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Untreated Food Allergies cause MS
Annette Nay, Ph.D.
Copyright © 2009
More and more doctors are admitting that most, if not all diseases
are due to dietary problems. Life long food allergies left untreated
have led to most of not all autoimmune diseases and a multitude of other
diseases. Taking poison daily systematically destroys your body and your
health. One of the by-products of this poisoning is Hyperthyroidism. Two
of the biggest indicators of allergies is the continuous dark circles
under the eyes and hair and eyebrow loss.
Below are the symptoms of Milk Allergies, Wheat/Gluten Allergies,
which leads to the symptoms of Hypothyroidism. If these symptoms begin
to read like your life, you owe it to your self to read Dr. Mark Hyman’s
Ultra-Thyroid Solution at:
http://www.thyroid-info.com/ultra-thyroid-solution.htm/.
He has a downloadable E-book for a low price that in most cases will
restore your health. He spells out succinctly what vitamins and minerals
you need and in what food you can get them. He also states what you
should not do and why. You truly need his outline to make your recovery.
I spent 57 years of poisoning and dealing a lion share all of the
symptoms below. Just being off my allergy foods has changed my life and
given me hope for a better future.
Dr. Mark Hyman outlines the means where by diseases and
hypothyroidism. Some food allergies can be cured in some cases in as
short a time as three weeks. It is as easy as stop eating those items
that are poisoning you. This allows the body to get healthy and reorient
itself to operate properly. It is highly suggested that prayer is used
to petition God to help your body to reset itself properly.
Dr. Hyman is a functional medicine practitioner. There aren’t many of
these around. They study the whole body and how nutrition, chemicals,
and other things affect the body. They would know the best tests for
food allergies and how best to treat them. You can find the closest one
to you at:
www.ultrawellness.com/findadoctor/.
It is 2009. Every day of my 57 years were spent poisoning my body and
killing off one bodily system after another and dealing a lion share of
the symptoms below. Continual poisoning of your body causes a multitude
of health problems which happen in stages. Among these are irritable
bowel, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Leaky Gut, autoimmune diseases
(e.g., Lupus, Sarcoidosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Scleroderma, Sjögren’s
Syndrome, Biliary Cirrhosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Crohn’s Disease,
Ulcerative Colitis, or Celiac Disease, and Hypothyroidism.) To
understand another major part of this problem, see the information on
Leaky Gut Syndrome at:
http://www.leakygut.co.uk/.
If you have these problems, by now your immune system is virtually
inoperable. Cancer cells are produced in the body all the time. It is
the immune system that attacks these cells and eliminates them. When
they are not able to do their job then the cancer is allowed to grow.
The use of sugar in your diet is like throwing gasoline on a fire. The
cancer with sugar causes its rapid spread with the end result being
death. Yet, just being off your allergy foods will change your life and
a healthy future.
When trying to think of possible problematic foods that you are
allergic to, think of foods that you have eaten that are difficult to
fully chew or will not readily breakdown. These might be fibrous like
foods like pineapple and celery, hard to chew fruit seeds from
strawberries and raspberries, and nuts. By the time you have an
autoimmune disease and hypothyroidism; you also probably have leaky gut.
This is where the foods that have not been fully digested are allowed to
permeate the thin layer of tissue that separates your stomach and go
into the blood stream. The white blood cells see these undigested
particles as intruders and attack them. The result of this attack
results in an allergic reaction to that food. The foods that are not
quickly broken down and will most often go through the leaky gut into
the blood system are the fibrous foods, seeds, nuts, and also beef. Even
though this leaves a limited diet for a while, think about the rewards.
How serious are you about getting well. What would you give to be
healthy again?
Symptoms of a Milk Allergy
- vomiting
- hyperactive behavior
- diarrhea
- asthma
- hives
- runny nose
- rashes
- stuffy nose
- ear infections
- bloating
- watery eyes
- eczema
- allergic shiners (black around the eyes)
- recurrent bronchitis
- failure to thrive
Symptoms of Wheat/Gluten Allergy
- Upper repository tract problems (sustains, glue ear)
- Fatigue
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Mouth ulcers
- Iron-deficiency anemia
- Osteoporosis
- Weight loss
- Short stature in children
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Abdominal bloating
- Crohn's disease
- Diverticulitis
- Depression
- Attention and behavioral problems (in children and adults)
- Autism
- Skin problems
- Irritability
- Vitiligo (persistent white patches on the skin often related to
gluten sensitivity)
Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism
- Thick skin and fingernails thick
- Dry skin
- Hoarse voice
- Thinning hair, hair loss, or coarse hair
- Sensitive to cold
- Cold hands and feet
- Basal body temperature lower than 97.8 degrees first thing in
the morning (Underarm basal body thermometers are available at most
drug stores.)
- Muscle fatigue, pain, or weakness
- Heavy menstrual bleeding, worsening of premenstrual syndrome,
other menstrual problems, and/or infertility
- A loss of sex drive (decreased libido)
- Severe menopausal symptoms (such as hot flashes and mood swings)
- Fluid retention (swelling of hands and feet)
- Fatigue
- Low blood pressure and heart rate
- Slowed movement
- Slowed speech
- Slowed reaction time
- Muscle weakness
- Thickening tongue
- Swollen feet
- Swollen eyelids
- Bags under the eyes
- Enlarged thyroid gland
- Swelling of the face
- Swelling of the neck
- Lumpiness or irregularity of the thyroid gland
- Decreased ankle reflexes with slow recovery phase
- Excessive earwax
- Dry mouth
- Dry eyes and excessively
- Dry or coarse skin
- Cool skin
- Low pulse
- Elevated cholesterol
- Trouble with memory and concentration or brain fog
- Wake up tired and have trouble getting out of bed in the morning
- Loss of or thinning of the outer third of your eyebrows
- Do you have trouble losing weight, or have you experienced
recent weight gain
- Do you experience depression and apathy or anxiety
- Do you experience constipation
- Have you been diagnosed with autoimmune disease (e.g., Celiac
Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Sarcoids, Lupus,
Allergies, Yeast Overgrowth—all of which can affect thyroid
function)
- Been exposed to radiation treatments
- Been exposed to environmental toxins
- Have a family history of thyroid problems
- Drink chlorinated or fluoridated water
If you have these other associated conditions, you might consider the
possibility of thyroid disease. These conditions include:
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Raynaud’s disorder
- Dyslexia
- Persistent Tendinitis
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Vitiligo (persistent white patches on the skin often related to
gluten sensitivity)
How Food Allergies Affect Your Immune System
If you have had these problems for a while, by now your immune system
is virtually inoperable. Cancer cells are produced in the body all the
time. It is the immune system that attacks these cells and eliminates
them. When they are not able to do their job then the cancer is allowed
to grow. The use of sugar in your diet is like throwing gasoline on a
fire. The cancer with sugar causes its rapid spread with the end result
being death. Yet, just being off your allergy foods will change your
life and a healthy future.
When trying to think of possible problematic foods that you are
allergic to, think of foods that you have eaten that are difficult to
fully chew or will not readily breakdown. These might be fibrous like
foods like pineapple and celery, hard to chew fruit seeds from
strawberries and raspberries, and nuts. By the time you have an
autoimmune disease and hypothyroidism; you also probably have leaky gut.
This is where the foods that have not been fully digested are allowed to
permeate the thin layer of tissue that separates your stomach and go
into the blood stream. The white blood cells see these undigested
particles as intruders and attack them. The result of this attack
results in an allergic reaction to that food. The foods that are not
quickly broken down and will most often go through the leaky gut into
the blood system are the fibrous foods, seeds, nuts, and also beef. To
understand this problem more fully see: Leaky Gut Syndrome at:
http://www.leakygut.co.uk/.
Even though this leaves a limited diet for a while, think about the
rewards. How serious are you about getting well. What would you give to
be health again?
Dr. Hyman outlines the means where by hypothyroidism and the other
physical problems can be reversed in some cases in as short a time as
three weeks. It is as easy as stop eating those items that are poisoning
you. This allows the body to get healthy and reorient itself to operate
properly. It is highly suggested that prayer be used to petition God to
help your body to reset itself properly.
What ever damage that has been done because of disease, is done. For
example holes in the brain from MS. But when you stop eating foods that
are toxic to your body it arrests the disease and the destruction is
stopped. If one has faith in God the residual problems can be turned
over to Him and the effects removed. See my article:
Ridding Yourself of
Disease and its Effects.
How to Find Out What Foods You are Allergic To
To find out what foods you are allergic to get the scratch test done
by your doctor. The blood test does not always find all the foods that
are causing problems.
It is also advantageous to keep a list of the items you cannot eat so
you can keep them straight in your mind and not mistakenly use them,
because you forgot. Try a food and see if there is a reaction. The
reaction could be an upset or sick stomach to a rash. This could occur
up to 72 hours after ingesting that food. If you are not sure if there
was a reaction or not use the following article to help you to make a
decision: How to Make Good
Decisions.
One of the most important things to do is to read the label on
everything you put on or in your body.
It takes reading labels and making sure you are making the correct
choices for your body to allow it to heal. It also takes eliminating all
processed sugars from your diet because it is like throwing gasoline on
a fire. The sugar enflames the problems you already have.
Almost everything has a form of sugar in it. Others have gluten, milk
solids or whey, soy, corn, nuts or other foods that tend to be at the
root of food allergies.
You must look at everything even your spices, extracts like vanilla,
vitamins, lotions, make-up, toothpastes, lip savers, and analgesics like
aspirin. Google the words you don’t know. Some of those long words are
derivatives of the foods you are allergic to or are different forms of
sugar or sugar substitutes.
Maltodextrin sounds like a sugar but is in fact corn starch. If you are
allergic to corn, beware!
Look at your favorite recipes and eliminating the offending
ingredients and substituting other ingredients that will allow you to
gain your health back while eating healthfully. This process gets rid of
most cases of: headaches, arthritis, sinus problems, irritable bowel
syndrome, acne, eczema, and more. You can have a health and a quality
life again.
Watch out for:
If you are allergic gluten, watch out for gluten or gluten
by-products from:
- Wheat
- Barley
- Rye
- Oats
- Spelt
- Kamut
If you are allergic milk, watch out for:
- Milk or milk by-products
- Butter
- Cottage cheese
- Ice cream
- Cheese
If you are allergic any of the foods, watch out for:
- Processed sugar
- High fructose corn syrup
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Substitute sugar
- Sucrose
- Sunett & Sweet One
- Splenda
- Sweet & Low
Did you know that
- Many hand lotions contain oats.
- Sausage has brown sugar in it.
- There are very few foods do not have sugar in them.
- Most toothpaste contains sugar in them.
- Even some soaps, hair coloring, and vitamins have things in that
you may be allergic to.
Sweeteners You Can Use:
- Honey – A little goes a long way!
- 100% white grape juice or apple juice concentrate, if these are
not foods you are allergic to.
You can do most anything you put your mind to. Do not focus on what
foods you are loosing or can’t eat, instead focus on what you can eat.
- Make a list of vegetables that are still available to you.
- If you don’t know what vegetables are available, Google
vegetables on the internet.
- There are lists of fun new and exotic vegetables you can use.
- Keep these lists in a cupboard where you prepare your food to
help you get ideas for your meals.
- Once you have come up with a new combination of foods you can
eat, keep a running list of these so you can readily select
something to eat for future meals.
- Also keep a list of the following spices that are natural body
cleansers what will help detox the poisons from your body and then
use them.
Spices that are natural body cleansers:
- Cumin
- Oregano
- Cayenne Pepper
- Onion
- Garlic
- Rosemary
- Cilantro
- Ginger
- Cinnamon
Foods You Can Eat
Allergies are generally caused from wheat or milk. Often these two go
hand-in-hand Food allergies can be cause from eggs, nuts, soy, and
corn. If this is the case the following may be a help to you.
- Make sure that you get 3 T. of oil in your daily diet to help
your body run well and keep your hair from breaking off and your
nails from splitting.
- Protein = 30% of each meal from either poultry, soy products,
eggs, & fish
- Legumes (beans or nuts) and brown rice or wheat make a complete
protein.
The following items are the things that work with a diet without
gluten and milk products.
- Brown Rice (Not white. You need all the vitamins and minerals
you can get.)
- Beans
- Fruits, except citrus and tomatoes, because they are hard on the
stomach that must get well.
- Olives and Olive Oil (The best oil for your body!)
- 100% fruit juices
- Chicken and fish because the body doesn’t have to work very hard
to break down these foods.
- All veggies – sautéed in olive oil to make them soft and
chewable.
- Honey in small amounts
Meals
- Homemade soups like: Chicken and Rice w/ sautéed veggies added
- Refried beans, rice and olives,
- Sautéed veggies with romaine lettuce with chicken with a
dressing of fresh lemon and olive oil
- Baked potato with chicken broth over it with chicken chunks &
sautéed veggies
- Soups and gravies can be thickened by using potato flakes
- Fruit smoothies with or without blenderized cooked rice. For
sweetening your drink use 100% white grape fruit concentrate.
Do!
- Google rice recipes and manipulate or substitute ingredients and
spices so that you can eat well.
- Use onion, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, and fresh cilantro to
season with as they are detox herbs.
- Get 8 hours of sleep and a nap during the day if possible
- De-stress your life
- Get 8 to 10 cups of water daily. Use filtered water
- Use probiotics to gain the needed bacteria for your stomach such
as lactobacillus
- Choose fresh foods over canned or frozen. Eat as close to the
land as possible. This eliminates all the preservative chemicals. Be
sure to wash your foods to get rid of pesticides or other chemicals.
Better yet grow your own foods
- Consciously make sure you get at lease 3 T. of oil in your diet
daily or your nails will split, hair will break off, and your body
will not run well
- Chew your food extremely well. Until your leaky gut is
well, you must make sure that no more foods that are not broken down
get into the blood stream or you will become allergic to them also.
There is an upside to completely chewing your food. It gives your
stomach time to register that it is full, so you don’t overeat, thus
when you get your metabolism running again, you will lose weight
faster.
Making Your Own Flour
- Substitute flours can be used for making a quick pancake for
bread.
- Stick flours: Potato Flakes & Dry Beans
- Gritty Flours: Brown Rice & Tapioca
- Mix the two types of flours together to get a good product! Or
go to the health food stores and purchase their alternative flours.
- Grind your own flour, but make sure you have thoroughly cleaned
out gluten flours from your mill.
- I use: 1 part potato flakes, 1 part dry beans, 1 part brown rice
and 1 part tapioca. I mix water with it to the consistency of a
thick pancake batter. This is cooked on a Teflon coated pan with
olive oil.
- You can use substitute flour without gluten or wheat. They are
as follows:
Wheat Free and Gluten Free Flours (Source:
http://www.wheat-free.org/wheat-free-flour.html)
Wheat flour contains gluten which is the protein that strengthens and
binds dough in baking. Because of this, when baking with wheat free
flours you may need to source alternative binding agents.
Wheat free recipes using flour substitutes usually have been
carefully formulated to get the best possible result taking into account
the problems associated with lack of wheat gluten, therefore
substitution can be a risky experiment. If you try substitution, then be
aware that you may get a failure, so don't do it for the first time if
cooking for an important occasion.
The flours listed below are alternatives to wheat flour. However it
is important to be aware that there is no exact substitute for wheat
flour, and recipes made with wheat free alternative flours will be
different from those containing wheat.
Amaranth flour
Amaranth flour is made from the seed of the Amaranth plant, which is
a leafy vegetable. Amaranth seeds are very high in protein, which makes
a nutritious flour for baking. Alternative names: African spinach,
Chinese spinach, Indian spinach, elephants ear.
Arrowroot flour
Arrowroot flour is ground from the root of the plant, and is very
useful for thickening recipes. It is tasteless, and the fine powder
becomes clear when it is cooked, which makes it ideal for thickening
clear sauces.
Barley flour
Barley only contains a small amount of gluten, so is rarely used to
make bread, with the exception of unleavened bread. It has a slightly
nutty flavor, and can be used to thicken or flavor soups or stews.
Blended with other alternative flours it is also fairly versatile for
cakes, biscuits, pastry, dumplings etc.
- Wheat free
- NOT Gluten free
Brown Rice Flour
Brown rice flour is heavier than its relative, white rice flour. It
is milled from unpolished brown rice so it has a higher nutritional
value than white, and as it contains the bran of the brown rice it has a
higher fiber content. This also means that it has a noticeable texture,
a bit grainy.
It does have a slight nutty taste, which will sometimes come out in
recipes depending on the other ingredients, and the texture will also
contribute to a heavier product than recipes made with white rice flour.
It is not often used completely on its own because of its heavier
nature.
Bulk buying is not recommended as it is better used when fresh, store
in an airtight container.
Buckwheat flour
Buckwheat flour is not, despite its name a form of wheat, buckwheat
is actually related to rhubarb. The small seeds of the plant are ground
to make flour.
It has a strong nutty taste so is not generally used on its own in a
recipe, as the taste of the finished product can be very overpowering,
and a little bitter. Alternative names: beech wheat, kasha, saracen
corn.
Chick pea flour (also known as gram or garbanzo flour)
This is ground from chick peas and has a strong slightly nutty taste.
It is not generally used on its own.
Corn Flour
Corn flour is milled from corn into a fine, white powder, and is used
for thickening recipes and sauces. It has a bland taste, and therefore
is used in conjunction with other ingredients that will impart flavour
to the recipe.
It also works very well when mixed with other flours, for example
when making fine batters for tempura.
Some types of corn flour are milled from wheat but are labeled
wheaten corn flour.
Alternative name: cornstarch.
Cornmeal
Ground from corn. Heavier than corn flour, not generally
interchangeable in recipes.
Maize flour
Ground from corn. Heavier than corn flour, not generally
interchangeable in recipes. Available in in whole food stores.
Millet flour
Comes from the grass family, and is used as a cereal in many African
and Asian countries. It can be used to thicken soups and make flat
breads and griddle cakes. Because it lacks any form of gluten it's not
suited to many types of baking. Available in in whole food stores.
Potato flour
This flour should not be confused with potato starch flour. Potato
flour has a strong potato flavor and is a heavy flour so a little goes a
long way. Bulk buying is not recommended unless you are using it on a
very regular basis for a variety of recipes as it does not have a very
long shelf life.
Potato starch flour
This is a fine white flour made from potatoes, and has a light potato
flavor which is undetectable when used in recipes. It's one of the few
alternative flours that keeps very well provided it is stored in an
airtight jar, and somewhere cool and dark.
Quinoa flour (pronounced 'keen wa')
Quinoa is related to the plant family of spinach and beets. It has
been used for over 5,000 years as a cereal, and the Incas called it the
mother seed. Quinoa provides a good source of vegetable protein and it
is the seeds of the quinoa plant that are ground to make flour. It's a
rarity to find quinoa flour in the UK, although quinoa itself is widely
available.
Rye flour
Rye flour is a strongly flavored flour, dark in color. Breads made
with rye flour are denser than those made with wheat, for example
pumpernickel which is virtually black. Rye flour has a low gluten
content, but it can also be used for recipes such as pancakes and
muffins.
- Wheat free
- NOT Gluten free
Sorghum flour
This is a relatively new flour on the market, and not readily
available in the UK. It is ground from sorghum grain, which is similar
to millet. The flour is used to make porridge or flat unleavened breads.
It is an important staple in Africa and India.
This flour stores well under normal temperatures.
Soya flour
Soya flour is a high protein flour with a nutty taste. It is not
generally used on it's own in recipes, but when combined with other
flours is very successful as an alternative flour. Can be used to
thicken recipes or added as a flavor enhancer.
It needs to be carefully stored as it is a high fat flour and can go
rancid if not stored properly. A cool, dark environment is recommended
and can even be stored in the refrigerator.
Stamp Collection all purpose flour
This flour, produced by The Stamp Collection, is 100% organic and
wheat free. It is a blend of barley, rice, millet and maize flours. This
flour works well in a wide variety of recipes, from soufflés to
biscuits, and pancakes to pastry. It can't however be used to produce
bread, although bread type products can be made from it. The all purpose
flour absorbs liquid slower than wheat flour, and so additional time
allowance needs to be made when using in recipes to allow liquid to
absorb fully.
- Wheat free
- NOT Gluten free
Tapioca flour
Tapioca flour is made from the root of the cassava plant, once ground
it takes the form of a light, soft, fine white flour. Tapioca flour adds
chewiness to baking and is a good thickener. Although difficult to
source in the UK tapioca flour is an excellent addition to any wheat
free kitchen. It's a fairly resilient flour, so storing at room
temperature is no problem.
Teff flour
Teff comes from the grass family, and is a tiny cereal grain native
to northern Africa. It is ground into flour and used to prepare injera,
which is a spongy, slightly sour flat bread. It is now finding a niche
in the health food market because it is very nutritious, although
currently it's a rarity to find.
White rice flour
This flour is milled from polished white rice so it is very bland in
taste, and not particularly nutritious. White rice flour is ideal for
recipes that require a light texture, for example our herby dumplings.
It can be used on its own for a variety of recipes and has a reasonable
shelf life, as long as it is stored in an airtight container to avoid it
absorbing moisture from the air.
I know if you put your mind to this problem and get the help of a
functional medical doctor, and include God into the equation, you can
beat this problem and have good health. |
