Posted by: cinny
on Nov 27, 2009
Posted by: Maff
on Nov 27, 2009
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multiple chemical sensitivity ,
irritable bowel syndrome ,
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Holidays ,
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food sensitivity ,
food intolerance ,
food allergy ,
fibromyalgia ,
Face Masks ,
environmental illness ,
chronic fatigue syndrome ,
Christmas
For those of us suffering from environmental illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and gut problems including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), leaky gut syndrome (LGS) and Candida it can be hard to stay positive and enjoy life at any time of year but the holidays can be particularly difficult.
Just when the generally healthy majority are taking time out, indulging and letting their hair down us 'canaries' can often find life even more of a struggle than normal. At Christmas people are told to "eat, drink and be merry" - and most people happily comply but this poses a problem for us unfortunates.
Posted by: konnor
on Nov 24, 2009
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Thought I'd post this, to provide some shock value.
Posted by: konnor
on Nov 21, 2009
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Unfortunately continuing the negative trend of blog entries.
So about half an hour ago, I ate the equiverlant of a whopping 200 grams of sugar. Short of putting a bullet in my brain, this is quite possibly the worst thing for someone with my health troubles to do. It was fuelled by an insatiable craving, and what were christmas presents for friends soon became presents for the evils populating my gut.
Posted by: Maff
on Nov 20, 2009
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Vaccination ,
multiple chemical sensitivity ,
Mold ,
MCS ,
irritable bowel syndrome ,
fibromyalgia ,
Facebook ,
environmental illness ,
Dr Jacob Teitelbaum ,
chronic fatigue syndrome ,
CFS
Once upon a time Facebook was the domain of students who used the social networking site to keep track of friends and share their academic and non-academic exploits.
However, since Facebook opened its cyber-doors to the the online community at large it has grown into much more and believe it or not it now has much to offer people who are struggling with what we call 'environmental illnesses' on this site, but may also be termed 'unexplained chronic illnesses' or 'invisible illnesses'. We're talking chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and others.
Posted by: Maff
on Nov 13, 2009
Continuing my series on interpreting the sometimes confusing results of the Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis (CDSA) today we're going to look at the Microbiology section.
Posted by: konnor
on Nov 08, 2009
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It looks like I have more food allergies going on, to accompany a slowly declining state of health. I'm certain chronically high insuling levels are really causing me some problems, along with the intolerances.
Posted by: Maff
on Nov 06, 2009
Low stomach acid, or hypochlorhydria, occurs when the the parietal cells lining the stomach are unable to produce enough acid (HCl) for whatever reason.
Low stomach acid can be a significant problem since sufficient amounts are required for a number of purposes. Firstly stomach acid is required for the digestion of proteins. High acidity breaks down the bonds between protein fibres allowing proteolytic (protein digesting) enzymes to go to work to further digest protein in the small intestine. Secondly, stomach acid is needed to liberate essential minerals from food so they are present in their unbound ionic forms which can then be absorbed. This is true for important nutrient minerals including calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron and selenium. Stomach acid is also required to liberate vitamin B12 from meat, its main dietary source. Finally, acid acts to sterilise the stomach, killing bacteria, yeast and parasites that may be ingested.
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