Re: New - Need help - new questions.

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I don't know about no sugar, no gluten no dairy for Samters -- I

could imagine no or less dairy is better because the thickness of the

mucus might be reduced. I eat some dairy but have reduced it, but

it's more because of the fat in dairy. Of course cutting down on

sugar is a good thing but I don't think it's necessary to eliminate

it.

But the main diet I would stress is a very low-fat diet. The reason

for this is that it seems the chemicals that bother us so much,

leukotrienes among others, may be made through a complex process

originating in fat. Besides I think many of us have had some success

with lowering our fat intake in terms of symptoms.

There is no formal information that I know of for a diet for Samters

very simply because I don't know that any specific diet has been

proven to help it.

Phytocort is an herbal blend, I have never used it. I haven't found

much luck with herbs but they may work for some people. I do take

Silymarin for my liver function due to toxicity of a lot of meds on

my liver, and as a matter of fact my docs noticed my slightly

elevated liver function went back down after I started using it,

could be a coincidence but I'm happy with it.

Lori