thinking maybe it would ;(

I have been having to take my Lunesta most nights, on the nights I don't take it (because I get stubburn and hate putting that icky stuff in me each night) I don't sleep and have a total sleepless night.

Sooooo, I need to try other things? Blood work 3 times, saliva testing and a Endocronologist Dr and so far all my #'s are PERFECT and they don't know why I can't sleep. This has been a bummer of a year for me, totally robbed me of my life!

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Daysdee — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:38:23 GMT

I also suffer with insomnia and I don't eat eggs often. I did have 2 eggs for dinner tonight (since I had a large lunch). Wonder how I will sleep tonight? Also, I eat a lot of the same items frequently due to dietary restrictions, but eggs are not on that list.

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SandGirl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:43:17 GMT

On 10/7/2014 Daysdee said:
I also suffer with insomnia and I don't eat eggs often. I did have 2 eggs for dinner tonight (since I had a large lunch). Wonder how I will sleep tonight? Also, I eat a lot of the same items frequently due to dietary restrictions, but eggs are not on that list.

Daydee - he made it sound like some foods cause a tolerance easier than other but any food eaten over and over, day in and day out for YEARS can cause a tolerance.

It did get me thinking, I used to eat the same cereal every single morning, I did for years (this was MANY years ago) well, when I started eating more protein based breakfast I dropped the cereal - well, every day I would get rashes on my arms, just thought I was sensitive, when I stopped the cereal I never got the rashes EVER again...? I never connected the dots till years later and this made me think of it again!

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adelle38 — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:45:04 GMT

On 10/7/2014 Sandgirl said:
On 10/7/2014 Daysdee said:
I also suffer with insomnia and I don't eat eggs often. I did have 2 eggs for dinner tonight (since I had a large lunch). Wonder how I will sleep tonight? Also, I eat a lot of the same items frequently due to dietary restrictions, but eggs are not on that list.

Daydee - he made it sound like some foods cause a tolerance easier than other but any food eaten over and over, day in and day out for YEARS can cause a tolerance.

It did get me thinking, I used to eat the same cereal every single morning, I did for years (this was MANY years ago) well, when I started eating more protein based breakfast I dropped the cereal - well, every day I would get rashes on my arms, just thought I was sensitive, when I stopped the cereal I never got the rashes EVER again...? I never connected the dots till years later and this made me think of it again!

What exactly does that mean? Why would it cause insomnia?

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SandGirl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:48:19 GMT

On 10/7/2014 adelle38 said:
On 10/7/2014 Sandgirl said:
On 10/7/2014 Daysdee said:
I also suffer with insomnia and I don't eat eggs often. I did have 2 eggs for dinner tonight (since I had a large lunch). Wonder how I will sleep tonight? Also, I eat a lot of the same items frequently due to dietary restrictions, but eggs are not on that list.

Daydee - he made it sound like some foods cause a tolerance easier than other but any food eaten over and over, day in and day out for YEARS can cause a tolerance.

It did get me thinking, I used to eat the same cereal every single morning, I did for years (this was MANY years ago) well, when I started eating more protein based breakfast I dropped the cereal - well, every day I would get rashes on my arms, just thought I was sensitive, when I stopped the cereal I never got the rashes EVER again...? I never connected the dots till years later and this made me think of it again!

What exactly does that mean? Why would it cause insomnia?

IF I knew I would be the happiest girl alive right now!! Insomnia can be a sign (side effect) whatever you want to call it of a food intolerance, that's what he told me. I just figure why not eliminate it for a month and see what happens?? That's about all I can do is try? I love my eggs and I do weight training so, I am really going to miss the good clean protein!

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Mary Bailey — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:54:25 GMT

Eggs so early in the day, how could that contribute to insomnia? even my coffee doesn't bother me unless I have a cup late afternoon.

I have a "crash" if I eat a banana or oatmeal or carbs in the morning.

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SandGirl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:59:59 GMT

On 10/7/2014 Mary Bailey said:
Eggs so early in the day, how could that contribute to insomnia? even my coffee doesn't bother me unless I have a cup late afternoon.

I have a "crash" if I eat a banana or oatmeal or carbs in the morning.

Well, I'm HOPING it's not - but, AGAIN like stated a few times above, your body builds up a intolerance and the "symptom" could be insomnia from a build of of "whatever is in the eggs" that by body has built the intolerance to.

WHO KNOWS!!! I love my eggs so I am REALLY hoping this is not the case and it will be super hard for me not to eat them, I buy 3 dozen every week from my neighbor who raises chickens and has 24 laying hens, they are such awesome chickens, love those girls!

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SandGirl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:07:15 GMT

I wanted to add that I still think its just peri-menopause since I all of a sudden have the anxiety too.

But, the sleep is bad, I honestly cannot get myself to sleep (AT ALL) I sometimes go 2-3 days straight with no sleep and finally give into take a big dose of ZzzQuil or taking one of my Lunesta but, either of those only provide me with 3 (4 tops) hours sleep so sometimes I just don't feel it's worth putting that stuff in my body for 3 darn hours of sleep

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candyagain — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:26:36 GMT

Sounds like the doctor was trying to drum up business. You might want to run the theory by your regular GP.

I have insomnia and it was especially bad just before menopause. I found getting out of bed during sleepless times and having a small bowl of cereal and warm milk was helpful.

Best regards, insomnia is a real pain!

Candy

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SandGirl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:28:42 GMT

On 10/7/2014 candy said:
Sounds like the doctor was trying to drum up business. You might want to run the theory by your regular GP.

I have insomnia and it was especially bad just before menopause. I found getting out of bed during sleepless times and having a small bowl of cereal and warm milk was helpful.

Best regards, insomnia is a real pain!

Candy

Thanks Candy - He never gave me his name, card or nothing, it was just water cooler talk, he was getting his lunch there as was I

Yes, it is a pain in my rear!

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sidsmom — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:39:26 GMT

Your symptoms scream of hypothyroidism, but your Endo's came back OK...hummm. BTW, I still have my thinking cap on...maybe an elimination diet or a fast...then introduce items back in & see if that makes a difference? Keep us posted with your egg elimination. I think ALOT of us have this issue of sleeplessness...we have to keep the conversation going.

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adelle38 — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:47:27 GMT

I just reread your original post and I would have a problem with any "doctor", "natural" or otherwise, who would give advice to someone he had just met in passing. You mentioned you think it might be hormonal. Have you seen your gynecologist? I am very familiar with the frustration of insomnia and that nightly decision of choosing sleeplessness or medication.