Posted by tealady on January 17, 2006, at 20:20:29
In reply to Re: 'Diet change cured me of depression' » tealady, posted by Mistermindmasta on January 16, 2006, at 23:24:12
> > It's not necessary for most to give up grains.
> > They're usually a healthy part of a good diet too, especially the more unprocessed wholegrains.
> > Its only a few who cannot tolerate gluten usually.
> > And you can test that by following and elmination diet for 3 weeks off grains.. or some diets are stricter for 3 weeks and then reintroducing things a group at a time and seeing if you react badly.
> > I put my reply here.. so i can edit it for typos. I'm having a lot of difficulty with typing lately.
> >
> > http://www.blog.co.uk/index.php/tealady-health/2006/01/16/diet_and_mental_health~478267
> >
> > Jan
>
> I think that because the co-morbidity between dairy and grain sensitivies are so common that it's necessary to not only do a grain exclusion diet, but also a diary exclusion diet. I am affected equally by gluten, gluten grains and corn. I do not think that gluten sensitivities should be underestimated or cast off as being unimportant. I think it happens much more often than people know, but it's probably only still a minority of people that this happens in.
I agree totally :-)I found the elimination diet didn't help me or my kids although it did help a friend.
He also avoided wheat and dairy for years, but now he tolerates a small serving occasional..about once a week at the most. You don't get that antibody buildup effect.I was trying to make the point that many may find their story is similar to the guy in the news... (not that gluten and dairy intolerance doesn't play a part, just that its a different point). It was difficult to know where to draw the line in the story :-)
Try to eliminate, OK reduce as much as possible, the artificial chemical part of the diet and exposure to them thru air and water too:-)
I do believe that the cause of the growth in depression and other mental problems as well as fatigue, general feeling off and autoimmune diseases IS most likely the toxins, poisons, pollution, the unnatural chemicals added ..
like the preservatives and fungicides added to bread, (It's in a lot of the grain products)
as well as the removal of nutrients (incl. enyzmes) during processing in processed foods.I'd include in here the fluoride added to water, the mercury in amalgams, the preservatives and fungicides as well as the artifical sweetners, artifical colours, artifical flavours, the removal of enzymes and of other nutrients like vitamins during processing.. including the treatment dairy products receive!
You see here there may be a reason for the grain and dairy sensitivity. By excluding them you are excluding a fair swag of the processing removal of enzymes and artifical preservatives and fungicides etc I am talking about.
Many have found that if they do source thir own milk from just milked cows and grind their own seeds for grain .. they can then tolerate it! see Mercola's site on his milk he offers :-)
It's making the same point I made.. well a part of it.
I feel a lot better if I can milk a cow for milk, get the eggs from the chickens that eat grass and worms out in the paddocks and get topped up with table scraps, cook my own bread from organic flour without preservatives etc..but its just not possible is it for most of the time?
Jan
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