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Summary 1 of Lectins and Health focused on information about lectins 
and other possible causes of our daughter's ongoing health problems and 
increasing food sensitivities despite religiously following a 
gluten-free diet.  This part of the summary includes approaches that 
were suggested as helping folks with similar kinds of problems.

Thanks everyone!

Jackie in AZ

POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO TAKE
(1)  Strict elimination diet.   Eliminate everything from the diet 
except a really benign item.   If there is no reaction after 2 or 3 
days, then add a new food for three days, and keep a list.  The minute 
there is a reaction pull that food item.  It is always a good idea to 
never eat a food for more than three days, so that you won't develop an 
allergy.  Things are really confusing when multiple allergens are 
there, because sometimes you seem to react to one thing when you'r 
having a delayed reaction to another.

(2)  Specific Carbohydrate Diet.

(3)  A really good blended probiotic like iFLORA available from 
www.sedonalabs.com  On this my daughter's food allergies have become a 
lot better and her digestive problems improved.

(4)  You might consider doing breads with coconut flour, bean flours, 
chestnut flour, quinoa flour.  Don’t expect your bread items to taste 
the same or be the texture of wheat breads.  In my experience we can 
get used to almost anything if we give ourselves about 6 weeks to 
adjust.  Make quinoa, buckwheat, sorghum, millet  salads instead of 
sandwiches.  It can be a whole meal with the grain, protein, veggies 
and salad dressing.  Take soups and stews instead of depending on 
sandwiches.  Experiment with making flat breads. 

(5)  Use the pulse method to detect food problems and/or a practitioner 
that uses the Computron (read about it in a book titled “Diagnosis 
Unknown” by Randy Smith). 

(6)  Diagnostic Testing to Determine Why your daughter might have food 
allergies:

·       Stomach Acid levels (Heidelberg test or kinesiology 
testing-some Naturopaths do this)

·       CDSA (Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis 

(7)  Immediate Treatments

·       Digestive Enzymes (breaks the food into smaller particles and 
results in decreased  probability of food reactions).  If a person does 
not need this, there is no harm in taking them anyhow.

·       Ketotifen Fumarate -  reduces  inflammation while diagnosis is 
being sought.

·       Probiotics

(8)  Sprouting grains degrades lectins, makes them easier to digest.  
I'm doing much better with sprouted brown rice (less gas).  Haven't 
tried to sprout dried beans (also high in lectins), though I do know 
people who do.

(9) Try supplements to heal widespread deficiencies, probiotics to help 
with gut flora imbalance, an elimination diet to identify problem foods 
and help heal the gut, and, finally, a diet and supplement program to 
address fungi, bacteria, parasites, viruses, and toxin issues, as well 
as lymphatic congestion and liver dysfunction caused by those issues 
and celiac disease.  Less than 6 months after I went on the final diet 
and supplement program, I was able to reintroduce most of the foods I 
was intolerant of without a problem, I had no more gastric reflux, acid 
stomach, etc....  I found that the joint pain and headaches were 
actually caused by lymphatic congestion.  I was able to cure those, 
too, tho that is ongoing with me and I must continually still work at 
keeping my lymphatic system working properly and can slide into 
problems again if I let my diet, exercise, or water consumption slip or 
if I am in contact with any sort of toxin or allergen.  My body just 
had too much toxic waste to jetison and so my lymphatic system was 
floundering.  My liver detox pathways were also not functioning.  My 
lymphatic system required so much nutrition that it left my adrenals 
starved for nutrients and I fell into adrenal exhaustion also. 
 
(10)  Try goat milk kefir.  The microorganisms in kefir did wonders for 
my gut & really dampened my allergic reactions.  I've been GF for 6 
years now & have been on one cup a day of kefir for about 3.  I can now 
eat anything I want -- within moderation.  If I over do my most 
offensive foods such as eggs, cow's milk, I pay for it, but generally 
speaking, "I have come a long way, baby."
 
Kefir contains a lactobacillis strain (sorry, I've forgotten the name 
of it) that is known to be essential to a normal functioning immune 
system system & reduce food allergies.   To learn about kefir, search 
the web for "Dom's kefir."  Dom has the most complete non-commercial 
discussion on kefir you will find on the web.  He'll answer your 
questions about kefir made from alternative milks & juices, etc.

(11)  Kirkman Laboratories vitamins and minerals, including their 
magnesium oxide.    (Read Krispin Sullivan's page on magnesium, 
too.)  We've noticed a big improvement with that, and also with fish 
oil for vitamins A & D.   We avoid supplements with other added 
ingredients.
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