Food intolerances where to start?

I think pick one to cut out and see if there is an improvement. Sometimes they have more than one, but for example my boy has heaps, I first cut out milk and saw an improvement but not 100%, so then I cut out the next one, Soy, and say a huge improvement. They are 2 main staples. Then from there it got a lot easier to tell what bothered him i.e. pink marshmellows not everyday but when he had them he flared up (food colouring) or 1 dried apricot he flared up straight away (preservative)

It's a wonder though that the Nutritionist didn't plan it with you i.e. ours tells us what to try next i.e. Olivani then Pea's etc, then after that try such and such food. They should be really guiding you a lot more, it's such a hard road if they're not guiding you, It was for us, I'm no food expert, I'm just a beginner!

P.s keep a daily food diary , BIG BIG HELP!

Ok I see. I got a referral from my GP to a Peadatritian, and the Pead refererred me to the Nutritionist which we see each of them every 3 months. (Through the public system, although we had to wait 3 months for the appt to come through the first time) But they tested him for allergies etc and have both been amazing at putting plans in action for us re: skin care regimines and meal planning.
Plus you will be amazed at how much soy she has actually had - go look at your bread, crackers, biscuits, they all say "contains soy", margerine, sausages, just about everything you can think of contains soy...marmite...list goes on. My boy can't have any of it! He is a bit easier to tell if he reacts as he gets a full on rash pretty quickly.

She's bf - she was very windy as a newborn and I adjusted my diet then and things improved. I'll have a chat to my GP this week.

Oh & half the time GP's don't know

The GP hasn't been very helpful so far, she had a nasty rash on her a couple of weeks ago and they couldn't tell me what it was or what to do about it.

Dairy does seem to be a trigger for her - unbenown to me my Dad had given her some of the froth off his coffee and it gave her almost instant dioherra.

I don't have dairy a lot myself only on my cereal for breakfast.
A food diary sounds like a good idea.
Catherine hadn't had craddle cap since she was little, she has a couple of patches this week - trying to work out whats caused it.

Just skim read the responses, so apologies if someone has already suggested this! I'd be inclined to get her tested for allergies in the first instance with either a RAST (bld test) or a skin prick test. That way you're not eliminating food unnecessarily from both your diet and hers. Eczema on the face, then diarrhoea were the first sign that my daughter had food allergies. Your GP or a paediatrician can give you a form to get the tests done.

I personally wouldn't muck around with trying to eliminate things, I'd just go straight to proper testing. Then the nutritionist can make dietary suggestions when you know what you're dealing with.

Good luck!

Kabe, testing is useful but in the case of intolerance, even severe intolerance, they don't show anything up.

Definitely get skin pricks done, but don't think that it's going to give you any answers, it might but just as easily it might not.

Look at it in all the foods you eat as well?

Have a look at the links on this page RPAH Allergy unitpage 3 shows how an intolerance works.

I've never heard of cane sugar as a food intolerance.