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  1. AliB
    Pele, I think the DCCC is legal because it is made via a fermentation method rather than curdled using lemon juice or rennet. Cottage cheese is curdled but the rather confusingly named 'curd' cheese is fermented with active lactic bacteria-loaded buttermilk. I don't think it is that much different to dripped yogurt although the combination of bacteria may...
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    I did find some links suggesting using bismuth but it also suggested that it worked better with an antibiotic. The garlic has at least got my stomach back to where it was before the Solgar Enzymes incident, but my sleep is still quite restless and I am exhausted. I could sleep for a week. Maybe my body is telling me it is time I went to bed earlier!...
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    Mia, was it you who had to take the course of antibiotics recently? Did you feel better after, and have you had any problems with Candida or anything else since? Ali
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    Sherry, whilst looking for references to Helicobacter and Garlic I picked up this article which mentions that garlic has been used with good success against Strongyloides. Thought you might find it of interest. Open Original Shared Link It also mentions that it seems to work well against Candida, too and I am all for that! I am up to 2 cloves today...
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    Interesting Mia if there is a non-antibio remedy for Helicobacter. It is probably only a problem for me, if that is what it is, because my body is so out of balance and has been for a long time, but I am slowly getting there. The Betaine HCL episode was a bit of a setback but the garlic seems to be working. I had a corm earlier today and will have another...
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    Although you may well have an intolerance to gluten as has been mentioned many of us have issues with other foods and those generally tend to be other carbs. Some of us just cannot digest certain foods properly. For some it may be carbs, for others fats or protein and some with a very damaged gut can have problems with all of them. Personally for me...
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    I have another theory too. When I was on gluten and carbs in general I used to get raging restless legs and hot burning feet for years. Going gluten-free helped some but cutting right back on the starchy, grain, sugar and dairy-based carbs did the trick and I only get it now when my gut can't cope with something (usually carb) I have (and shouldn't...
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    As you have a medically diagnosed condition - ie. Celiac, I wonder if the same rules apply if you can show a valid reason for having the food with you? Do you have a Doc who could sign the SCD as a medical necessity?!! I haven't flown for years so am out of touch with the current protocol so my input may be way off the wall. I picked this page up on...
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    Well, I am supposed to have another blood test for Helicobacter tomorrow - whether it will show up I haven't a clue, but the Doc did say that we could try a breath test if that comes back neg. Over here apparently the breath test is only used to determine if the Helicobacter has gone after treatment as the antibodies continue to show in the blood for at...
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    Oh Kelly - I can feel your pain. Not knowing what is going on is just the worst thing - and very frightening. My symptoms have not been all the same as yours, but I can sympathise with your fear as I have been there too. Can I ask a few questions? How long have you been gluten-free? What do you eat? Have you experimented with eating different...
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    On a slightly different tack - I am going to go back to my doc in the morning and ask to be restested for Helicobacter. I seem to be getting this stressed digestion every time I eat anything and it is driving me mad, especially at night when the pounding/throbbing heart thing that is linked to it is keeping me awake. I haven't had a decent night in over...
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    I agree Rinne. I think a lot of this is about getting to know and understand your body. I was talking to a friend of ours about - yes, enzymes, my favorite subject at the moment. He is a very intelligent man - an electrical engineer, but he had never looked into enzymes or what they do. But then neither had I until now. He was going to go off and...
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    Hi Sherry - good to 'see' you. I looked up Strongyloides - yuk! Where the heck would you have got that from??? From what I read on it it looks as though you may need several courses of treatment to remove it. How are things going otherwise? Is your sewing going well? I am big into beading at the moment - I just love off-loom bead weaving and lace...
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    For many of us gluten is only a small part of the picture - I also stopped dairy at the same time as gluten as I was also lactose intolerant, but very quickly I realised that I couldn't cope with any carbs, even gluten-free ones (many of them are actually more carb-dense than gluten foods so if carbs in general are the problem then gluten-free can make things...
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    Amber, why not try the SCD? Most of the foods you have mentioned are avoided on the diet and those of us who are following it are getting good results. I couldn't cope with eggs when I started but within a few weeks I could tolerate them again which was great. Many seem to struggle for years having to eliminate one food after another - the diet just...
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    Hi Whitney - I would say Jan's advice is probably better than mine - we may be a lot nearer France than you but it might as well be the other side of the World as far as produce is concerned. Whilst the UK is way too ready to kow-tow to the EEC and the the red-tape of Brussels, France couldn't give a monkeys' so they will often sell good food on street...
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    ARCHIVED Candida

    AliB replied to heatherjane's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

    If you have any fungal infestation of any kind that will indicate that your body is a 'yeast-factory', Candida or otherwise. Symptoms include Thrush (oral and/or vaginal - both of which can indicate systemic Candida throughout the gut), athlete's foot, fungal nail bed infections, dandruff and an itchy scalp, itchy dark skin lesions -especially in the...
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    Pumpkin is legal and you can also use butternut squash, which is what I did and it was just as nice. Although pumpkin tends to be seasonal we can get squash more easily over here.
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    Thanks for the reminder about lemon juice - yes it is good but I haven't had any for a few weeks. I can't cope with any gluten-free grains either which is why I am following the SCD. You should be able to find an almond flour pizza crust on one or other of the SCD recipe sites - I know there is one in the Grain-Free Gourmet book although I don't have...
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    Hmm, yes, chocolate, well, that's why I was saying not to stray from the diet like I have. I am sure that some can take a little very bitter choc with low sugar content at a later stage once they are well healed but at the start it is best avoided (mind you, I think the recipe was for raw chocolate not processed which may be marginally more tolerated - you...
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    Whitney, it took a good 6 - 8 weeks for my bowels to sort themselves out - I went through the whole gamut from extreme D to C and everything in between! I suspect in some ways that it may take a little longer if you have C as your system is probably clogged and that may take a while to rectify. It is still very early days and your body is going through...
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    Hi. I find that I am much better the more raw I eat. I have come to the conclusion that it is down to a lack of digestive enzymes and that the raw food works because it contains enzymes. All the nutrients in the world won't be of any use at all unless we have the workers, the enzymes, to work with them and put those nutrients to work. I am currently...
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    We talk about certain foods being 'dead' or 'live' - that is in terms of their enzyme capacity. Even some of the raw foods may not have too much in the way of enzymes, especially if they have been produced through intensive farming on poor soil. You are so fortunate to have access to good home-grown stuff. But anything live is better for us than anything...
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    I have been recovering on the SCD too and it has been very helpful for many of my previous health issues, most of which are either much improved or gone completely, however, I still have issues with my digestion and am coming round to the idea that it may be due to a lack of certain enzymes. I suspect that has been the problem for a long time but it got...
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