Re: Diet for autoimmune disease?

[Guest guest]

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To quote Dr. of the Heart Scan Blog fame: " Wheat is among the most

destructive components of the human diet, a food that is responsible for

inflammatory disease, diabetes, heart disease, several forms of intestinal

diseases, schizophrenia, bipolar illness, ADHD, behavioral outbursts in autistic

children . . . just to name a few. "

http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/blame-gluten.html Also see his blogs

on wheat: http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Wheat

Like you, I don't have celiac. And perhaps like you I was going into the early

stages of metabolic syndrome. In my case, years of gluten exposure gave me

severe arthritis, hypothyroidism, and high RT3. Going away from gluten almost

eliminates the arthritis symptoms and has eliminated all of my metabolic

syndrome problems. Unfortunately, I've been unable to heal from all of the

damage caused by my gluten allergy, so, I still need the T3.

Had I not tried the gluten elimination diet for a month, I'd be in very rough

shape right now.

Alan

> I fear this may be off topi but I am quite desperate today and I will

appreciate some advice. I am following the T3-only protocol, rT3 cleared two

months ago or so and I am still trying to find my balance. Done lost of blood

tests today, so we'll see.

> I have been having slightly high fasting sugar readings (above 100) and I

tried to do everything recomended for Type-2 diabetes. to lower insulin

resistance, but nothing seems to work and I am comming to the realization that I

actually may have LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes in adults), unfortunately

everything fits with this diagnosis and I am testing for antibudies to be sure.

> I feel very scared because I feel like autoimmune diseses are taking hold of

my body (I also have hashimoto, of course) and I wonder if there is something I

can do about it.

> My doctor wants me on a diet free from gluten and dairy, he believes ( " he

knows " are his words) this prevents the development of autoimmune disease. I do

not have celiac disease (I went through every possible test, including the

genetic ones) and no apparent problems with dairy, but he still believes these

products are " toxic " to everyone.

> I think he is building on the hypothesis that autoimmunity starst in the so

called " leaky gut " which allows undigested food to cross the gut wall and get

inside your body. This is believed to disrupt the normal functioning of the

immune system. I have no idea if this hypothesis is at all validated

scientificaly and if this diet really helps with autoimmune disease.

>

> I do not want to go through this restrictions unless there is some sort of

scientific evidence behind it, but I don't even know were to start...