Wheat allergy

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Hi Selma,

Do you ever find with a food that you determine you are allergic to,

that sometimes it affects you and sometimes it doesn't, or is it

consistent?

As we have discussed earlier, I sometimes suspect I may be allergic to

wheat bec. sometimes after I eat it, I am *extremely* fatigued.

But sometimes not.

Perhaps it only effects me in combination with something else.

Or perhaps I don't have a wheat allergy.

thanks,

ellen

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> Steve! Thanks a lot for the very interesting site.

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> I suppose I have either a milder form of IBS or merely certain food

> allergies (or both!)... I digest most fats rather well (not chips, of

> course, but most other fats) and many insoluble fibers (but not all).

> I can take coffee without sugar, but with sugar it's a hell.

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> I'm really surprised to see the soluble fibers list!! It's EVERYTHING

> I love eating!!! Rice is my main starch, but I prefer whole rice. The

> only bad thing from that list that I can't really take now are

> noodles and pasta: no wheat. I can digest wheat well, no IBS

> triggering symptoms, but I get tired after such meals. That's why I

> suspect I have a mix of IBS and certain food allergies.

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> Before I went on a wheat free diet, I didn't notice fatigue after a

> wheat meal. Now I notice it rather fast.

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> Another 'new' starch I added recently (recommended by the naturopath)

> is millet. I'm trying millet flakes, I cook them with some fruit

> (apple, pear), it's delicious and easy to digest too. I'll consider

> adding millet grains as a starch in meals soon.

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> I'm eating 'bad' things about once a week... Last week, I went for a

> fondue: whole wheat bread + melted cheese + glass of white wine.

> Well, you can imagine the next morning I was a wee tired, but bowels

> were still fine. That's why I feel somehow 'cured' of this IBS. I'm

> sure though that if I fall on a bad diet everyday, my bowels will

> kill me again!

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> For me, cats claw was a hard herb to start too. Liver problems, in my

> case. It took a few weeks/ months, but then my body finally accepted

> it, but NEVER in high amounts.

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> Do you feel you're improving with your treatments? I suppose that

> healing bowels (or at least, avoiding it to be on serious trouble) is

> step number 1, and you're already doing that. Do you feel chlorella

> helps you on that too? I felt it did.

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> I'm finally gaining weight, sooo happy!! I'm eating less than the

> last months (I had to eat SO MUCH during all the time I had stronger

> lyme symptoms). I feel so strange not to collapse if I eat less. And

> I'm less hungry, anyway.

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> How could it be, less hungry and then gaining weight? I think somehow

> I had to eliminate a lot during bad lyme days, so I was having 3,

> even 4 bowel movements a day (but never diarrhea). Chlorella had

> something to do with that, I felt. Probably eliminating loads of

> toxins and metals...

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> My urine smelt so strong too. Even now, I attribute that somehow to

> bear garlic, I think. Anyway, the more elimination, the best... If

> urine is not bad smeling and you have lyme, that's really not a good

> sign!

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> Now I'm on the same amounts of chlorella though, and went down to 2

> bowel movements. I'm eating less too, so... Somehow our bodies know

> what they're doing, I feel. I almost don't feel metal poisoning

> symptoms either, I don't feel any visible herx symptoms either.

> Probably, I had a decrease of toxins (?)

>

> My tinittus is finally going away, as well as lung symptoms. Am I

> dreaming?? Fatigue, I think, is also going for good. Man, these are

> the best days I ever had since I fell sick. I'm still fighting fungal

> infections on skin, some hand swelling (probably bartonella?), still

> taking NDF, still on few lyme killers, KMT sessions, still on pshycho

> healing... But the lyme road is reaching an end! I do start believing

> that now!

>

> Best wishes of healing for you and others! I'll be going to Belgium

> again for Xmas and NY. I'll try to be visiting the site, but maybe

> not posting too often. I hate the French keyboard!

>

> Happy Chritsmas and a promising New Year, full of good healing news

> for all!!!

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> Selma

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> > Selma

> > yeah, that's basically the IBS cure that i do. despite the oregano

> oil

> > - i eliminate

> > all the things you eliminate. sometimes i can get away with grain

> such

> > as rice

> > and oatmeal.

> > this is a great site for IBS:

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> > http://www.helpforibs.com/diet/

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