Re: Success via diet modification

[Guest guest]

:

I have read a lot about all of this however the sources of the information

always ask for money and it seems like a bit of a scam. I think that there is

definitely something to all of this however. Is the diet for A the same as for

A+? Can you drink milk (skim) with this diet? (what else would you put on

cheerios?) What about fake beer? Water, milk and fake beer is all I can drink

without getting heartburn.

Where did you get the books? Do you have an online link?

Slippery Elm Bark Powder...what the heck is that..doesn't sound too tasty.

Dave

[ ] Success via diet modification

Dear PA group,

I have had amazing success recently in controlling my PA via diet

modification, and I want to share my excitement with others who I

know will understand. The bottom line is, my PA is almost nonexistent

after just 4 weeks of watching what I eat!

A quick background. I'm a 32 y/o husband and father of two small

children. The last thing I expected was to be diagnosed with PA two

and a half years ago. It started in my left middle finger, than

moved to my right middle toe, then on and on until just about every

joint in my body has been affected in some way. The pain and

swelling in each joint area varies week by week, from moderately

painful to very painful. Even three months ago, my feet were so sore

that I couldn't walk without a limp.

I started taking MTX and prednisone about 2 years ago, and they

provided relief for about 6-12 months, then they just stopped working

for me. I was afraid to start on Enbrel since it is so powerful, and

my wife and I tend to favor a more natural, homeopathic approach. I

had been reading a book called " Eat Right 4 Your Type " and I also got

the book " Healing Psoriasis " by Pagano. I noticed that the

recommended diet for Blood Type A (my type) in the first book almost

exactly matched the recommended diet in the Pagano book.

Coincidence? I didn't think so. I wonder how many other PA's are

blood type A?

So I tried a very restricted diet. Every day, I ate the following:

Breakfast:

8 oz water with a spoonful of Slippery Elm Bark powder mixed in.

Organic honey nut cheerios (for my sweet tooth)

Lunch:

Small can of salmon

Carrots

Some small pretzels

Dinner:

Stir fry consisting of: canned chicken, tofu, soy sauce, feta

cheese, broccoli-based frozen vegetables

Some organic bread

Throughout day:

Water (2 quarts), steeped with Saffron

Almonds

Raisins

Apples

After just 4 days, In noticed my morning pain had gone down about 50%!

At the end of the week, I went off the diet (birthday party, eating

out, etc) and my pain returned full strength on the following

Monday. But again, after being on the diet about 4 days, the pain

was noticeably less.

I've continued this diet for the last 4 weeks or so, adding things

like rice, tuna, and other cheeses for variety, and even adding back

in sweets like cookies and candy bars. But I've been strictly

avoiding the nightshades. And the results are absolutely amazing...

my wake-up pain is maybe 10% of what I had been experiencing every

day for the last year or more! The pain, swelling, and stiffness are

virtually gone!

I wonder sometimes if I'm simply in a temporary remission period, but

I'm remaining cautiously optimistic that I've found a way to control

my PA naturally.

I'm snapping my pain-free fingers for joy as I write this (something I

was not able to do even one month ago) !!!

-paul

[Guest guest]

You know, this is interesting... I am type A ~ and I read the book a few years

back after trying one of the trendy no-carb diets since my ex-husband was on it

~ and not only did I not lose much weight, but more importantly, I felt awful...

I wondered why, as strict and as religous as I was to the diet, why I lost

virutally nothing while many around me shed pounds like water and I wondered if

a high protein diet didn't work for people like me ~ and maybe that " like me "

meant my blood type...

Anyway, I never went much further than reading the book...

Perhaps I'll pull it out again and give it a try. After my last flare up, I

could stand to lose a few pounds, but more importantly, find a healthier way to

help my PA...

Thanks for sharing,

[Guest guest]

Dave,

> I have read a lot about all of this however the sources of the

> information always ask for money and it seems like a bit of a scam.

Hmm... the books I mentioned didn't appear to be hucksters asking for

money. The " Healing Psoriasis " book did list some websites to order

the hard-to-find items like Slippery Elm Bark powder and American

Yellow Saffron (www.caycecures.com).

> Is the diet for A the same as for A+?

There is just one diet for all " A " types. I'm A+.

> Can you drink milk (skim) with this diet? (what else would you put

> on cheerios?)

The books say that you don't have to completely eliminate dairy, just

try to eat skim milk products as opposed to whole milk products.

That said, I've used whole milk on my Cheerios for the past 2 weeks

without any side effects. But I've cut my dairy consumption way

down.. I used to have ice cream a lot, but not very much nowadays.

> What about fake beer? Water, milk and fake beer is all I can drink

> without getting heartburn.

I'm not sure about that, sorry.

> Where did you get the books? Do you have an online link?

You can get them both from Amazon.com. I just checked the Pagano

book and it says $125... that must be an error... I think I paid

around $25 for it.

> Slippery Elm Bark Powder...what the heck is that..doesn't sound too

> tasty.

According to Pagano, the cause of PA is " leaky gut syndrome " . The

Slippery Elm Bark powder helps heal the damaged intestinal lining.

The American Yellow Saffron kicks your kidneys into overdrive and

flushes out the toxins already in your blood. You can get them as a

set from www.caycecures.com. The Bark powder is pretty nasty to

drink, but I keep my mind on why I'm drinking it.

-paul

[Guest guest]

After reading a book called 'You Are What you Eat' by Dr Gillian McKane I

decided to follow her detox day diet. This consisted of drinking lots of herbal

teas and juices made from raw fruits and vegetables and eating lots of raw foods

that I don't usually eat. What I had in mind was losing a couple of pounds and

I was amazed to find that the following day I was almost pain-free! [i'm on MTX

(15mg per week) and Celebrex (400mg per day)]. Usually I can't move without my

morning dose of Celebrex, but the following day it was lunchtime before I

realised that I'd forgotten to take it! I didn't need the evening dose either!

I don't think my painfree day was necessarily a result of what I had eaten that

day or the diet I had followed - more likely to be the result of something I had

NOT eaten, eg: wheat, gluten, yeast, sugar, caffine, dairy etc. Maybe it was

just a coincidence. When I have time I will do it again and then try to

gradually reintroduce the 'bad' foods to see what happens.

Polpettina (Blood group B+)

paulhilts <paulhilts@...> wrote:

Dear PA group,

I have had amazing success recently in controlling my PA via diet

modification, and I want to share my excitement with others who I

know will understand. The bottom line is, my PA is almost nonexistent

after just 4 weeks of watching what I eat!

-paul

[Guest guest]

Hope it keeps working for you . I have not been too good at sticking to

the diets that they say would work so far, as I always think that basically

you have to cut out the things you like and eat the things you hate, lol, but I

am going to keep this mail with a view to trying it in the future.

Thanks,