for mousetiti Re: Elimination Diet and RA

April 5, 2011

What kind of brand antibiotic did you use? thanks, June

On Apr 4, 2011, at 7:00 PM, mousetit123 wrote:

> When I started having RA symptoms, it was clearly due to Leaky Gut

> Syndrome. That had been caused by GIARDIA. Suggest you seek out

> information on both of those things...I had the GIARDIA,

> undiagnosed, for just about a year when the RA symptoms started. I

> followed some online advice about getting rid of parasites by eating

> RAW cloves of garlic (3 cloves per day, soak in oil & balsmic

> vinegar to make more palatable.). After 3 days, major herxeimer

> response. YAY! After 5 days, started burning too much, so I stopped.

> The Giardia had done quite a bit of damage to my intestines (as

> discovered 2 yrs later when I had a colonoscopy) so I have had to

> take LOTS of probiotics to re-line the gut. That being said, when my

> RA first started and before I went on the Antibiotic Protocol

> (wonderful wonderful...am symptom free on minimal drugs) I also

> started figuring out that some foods caused a greater reaction -

> hence, flares - than others. I kept a list, sort of experimenting on

> myself. I could tell roughly within 2 hours if a food was

> bothersome. My problems came from tomatoes, bell peppers, PORK,

> popcorn (but not cooked corn), peanuts, peanut butter, sunflower

> seeds, eggs, and a few others that I do not remember right now.

> Avoiding trigger foods definitely lessened the flares, but did NOT

> stop the overall joint swelling and pain. So, I recommend that when

> you are fighting the disease and the disease is ACTIVE, pay close

> attention to your food intake. Also, would not hurt to make sure you

> do not have parasites causing a leaky gut! (Several dr. visits and

> lab tests all came back with " gee, we think you are allergic to

> dairy products " which seems to be a catch-all diagnosis for anyone

> who has intestinal difficulties.) Good luck! And please please

> please try MINOCYCLINE as your treatment. I am in my 5th year of RA

> and have been totally and completely ASYMPTOMATIC (in remission) for

> over a year now. Read my story. - regards, tishylu

>

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