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    Check out "Organic Food Bar." They make a number of varieties, including one for vegans. All are "No preservates, additives, salt, or refined sugars. Gluten-Free." And no unfamiliar, chemical-sounding ingredients. Whole Foods has them. --Aldo
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    LisaB, Your post on B5 was an eye opener for me. I thought that the really important Bs were the 1-2-3 and 6, and folic acid and, for vegetarians, 12. But my reading thus far is convincing me that B5--this supposedly in-everything vitamin with so little chance of a deficiency that there is no RDA for it--is more important than many think, and that most...
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    Libby, Welcome. About your first Q: It's my understanding that they are referring to the same process, which may be why it's sometimes called the Liver/Gallbladder Flush. (Pl correct me if someone knows otherwise.) I suppose it's more accurate to call it the Liver Flush since--again it's only what I've read--stones in the gallbladder only get there from...
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    Lorraine, The postscript that is there in the above post was not intended to go through, along with more graphic material that I thought unnecessary and successfully deleted, but on rereading the material, I noticed I missed these lines because they somehow got pushed to the bottom of the screen out of sight. (I had to keep restraining myself, and deleting...
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    Lorraine, In rereading my response this morning to your question to see if in fact I did answer it, and to see, as always, how many unintended words replaced those intended--there usually are a few--I was reminded of what they often say about Internet info (and you may know this better than I do): take it with a liberal sprinkling of salt. That would be...
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    Hello Lorraine, Sorry about your son. What a way to start the journey! About the reasons to have a gallbladder flush: I'm not qualified to answer. Still learning about it, with many questions still not fully answered. But I did find a short summary in the curezone.com web site that gives, I think, the main reasons for doing it. 90% of adults have...
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    Sarah, First my apologies for not getting your posting name right. There's not much difference, I suppose, between Seeking Wholeness and Seeking Wellness except, maybe, that wholeness is a more fundamental and necessary state of being than wellness. But, in any case, a name is a name and I should have gotten it right. I also noticed, this time around...
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    ARCHIVED Fasting

    aldociao replied to YankeeDB's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Hi Sarah, Yes, your post was very useful, so much so that I've spent many hours since, tracking down as much info as possible in order to make a well informed decision concerning whether I should be doing the Flush. In doing so, I became convinced that whether the procedure is for everyone, I believe we all should be aware of this treatment option that seems...
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    There are four basic questions, it seems to me, about the Flush, and in case some of you might not want to go netsurfing to check this out--though I very much recommend it--I'll list them and go on to briefly give my take on each question. First, the safety issue: How dangerous is it if a stone gets stuck in the bile duct? Are these "stones" really gallstones...
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    ARCHIVED Fasting

    aldociao replied to YankeeDB's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Sarah, Graphic, Yes, and very interesting and informative. But I'm now puzzled after reading what you had to say about the Flush: It helped to know that you actually handled one of the "stones" and it was, you said, definitely solid, and I suppose you were tempted to do this in answer to the arguments that these so-called stones are not stones but are really...
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    Just a brief postscript to the above. Whatever is your preferred protein of the day, I think it's important to have it around noon time and not at night, when digestive power is weaker. Protein metabolism being, we are told, the most problematic for most of us, possibly setting up a condition where undigested protein gets into our blood and creating allergic...
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    Micky and Laudedale, Have you tried digestive enzymes and eating smaller and more frequent meals? Both have helped me. I have added 2 lbs in each of the last two weeks, after not being able to put on weight and losing weight for so long I can't remember when I wasn't losing lbs. I now do five meals a day and find, surprisingly, that I have more appetite...
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    Lisa B, Because of recent research, I'm convinced as you are, of the importance of having adequate magnesium to balance calcium intake. One of the first things I noticed as I was feeling better was how I needed to cut my fingernails more often and how less fragile they were, and I have not increased my dairy that much but have always liked foods, as it turns...
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    Mariann, Check out the organic dried apricots at Whole Foods, if there is one near you. They pack them in their own clear plastic containers and at a reasonable price. When soaked over night (I use distilled water) they plump right up to almost real size. I eat them as a snack with either yogurt or kefir. Delicious. Their org. dried figs (I prefer the calimyrna...
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    I thought I could trust Nature's Path's printed banner on their box of Corn Flakes that says "Gluten Free," with an exclamation mark added, I guess, to underscore their committment that you could trust this product to be truly gluten free. (Judging by their website and the quality of their many products, anyone would have to say that they are an outstanding...
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    Tarnalberry, Thanks for that info. My pharmacist apparently was unaware that I could get the same results by using a woman's digital basal Therm or, more likely, his head was too filled with other things to hear my question. I double checked with Kliment and she neglected to mention the possible differences in basal temp between men and women that you mentioned...
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    ARCHIVED Doctors In New Jersey

    aldociao replied to aldociao's topic in Doctors

    Thanks Laura. My sister, who I think is celiac disease but is resisting the idea, lives in Haddonfield. I will mention the Princeton connection when the time is right. She is beginning to consider the possibility of testing. My hope is that when the gene test results come back from Interolab, she will be ready to test. --Aldo
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    LuvtoLaff, It does sound not logical. Are you sure your gluten-free diet was a good one? If it was, you should not have gotten the symptoms you mentioned even if you are not gluten intolerant. A gluten-free diet, a good one, should bring health regardless of one's sickness. There are those on this Board who might be able to tell you if you did have a...
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    Laura, Thank you. You have said eloguently what I have thought and felt since learning what it was that I must have--but unlike you, without benefit of that rare bird: a knowledgeable doctor. You're one of the lucky ones to catch this thing early on. I must say that reading your post made me teary eyed--a very uncommon reaction for me. I too am beginning...
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    A question keeps coming to mind whenever I read about the different reactions we are having to the same foods. Like today, when one post was recommending McGann's Irish Oatmeal because the poster never has a reaction to it and therefore considers it safe, and another post quickly offered the observation that she had a severe and unmistakable reaction soon...
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    There is a Do-it-yourself Test for determining if you have an underactive thyroid that is said to be even more accurate than the blood tests. I've come across this suggestion in a number of places, the most recent being "The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet" by Felicia Kliment. She suggests that a mercury thermometer be placed under your arm for 10 minutes on waking...
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    Wendyspi, I wonder if the old-fashioned idea that grains, and concentrated proteins like peanut butter, should not be introduced to a child until six months old or, as some have said, until 12 months of age or not until the molars start to form, indicating when the body is best able to deal with the carbs. (Unfortunately, I don't have any of this material...
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    Mariann, I too had some difficulty digesting when going gluten-free but nothing like what you are experiencing. So I don't know if the enzymes I'm taking would help you. They have helped me. You may need to consider stronger types than the food based enzymes (Rainbow Light) I'm using. Like you, I don't like to take supplements, especially those containing...
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    Rob, Just to further identify myself. I had forgotten to log-in. --Aldo
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    Ron, I guess I qualify as having lost a lot of weight and as having a hard time gaining it back, but since I'm self-diagnosed (soon to change once I receive the stool kit from Enterolab) I guess I don't exacty fit the picture you have described. But other than not yet being "officially" diagnosed, I do fit the celiac disease profile some have discussed...
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