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This experience has been great for my 12 y.o. daughter, because it has taught her to be so much more aware of ingredients and what she is putting into her body. I maintain a gluten-free house. My DH and DD can eat gluten foods outside only. And the other day, DD said, "Mom, I have to drink my blueberry tea on the porch because I read it and it has barley extract". She was looking out for me. I was so proud.

So even if everyone else doesnt get it.....the people I love the most do.

Some rice milks arent gluten free even if they say so. Look for "Barley Malt" and call if you have too. I forget which one is NOT gluten-free because I dont drink rice milk.

Intestinew is good.

Here is a tip:

Make sure everything you put in your baking recipe is at room temperature. Leave the eggs and milk out till they are room temp. Because if you put the oil in with "Cold" ingredients, it will clump up and not mix smoothly. Then when you bake, those little clumps melt and you get little oil pockets (most of it seeps out).

How wonderful for you. It actually made me tear up. I am trying to "fill out" again. I am 39 though and I dont think I will get taller, but I so want to "look like a woman" again. Soooo happy for you.

No.

You need to find someone to take over your duties there. Way too much CC....Way too much!

I say this in fun. You could sell that one and open a "Gluten Free" bakery.

And there is a good helping of that as well....

I mentioned early on that patients had died under his care. But got ignored.

It pays to research things thoroughly. I also mentioned on another thread that although I think Mercola has some good info on his site, I read everything with a cocked eye because he "SELLS PRODUCTS" that go hand in hand with a lot of his "research" and some of his "guest speakers". I see a major conflict of interests........

To quote a country song...."Yeah I've been there. That's why I'm here."

***hugs*** right back.

I just got a book on Breast Cancer and lo and behold. Thyroid medications can shrink cysts and tumors. So maybe there is something to my line of thinking. I didnt watch the whole video. Hopefully he doesnt say or even "imply" that ALL are fungal. That would really blow a hole in his credibility IMO. There is so much we just dont understand. I firmly believe that some cancers are completely psychologically induced. Maybe we hate our breasts. We hate being a woman. We resent having babies that take up all of our time and leave little time for ourselves. Maybe we were sexually abused and learn to find our female parts repugnant and a source of pain. So on some deep level we create illness there. Day in and day out we send negative messages to those female organs. Then we get Breast Cancer or Ovarian cancer and get those "nasty" organs removed........

I think in ALL disease, you have to have an open mind about MANY different causes. I dont think "fungal" fits the cancers in my family and therefore I dont buy it so to speak. That doesnt mean that I couldnt be convinced that "some" cancers have a fungal cause. Like I said in the beginning of this thread. One of the ways the body deals with an "invader" is to surround it and make a protective "tumor" around whatever the irritant is. Sometimes there is just too much "irritant" and the body fills with tumors and is unable to keep up...and then the person dies.

Like you guys...I am skinny. I went through some horrible bloating for a few weeks after going gluten-free. One night I almost went to the ER. I looked 6 months pregnant. And it hurt and I couldnt breath easily. Gas Ex hardly touched it.

Anyway....I have been taking Intestive, PepZin GI, Probiotics and Digestive Enzymes and NO MORE BLOATING!! I am so relieved. So very relieved. Thought I would share this.

You might try the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet) as well. Follow their guidelines:

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It started as a diet that was easy to digest for autistic children. But it works VERY WELL for adults too with a sensitive digestive tract. I am on it and have felt improvements. I added back in some seeds tho and am doing fine.

Wouldnt hurt to do "Renew Life" Paragone. You can do Humaworm another time. Supposedly we need to do them a few times a year. Humaworm yielded nothing in the toilet for me.....I was hopeful......

You could try steaming the veggies and then whirling them in the blender to make a soup. Take digestive enzymes with your meals as well. And the probiotics can only help.

It is the answer that might be rude.

I didnt have many GI symptoms before gluten-free. I am mostly neuro. But after I cut it out, I had horrible gas/pains and found myself in the bathroom waaaaaay too much. I was also extremely tired (not normal for me). Moody and irritated for a few weeks. Snappy (also not normal for me) and starving no matter what I ate. It wasnt pretty. But it calmed down after a few weeks and I am still getting better as the days go by.........

Soy and Dairy....they are the nail in the tire for most of us. I would cut them out for now.

No that is NOT a balanced diet.

You need some VEGGIES....lots of green leafy kind. You are not getting hardly ANY iron or B12. And you are mostly eating carbs/sugars. Not good.

You need to add in some other meats, eggs, nuts plus VEGGIES. Eat the lower sugar fruits like blueberries.

Get on a good multiple because just taking a random few suppliments (i.e. Cal/Mag) can throw other nutrients out of balance. Nutrients taken in supplement form MUST be balanced. For instance for the Cal/Mag to work and not actually make matters worse, you also need Vitamin D, Vitamin K and Boron. You arent getting ANY of those in your restricted diet.

YES!! I felt worse before better. Think of it this way....anytime you injure your body.....healing can be painful. You stub your toe and it is more sensitive an sore 2 days later. You cut yourself and it hurts while it is healing. Burns are very painful while healing. Your body is healing. So this isnt a bad sign and try not to let yourself think it is. Give it some time....you will feel better!

I will add that my Sister was just Dx breast cancer in February. She was on Synthroid (which was not working for her). I finally convinced her to get her Doctor to switch her to Armour a few weeks after her Dx. She opted for double mastectomy. No radiation and no chemo. It will be interesting to see if she ever gets a recurrence. Of course I am praying not.

Maybe I will be writing a book someday.......

Guests brought Semolina to our house when I said please just bring yourselves or if you must some wine. They thought Semolina was gluten free.

The muffins are excellent! We like blueberry the best. I also have a recipe in one of the cookbooks for "Pound Cake".....and it is sooooo close to the real deal. I could eat a whole loaf in one sitting. But I force myself to one slice.

Everyone else gets to pass worms. I never do. I finally broke down and got the Humaworm took it for 6 weeks. Nothing other than reflux. SCD didnt produce any squigglers either. So either I never had any. Need new glasses to see them. Or they are just tough little buggers in there hanging on for dear life.

I did the SCD strictly for a good month. I am a little more relaxed now including Hemp and Chia. No issues with them. I also get a trace amount of inulin.

What is really seeming to heal me is Intestive (by Seacure), Pepzin GI and probiotics. My BM's are actually "formed" for the first time in my life. Just going gluten-free didnt do this. SCD didnt do it either. But 10 days in with these products and waaaalaaaaa!!

Pregnancy triggered my symptoms as well.

I have a problem with the "fungus" idea as well. My Grandmother had breast cancer when she was in her early 40's. Back then they just....lopped the whole breast off. She lived with only 1 breast the rest of her life....till almost 90. Never had ANY other cancers again. Knowing how prolific fungi are....there is no way that she only had one spot of fungus in one breast and no where else in her body. And it isnt like she went on an anti-candida diet after the cancer (unless fried chicken, sweet potato pie, collard greens and teeth chattering sweet tea kills Candida). She didnt start exercising either unless watching 3 hours of soap operas a day counts. No meds for cancer. No chemo. No radiation. The only medication she was on at 89 was Armour Thyroid. That's it!

Can we conclude that Armour Thyroid kills fungus since she never got cancer again????

If you rounded up enough people who got cancer, but never had it come back and started taking Armour Thyroid AFTER the cancer, you could form a very strong hypothesis, write a book, do videos and make it seem PRETTY DARN convincing that Armour cures Cancer.

My brother got melanoma 15 years ago. They removed the spot. Clear margins. No recurrence in 15 years. No chemo. No radiation. He eats sugary cereals for breakfast, typical southern food and dips snuff. He lives in Florida and spends plenty of time outside. He "forgets" to put his sunscreen on all the time.......Where did ALL that fungus go that caused his skin cancer? Did it disappear??? Wait. He is on Armour Thyroid......

Hmmmmmm.......

A lot of Celiacs react to Soy and Dairy just as they do to Gluten. I would try removing these for a few months and see how it goes. If all goes well, you can try to reintroduce them at some point. Some are able to eat dairy just fine after their intestines heal entirely. Soy is a bothersome food for MANY.

And welcome!

Goat milk does have casein.

We like Hemp Milk in our home. And I make homemade almond milk. You can buy almond milk, but I have been making my own for years and prefer it. The store bought is not as good as mine.