Coming back from the dead ...

[Guest guest]

That's exactly how I feel - like I'm coming back from the dead LOL.

After adding undenatured whey, inulin, selenium & alpha-lipoic acid

to my diet a few weeks or so ago, I really feel like I am improving.

Don't feel like I look so emaciated for one, even though I haven't

really gained any weight back yet, finally able to move my bowels,

etc. But just feeling much better altogether. Still get tired

somewhat and have low energy at times, but hopefully that will

improve as time goes on too.

Also my daughter talked to her naturopath about my condition and she

sent me an enzyme formula that is really helping a lot. I can't find

it on the internet and don't know how much it costs, but thought I'd

list the ingredients and maybe Duncan or someone might have some

input on it. I've been taking it for about a week now. It's in powder

form and I take a teaspoon four times a day (well sometimes I forget

and don't get all four teaspoons in ).

Ingredients:

Lactobacillus acidophilus - 100 mg

Lactobacillus cassei rhamnosusm - 100 mg

Lactobacillus plantarum (from sorghum molasses) - 100 mg

Bifidobacterium longum - 20 mg

Lactobacillus salivarius (from sorghum molasses) - 20 mg

Proprietary Plant Enzyme Blend - 1141.1 mg

Cellulase (from aspergillus niger), glucoamylase (from rhizopus

nitveus), alpha-amylase (from aspergillus oryzae), hemicellulase

(from aspergillus niger), and alpha-galactosidase (from aspergillus

niger)

The only thing I didn't like - at the bottom of the container it says

also contains milk and soy. I don't imagine there's much of either

in it, but I decided to try it anyway.

Now, after more than 6 months, I finally feel like I might be able to

start adding some foods back into my diet. I'll start with a few

veggies and see where I can go from there. I know grains are the

worst, but I hope at some point in time I can eat some bread-type

things if I make them myself with yeast-free flours, etc. But I'll

save that for last as I try introducing other things.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Glad to have you back from the dead, Gail!! With regard to the

enzymes, at least you'll be able to digest cellulose better; normally

we can't. I think what they're doing is converting starch and

cellulose linkages to their essential sugars, supposedly to feed the

probiotics. You'll know shortly if you should keep them up. With the

inulin you might not notice at all.

Duncan

>

> That's exactly how I feel - like I'm coming back from the dead LOL.

> After adding undenatured whey, inulin, selenium & alpha-lipoic acid

> to my diet a few weeks or so ago, I really feel like I am

improving.

> Don't feel like I look so emaciated for one, even though I haven't

> really gained any weight back yet, finally able to move my bowels,

> etc. But just feeling much better altogether. Still get tired

> somewhat and have low energy at times, but hopefully that will

> improve as time goes on too.

>

> Also my daughter talked to her naturopath about my condition and

she

> sent me an enzyme formula that is really helping a lot. I can't

find

> it on the internet and don't know how much it costs, but thought

I'd

> list the ingredients and maybe Duncan or someone might have some

> input on it. I've been taking it for about a week now. It's in

powder

> form and I take a teaspoon four times a day (well sometimes I

forget

> and don't get all four teaspoons in ).

>

> Ingredients:

> Lactobacillus acidophilus - 100 mg

> Lactobacillus cassei rhamnosusm - 100 mg

> Lactobacillus plantarum (from sorghum molasses) - 100 mg

> Bifidobacterium longum - 20 mg

> Lactobacillus salivarius (from sorghum molasses) - 20 mg

> Proprietary Plant Enzyme Blend - 1141.1 mg

> Cellulase (from aspergillus niger), glucoamylase (from rhizopus

> nitveus), alpha-amylase (from aspergillus oryzae), hemicellulase

> (from aspergillus niger), and alpha-galactosidase (from aspergillus

> niger)

>

> The only thing I didn't like - at the bottom of the container it

says

> also contains milk and soy. I don't imagine there's much of either

> in it, but I decided to try it anyway.

>

> Now, after more than 6 months, I finally feel like I might be able

to

> start adding some foods back into my diet. I'll start with a few

> veggies and see where I can go from there. I know grains are the

> worst, but I hope at some point in time I can eat some bread-type

> things if I make them myself with yeast-free flours, etc. But I'll

> save that for last as I try introducing other things.

>

>

> Gail

>