Response: Feeding our CMT (early Feb)

[Guest guest]

Hi Cathleen,

This is a long time coming, as I travel so much for work and am getting ready to

move house, so using the opportunity to clear through things and I saw both your

message as well as my books so remembered that I owed you an email to the group

on what books my nutritionist recommended.

I have not read the one that Gretchen recommended - Nutrients for Neuropathy -

but I do have it at home.

I have gone to a trained nutritionist, Institute of Nutrition trained (UK

qualification) and former founder of The Food Doctor here. She gave me a copy

of " The Food Doctor: Healing foods for mind and body " . Vicki has done work

with MS patients - I know MS is different, but she is a believer in the fact

that proteins in excess can lead to damage to nerves. She promoted the use of

high dose vitamin C, saying just to drink a lot of water and to cut back once

you experience symptoms of diarrhea (that means too much for the

body). She also promoted the intake of Omega 3, 6, and 9. In line with the

concepts of good fats and bad fats, she recommended to me " Fats that Heal,Fats

that Kill " by Udo Erasmus.

I am also supposed to remember to eat 10 to 12 portions of fruit and veg a day,

stay away from dairy (as dairy is an estrogen enhancer and that could exacerbate

a tendency to breast cancer as breast cancer runs in my family), to take my

vitamin C, and I have other supplements too, but given my hectic lifestyle and

currently upheaval from moving, I have not been on top of it all.

I have vowed though that with new house comes renewal for me on the whole. I am

getting a new yoga / gym trainer to help me with stretching once a week (boy are

my legs tight since January!). I am also going to check my habits on the food

front again by keeping a food diary for a week just to see where my bad habits

are. But all of this after my move next week! Wish me luck - just around the

corner but to an exciting new place!

All the best from London,

Donna