"Cascade effect" from allergies?

[Gimpy]

I'm hanging in there guys.

Hubby was upset and is afraid I won't eat anything, or cut down on what I do eat...which is pretty restricted to meat and chopped veggies as it is now. He made some mac and cheese for himself Tuesday, and it was a bad day, and I was very tired and tempted to just eat it. He hugged me, had me sit on the couch, and grilled chicken breasts for me, enough to last the week, and made up some veggies for me. He said he doesn't like to see me 'deprived' but he also knows if I go off the diet it will really hurt me, and he didn't want me shoot myself in the foot.

I've stopped taking the Wakunaga garlic supplement and am looking at getting glucomannan caps to help with the diarrhea. I've taken psyllium husks, but it made me sick to my stomach. It just may be my stomach is too inflamed for much right now.

Tomorrow I'm going to go pick up some ginger and fresh veggies that Laura mentioned in her post and start eating those. (If you've never had fresh ginger tea, try it, its wonderful....cut about a half inch piece of ginger and steep in a cup of boiling water for 10 minutes, and sip.) One of my favorite dinners is spinach with olive oil, ghee, and salt, pepper, and garlic. I eat that with whatever meat I'm having.

Other than that, I can't think my way out of a wet sack right now. :P

If I can get my brain back between my ears, I'd like to mix some of that DMSO. I've got a 90 to 99% solution, in an 8oz bottle. Does everything need to be sterilized? I've thought about mixing up some and sealing it in jam jars with the percentage labeled.

 

[SeekinTruth]

Hi, Gimpy. Glad you're hanging in. It's really sad that you and others have such an extreme version of chronic inflammation / allergies / autoimmune reactions that anything and everything can trigger an major episode and put you out of commission :(. But remember how bad a shape Laura was in a couple of years ago and how much improvement she's made by doggedly getting to the bottom of what triggers her problems.

With such a supportive husband and networking here, I'm sure you'll also be able to get steady improvements. Best wishes. :)

 

[Laura]

When I take DMSO, I just put one teaspoonfull of the pure stuff in a glass and fill it half full of distilled water, stir, and drink it down.

I've found that NAC helps any allergy symptoms I may have and sometimes I take it 3 or 4 times a day. I always take it before I go to bed, and once in awhile, I'll wake up and take another about 3 am.

I just did a 5 day colon cleanse with the Blessed Herbs thing and there was stuff in that which was inflammatory to me. The "digestive stimulator" has several seeds like fenugreek and something else, and the packets are most psyllium. I find that psyllium seems to inflame me also. May be because it is a seed and thus has lectins.

Anyway, I survived it, but I'm not going to be recommending it because of the possible lectin factors.

Gimpy, try eating sweet potatoes. Just steam or bake them in the oven whole. If you do a bunch of them, you can take one out of the fridge whenever you are peckish and peel and eat with salt, pepper and ghee. You might also be able to tolerate white rice to stop the diarrhea. I know we don't generally recommend white rice because it is stripped, but then, brown rice that is not stripped has lectins! My son tolerates white rice well and it seems to help his IBS. If you have IBS, you may not tolerate fats well and will have to eat applesauce before each meal.

Everybody is different and you have to find out what is safe, stick with that for awhile, and then experiment one food or herb or condiment at a time. Little by little, you will find out what your "range of motion" is within the food spectrum. I've accepted the fact that, at least for now, my range of foods is limited but I'm making the best of it. Maybe after a year or two of healing internally, I'll be able to expand a little more. I'd really like to be able to eat eggs again...

 

[Guardian]

I have a problem with the birch family, ALL citrus fruits, onions, garlic, and the usual suspects: gluten, milk, etc I'm safe with eggs though. :)

Do you happen to be Rh negative Psyche?

 

[Gaby]

I have a problem with the birch family, ALL citrus fruits, onions, garlic, and the usual suspects: gluten, milk, etc I'm safe with eggs though. :)

Do you happen to be Rh negative Psyche?

I'm Rh positive, an O type. I left other allergies from the above list... A paleolithic diet looks better for me.

 

[Guardian]

I have a problem with the birch family, ALL citrus fruits, onions, garlic, and the usual suspects: gluten, milk, etc I'm safe with eggs though. :)

Do you happen to be Rh negative Psyche?

I'm Rh positive, an O type. I left other allergies from the above list... A paleolithic diet looks better for me.

Thanks Psyche.. I was just wondering. I'm trying to tweak my own meatsack without causing a great deal of disruption that I just can't deal with right now. Over the years, I've noticed that Rh neg people seem to have VERY different absorption and transportation rates for substances which depend on the bloodstream to move around.

Unfortunately the link is gone, but somewhere I have a copy of of a lawsuit contending that drug companies routinely reject Rh neg subjects for human trails because we would blow their curve.

I've found some interesting tidbits on the forum:

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=5882.msg41778#msg41778
"The C's said that the blood type diet can be refined if we consider the "Rh factor" as well, something that the author
apparently did not include in the book/website as a factor."

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=10269.msg32771#msg32771
"A: Not really, but the Rh factor hones it in better."

I thrive on the foods an article in the same thread claims are allergens to Rh negs.

If no one has any objections, I'd like to start a thread for Rh negs to discuss their experiences with different foods, drugs, etc? I looked to see if someone already beat me to it, and I didn't find anything specifically related to us.

 

[Guardian]

I'm hanging in there guys.

Hubby was upset and is afraid I won't eat anything, or cut down on what I do eat...which is pretty restricted to meat and chopped veggies as it is now. He made some mac and cheese for himself Tuesday, and it was a bad day, and I was very tired and tempted to just eat it. He hugged me, had me sit on the couch, and grilled chicken breasts for me, enough to last the week, and made up some veggies for me. He said he doesn't like to see me 'deprived' but he also knows if I go off the diet it will really hurt me, and he didn't want me shoot myself in the foot.

Awwww... you got nice hubby

 

[Gaby]

If no one has any objections, I'd like to start a thread for Rh negs to discuss their experiences with different foods, drugs, etc? I looked to see if someone already beat me to it, and I didn't find anything specifically related to us.

That will be interesting. D'Adamo says that Explorers (genotype) are difficult to diagnose and can have weird reactions to things. But they also have good capacity to heal. This genotype includes also Rh negative if I remember correctly.

 

[Guardian]

That will be interesting. D'Adamo says that Explorers (genotype) are difficult to diagnose and can have weird reactions to things. But they also have good capacity to heal. This genotype includes also Rh negative if I remember correctly.

I think his work with genotypes is outstanding (Explorer fits me to a tee) I just wish he'd go into the Rh neg info a bit deeper. I've never found any in-depth studies regarding Rh neg physiology. Do you know of any, maybe in Europe? You'd think with all the Basque who're Rh neg there would be something.

I've been thinking about a list of questions...how to structure the info. Reactions to consumables, external chemicals and substances, sunlight, etc.

One thing I've noticed is that I've NEVER met an Rh neg person without an animal companion of some kind. That could be just because I hang out with people who love animals...or maybe not?

Perhaps Rh neg people actually need to breath in a certain amount of dog or cat hair every day to stay healthy? ;D

 

[Gaby]

I think his work with genotypes is outstanding (Explorer fits me to a tee) I just wish he'd go into the Rh neg info a bit deeper. I've never found any in-depth studies regarding Rh neg physiology. Do you know of any, maybe in Europe? You'd think with all the Basque who're Rh neg there would be something.

I don't know of any studies, but I haven't look for them. I was in the Spanish Basque region very briefly. Cardiovascular diseases are still the main cause of hospitalizations for men, as it is often. Here are some stats in Spanish though: http://www.eustat.es/elem/ele0004800/not0004897_c.html#

For women, other than pregnancy and related, it seems that problems in the nervous system and sensory organs figure prominently.

It is a curious region, with a very weird language!

 

[Guardian]

It is a curious region, with a very weird language!

I went visiting back in my 20's ...they are such nice folks! Some of them know stuff about crystal usage that could make us drool....ok well, made me drool.

I really wanted to stay for a few years, but I had other things I had to do :(

 

[stellar]

Part of quote from http://users.rcn.com/jkimvall.ma.ultraner/BiologyPages/P/PNS.html reads:

"The vagus nerves also help keep inflammation under control.
Inflammation stimulates nearby sensory neurons of the vagus.
When these nerve impulses reach the medulla oblongata, they are relayed vack along motor fibres to the inflamed area.
The acetylcholine from the motor neurons suppresses the release of inflammatory cytokines,e.g.,tumor necrosis factor(TNF) from macrophages in the inflamed tissue."

Then "....During their periods of meditation, these people are clearly able to alter a number of autonomic functios including heart rate and the rate of oxygen consumption.
These changes are not simply a reflection of decreased physical activity because they exceed the amount of change occurringduring sleep or hypnosis."

Basically, for me, this cemented my resolve to use the EE program and a fairly strict detox diet for several months now.

I refuse drugs of any sort for pain or hayfever (which was severe 24/7 for 15 years to the points of attempted suicide, but there were other programs there so that's another topic) since afew weeks after I read about them on the forum. That's my personal choice.

It sometimes saddens/frustrates/angers me that people don't realise what a gift they have been given through the EE breathing and meditation.

Well that was just my two bits on one of my experiences so far. Hope it may help others.Don't know alot about biology but I can see when something works.

 

[Gaby]

Part of quote from http://users.rcn.com/jkimvall.ma.ultraner/BiologyPages/P/PNS.html reads:

"The vagus nerves also help keep inflammation under control.
Inflammation stimulates nearby sensory neurons of the vagus.
When these nerve impulses reach the medulla oblongata, they are relayed vack along motor fibres to the inflamed area.
The acetylcholine from the motor neurons suppresses the release of inflammatory cytokines,e.g.,tumor necrosis factor(TNF) from macrophages in the inflamed tissue."

Then "....During their periods of meditation, these people are clearly able to alter a number of autonomic functios including heart rate and the rate of oxygen consumption.
These changes are not simply a reflection of decreased physical activity because they exceed the amount of change occurringduring sleep or hypnosis.

This autonomic re-balance is also why the EE program is helpful in allergies which have an autonomic system imbalance.