Re: Re: Psoriatic arthritis?

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Great post Zoe! Found myself agreeing and agreeing and agreeing!Best wishesCraig From: ukherbal-list [mailto:ukherbal-list ] On Behalf Of Zoe HawesSent: 03 February 2012 12:00To: ukherbal-list Subject: Re: Re: Psoriatic arthritis? Psoriatic arthritis, PMR, Ank.Spon, all respond well to a wheat free diet.Low carb really. I used this now for about 3 years worth of patients, all presenting with of a various combination of these, all making complete recovery when they stick to grain free. I say grain free because if you say gluten free they go and fill up on gluten free products which are still eventually glucose in the body and full of glucose corn syrup crap. Get the BM (Blood sugar) down then insulin comes down and inflammation resolves. My last patient took herbs for 6 months - ALL the anti inflam ones and had small improvements but kept relapsing UNTIL he went off and had a proper look at all the links I gave him about grains - he went grain free in November and is now pain free and back to work. Vegans are totally fat deficient and I can't think of one I have seen in clinic that doesn't rely on grain based carbohydrates as a main part of their diet. Omega 6 fats are inflammatory (from seeds, nuts and vegetables)And you can't get anywhere near enough the amounts of omega 3 required from hemp and flax. Our ancestors didn't get essential fats from vegetables and they wouldn't have eaten flax and hemp seed in quantities enough to give them anything close to what is required(it would have given them the runs though) It has to be animal fats.The anti nutrient effects, immune screwing gluten and high glucose stuff aside - I'm thinking that another part of these illnesses is to do with the biology of the brain. The amygdala in the brain is programmed to monitor for potentially dangerous stuff. I picture it like a security guard in his office. Doesn't have a rational brain or ability to think for himself. Just sees how things are over time and then sets responses to alert when anything changes.So if you have a pretty steady high blood sugar and insulin, then as soon as that monitor on the security guards screen starts to blip off down into lower levels, then he will react as if it is dangerous and set off a red alert. That means flight or fight response. Skeletal muscles get tense in response, ready to power off running or fighting. Tenseness=poor circulation=bad nutrient supply & poor removal of wastes= inflammation and disrepair= aching, tense, painful joints and muscles.So they have a nice carby cereal breakfast with a few seedy nuts (omega 6) and some evil soya milk or rice milk(why not just poor sugar syrup on?!) on it. Then 2 hours later the BM drops. Then a snack on a few rice cakes, oat cakes what ever. BM goes up. For a bit.Back down for lunch of pasta, potato, sandwich, soup and bread, cous cous etcAgain in the afternoon -MMMmmm a banana or some kind of healthy fruit (fructose)or yoghurt.and again for dinner of something carb based. So the BM yoyos massively all day long. And they body is constantly on alert. High sympathetic tone causing every system to direct function to flight or fight.There is hardly any parasympathetic activity at all - digestion stops and starts and they have symptoms of irritable bowel - oh and they think they have candida and probably do have an element of dysbiosis because of all the glucose feeding the nasty bloaty bugs. A good regular dose of bile(in a parasympathetic state) would sort that out straight away and fermented foods.(or you can buy expensive pro biotics) Then all the " good " bugs will be able to make nutrients more bio available for absorption.(or you can keep buying expensive supplements long term)or you can make bone broths for your veg soup.Lots of people even get low BM symptoms and they think it's because they need more carbs/glucose/sugar. They also crash pretty badly after about 7-10 days as the system resets. Warn them about this if they are going to do withdraw carbs suddenly rather than gradually. Parasympathetic is also what powers elimination of wastes. If it doesn't get a chance then they accumulate. Lots of these patients complain of insomnia and poor sleep. It's because that amygdala keeps waking them up. Gotta keep running.Oops. Didn't mean to write so much. Can you tell I've been 6 hours a day alone pruning the orchard for 5 days! There is more but I'll stop now just in case I'm telling granny how to suck eggs.(eggs now there's a great breakfast alternative!)zoexMedical HerbalistMNIMH CPP Dip. Phyt. Buteyko Breathing Practitoner " Wild Drugs " 'A Foragers Guide to Healing Plants' Gaia 2010Bath01761 439920

[Guest guest]

So well stated Zoe! Hear Hear! J Fidler, MCPP, (RH) AHG

Herbalist To: ukherbal-list Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 4:59 AM Subject: Re: Re: Psoriatic arthritis?

Psoriatic arthritis, PMR, Ank.Spon, all respond well to a wheat free diet.

Low carb really.

I used this now for about 3 years worth of patients, all presenting with of a various combination of these, all making complete recovery when they stick to grain free.

I say grain free because if you say gluten free they go and fill up on gluten free products which are still eventually glucose in the body and full of glucose corn syrup crap.

Get the BM (Blood sugar) down then insulin comes down and inflammation resolves.

My last patient took herbs for 6 months - ALL the anti inflam ones and had small improvements but kept relapsing UNTIL he went off and had a proper look at all the links I gave him about grains - he went grain free in November and is now pain free and back to work.

Vegans are totally fat deficient and I can't think of one I have seen in clinic that doesn't rely on grain based carbohydrates as a main part of their diet. Omega 6 fats are inflammatory (from seeds, nuts and vegetables)

And you can't get anywhere near enough the amounts of omega 3 required from hemp and flax. Our ancestors didn't get essential fats from vegetables and they wouldn't have eaten flax and hemp seed in quantities enough to give them anything close to what is required(it would have given them the runs though) It has to be animal fats.

The anti nutrient effects, immune screwing gluten and high glucose stuff aside - I'm thinking that another part of these illnesses is to do with the biology of the brain.

The amygdala in the brain is programmed to monitor for potentially dangerous stuff. I picture it like a security guard in his office. Doesn't have a rational brain or ability to think for himself. Just sees how things are over time and then sets responses to alert when anything changes.

So if you have a pretty steady high blood sugar and insulin, then as soon as that monitor on the security guards screen starts to blip off down into lower levels, then he will react as if it is dangerous and set off a red alert.

That means flight or fight response. Skeletal muscles get tense in response, ready to power off running or fighting.

Tenseness=poor circulation=bad nutrient supply & poor removal of wastes= inflammation and disrepair= aching, tense, painful joints and muscles.

So they have a nice carby cereal breakfast with a few seedy nuts (omega 6) and some evil soya milk or rice milk(why not just poor sugar syrup on?!) on it. Then 2 hours later the BM drops. Then a snack on a few rice cakes, oat cakes what ever. BM goes up. For a bit.

Back down for lunch of pasta, potato, sandwich, soup and bread, cous cous etc

Again in the afternoon -MMMmmm a banana or some kind of healthy fruit (fructose)or yoghurt.

and again for dinner of something carb based.

So the BM yoyos massively all day long. And they body is constantly on alert.

High sympathetic tone causing every system to direct function to flight or fight.

There is hardly any parasympathetic activity at all - digestion stops and starts and they have symptoms of irritable bowel - oh and they think they have candida and probably do have an element of dysbiosis because of all the glucose feeding the nasty bloaty bugs.

A good regular dose of bile(in a parasympathetic state) would sort that out straight away and fermented foods.(or you can buy expensive pro biotics)

Then all the "good" bugs will be able to make nutrients more bio available for absorption.(or you can keep buying expensive supplements long term)or you can make bone broths for your veg soup.

Lots of people even get low BM symptoms and they think it's because they need more carbs/glucose/sugar. They also crash pretty badly after about 7-10 days as the system resets. Warn them about this if they are going to do withdraw carbs suddenly rather than gradually.

Parasympathetic is also what powers elimination of wastes. If it doesn't get a chance then they accumulate.

Lots of these patients complain of insomnia and poor sleep. It's because that amygdala keeps waking them up. Gotta keep running.

Oops. Didn't mean to write so much. Can you tell I've been 6 hours a day alone pruning the orchard for 5 days!

There is more but I'll stop now just in case I'm telling granny how to suck eggs.(eggs now there's a great breakfast alternative!)

zoe

x

Medical Herbalist

MNIMH CPP Dip. Phyt.

Buteyko Breathing Practitoner

"Wild Drugs" 'A Foragers Guide to Healing Plants' Gaia 2010

Bath

01761 439920

[Guest guest]

Absolutely, Zoe!

I always laugh (or cry) when I hear doctors tell those with

hypoglcaemia that when their blood sugar levels fall, they should

have some juice or a candy to balance things out. The worst idea

ever. What really makes a difference is protein: cheese, milk, eggs,

meat, fish, whatever is easy to grab. But then again, why am I

surprised? I've seen dietician's menu sheets for diabetes type 2

that include white rice, cookies and doughnuts!

Crazy world.

Cheers,

Kerry

Psoriatic arthritis, PMR, Ank.Spon, all respond well to a

wheat free diet.

Low carb really.

I used this now for about 3 years worth of patients, all

presenting with of a various combination of these, all

making complete recovery when they stick to grain free.

I say grain free because if you say gluten free they go

and fill up on gluten free products which are still

eventually glucose in the body and full of glucose corn

syrup crap.

Get the BM (Blood sugar) down then insulin comes down and

inflammation resolves.

My last patient took herbs for 6 months - ALL the anti

inflam ones and had small improvements but kept relapsing

UNTIL he went off and had a proper look at all the links I

gave him about grains - he went grain free in November and

is now pain free and back to work.

Vegans are totally fat deficient and I can't think of one

I have seen in clinic that doesn't rely on grain based

carbohydrates as a main part of their diet. Omega 6 fats

are inflammatory (from seeds, nuts and vegetables)

And you can't get anywhere near enough the amounts of

omega 3 required from hemp and flax. Our ancestors didn't

get essential fats from vegetables and they wouldn't have

eaten flax and hemp seed in quantities enough to give them

anything close to what is required(it would have given

them the runs though) It has to be animal fats.

The anti nutrient effects, immune screwing gluten and high

glucose stuff aside - I'm thinking that another part of

these illnesses is to do with the biology of the brain.

The amygdala in the brain is programmed to monitor for

potentially dangerous stuff. I picture it like a security

guard in his office. Doesn't have a rational brain or

ability to think for himself. Just sees how things are

over time and then sets responses to alert when anything

changes.

So if you have a pretty steady high blood sugar and

insulin, then as soon as that monitor on the security

guards screen starts to blip off down into lower levels,

then he will react as if it is dangerous and set off a red

alert.

That means flight or fight response. Skeletal muscles get

tense in response, ready to power off running or fighting.

Tenseness=poor circulation=bad nutrient supply & poor

removal of wastes= inflammation and disrepair= aching,

tense, painful joints and muscles.

So they have a nice carby cereal breakfast with a few

seedy nuts (omega 6) and some evil soya milk or rice

milk(why not just poor sugar syrup on?!) on it. Then 2

hours later the BM drops. Then a snack on a few rice

cakes, oat cakes what ever. BM goes up. For a bit.

Back down for lunch of pasta, potato, sandwich, soup and

bread, cous cous etc

Again in the afternoon -MMMmmm a banana or some kind of

healthy fruit (fructose)or yoghurt.

and again for dinner of something carb based.

So the BM yoyos massively all day long. And they body is

constantly on alert.

High sympathetic tone causing every system to direct

function to flight or fight.

There is hardly any parasympathetic activity at all -

digestion stops and starts and they have symptoms of

irritable bowel - oh and they think they have candida and

probably do have an element of dysbiosis because of all

the glucose feeding the nasty bloaty bugs.

A good regular dose of bile(in a parasympathetic state)

would sort that out straight away and fermented foods.(or

you can buy expensive pro biotics)

Then all the "good" bugs will be able to make nutrients

more bio available for absorption.(or you can keep buying

expensive supplements long term)or you can make bone

broths for your veg soup.

Lots of people even get low BM symptoms and they think

it's because they need more carbs/glucose/sugar. They also

crash pretty badly after about 7-10 days as the system

resets. Warn them about this if they are going to do

withdraw carbs suddenly rather than gradually.

Parasympathetic is also what powers elimination of wastes.

If it doesn't get a chance then they accumulate.

Lots of these patients complain of insomnia and poor

sleep. It's because that amygdala keeps waking them up.

Gotta keep running.

Oops. Didn't mean to write so much. Can you tell I've been

6 hours a day alone pruning the orchard for 5 days!

There is more but I'll stop now just in case I'm telling

granny how to suck eggs.(eggs now there's a great

breakfast alternative!)

zoe

x

Medical Herbalist

MNIMH CPP Dip. Phyt.

Buteyko Breathing Practitoner

"Wild Drugs" 'A Foragers Guide to Healing Plants' Gaia

2010

Bath

01761 439920

-- Kerry Hackett, MNIMH, AHG, OHA

Medical Herbalist

www.kerryhackett.ca