JenCO

I don't know specifically why your change of diet may have caused the leg cramps, but I used to suffer from morning calf cramps myself, and I found that it was due to a calcium/magnesium imbalance. Basically calcium help muscles to contract and magnesium helps them to relax. I took 2 doses of 300mg magnesium per day (taken in magnesium citrate form), and...

I'm both lactose intolerant and dairy (probably casein) intolerant. For me, the two intolerances cause different reactions. If you are lactose intolerant it means that your body does not produce the enzyme lactase which is needed to digest the lactose. My symptom is that I will feel sick within a few minutes of eating something containing a pasteurised...

I was diagnosed with a very large fibroid (size of 5 month pregnancy) in 2003. It was growing rapidly, and my doctor said I had candida, so I went on a yeast-free diet. Co-incidentally, I also pretty much gave up wheat because I noticed it was making me feel very tired after eating it. My fibroid stopped growing. In fact, I found that it grew only when...