"Dangerous Grains" is an Outrageous Book!

Dangerous Grains  by James Braly MD is one of my TOP recommended reads! I really am amazed at all the information in this book. From all the information on Celiac Disease vs gluten intolerance and so many tests that can diagnose Celiac Disease or other gluten issues. Diseases that are exacerbated by gluten intolerance. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies caused by gluten intolerance, leaky gut, gluten intolerance causing other food allergies/intolerances, and how these can cause other diseases and issues in the body. Brain disorders and gluten and more.

And the "piece de resistance" in the forward of the book on page X. It tells of a Dr. Reading in Australia that had over 100 patients with SLE (Lupus) that came to him with all the symptoms of Lupus and positive blood tests for Lupus. After he treated them, they were symptom free and had negative blood tests for 5 years or more (at the time the doctor that wrote the forward met Dr. Reading)

It also has several appendices :
Appendix A - Common Signs and Symptoms of Celiac Disease
Appendix B - Hidden Sources of Gluten (and Safe Choices)
Appendix C - Autoimmune Diseases Frequently Found in Celiac Disease
Appendx D - Comprehensive List of Gluten- Associated Medical Conditions

You will be shocked and amazed as you read some of what is attributed to gluten intolerance! If you don't believe it though, just research more about it on the internet.

I  found this book at my local library, but will purchase it, it is a keeper! Please take the time to request it from your local library or purchase it and read it, it will help you on your journey to be well, if you read it and follow it's advice!

http://lupushope.blogspot.com/2010/09/dangerous-grains-why-gluten-cereal.html My other blog post on this book. If you click on the link at Amazon you can read the forward about Dr. Reading's Lupus patients.

Asthma and COPD

Anyone here have issues or know anyone with issues with COPD or Asthma? I keep seeing a commercial on TV for a drug for COPD and at the end the person is eating an ice cream cone...this makes me laugh each time because everything I've heard about lung/ breathing issues points to avoiding dairy for better breathing and less mucus issues.

If you know anyone with asthma or if you have it has your doctor told you to avoid dairy or tested for other food allergies? Do you avoid dairy? By the doctors advice or from your own doing? I want to put a poll up on this look for one soon! I wonder about pleurisy (inflammation of the lung lining) and Lupus and if this could be  food allergy, or environmental allergy related and also be causing pleurisy. I don't think it's a far cry...

Got Walloped By a Cold!

Was cruising along in life...well besides the normal little annoyances of life when my daughter brought home a cold from school...well my son got it after her and then me, and now my husband has it....

It was a nasty one. Quick in passing through but nasty!

It affected each of us the same, 1st day headachy, achy, tired,  2nd Day horrible eye pain, horrible sinus pain,(I think the worst I ever had) 3rd day terrible eye, sinus pain went away but then still feeling tired, stuffy, achy...I'm getting better but boy it was a wallop! Anyone else with colds lately? I hear they're going around.

I also had to have my period at the same time... no fun. I seem to find that my immunity is usally lower right before my period...if I'm going to get a cold or anything that is the time I feel most vulnerable. Anyone else notice that?

Saved from the GMO "Frankenfish" for Now....

The FDA was unable to reach a conclusion on GMO Salmon.....read the following article...hopefully they will say a RESOUNDING "NO"! in the future!

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/fda-unable-reach-conclusion-genetically-modified-salmon/story?id=11682586

Martha Stewart's Review of Natural Deodorants

On a regular day if I am not going anywhere " important" I don't wear deodorant, I go "au natural" . I figure if I sweat and have nothing blocking my pores more toxins will come out....see below for Martha's recommendations, my husband and I use "the rock" deodorant crystal.

Also I try to wear no bra or a comfortable looser bra with no underwires. The less restrictions to your body the better.You will have better blood flow and your breasts are supposed to stay cooler than the rest of your body.

http://theradioblog.marthastewart.com/2010/09/detox-your-deodorant-a-review-of-natural-brands-and-a-diy-recipe-to-boot.html

Funny!!!! Grocery Shopping Video

Some of the things they say are incorrect but mostly "It'll still kill you". My 15 year old daughter and I  watched this together and we were rolling on the floor! You really need to watch what you buy at the grocery store! I want to do a funny educational video like this too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-c4sEv7Lcg&feature=channel

More on GMO Salmon Hearings 9/19-9/21/2010

Wish I was aware of these hearings earlier and could go and speak my mind, or bring a petition or something...

http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/publichealthfocus/ucm224089.htm

Really Great Info on Leaky Gut and How to Correct It

http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/leaky-gut-syndrome-or-digestive-permeability/

Truth Calkins and David Wolfe talk about Celiac Disease

Great information.... a must listen! I need to research healing a leaky gut for myself...I STILL need help with that!


http://www.thelongevitynowconference.com/celiac.html

From David Wolfe's Longevity Newsletter....

Secret to Healthy Digestion

An Exclusive Interview with Truth Calkins

Do you or someone you know suffer from the autoimmune disorder, celiac disease?

Here are some startling statistics about this disorder:

•1 out of every 133 Americans (about 3 million people) has

celiac disease.
•97% of Americans estimated to have CD are not diagnosed.
•30% of the US population is estimated to have the genes

necessary for Celiac disease.

•2.5 babies are born every minute in the USA with the

genetic makeup to have Celiac disease.

•Celiac disease affects more people in the US than Crohn’s

Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s

disease combined.

•It takes an average of 11 years for patients to be properly

diagnosed with Celiac disease even though a simple blood

test exists.
•12% of people in the US who have Down Syndrome also

have Celiac disease.

•6% of people in the US who have Type 1 Diabetes also

have Celiac disease.

In this interview with Master Herbalist and health advocate Truth Calkins, you will learn the following:

•Discover how a healthy gut will actually make food for

you, especially those essential B-Vitamins!

•Learn about the 'second' brain that controls your body's

ability to absorb nutrients.

•Find out what warning signals your body sends you that

its digestive health is in peril.

•Discover how to reverse hunger, overeating, and fatigue by

making a few simple changes in your diet.

•Hear the Truth about the role genes play in celiac disease

(I guarantee you do not know this!)

•Reduce the symptoms of celiac disease and restore your

digestive health!

Genetically Modified Babies?

What is the WORLD coming to???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1312708.stm

FDA Approves of GMO Salmon! TRUE!

Am I getting through here? This just sounds like news from a Science Fiction Movie not real news stories...of the the claims on that man's video, many are true! I was unaware of this one too! Again buy Wildcaught NOT FARMED!!!!(they will NOT label it as GMO) FDA says they believe GMO salmon is safe...

http://food.change.org/blog/view/genetically_engineered_salmon_earn_fda_approval_now_what

Cloned Beef UNLABELLED in the USA - TRUE!

Cloned beef is NOW on your store shelves and it won't be labelled so you can choose to buy it or not. The FDA thinks that would just "confuse" consumers...another GROSS thing, buy organic!!!!(and grass fed too if you eat beef)

http://www.naturalnews.com/029487_cloned_beef_DNA.html

Spray on Virus to Keep Meats "Safe"? TRUE!

I told you I would check into the claims of the videos I posted the other day. Here is one I didn't know about until I saw the video. I  don't eat lunchmeat anymore but my son, daughter and husband  still do. We try to get Applegate Farms but don't know if they spray too? Trying to find out....

Sorry but this is gross and disgusting and I DO NOT want my family and I to be eating "viruses" with our meat....boy, ANYTHING to increase the shelf life....how can the FDA think this is safe...and what viruses are on the meat...it is like a covert "vaccine" EWWWWW!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/09/07/fda-approves-a-spray-on-virus-to-keep-processed-meats-safe.aspx

McDonald's Ingredients (Plastic in McNuggets TRUE!)

Look up some of these awful ingredients! If you are a Celiac even the fries have wheat and milk (lots of people don't know that)! Please don't look at this as a treat for your children...or yourself. Do your homework and investigate the ingredients and don't eat here!

Take food with you in a lunch bag on shopping trips or stop at a health food store or at least a deli or a mom and pop shop to get a real salad (organic if you can) with real meat or beans(again organic if you can).

http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/ingredientslist.pdf

Myositis (muscle inflammation) and Celiac Disease

From the Clinical Rheumatology Journal Myosistis and Celiac Disease

http://www.springerlink.com/content/x68m744l498639m7/

Lupus and myositis 

http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/10/1067.abstract

Myositis Symptoms

http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-information/myositis-symptoms.aspx

Food : The Ultimate Secret

I didn't investigate all this man's claims but I know a lot of what he said is true. Couldn't find the links he mentioned but looked up some of the things he claimed on the video,  by Google on the internet and found the things he mentioned in real newspaper articles published on the internet....and some I had heard of already, some I hadn't heard of (YIKES!). Forget the sterilization/extermination of the population if you want I haven't investigated that claim and I know it sounds far-fetched, but the foods in the grocery store that have all these strange chemicals/colors etc, GMO's, are not good for anyone and they are doing harm to many consumers. This is something I know for sure...people are getting more toxic and eating things they shouldn't and the FDA just keeps approving things that I can't believe they think could be SAFE! I definitely feel that the FDA just keeps saying well it "probably" is safe and we are the "guinea pigs" being tested on to see if it REALLY is safe! I will post more about the articles I find about this video... research for yourself too!
 Too many of the claims on this video are TRUE statements. That is SCARY!

Biased Studies, Hidden or Omitted Studies

This is a very sad reality...in researching Lupus and nutrition and other items of interest, I came across referenced articles in medical journals. I said, oh how I want to read those medical journals and studies...but who's to say what is skewed, biased or real and honest studies and results that are not ALLOWED to be published. Read the following article...

http://www.livescience.com/health/medical-research-drugs-devices-contains-widespread-bias-omissions-100624.html

A Wake Up Call

Hi there!

I watched Kevin Gianni's show from yesterday and I loved one of his answers to a fan.
It gave me a wake up call on what I need to focus on and I figured I'd pass it on.
The question from a viewer was what had Kevin heard about the health benefits of Rooibos tea?

Well Kevin did get up on his "soapbox" but here was his answer. What matters in life for your health is:

1)Eat healthy
2)Exercise
3)Reduce stress
4)Sleep
5)Find your passion/like your job
6)Like your relationships

Then add the quote "superfoods" on TOP of all the other items above!

Kevin never really gave any info on Rooibos tea, so look below at what I found...just for your information I don't drink much tea but when I do I have been drinking Eden organic Sencha tea. I had been drinking Kukicha tea before that but found that lately the Kukicha seemed to give me more irregular heart beats...after the flouride info below I don't know how much I'll be drinking tea....

Rooibos Tea has some good benefits read below but also read about tea and flouride below as well! I never knew teas had issues with containing flouride as well! Of course this is an ingredient that is NOT listed on the package because it is caused from the growing/manufacturing process....

As for Rooibos tea http://www.teabenefits.com/rooibos-tea-benefits.html
Fluoride in all teas!  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/02/09/fluoride-tea.aspx

Patients Be Your Own Advocate

I  read the below article, and feel the same way....don't think doctors are infallible... they are just humans too....and they make mistakes....whether it's a cut that doesn't heal or a Lupus symptom that makes you feel ill at ease when the doctor says it's nothing, somtimes YOU have to  be the one to ask for more tests, just to be sure!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-marks/patients-be-your-own-advo_b_712173.html

Happy National Celiac Disease Awareness Day!

For more information on National Celiac Awareness Day or more information on celiac disease
go to this website and scroll down...

http://www.csaceliacs.org/