Re-post of a diet discussion

[Guest guest]

True, the research was only looking at a type of

immune reaction triggered by food. There is alot of

research that discuss different types of immune

reactions in the gastrointestinal tract.

My understanding is that there really are no

completely accurate tests for foods. That's why Dr.

G. uses them more as an indication of how activated

the immune system is. The grains and dairy seem to be

the major food related immune triggers.

It's become pretty well established in the research

community that there's bidirectional communication

between the brain and the immune system.

As far as opioids, there is alot I can find on how

this is part of the neuroimmune system. From what I

understand, the autism opioid connection

was based on the theory that opioids could change

brain function/behavior. They also theorized that the

peptides found in the urine were similar in

structure and could somehow be traveling to the brain.

Another thing they mention finding in their urine is

IAG. I hope that’s the right letters.

Anyhow, I remember finding a pretty old abstract that

found that in the urine. It had to do with

photoreactivity. I believe there was mention of

elevations in disorders like Lupus.

There is some research on other disorders that found

problems with grains and dairy. These are all related

to immune reactions with no mention of opioids. I

remember posting an article about grains and diabetes.

When they removed gluten from the diet it helped the

symptoms, not the ongoing disease process. I also

have a collection of research that involves

butyrophilin. (I haven't posted yet) A recent study

found children with autism had antibodies against this

milk protein. There are also studies that found these

antibodies in disorders like Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS,

etc.

I have a few things connected to this that I'll send

to the list separately.

Cheryl

__________________________________________________