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Why is it 'reasonable' to eliminate breakfast cereals from one's diet?
What are "snack foods?"
Why should one eliminate soy?
What is 'altar?'
Is there strong evidence for probiotics treating, curing, or preventing any disease? If so, which probiotics and what dose and frequency?

If you really are interested in the answers, then watch the video.

The video makes the case that there is a strong correlation between Gyphosphate consumption as measured by blood and urine testing of autistic people and autism.

Now, please don't misread that.

I think the theory is probably wrong.

I've seen other theories that seem much more plausible.

But, it is reasonable for people to eliminate breakfast cereals because many people with gut issues say they react to wheat.

If you don't, then eat them.

But, for those of us who are successfully living with the disease, we have done it by a combination of eliminating foods that lead to flare for us.

You may think that's nuts.

That's okay.

But, I have been to the toilet twice today.

Is that because I've eliminated sources of glyphosate? Who knows? Is it because I've eliminated gluten? Who knows? Is it because I've eliminated casein? Who knows? Is it because I've eliminated sources of MAP. Who knows?

It doesn't matter.

Before there was scientific evidence that vitamin C prevented scurvy (long before we knew what vitamins were), people were eating limes to prevent scurvy.

Why?

Because they worked.

If we wait for science to provide compelling evidence before we act, we will be able to congratulate ourselves for being skeptical - and be sick.

Lots of people smoked in past generations using the argument that there was no evidence that it caused lung cancer. That was true.

What I know is that when I ate a lovely piece of angel food cake with whipped cream on July 4, I quickly got that familiar gurgling, followed by d.

It was the only day in recent weeks that has happened.

How many times do I have to run the experiment before I avoid wheat and dairy?

Skepticism is healthy.

Questions are good.

But, cynicism is not.

I'm not saying you guys are cynics.

You are playing the role of Socrates.

But, I'm an historian. In my discipline, our job is to use the evidence available to paint a picture.

We could say, "We can't understand the past because we can't subject it to the scientific method."

But, if we do that we will understand nothing.

And, soon nothing is knowable.

Many of my students take that position. To them, Ancient Aliens is as convincing as Tacitus or Thucydides - because you can't prove that any of the three sources is perfect.

But, put a number of ancient or medieval primary sources together and where they agree a pattern emerges.

Does that mean that historians are right and History Channel is wrong?

Nope.

But, for my life, I'll eliminate wheat and dairy without scientific evidence that they have anything to do with colitis.

That seems reasonable to me.

To you it may not be.

Isn't the world lovely?

Post Edited (jerseyguy1) : 7/12/2017 11:06:42 PM (GMT-6)

You must actually believe you're the only one who has found the holy grail of answer to UC. There's been countless numbers that come and go over and over and over....eventually realising it's a waste of time and fade into the sunset dragging their worn out wisdom with them.

Your next user name, when you have revitalised vision, should be Arrogant Delusions.

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It's one thing to be humble about good fortune, and quite another to rub that good fortune in other's faces.
People can be lucky. They can go into remission without reason, or effort. Opinion is not reason, and often leads to misinformation and confusion.

@jerseyguy1,

It doesn't matter if you are lucky, intuitive, incredibly clever or otherwise.

Your tone is a big turn off.

I have a feeling you are a good person and mean well and just want to be helpful here and a member of the community.

You are clearly curious and have an appetite for research and discovery and want to share information, and honestly it isn't WHAT you say-- it is actually your delivery that gives one pause.

There are many folks here who haven't the good fortune of "remission" or even anything remotely close to it, and as such, a measure of respect and a consideration of inflection may be in order.

That's just how I see it.....plus, there are many people here who've made all the "discoveries" you (and even I) have made--- over and over again through time. What we are finding isn't necessarily novel. I have been using the search function and see how many topics are basically regurgitated .

Not that they may not have value.....but what we think of as "new" may not be at all new to those who've been here a long time.

Your criticism is well taken, MarjieKay.

And, I fully agree that I have discovered nothing. Everything I am trying is an idea I have gotten elsewhere - often right here from people far smarter than I.

As for tone, I am not sorry. There is a tone among many here that their way is right and any other way is wrong. I do understand where it comes from. They've been on the front lines trying to help people for a long time. They see a lot of ideas - some even dangerous. They see some people trying to make a financial profit off other people's misery. And, along I come and say that things are working for me. They are skeptical and even believe that I may be leading people to do drink bone broth INSTEAD of listening to their doctors' advice. They've seen it all before and simply don't want people to get hurt. Their intentions are good.

But, in doing so some are often dismissive and even patronizing. They really, genuinely believe in the rightness of what they are saying. We all do, don't we? So, they try to shut down what they perceive as harmful. You can't blame them. I don't.

But, that really does create a chilling effect. The predominant strain is to dismiss things that I believe work in favor of medicines that often do not.

Anyone who challenges the dominant strain of thought will always dismissed as annoying.

But, you know what? I think there are a LOT of people like me on this forum - people who believe there are natural alternatives that may work. I believe that my natural alternatives are working. There is a hunger for discussion of this sort. I think may people don't discuss their alternatives for fear of getting shut down and dismissed.

But, thank you for your criticism. It is only through criticism that we hone and sharpen ourselves.

That's why you are awesome!