Posted on 03/26/2025 10:03:27 PM PDT by logi_cal869
Good to know. First manifested as a bromine allergy
I’ve long held that people do not have gluten allergies, they have reactions to the glyphosate that is sprayed on the plants.
Based upon prior research which studied the microbial content (rather, absence thereof) in crop soils, I believe that it is toxic to the microbiome, the intestinal villi, or both.
Regardless, I don’t point the finger at any one culprit:
It’s a witch’s brew which varies by individual for obvious reasons, with predictable damage & complications.
Obviously, pharmaceuticals only contribute to said ‘brew’...
I’m so sorry you went through all that suffering, Logi. I battled it for just a few years and that was painful enough. I can’t even imagine what you went through and I’m truly happy you are free from it now!
I got gaslit by doctors (a preview of the nonsense I go through as a COVID long-hauler) because they couldn’t figure out what was wrong...so of course, it must be in my head.
It wasn’t.
The thing is, I ate relatively healthy to begin with. Lots of fruits and vegetables, not a lot of snacks, no alcohol, but did get my caffeine through soda. I wasn’t pounding down ice cream and carbs. I kept my weight (5’8”, 120 lbs.) for years.
After my 3rd child, I started to gain the weight and my health issues increased.
There were days my entire body was racked with pain, where I would throw up anything I ate, where the migranes were blinding.
Unless folks go through it, they will not understand how awful it can be.
“I’m going to suspect its more plastics in the food processing system, but this is only an opinion.”
1 in 3 Americans are reportedly pre type II Diabetic... I’m thinking insulin resistance is an epidemic but big pharma wants to increase metformin usage.
Change your diet. Carbs are slowly killing the population off.
Exactly.
Likewise to you. I’ve always had an iron stomach. My problems manifested in overlapping manners and I’m just lucky that I had the ability to put all the pieces together.
Not necessarily in this order, but I began gaining nearly a pound a day with zero change in activity & diet, I became so deficient in key nutrients that multiple symptoms gradually began, including literally bouncing off the walls due to lack of balance, but the key to the whole thing was a lucky break:
I got rear-ended, and given everything the doctors told me, the cognitive degradation I’d suffered from what was labeled ‘post-concussive syndrome’ was to be permanent if it lasted more than 6 months (it did, and persisted for almost 5 years). The kicker: I was rear-ended at a mere 5 mph. Yeah.
Ultimately it led to me being laid off and I spent a year researching my health, becoming the epitome of autodidact, reversed all the symptoms after spending 2 years on my gut and just like that: Magically the cognitive issues evaporated nearly overnight with specific changes.
I now believe that it was my severe health decline (which was then in stealth) which permitted my severe head injury symptoms. Again, lucky: I truly believe that I’d be dead today had it not occurred. The effects of the virus is another story altogether.
But the tragedy revealed as a result of my attempts to help others:
We as humans are hardwired to ‘push the button’ and disregard sound health advice in the absence of physical symptoms, and still reject said advice unless the cause/effect is immediate...which is as irrational as people going to the hospital with a broken leg and expecting to be healed when they are discharged.
You and I are among the distinct minority who may avoid the cliche’ pitfalls of living in the heart of SAD under the inverse of medical meritocracy...a pathetic, profit-driven medical orthodoxy contributing almost nothing to human health but suffering.
Yes, the brain fog! It was usually tied to a migrane so I thought it was a side-effect, but there were days when it was a struggle to focus, concentrate, get things done.
I trust my own body and fight with doctors now. I learned to be my own advocate.
To be clear, ‘brain fog’ and ‘cognitive dysfunction’ I had both experienced, but they are very different.
The ‘brain fog’ is a symptom which can manifest post-meal, not necessarily associated with blood sugar levels. It is a symptom of gut dysbiosis and MDs haven’t a clue how to treat it (yet).
The cognitive dysfunction which I experienced associated with the label ‘post-concussive disorder’ was due to a physical pressure in my cranial cavity due to failure of the drainage function of my cerebral fluid, mimicking brain swelling. The first symptom I experienced was within 72 hours of the ‘accident’ when I realized that I’d read the same page of a document 3x and failed to grasp a word of it. To put a number on it, the cognitive dysfunction was severe at about 50%. It improved marginally, but it cost me a job and I struggled for 5 years.
Yes, I finally reversed it 100% without pharmaceuticals, MDs, surgery, supplements, etc. ‘Lucky’ in a word. There are weird residual effects, such as difficulty with simple math (but not complex analysis) and sometimes recalling large numbers incorrectly (oddly, usually off by 3 decimal points). I’ve adapted.
The brain fog, however, abated immediately after fixing my gut.
Kudos for the ‘md’ awakening.
«Some people are genetically predisposed to develop coeliac disease, an immune system reaction within the gut itself.«
Indeed, there is a genetic component. Two copies of a certain gene means high likelihood of celiac, one copy “intolerance”. Ive got one, life goes on without wheat. Its not that hard to cut out wheat if you can cook. I miss Guiness and crusty bread.
I have been able to tolerate regular processed flour products without negative impact for a number of years due to restored gut health, but do so rarely.
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Foods have enough vitamin a, so we don’t need supplements. But many foods, such as skim milk, chocolate milk, fruit juices and multivitamins have retinol supplements. Consuming more retinol (a type of vitamin a) than we need can harm us.
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