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Training nutrition and snacks

I am in the phase of my food sensitivity eating that I am trying (one at a time) untested foods and continuing to avoid the foods that I am moderately or highly reactive to. With sensitivities to wheat, corn, soy, cane sugar, vanilla, ginger, orange, peach, pecan, raspberries, and watermelon, one might assume that it's really hard for me to snack or find nutrition to use for training.

 It's true, there are a number of products I used to use (nuun, Clif bloks, eGel, Hammer Recoverite, BiPro vanilla whey protein) that I can't use now. But I am doing fine fueling a bit differently.

 Sport drink:

  • Homemade...tart cherry concentrate, Untapped maple syrup, water, sea salt
Gels:
  • Honey Stinger Gold
  • Untapped maple syrup
Recovery:
  • Pea protein
  • Egg white protein
Both proteins are unflavored and have a weird "natural" flavor so you need to mix them with other things and a sweetener like honey or 100% maple syrup.

I am having a hard time finding dried fruit (pineapple and kiwi) to train with like I used to because a lot of it uses cane sugar and/or citric acid. I might have to dry my own.

Snacking isn't impossible either. Here are some of the things that are working for me:
  • Almonds
  • Cashews
  • Carrots
  • Celery with almond butter (watch for extra ingredients in the almond butter)
  • Sprouted salted pumpkin seeds
  • No BS Blueberry bars
  • Larabars (cashew cookie, pineapple upside down cake, coconut creme pie)
  • Blueberries, walnuts, honey, coconut (unsweetened)
  • Goat yogurt (add 100% maple syrup or honey and cinnamon)
Surprisingly there aren't many things I miss. A few that occasionally cross my mind:
  • Coffee creamer. Black coffee is fine, but creamer is magnificent.
  • Froyo. 'nuff said.
  • Greek yogurt. Not goat-y tasting yogurt.
  • Miracle Whip and pickle relish in tuna.
  • Mexican food, Indian food, Thai food.

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