Re: gut health immune gluten dairy Beta Endorphins OR etc

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joan (and i am glad to hear that some insurance COs are paying for so

many of the gut health tests

what symptoms do you think Dairy caused you? and could the doctors tell by

testing or biopsy that *Dairy had done you the most damage?

thanks

-Carol

(btw i do wonder about my own yeast load/types etc; and i realize now that it

did not help 1 bit that i started eating lots of *yeast/gluten-free bread (EG a

piece almost every day). where as before i had wheat often but which often did

not contain Yeast (eg i had wheat other than 'bread'

and i think all that yeast-bread helped make my intestines worse ( tho the

massive stress year of the NTH Shortage!!s AND getting slightly OVermedicated on

each of the 4 RE_Formulations /old/new Armour and Old/new Naturehthrodi) for

over a year = did not help me or my stress and immune systems one bit :^\

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> > how much did each test/ section on that link cost ? about

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> > and did your tests show that you had to give up both dairy and Coffee?

> > does it mean forever?

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> > -Carol 8^o

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[Guest guest]

Carol,

My getting sick is a combination of unfortunate and poor choices, stress, dental

work, poor/unhelpful health care

I started out with candida and a rare yeast...geotrichium from homemade cheese

from the farmer's market. A number of us got sick (although I did not find this

out until two years later) I was one of the two left with lasting effects. I

was having dental surgery at the same time and between the antibiotics and the

yeast taking over I really stopped functioning. By the time I got to the

naturopath I was suffering from malnutition even though I was eating a pretty

good diet. I am left with a sensitivity to yeast, but as the years go by it is

less so. I do eat some flatbread that I buy locally or make myself.

I started having constant extremely soft stools almost two weeks after eating

the cheese (by the way, I LOVED cheese!...especially homemade

monzerella)....that was clearly the slippery slope into illness for me...within

two months I could not leave the house because of constant diarrhea....then came

the colonoscopy and endoscopy, each of which left me sicker. I do not know when

the rashes started with dairy....it was difficult to tell what caused the

rashes...now it is clear that dairy = rashes, itching, diarrhea, headache.

The doctors found significant inflammation and stunted villi. What caused this

who can truthfully say....chicken or the egg problem although once one issue

gains a foothold then more sensitivities develop. I have severe leaky gut and

dysbiosis that is partly healed. I continue to work at this and work at getting

a healthy bacteria population to thrive. I believe that I will always have a

tendency towards these issues so a lifestyle change is in order. My digestion is

impaired and I bolster it with HCI and digestive enzymes and when I don't I

suffer the consequences and lose ground health wise. I take liquid vitamins and

liquid b's as well even though I eat a great diet. It makes a difference with

my absorption problems.

I have a healthy distrust of regular medical practitioners now...as they sent me

home with elavil to slow down motility and refused to address what they call a

" functional issue " . I was pretty ill by that time.

Almost six months later I finally found my way to a naturopath and began the

trek to health.

One month of a strict elimination diet, supplements and then three days of

diflucan changed my life.....however, because of the villi being so damaged I

have never been able to successfully reintroduce dairy of any kind...raw or

otherwise.

Over time I have collected a fair knowledge about leaky gut, candida, dysbiosis,

repletion of bacteria, etc.

I have lived with thyroid medication issues as well....I had antibodies because

of my food sensitivities...I am down to 90 mg of Armour and do fairly well on

it. Theorectically I should be able to get off thyroid meds some day, but I

don't see it yet.

I have to avoid dairy, preservatives, sugar, fermented foods, coffee, most tea

(although that is changing), and I limit yeast, soy, corn,packaged and bottled

dressings, spicy foods, etc.

I have found safe food sources and grow a very productive small garden. Through

this I have rebuilt my adrenals through careful food choices and lifestyle

choices. I am glad that I did not go on cortisol replacement.

Joan

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> > > Joan

> > > how much did each test/ section on that link cost ? about

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> > > and did your tests show that you had to give up both dairy and Coffee?

> > > does it mean forever?

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> > > -Carol 8^o

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[Guest guest]

yikes that is so scary about the cheese from teh Farmers Market (or any cheese

could be :0

i am sorry to hear about all your gut issues ;that is so complex and it must be

maddening to find a doctor in a state .. let alone one's own city!

that is a good sign that you have been able to Decrease your ARmour right ??

-Carol

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> > > > Joan

> > > > how much did each test/ section on that link cost ? about

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> > > > and did your tests show that you had to give up both dairy and Coffee?

> > > > does it mean forever?

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> > > > -Carol 8^o

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[Guest guest]

Yes, I am slowly decreasing my Armour from 135....that was as high up as I

went...I am going down by 15 as I feel ready. I had tried decreasing too fast

and found out that slow is much better.

When I do not eat gluten, dairy, coffee and a few other things I have no

antibodies....isn't that interesting?

Joan

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> that is a good sign that you have been able to Decrease your ARmour right ??

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[Guest guest]

my condolences about the No-more-Coffee Joan ;^)

have you found a morning replacement/ritual drink ?

-Carol

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> Yes, I am slowly decreasing my Armour from 135....that was as high up as I

went...I am going down by 15 as I feel ready. I had tried decreasing too fast

and found out that slow is much better.

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> When I do not eat gluten, dairy, coffee and a few other things I have no

antibodies....isn't that interesting?

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> Joan

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> > that is a good sign that you have been able to Decrease your ARmour right

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[Guest guest]

YOu fortunate woman you!!!!!!!!

 

Yes, I am slowly decreasing my Armour from 135....that was as high up as I went...I am going down by 15 as I feel ready. I had tried decreasing too fast and found out that slow is much better.When I do not eat gluten, dairy, coffee and a few other things I have no antibodies....isn't that interesting?

Joan > > that is a good sign that you have been able to Decrease your ARmour right ??>