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Posted 10/1/2010 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
hi all,
just a quick note, in addition to prolo, which has helped, i take lots of magnesium, baths in magnesium oil and epsom salts, and also put magnesium get or cream on a lot.
i find this helps.

i also try to avoid msg.
msgmyth.com has a great forum for helping with this.
i think it helps. everything i read about msg leads me to believe that might be exacerbating... if not causing problems.

i did have pcos much earlier in life, so, i also get that this may all just be "who i am" manifesting ever more.

right now i am trying to reduce migraines so am exploring food allergies.

i wish i could go raw... or just eat nothing... or whatever would help. i am not attached. but it's so hard to know what's causing the migraines and other problems. even raw food can be loaded with msg!

i had food allergy tests but i am not sure they are all that accurate.

i also tried the elimination diet a long time ago and that made everything worse. now i will try just eliminating a few things at a time.


lotus
Posted 10/1/2010 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
Lotus, magnesium does help fibro.  I take malic acid/magnesium supplements.  There is a link about these in Fibro 101.  This has helped quite a few on this forum.  So does vitamin D3, since many are deficient in that too.

 

I can't have things with MSG in them.  I get very dizzy and my heart races.  There is no reason to use that stuff anyway.  I prepare my foods fresh and rarely use prepackaged products, too.

 

Sherrine

Posted 10/1/2010 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
Did you see my post about gluten-free diet? I'm going to talk to my co-worker about it when she is in next and post some info about it once I get some answers.
Posted 10/1/2010 6:09 PM (GMT 0)
Since you have such a high reaction to MSG, have you considered that it may be the salicylates in the food that is causing the headaches?

Salicylates are in all foods to some extent. My husband is on a very restricted diet due to this issue. He also can not have sulfa drugs. His allergy tests revealed 'slight' allergy to a list of foods, but if he so much as touches some of them, within 5 min he has a horrible reaction of muscle twitches and having to have an immediate reaction in needing to be in a restroom. Again, his testing reveal a 'slight' allergy.

Remember lots of tests are based on averages. you might not be 'average'.
Posted 10/1/2010 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
hi Mrs. p..
no i have never considered salycilates
thanks for the suggestion, i'll look this up on the net.
krista, i try to be gluten free in principle, though every now and then i have a little wheat... or dairy... probably terrible for me!
it's just so hard to know, isn't it?
warmly,
lotus
Posted 10/1/2010 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
ps Sherrine, i found the info on malate very interesting
i do take it via magnesium and a product on sustained release magnesium (by chance, actually)... jigsaw health product
Posted 10/2/2010 3:08 PM (GMT 0)
Lotusrising, even a crumb of wheat, barley, or rye can cause trouble if you need to be gluten free. (This is no exaggeration ......a crumb is all it takes. Using the same toaster as wheat can cause trouble. My grandson touching the cat's toys at his Oma's house will send him into stomach issues and acing out.)

Being gluten free is very involved. It takes time to learn all of the hidden ingredients in items we eat. It takes a while to learn that the scratched teflon in a pan can hide gluten as can the colander that you have used to drain normal noodles. even after 7 years of doing this, something on the ingredient list can skip past me, but I know very quickly where I goofed up.

If you have any questions about it, I would be glad to help you out as much as I can.
Posted 10/4/2010 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
Mrs. P,

why would a reaction to MSG be potentially linked to salycilates?

as far as the wheat, i can't tell if i am sensitive. i tested ok for wheat on a food allergy panel (but just barely) and slightly sensitive to gluten (meaning, once every four days...)

but i don't think food allergy tests are 100% reliable, either... sigh!
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