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  1. AliB
    Thanks Mia. Although I am definitely gluten intolerant I am pretty confident that I am not Celiac. My tests were negative and I am not nearly as reactive as I was. I suspect that the gluten and carbs were contributing to high bacterial activity causing damage to my stomach and gut. I did take the Echinacea and Goldenseal before a few months back and...
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    I just posted this on the SCD thread. I have just read an article in the paper about a woman who, over a period of 20 years visited the doctor over 1000 times, with all sorts of weird, but totally wrong diagnoses being given. Finally a doctor with a bit of savvy listened properly and did some more appropriate tests and it turns out she has been battling...
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    Funnily enough, I have just this minute read an article in the Daily Mail about a woman who has made 1000 visits to the doctor over the last 20 years and has just finally had her health problems diagnosed as down to a bacterial infection of Actinomycosis. So there's another one I haven't heard of before. How many are there? That was interesting about...
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    Hi Mia, yes I am pretty sure that there is some infection going on somewhere although I am also now wondering if I have a problem with Helicobacter or some other pathogenic bacteria. I did have a blood test for it fairly recently which came back negative but I read on the web last night that blood tests often come back as a false negative. I wonder whether...
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    Hi Paula. I haven't had a stool test done although I have been thinking about it. I am in the UK so would get it done over here. I am beginning to wonder whether I might have H. Pylori. I had a blood test done for it but was reading on the web today that the tests can sometimes be false negatives. Although going gluten-free has helped, I still...
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    Pele, do you have ANY idea what might have triggered it? I suppose it might have been something like a virus. I started to feel better and regain some energy just after I went gluten-free but within a couple days I was hit by a virus and went back to square one - I have never got backup to that point since. I am pretty sure that when the immune system...
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    Thanks for that Mia. Finding a suitable container may be a bit of a problem but I will have to see if I can improvise. I looked on Ebay and someone in America is selling big jars like wine demijohns but with a large opening at the top. They are glass with a tight plastic lid and a fermentation water trap. That's a good idea but they are quite expensive...
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    All these things can be linked to food intolerances. Very often an overgrowth of certain bacteria within the body will set off toxic reactions to some foods. All bacteria give off by-products as part of their digestive process and some by-products can be damaging and affect any area of the body. Those 'rogue' bacteria may be perfectly ok in small amounts...
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    Ok Mia. So first you get your cabbage........any type? Does it need to be scrupulously washed? I watched a video on YouTube and the woman cut 2 large cabbages from her garden then proceeded to cut them up, but it didn't mention anything about washing them. I don't grow any so would have to buy them. Should they be organic or would any cabbage be ok...
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    Thanks Mia - I'l PM you on that - unless anyone else is interested in which case you might as well post the instructions on the thread! I'm wondering whether you did actually heat it enough. The fact that it was runny may indicate that either another bacteria got into the mix, or your starter didn't work properly. Did you use the same starter...
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    As you seem to be pretty much doing it anyway why not get yourself onto the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. It is designed to help the body heal. There is a thread on this section which is worthwhile mooching through and if you want more info check out the 'breaking the vicious cycle' and 'Pecanbread' websites. There are also several SCD recipe sites out...
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    I also picked up these 2 interesting pages. Worth a read if you haven't come across them before. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    I picked up the following information about Olestra, Cici. I'm struggling to figure out why your doc thinks it is good for detox!
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    Mia. I would love to try making sauerkraut - I wonder whether you would mind talking me through the process?
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    I picked these 2 interesting pages up. Well worth a read. This is a very informative site. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    Sorry to butt in here folks but I was fascinated by that one. How can Pringles, even fat-free which are high-carb and salt and have added 'stuff' possibly help the body detox???? Yuk - they always take the 'roof of my mouth' off and leave it feeling horrible.
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    Stupid man - get another doctor. Not everyone who has an allergic reaction ends up with anaphylactic shock! You can have a mild allergic reaction. It seems as though you may also be intolerant of some foods too which is not the same as an allergic reaction but can be just as debilitating. You didn't specify which of those symptoms you get when you...
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    Hi Noucha. There is a thread on this section on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet - it stretches to 28 pages or so but is well worth a trawl through if you have the time. All of us who post on it are following it and we all jolly each other along! For more in-depth info if you search for the 'Breaking the vicious cycle' and 'Pecanbread' websites you will...
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    This kind of backs up the thought that rogue bacteria is behind a lot of our health issues. I have this feeling that the little beggars, when deprived of their main food just turn to a different one. Only by avoiding carbs per se can we have any hope of conquering them! When I started gluten-free I also dropped dairy. Then I found that I was reacting...
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    What did you do Rachel, stick a pin in the list??? We do not have the luxury of 'integrative' MD's over here. It's usually a case of Orthodoxy on one side and Alternative on another, and never the twain shall meet. An MD I had years ago, actually gave up being a doctor and became a homeopath, she was so fed up of being nothing but a glorified drug pusher...
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    Rachel, just because I didn't mention that our friend has tried other treatment for his CFS does not mean that he hasn't. I know he has tried other avenues including acupuncture, homeopathy and herbal treatments, to no avail. As a young man on very limited income who has to pay for any alternative treatment he has few options. We may have the NHS, but...
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    Castor, I would agree with the previous posts about stress. Continuous stress is very damaging for the body. You may well have been gluten and/or dairy intolerant all your life which could also have exacerbated your health problems. Whether it is Lyme or not cannot be established until you have had some kind of testing for it, but in any case I am sure...
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    The pain between your toes would equate with the face and any pain along the side of the foot would tie in with the arm and leg. My gut feeling would be that bacterial activity is behind it somehow. You are right to avoid fruit - I have had a problem for years with Candida and find fruit hard to cope with although I have been having a little lately. ...
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    AliB replied to bear6954's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

    Why give your baby artificially flavored drink at all? Plain filtered water would be the best thing for him to drink. If you don't encourage the sweet tooth, he won't have one. If you feel that you must give him something then why not try well-diluted unsweetened carton or bottled juices like pure grape or apple cider. I find that an inch of juice topped...
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    Hi all. I removed the pieces of coconut from the shell carefully by slicing into the flesh in smallish pieces and then prising them away from the shell. I put the flesh including the brown 'skin' into the blender and added 2 cups of boiling water. Then I pulped it for several minutes. I strained it through a fairly fine sieve then returned the pulp...
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