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Thanks, Andrea. It's kinda discouraging to see all the things I tested so positive for (ALL milk & wheat), but on the positive side, at least I now am better informed. I can do it. Actually, I had been drinking blueberry tea for the past few weeks since I can't drink coffee any more. I've been having anxiety as well. Maybe it'll abate now that...

Hi Guys: It's been a while, but wanted to share some news and ask for input. My integrative med doc ordered a blood test from US BioTek and the results were a bit startling and conclusive. All dairy tested positive for IgG and IgE off the chart, as did all wheat, spelt, sesame, egg white & yolk, coffee and BLUEBERRIES. (Blueberries???) The...

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone! Yeah, the "pimples" were DH, I'm sure of it. My integrative med doc thought so, too. The mainstream dermatologist missed it. The integrative doc (Patty Ammon) has been dx'd with ms and has a lot of expertise in that area. She said she sees a lot of connection between unhealthy guts and immune/inflammation...

Hi Everyone: I'm popping in to give you all an update. I originally came to this forum in Jan/Feb 2007 with some neurological issues such as gait problems and a spastic right hand. What I learned on this board was invaluable! I learned to listen to myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had felt for over a month that I should stop eating certain things like...

Hi All: I was doing really well, then introduced some dried mangoes I got from the health food store and started feeling yukky. At first I thought it was from eating too many of the sickly sweet things, but my sinuses started acting up after 2 1/2 months of being gluten-free and no sinus headaches. Have any of you heard of dried fruit being contaminated...

Seems Eleuthero is the new name for American Ginseng. Hmmm.

Hi Everyone: I bought a new tea: Celestial Seasonings' Tension Tamer. As soon as I drank half my cup, my tummy began to cramp a bit, and then came the D. Do any of you have intolerances to any of the following ingredients? Eleuthero, peppermint, cinnamon, ginger, chamomile, lemon grass, licorice, catnip, tilia flowers, hops. I'm not sure what...

Any infection, as far as I'm aware, causes inflammation. I'm no expert on hemmies, tho, so I don't know.

Hi Erica: Personally I think it's a good idea to not reintroduce foods until your gut has had some time to heal. My integrative med doc recommended I stay on the fruits/veggies/poultry/fish diet for 3 months, and then try to introduce one type of food a week, beginning with nuts/seeds, then legumes, then other proteins, etc. I've been gluten...

Wow, thanks for the great input! My integrative med doc has given me all the info on the best B12 to take, and it's my choice to do subling or injection. Maybe I'll try the sublingual first.

I was going to mention the hijacking of my thread, but was getting a kick out of the debate, so let it slide. BTW, coconut oil has more saturated fat than butter. I think that is why the american heart assoc. doesn't recommend it's use as a common cooking agent. I understand from this forum and my own research that coconut oil has a higher smoking...

so how much is your injections? 1 cc? (i wasn't really paying attention to the doc). Are the sublingual B12s comparable, really? Geez, if they are what the heck am I thinking of giving myself shots for???

I've been eating veggies/fruits & poultry/fish now for over a month and I have to agree that IT'S HARD! The up-side to this is that my gut is healing. I can tell. I also started taking a pro-biotic (gotta get the refrigerated kind and check the label for ingredients), and am taking Glutamine to help with the gut-healing process (my integrative...

B12 injection a therapy for buuilding up the courage for a tatoo? LOL That's priceless! Yeah, the first B12 shot the doc asked me if I wanted to try it myself. NOT! I know it will be a hurdle to self-inject, but I suppose I can do it. I have to look away from getting blood drawn too, Rachel, but hopefully this won't involve blood (the hard part for...

Wow, this thread got into some pretty interesting tangents. lol Bottom line: As a collective race we are always learning and growing. The first time man ate a tomato, he was going out on a limb: was it going to kill him (as other plants killed members of his "tribe"), or was it going to nourish him? He was lucky. Sure, there are corporate cover...