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  1. Ms Jan
    Mia, Yes, I know what you mean with keeping dragging oneself around even when you basically can't. It somehow keeps the wheel spinning. I used to do it myself before my headaches and vomiting became simply debilitating. Since then, I have no choice: I literally can do nothing when poisoned - and if I try, I can be sure to do it wrong, or be dangerous...
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    ARCHIVED Headaches

    Ms Jan replied to SGWhiskers's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Good ideas from others. Just wish to add: Have you tried an elimination diet to see if you're intolerant to other foods than gluten ? For the last six years, I've suffered from terrible debilitating headaches with neck stiffness and often vomiting. After starting on the SCD five months ago, I've been able to identify which foods trigger the headaches ...
  3. Ms Jan
    Hi Sherry and Pele, Yes, sometimes I get very sick, like last week, other times I just get headaches, and then there are days when it's my energy I loose. Think it depends a bit on what it is exactly that I'm reacting to - and the amounts I've ingested. And just like you Sherry, as soon as I'm well again, like now, my spirits lift, it's like my entire...
  4. Ms Jan
    Very interesting article, Pele. I've been wondering why my healing is so slow, and maybe if something else is wrong with me with my almost weekly downfall to three days of poisoning symptoms due to the tiniest amounts of whatever (SCD legals generally, just stuff I can't digest). But this article explains that it could all just be the celiac and my much...
  5. Ms Jan
    Hi David, Glad you feel you're on the right track. Just wanted to let you know that I've basically followed the same two-pronged path. When I first fell ill six years ago, I went through a lot of testing that brought me nowhere. Finally after three years, I figured out that food triggered my condition, and I found an immunologist who dx me with candida...
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    WOW - Thanks Mia, I had no idea! I'll certainly stay away from that stuff and find some clean & pure salt ... What they put in food is mind boggling
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    Thanks Pele, I've had problems with Solaray's B12 - knew about the sorbitol, but not that it can be made from wheat. Explains a lot ... will cut it out immediately! And the salt too: just checked mine, a supposedly healthy brand, but it does contain an anticoagulation additive, E535. Does anyone know if this is SCD illegal (or just plain bad for you...
  8. Ms Jan
    Thanks Mia and Ali for some very interesting information. Might very well explain why I can't digest cashew nuts. And as to the fat/protein - it hits straight on something I've wondered about, since it seems that most of you eat a lot of meat, whereas I get sick from anything but a little chicken. Yet, I've not seemed to loose energy due to a...
  9. Ms Jan
    Yes, cealiac disease and ED can certainly be linked. Just to add my personal experience to the picture: I had an ED for about five years in my late teens early twenties, later struggled with being over weight that I then finally connected with wheat flour in my late twenties. That was also when I realized that I would have near relapses to my ED whenever...
  10. Ms Jan
    Sounds like you're already on the right track. Here are a few helpful websites with information on the SCD: Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Yes, salad dressings can be treacherous: large potential for toxic additives or hidden sugars. I've cut those out totally and only make my own with lemon...
  11. Ms Jan
    Yes, true healing can take a very long time, many months or even years. But if you cut all potentially harmful substances out of your diet, you might find that at least you alleviate some of your symptoms much faster, maybe even within weeks. (And I mean really down to basics in something akin to the SCD intro diet - or whichever foods you know are...
  12. Ms Jan
    Hi Darkhorse, Glad to hear that the diet is already working for you. It seems you're really on the right track. I had major changes in my appetites early on as well. I do believe it's a combination of factors doing it: like Ali says, the killing of some bugs is surely part of it, and the other getting better nutrients in less amounts of food....
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    Hi Sherry, As to cashew nuts, it might be the mold that gives you problems. I can digest most nuts without any problems, but just tried cashews and immediately got a brain fog. And I read somewhere that cashews are particularly moldy. Jan
  14. Ms Jan
    Hi there, I was sick again for three days. This time I think it was because I'd eaten a little bit of organic minced meat. Did it as a test since I was feeling so well, but that I shouldn't have done . Back to my safe vegetables. And it's good to be reminded Pele, that it took you 9-10 months to really get better, giving me some encouragements...
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    I can't digest meat, eggs and even fish. My reaction is to get bad headaches, and then to throw up for a couple of days, until I throw up only acid and bile. Just had three days of this after trying a slight bit of organic minced meat. Don't know what the problem is, though. I'm following the SCD for four month now and am better overall, but I still can't...
  16. Ms Jan
    Hi Jenn, Glad you feel better. I normally use all of the broccoli, stem and tree - cutting it into thumb sized pieces and letting it boil for about 20 minutes so it becomes all soft. As to whether broccoli and cauliflower produce gas, I don't know since that was never one of my problems. You'll have to see whether it agrees with you or not. To...
  17. Ms Jan
    Thanks, fig girl. I had both blood and fecal tests done on Tuesday, so now I'm just waiting for the answers. The specialist said that he did think that celiac, and the fact that I had carried it for a lifetime without treatment, was the basic course of my trouble, but also that I might have other problems as well, particularly with my liver. So we'll see...
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    Hi Jenn, Glad to hear that the chicken broth is doing some good, and that you found a doctor who might be able to help you. If the pureed carrots are bothering you, it might be due to an intolerance. I don't put carrots in my chicken soup, since I can't digest them at all. Instead I use cellery, which I seldom eat, but they add a good taste to the broth...
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    Hi marthamom, just to chip in on the fruit discussion. depending on what the exact problem is, you might also be helped by following the principles of 'Fit for Live (Harvey & Marilyn Diamond), of always eating your fruit before and not after any other foods. As Ali mentionned, fruit is digested much faster than other foods, and due to the sugar contents...
  20. Ms Jan
    I'm doing the SCD, while excluding dairy, honey (and all other sweets) and eggs. Since I can't digest meat or fish, except for chicken and canned tuna, nor any nutflour foods, it means that my diet is very simple: vegetables, non sugary fruits, nuts and then the chicken soup. It was difficult in the beginning, but now I've gotten used to it, and here after...
  21. Ms Jan
    Agree with what everyone has said. It sounds so serious, you better get checked. But while doing so - or if the testing takes time - you might find it helpful to look into the SC intro diet (Specific Carbohydrate) or part of it, since it's aimed exactly at healing the GI system. You can find info on the thread in this forum or on the www.pecanbread.com...
  22. Ms Jan
    Hi Pele, Sherry and Ali, Thanks os much for all your inputs Sherry, I'll check out that SCD site. And will push to be tested for all conditions I know of when I start my hospital check-ups next week (also the meta-metrix). Ali, I have taken milk thistle for six weeks, then stopped about two weeks ago. Will get new supplies and begin again...
  23. Ms Jan
    Hi All, Last week I was sick again for three days - so annoying! Also because I've really been improving lately, and I couldn't identify any slips at all in staying within the diet & safe foods, which is very strict for me. So I came down to it being stress, having pushed me over the edge this time, since I had had too much on my plate for my present...
  24. Ms Jan
    Hi Yoekie, The SCD can be done no matter where you live. I live half the time in Denmark, and some years ago I lived in Belgium, and you can get enough of the necessary produce - and if you need any specific stuff, or SCD legal supplements, you can always order them on the internet. The diet is all about eliminating additives, grains and highly processed...
  25. Ms Jan
    Hi there, I have problems with almond flour - as well as all the other nut flours - even now four months into the diet. But I do perfectly well with whole nuts, except for cashews which I believe tend to be moldy. Also I can't digest carrots. Think they're too sweet or starchy. And since I don't do dairy, nor eggs or sweets, and only chicken as meat, my...
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