This was 2 weeks ago so I am still trying to get my head around the concept that I have some kind of issue with gluten. Afterall, I used to mock the concept. The problem for me is that I’m a vegetarian and virtually every vegetarian meat analogue contains wheat gluten. Funny thing was that I’d get headaches after eating more than just a little of these analogues and always blamed the soy. I looked up the ingredients of one of the foods that gives me the most issues, and sure enough the first two ingredients are ‘water, wheat gluten’. I’m now convinced it is the gluten that is the main problem.

Call it self-diagnosing if you want–but I am not one to jump on the latest bandwagon–I know there’s an issue. I wish this were not the case as I rely on meat analogues for variety in my diet. Also I love to bake and wheat flour is the main ingredient in nearly every recipe. I really don’t know what to do at this point because I think I have a sensitivity or intolerance vs a full blown allergy. I’d like to just avoid the stuff altogether, but I don’t know if this is practical.

Mainstream allergists dispute the validity of both IgG food allergies and their tests, and only believe the true food allergies are IgE-mediated. Anecdotal evidence from thousands of individuals, myself included, prove them to be completely ignorant of the reality of what the truth is. A compromised gut is the root of all problems! Mine was caused from overusing antibiotics as a teen, prescribed from the very mainstream medical monsters that subscribe to the naive IgE-only mentality. I soon developed chronic dysbiosis and food allergies as a result and have struggled all my life.

Some links:
http://www.betterhealthusa.com/public/282.cfm
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/stories/stories/show/99a870bcba9c42579a84dcb37ef7ad9a

http://www.arthritistrust.org/research%20documents.htm

Here’s his Bio.

William H. Philpott, M.D. has specialty training and practice in psychiatry, neurology, electroencephalography, nutrition, environmental medicine, and toxicology. He is a founding member of the Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry. He is a fellow of the Orthomolecular Psychiatric Society and the Society of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology.

Between 1970 and 1975, he did a research project searching for the causes of major mental illnesses and degenerative diseases, which resulted in the publication of the books, Brain Allergies and Victory Over Diabetes. Retiring in 1990 after 40 years of medical practice, he has engaged in research as a member of an Institutional Review Board, which follows FDA guidelines. In this capacity, he guides physicians and gathers data on the treatment and prevention of degenerative diseases using magnetic therapy.

The Linus Pauling Award was presented to William H. Philpott, M.D. in 1998 by the Orthomolecular Health Society, “for his scientific leadership and scholarship spanning the entire history of Orthomolecular medicine”.

So, just pointing out, sometimes ‘lack’ of clinical or lab evidence is simply lack of proper testing or outright dismissal of the evidence at hand. Misinterpretation is also possible.

If I remember right, “physiological” levels of T4:T3 is 98% T4, 2% T3. Yet mainstream treatment of hypothyroidism is typically 100% T4 (i.e., a levothyroxine drug like Synthroid). Whether an individual needs 100% T4, a little T3 (balanced to physiological levels), or a combination (98%:2%) is individual.

Might have ‘em check for peanuts since that seems to be
a. common
b. something that is used in a lot of baking (e.g. peanut flower or some such)

I’m still not sure mouth ulcers are representative of an allergy, though.

When I was a kid (don’t ask), people tended to want to be strong, say they were strong, and not admit to “weaknesses.” Now, it seems, people WANT to believe – uh oh, there we go again – that they suffer from many and myriad debilitating syndromes.

NO one (statistically) used to have “chemical sensitivities”, peanut allergies, and hundreds of never-before-heard-of problems. Now they are everywhere. Perhaps some are on the increase due to environmental and food reasons, I’m willing to say that. But I fear far more are in the head of the believer.

It’s like a coworker who claimed to have latex allergy, hence, when they painted the offices with latex paint, she had to stay away for a few days. Problem is, latex paint has none of that rubber stuff like gloves are made of. It just means a super fine particulate in suspension. She was hyper-religious and she was a liar. A lot going on upstairs, there.