Re: inflammation; was: supplements every day?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for post Logan. My comments are annectdotal vs. scientific study.

The doc told me that blood tests show my gut was inflammed long before I

finally felt something in my forearm, or my foot. I never once felt anything

awry within my digestive track. Those who notice a food reaction are lucky,

since they can respond. The scare for me is the inflammation that you can't

see or feel.

loganruns73 wrote:

I've never seen any evidence for that, per se. But the inflammatory reactions can cause scarring, such as in the lungs. Chronic inflammation is never good

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An overraction, actually. Thus anything that can modulate the immune system may dampen the response to allergens, like sterolins. I react more to whey that contains immunological-enhancing factors than caseine which does not. But on the other side of the coin, chronic high cortisol actually dampens the immune system. So I don't understand how allergies can come from both extremes of the immune system.

If you wouldn't mind, could you please explain which substances purport

immunological-enhancing factors? Would that include certain mushrooms?

Any opinions about enzymes? Seems to me that whey would have a low amount

of cassein in it. (?) Blood tests showed that I have only one allergy,but

several intollerances (doc called it Leaky gut). Casseinate is an intollerance

for me. Hidden food example: Boston Market tells me they inject milk into

their turkey meat.

Large molecules that shouldn't be absorbed can be absorbed in Leaky Gut Syndrome.

Anything can be reversed when the actual cause is identified and properly dealt with. :-) Logan

In support of Logans comments, my Doc says my leaky gut can heal if I am

diet compliant AND get the inflammation down. All I know is that when I

am diet compliance the symtoms go away. When I'm not diet compliant, the

symptoms return.

[Guest guest]

Many substances purport to have immune-enhancing efficacy, but the

best studied are echinacea, lactoferrin and exotic mushrooms.

Immune-modulators are two phytosterols in a 99:1 ratio: beta-

sitosterol (BSS), beta-sitosterol glucoside (BSSG) [PMID: 11302782,

PMID: 10383481].

Digestive enzymes can certainly help [PMID: 12954143].

Prebiotics/probiotics help with bowel inflammatory disorders [PMID:

12572870].

L-Glutamine helps to heal the intestinal mucosal lining [PMID:

15128285, PMID: 15222054, PMID: 15447818] but inflammation may be the

root problem [PMID: 15380915].

Candida infection seems to be commonly associated with Leaky Gut

Syndrome [PMID: 15307031], likely because it can become systemic

through the permeable intestinal wall. Candida can present symptoms

similar to food allergies.

Logan

--- In , apricot85 <apricot85@a...> >

> If you wouldn't mind, could you please explain which substances

purport

> immunological-enhancing factors? Would that include certain

> mushrooms? Any opinions about enzymes? Seems to me that whey would

have

> a low amount of cassein in it. (?) Blood tests showed that I have

only

> one allergy,but several intollerances (doc called it Leaky gut).

> Casseinate is an intollerance for me. Hidden food example:

Boston

> Market tells me they inject milk into their turkey meat.

>

> In support of Logans comments, my Doc says my leaky gut can heal if

> I am diet compliant AND get the inflammation down. All I know is

> that when I am diet compliance the symtoms go away. When I'm not

> diet compliant, the symptoms return.