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I have been fighting this illness for over a decade, and still dealing with major pain and exhaustion.
But I have experienced a lessening of "the miserables", as I call them...flu-like misery, enhanced pain, profound motivation loss.
I had attributed it to the meds. BUT, this weekend I accidentally broke my strict no Dairy/Gluten regimen, when I ate a dish with butter in it.
The next morning...Wham! the miserables came back like a freight train.
I am pretty darn sure it is due to inflammation, related to the dairy.
SO, if you are suffering and are not yet on a *strict* dairy and gluten free diet, I am posting just to say that I can attest to its value.
It doesn't fix everything, but it definitely can help.
Best Regards, Pantsinsocks
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- Pantsinsocks,
Thanks for sharing your good news. Good to hear and it is really something that many have said help tremendously.
Mark Bitman, in the New York Times, did a duo of article on "Got Milk?" "Maybe you shouldn't" sort of thing and there were so many reader comments to his first article he did much more investigating.
For others who may wonder and want to learn more, some links below for their "enjoyment" -
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- Milk causes phlegm. That's the major reason to avoid it. Phlegm harbors all kinds of germs and the respiratory systems and gut can really hold a lot of phlegm. Inflammation is just one unkind thing that can result. And, so many other reasons:
Sidebar: When a lifetime of suffering, medical visits and prescription drugs can be resolved with a not especially challenging dietary change, a certain amount of retroactive frustration seems justifiable.
Not surprisingly, experiences like mine with dairy, outlined in my column of two weeks ago, are more common than unusual, at least according to the roughly 1,300 comments and e-mails we received since then.
In them, people outlined their experiences with dairy and health problems as varied as heartburn, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, eczema, acne, hives, asthma (``When I gave up dairy, my asthma went away completely''),
- full article at link above. -
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- What else, then?
Artisana Organics Raw COCONUT BUTTER is a very nice option to add a creamy effect to various foods.
I also find it better than buying coconut milk in cans or cartons with plastic linings. It's very thick and really, just a rich coconut puree of sorts but melts fine over hot foods.
It's also a good to just grab a spoonful of it for a quick snack. Very sweet, naturally.
Artisana Org. Raw Coconut BUTTER . . . the labels are very similar and the oil is good, too, but not at all the same thing.
It happens to be on sale this week at my local market. It's still bit spendy but so worth it. It's so thick that, if one has some disciple, it might last a good while. A little bit goes a long way.
I've tried all similar brands and this one stands at the top.
Their other nut butters are also excellent. Far better than others I've tried over the years.
Many real food stores carry it as does VitaCost.com and likely other web vendors like iHerb.com -
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So for me personally gluten causes problems but not dairy at all. But I come from a culture where milk products have been consumed for centuries and its a part of virtually everything so Im sure Im adapted to it. Wheat, or atleast modern wheat is an entirely different story. Its not as traditional, and I show dramatic improvements when not eating it. If you do get milk products, try to get organic and 100% grass fed. The PUFA composition of grain fed cows is all wrong.
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