Posted by Mistermindmasta on January 16, 2006, at 23:20:38
In reply to Re: 'Diet change cured me of depression', posted by blueberry on January 16, 2006, at 19:30:09
> I think most of the issue about wheat and dairy is allergy related. Hidden allergies can cause psychiatric problems, and wheat and dairy are some of the more common foods that people might have hidden allergies to.
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> Just skipping those foods for a couple weeks, and then reintroducing them into your diet again is a simple way to find out if they are good or bad for you.
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> For some people, wheat and/or dairy are good. For others, they are not good.
The key thing to remember is that its not just an allergy, as defined in the medical literature. It's a delayed immune response to food, which defies the definition of allergy. You can't do a skin test on the guy in the story and find out he's allergic to wheat, because he's not. More likely, his intestinal tract is in a state of increased permeability leading to enhanced uptake of longer chain peptides from dairy and gluten containing grains that leads to a delayed immune response that may take hours to days to first begin and it may be weeks after the last exposure to the offending food before health is again achieved.
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