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    Yes, perhaps, but then again, how often new 'schools of thought' are considered to be 'off the wall' until they are proved right. Who is to say the research is obscure? There is a lot of research going on out there that is gradually 'seeping through' to indicate that this may not actually be 'just a theory'. A lot of research is useless and amounts to...
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    If your gut is starting to heal then it will be able to absorb more nutrients. Perhaps, Dawn and Sherry, you are beginning to absorb more magnesium - also it is possible that certain bacteria were actually robbing your body of it, necessitating the extra high supplementation and now you are on SCD the bacteria have been forced to take a back seat. Whatever...
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    Ok, but why is it autoimmune? What causes the immune system to attack those different parts of the body? Now, with new and recent research coming out, there is a school of thought beginning to form that the immune system may actually be attacking proteins within the body that are mimicked by similar proteins within rogue bacteria. The immune system in...
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    AliB replied to zeta-lilly's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Me too! Me Too! I used to wind the window down and take deep breaths of the fuel smells! But I did wonder whether it is a kid thing, too. Young people are very drawn to strong fume-y stuff like glue-sniffing which is generally confined to teenagers. Perhaps it is something to do with a deficiency of some kind! There's something for the 'powers that...
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    Dawn I would say that the immediate gas may well be down to bacteria of some kind in the stomach - something you have eaten is obviously triggering a response. If the gas stops once the food is past that point then starts again later, it may just be that the same bacteria or a similar one is having a similar reaction further down the digestive tract. I...
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    What IS perfectly healthy?? There is no one who is perfect or perfectly healthy so how can we possibly have a benchmark by which to measure against?? Just because 'most' people have a certain issue, like gas and bloating, doesn't mean that it is normal. Why do beans cause gas? Because of bacterial activity as a reaction to the substances in the beans...
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    I see this all the time. Those who get better then get worse and start to develop weird reactions and intolerances to foods that were fine before, especially carbs. Carbs are the biggest factor. Many of us with gut damage cannot digest them properly and undigested carbs are bacteria heaven! Hence the gas and bloating - they are kicking up a shindig...
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    Absolutely I agree. Anyone who knows me is aware that I think that 'Celiac' and Gluten Intolerance are merely different aspects of the same thing, just as I also believe that Type 1 and type 2 Diabetes are different aspects of the same problem. Type 1's just get there a lot quicker! I am convinced that much, if not most of our diseases are caused by...
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    Hippocrates said "all disease begins in the gut". He also said "let food be thy medicine". He had more understanding in his little finger than most of the highly trained 21st C doctors have in their entire brain! You will have thyroid and adrenal problems because your gut isn't working properly. Because the body cannot utilise the food we eat then we...
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    Sorry, didn't mean to infer that you might have ASD! Just pointing out the link connecting it and the toe-walking with gut damage. As ASD is quite likely to be caused by some kind of neurological damage then the gut/brain link is certainly a reasonable assumption in that case. At the end of the day though, not everyone with neurologcal damage will...
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    Gut dysbiosis and Candida are linked to gluten-intolerance. I have had Candida for years. I have done a lot of research over the past few months since my digestion collapsed and have realised that in my case my gut dysbiosis probably stems back to having been given quite a lot of antibiotics as a child. Gut dysbiosis can be triggered by other things...
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    The toe-walking thing is often associated with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and could well have its root in digestive issues as many Autistic children and adults have digestive problems. The nerve meridians are all linked within the body - before becoming gluten-free I used to get a lot of restless leg and itchiness in my feet so I would suggest there is...
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    It is difficult Dawn as the problem with the acid/bicarb thing is, as Mia said, the the stomach needs acid to break down the food, but the small intestine needs bicarb to neutralise the acid when it get out the other end. If you take bicarb then you are neutralising the acid, so it needs to be taken at the right time once the food has left the stomach and...
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    You are so right Rachel about the Fish, we don't know the half of it. As I said, we can't get much good fish these days, except perhaps a bit of wild salmon if you are fortunate. Man has an awful lot of cleaning up to do and I am not sure he will ever achieve it! Apparently cod liver oil is ok as the mercury settles in the protein part of the fish so...
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    Gerri, I was intolerant to a lot of the same foods as you, but since I have been following the SCD I have gradually been recovering. I still have a way to go, but can now tolerate a lot more foods than before. Eggs are now fine, as are veg and several fruits but I still need to avoid Soya, MSG, sugar, chocolate (probably because it contains soya lecithin...
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    Definitely we need more Vitamin D. At the end of the day there aren't many of us in this world that are too far from a source of fish - the sea is full of them and so are the rivers, but we just don't get enough of it, well certainly not good fish, anyway. It is very expensive on the whole unless you buy the tinned stuff which has often been cooked to...
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    Many who are supposedly 'Celiac' don't get better after dropping gluten or get better for a little while then get bad again. What they are suffering from is Gut Dysbiosis. This happens to a lot of people and can be triggered by many things - stress, trauma, drugs. The worst culprit of those is anti-biotics because they kill the good guys as well as the...
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    I have a friend who was put on to antibiotics in her early twenties for 14 months! Her immune system is completely trashed. What the heck is wrong with these doctors! It is quite likely that the best remedy for the Strep throat was to have consumed plenty of very good plain live yogurt for a while. The bacteria in it would undoubtedly have seen off...
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    Have they checked for Helicobacter? If there is a lot mucous in the stomach it may be masking it. Check out the Specific Carbohydrate Diet - it is designed to encourage healing by removing the carbohydrates that trigger rogue bacteria and parasites. Rogue bacterial and parasitic activity is often to blame for gut problems. Many of us suffer with things...
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    I see this so often on here - those who either drop gluten but don't get better or who get better for a while and then get worse - I wish there was a way everyone could be directed to the answers without them having to post anything! I have a theory - and it is a theory that, with the quite a bit of current research that is starting to come out, is actually...
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    Yes it depends on what you mean by leg pains. I use to get a lot of achey leg pains and particularly restless legs at night which drove me mad. I realised though before I went gluten-free that it was due to my digestion. When it was bad I would get the pains, when it was ok my legs were ok. After going gluten-free and dairy-free it settled down a lot...
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    So what was so horrible about our English peanut butter??? Less sugar? Less salt? I am intruiged!
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    Jason, I know I have probably said this before but you really need to concentrate on getting your gut to heal. I can understand where you are coming from but I think you need more help with this than we can give you. Have you consulted any alternative therapists about your issues? If your gut issues are not corrected by removing gluten then it is possible...
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    Natasha Campbell McBride states in her book 'Gut and Psychology Syndrome' that it is more likely that people have too little acid than too much. Acid reflux or GERD is due to the sphincter muscle not closing properly at the top of the stomach because there is not enough acid production to trigger it. She usually finds that HCI supplementation sorts the...
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    We can share our recipes, Figgy! I put yours on the SCD recipe thread in the Recipes section. On another note, I don't know if this sounds daft, but my stomach is always uncomfortable in the front towards the top - I have wondered if I have Helicobacter even though the test came back negative. Anyway, three nights ago I took 3 probiotic capsules a few...
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