symptoms: all of my yesterday’s symptoms were gone by the time I woke up and I felt good until a couple of hours after lunch.
I started feeling tired, so I had a spoonful of coconut oil to give me energy, but it kept getting worse and soon I had brain fog + abdominal pain + bloating.
I couldn’t figure out what I could have eaten… but then realized that the beef I had at lunch was cooked in a broth with turnips. I was careful about removing all the turnip and not having the broth, because FODMAPs are water-soluble, but I guess there were enough FODMAPs that made their way in the meat to make me sick… Something I ‘ll sure remember next time…
a dietitian gone paleo 
Do you think that once you/we eat right for a certain amount of time, our intestinal lining will heal and we can digest these ‘normal’ foods again?
I think this is a very good question and the answer probably varies from on person to another. I think that it is probably wise to try some new foods once in a while just to test if your tolerance has improved. However, I guess it is good to first restore a baseline levels, free of symptoms, for a few weeks before challenging yourself with ”unsafe” foods. =) I certainly hope it will get better with time for me and for all of us…
Besides increasing your energy, what does the coconut oil “do” for you? I have never heard of that until your blog/posts and am always in search of widening my list of tolerable food items. I am glad that you have a dietary background and can also speak to issues such as FM from both a personal as well as dietary point of view!
I suggest you have a listen to this podcast (and read this). Bruce Fife is one of th leading expert when it comes to coconut oil and you will definitely want to add this to your diet! =)