Jump to content

foam

Advanced Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    242

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

 Content Type 

Profiles

Forums

Events

Blogs

Latest Celiac Disease News & Research:

Everything posted by foam

  1. foam
    B12 is an interesting one, while I was still eating tons of glutens I had a HUUUGE swollen abdomen which was very unusual for me. B12 shots actually stopped the bloating even while still eating gluten so it seems to me the common bloating that comes with being gluten-sick is the B12 deficiency that inevitably comes with a damaged small intestine and not the...
  2. foam
    AnnJay, I'm sure I made myself sick by being vegetarian. Not so much being vegetarian itself but because I replaced meat with grains calorie for calorie. Also interesting is that I don't know ANY very long term vegetarian that can still eat wheat so it's a common theme. Sounds like at the moment you are eating the same as I am and it's MUCH better for...
  3. foam
    For me some brands of chip are ok some not. I'm not sure I should be blaming the salt or the different oil each company may use. There's only three ingredients in chips! surely it can't be that hard to figure out but it is. Some give me gut pain some don't.
  4. foam
    Ok I'm back!. I don't think the guy really knew what to make of me at the moment. But from the tests he's asked me to do he's thinking Celiac induced auto immune with possible parasite involvement?. I had zero reaction to any common allergen skin prick tests, although the following day and today two of the test sites became very slightly inflamed and have...
  5. foam
    mommida, the mystery parasite certainly does fit in the picture.. the problem with it is... I lived a very isolated life early on. Well not isolated but I got sick before I was exposed to many people or different areas of the world where I could have picked up a large enough mystery parasite to cause eosinophillia. On the other hand it's not terribly uncommon...
  6. foam
    I agree with the above post 100%, my wifes pregnant with our first by the way and I will be very hesitant to allow many grains in their diet you can be sure. Coconut in all it's forms is AWESOME. Potatoes for me is something.. Because obviously they are from a dodgy botanic family, on the other hand with the restrictive diet you need to cure yourself and...
  7. foam
    I had "acne" all my life on the back, back of the neck, Chest, forehead, Shoulders, and upper arms. Do you know what it was after 20 years of chasing it... It was "Eosinophilic folliculitis". Caused by very high histamine levels and high Eosonphils (allergic reaction). Less that a week on the aniti histamine Zyrtec 95% of my sores were gone, give that stuff...
  8. foam
    Hello! Well today is the day when I finally might get some help from an expert. I'm going to see a specialist Immunologist/Allergist doctor about my problems. I've got a heap of paper work with me to give him some idea of what I've been dealing with and I'm hoping we can get to the bottom of this. I am very much leaning towards an immune reaction to Candida...
  9. foam
    I have 100 stories about stupid things I've been told over last 20 years of being sick but recently I heard something else and so I'll tell you the smartest thing a doctor has ever said. My current Doctor said to me.. I really don't know what is wrong with you, but you do know about permeable gut?. He then said, you have to realise I did all my training in...
  10. foam
    Have a read of this, it's just a snippit of information from a clinic that fixes leaky gut full time year in year out. Well worth the insight from a Doctor that knows what they are doing regarding fixing it Open Original Shared Link . It seems to me not many people on this forum actually have developed leaky gut, I've seen posts from a few that have the...
  11. foam
    Do all your cooking yourself any everything will be fine. I'm sure Mushroom would agree with this. Don't replace your gluten with other grains or gluten free commercial products if at all possible. Try and go as much and long as you can on vegetables and meat at least until you see some significant improvements in your digestion. Bulk cabbage too, it's a...
  12. foam
    Hey guys I've been running a pretty tight ship diet wise the last couple of weeks and am doing pretty well, my eosonphilia is down quite a bit. I took another course of Mebendazole but took a fairly heavy dose of it this time to knock out anything suss like Giardia, I read Mebendazole is also a very powerful antifungal too, much more effective than Diflucan...
  13. foam
    You would be unlucky to be so sensitive to corn that the oil would affect you, what else was in the stew? any grains of any kind? lentils?. Very doubtful oil was the problem imho.
  14. foam
    You can easily be allergic to lots of yeasts (perhaps all yeast) if you have bacterial problems and yeast overgrowth as I guess everyone with a leaky gut does.
  15. foam
    Calcium levels should be good if you are not on milk, I was vegan for many many years and it never got low, I believe it actually costs you more calcium to digest the proteins than the calcium you absorb from it. Lack of calcium is normally caused by low Vitamin D levels, have that checked if you can
  16. foam
    Hello, I'm also in Australia and been waiting a while to see an allergy/immune specialist for testing, I finally have my first appointment in 10 days but I've been not well for around 20 years so I'm looking forward to that. I've been doing a lot of research on the testing and as far as I know the immunocap test costs $350 with no rebates and you can also...
  17. foam
    GFinDC, I do have something for you regarding the Thyroid too, but all I have is this Thyrotropin : 2.14 mU/L reference range (.30-4.00)
  18. foam
    I haven't eaten tomato much in a while but I did used to eat a few of them per day in the past no doubt. I was reading something about a chloride salt to acidify yourself, my bicarbonate levels are constantly 31-33, it seems 24 is much more ideal for good health?. From what I read anything over 29 is not so good at all. I'll need to do some more reading into...
  19. foam
    The problem is you go off wheat and you replace it with other grain proteins in excess which you then get allergic to within a few years, corn is typically the next to go, after some more years you only have Rice left because it has the least protein, but even with rice sooner or later you can get allergic to it. In leaky gut we are dealing with an Immune...
  20. foam
    HI guys bit of an update, negative on helicobacter but my eosonphil count post 5 days on Zyrtec came back 1.8 (I predicted 1.7) down from 2.2 last time on my normal non starvation diet. So that's good, the Zyrtec continues to hold my levels lower than that now after about 20 days on it, I've thinking it's holding me in the 1.2-1.5 range which is very good...
  21. foam
    Muse, 10 weeks is not long enough for someone who's really sick with leaky gut, it takes more like 9 months being very strict. Your body doesn't forget about antibodies to food proteins overnight. Your gut is lined with mast cells and when they see a protein they know about, it's all action to get rid of it... even if your gut is healed.. technically you...
  22. foam
    Yes there's usually 10 things out of control you need to fix one at the time. It's very very complicated. You also need to fix all the mineral and vitamin deficiencies you will have developed thanks to years of absorption too. B12 and Vitamin D and the main culprits there + magnesium and probably Zinc but B12 and D make you either sleepy or have insomnia...
  23. foam
    So brothers and sisters of the leaky guts. I've had my blood test and I also had the antibody test for Helicobacter incase this is the root cause of my problems and Strongyloides (incase I need to go on immune suppressants). I will have results of all three in a week or so. In the meantime I've been taking Zyrtec daily for about a week. This is some...
  24. foam
    I've been off wheat for a few years, I can eat it again now (just done some testing this week) of course I will become allergic to in again quickly if I keep eating it, but it has nil effect at the moment, on the other hand Corn has a huge effect on me at the moment because I've been eating it while off the wheat. imho anything hard to digest with protein...
  25. foam
    I've got a blood test coming up tomorrow, will do a standard white cell count and see where I'm at. Prediction based on my neck is... 1.7 maybe 1.5. I'm on Zyrtec to lower my antibody levels.. long story but after reading a few medical journals it seems Zyrtec (Open Original Shared Linke) is more than capable of dropping your IgE levels hence making you non...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.