Re: Thanks Jackie UCC

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jackie, I didn't even know about that web site. I went to see my

naturopath today and told him how well I was doing. I can hardly believe

it. The changes in the hives over the past 3 days have been dramatic. I

have never been sick in my life except 2 mild flues when I was a kid. I

always prided myself on my good health and how little I had to work to

achieve it. I never excercised and rarely ate nutritiously. I like eating

nutritious food but going out to restaurants was always easier. Now I find

if I walk through a food court in a mall I look at the stuff like it is

poison. I sure hope though I can get back to eating stuff like potatoes and

popcorn again and the odd potato chip. I loved the salt. The first thing

I am going to make once I start back on pototoes is homemade fries in the

oven. I bought sea salt at the health food store, it's even better than

table salt. Well I should go.

Take care,

Louise

[Guest guest]

Louise,

How long have you been on your diet? Or rather how long were you on the

diet when you noticed youself doing better in regards to the hives?

I am having trouble on the diet with menus. I am a born and raised

Kansan, bread is in my soul. ha ha

Love & Peace to all,

P. Hivingly in KC

On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:02:12 -0700 " Louise Corcoran "

writes:

> Thanks Jackie, I didn't even know about that web site. I went to

> see my

> naturopath today and told him how well I was doing. I can hardly

> believe

> it. The changes in the hives over the past 3 days have been

> dramatic. I

> have never been sick in my life except 2 mild flues when I was a

> kid. I

> always prided myself on my good health and how little I had to work

> to

> achieve it. I never excercised and rarely ate nutritiously. I like

> eating

> nutritious food but going out to restaurants was always easier. Now

> I find

> if I walk through a food court in a mall I look at the stuff like it

> is

> poison. I sure hope though I can get back to eating stuff like

> potatoes and

> popcorn again and the odd potato chip. I loved the salt. The

> first thing

> I am going to make once I start back on pototoes is homemade fries

> in the

> oven. I bought sea salt at the health food store, it's even better

> than

> table salt. Well I should go.

>

> Take care,

>

> Louise

>

>

>

>

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>

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>

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Grace & Love,

Doug & Sus

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jackie,

I have been on the diet for about 2 weeks. The reason I am hiving according

to my naturopath is because my immune system is down. When the immune

system is down and something comes near your body that your body just

doesn't want to deal with it puts up its arms and starts to " fight " . Kinda

like when we get in a bad mood and everything annoys us. That is why I

have the hives. Even though my allergy tests from the medical allergist

were all negative my naturopath did his own tests and says I have one of the

worst case of allergies he has ever seen. He has advised me to stay away

from the allergens as much as I can, especially SUGAR! until I can get my

immune system strong again. Today I took in my environmentally friendly

laundry detergent, shampoo from Watkins and Melaleuca (both environmentally

friendly companies) and pure glycerin soap (from the health food store) - I

reacted to all of them. When I say shower in the morning, my weak immune

system has to deal with all that, right til I get dressed and then it has to

deal with the soap residue all day on my clothes. That is why I am

hiving - because of a weak immune system from years of poor eating habits,

no excercise and worrying. Now, when I was taking the antihistimines I was

adding another poison to my body. My immune system was given 1 more thing

to deal with. My itching was so bad, I believed I could not live without

the drugs. Somewhere on the internet I read that taking antihistimines can

make you actually worse. They'll stop the itch (in my case), but, when they

wear off the itching is worse. I started my diet and about 4 or 5 days into

it my naturopath told me to try and quit taking them or it would take longer

for me to get better. I reluctantly and hesitantly took his advice. I

itched horribly for about 2 days The itch was so bad I was " moaning " . I

could not scratch everywhere quick enough. And then it gradually subsided.

By about the 8th or 9th day, I really noticed a difference. I am not afraid

to go out, to get out of bed in the middle of the night or anything. I am

still hiving but the hives are smaller and not as intense. I can live with

it now without drugs. I will be staying on the diet hopefully forever but

once I am well I will sneak in the odd treat but not like I was. Treats

will be cut down to a small portion a couple of times a week. If you are

having trouble with the menus, try just cutting all sugar out wherever

possible. READ the ingredients on EVERYTHING you eat. If you can't live

without the bread, cut down on it. Don't try and dive into the diet just

start with cutting the sugar. Did you know even canned spaghetti sauce has

sugar in it? Also cut down on fruit for the first little while. Stay away

from raisins or any dried fruits as they are full of sugar. Today my

naturopath told me that I do not need to go on a strict candida diet (Thank

God!). All I have to do is cut out the sugar. If after a week or 2 with no

sugar you notice no improvement, cut out fruit AND bread for a week or 2.

If you still notice no improvement cut out all simple carbs (ie: white

rice, regular pasta, potatoes). Stick with all whole grains and experiment.

Quinoa, Amaranth, and Buckwheat are really good. I am kinda having an

adventure with food. I've eaten a lot of new foods this week. Also, try

and buy your vegies and fruits locally grown and as much organic grown

grains etc. as possible. It's a little more expensive to eat this way but I

know it is cheaper for me as I used to eat out a lot and go out often for

ice cream sundays and cafe latte. Oh yeah, try and quit coffee too if you

drink it and any form alcohol as well. Mushrooms also are not good as they

are a fungus and with a candida diet you are trying to get rid of fungus.

Try and eliminate vinegar for awhile too. Most literature I've read say to

stay away from mushrooms entirely. Sorry for all the writing but one more

thing. Usually the food that you crave the most is your worst enemy. It

is the one that will cause you to react. Food allergies can be immediate or

can take as long as the next day to surface. Question: Do you crave bread?

Once you start to feel better and have felt better for quite some time you

can reintroduce foods. 1 per day and see how you react. Try to build up to

60% of your diet every day is raw vegies. I'm not there, I still cook,

steam or stir fry. I do eat a huge bowl of salad every day though.

Hope this helps and doesn't confuse.

Louise