>
> ...So, the answer is twofold:   yes, restriction of dairy products can help =
> reduce
> the pain symptoms of endometriosis.  When this approach is supplemented =
> with
> sources of essential fatty acids in foods like fish oils and seed and nut=
>  oils, it can
> work even better at reducing the pain associated with endometriosis.  But
> the progression of endometriosis is unlikely to be affected by restrictio=
> n of
> dairy products.
>
> Lynda

I disagree.
That "answer" comes from the mentality that disease is something that
just happens because of, I don't know, genetic weaknesses, or just
because. People who think this way (most doctors) are vehement about
defending the notion that dietary manipulation may help, but won't solve
any health problems.

I'm sorry, but I totally disagree. I have seen the "symptoms" of
endometriosis go away many times. I have seen infertile women give birth
after dairy foods were eliminated. To tell a patient "you're really not
better, you just seem that way," is habit based on theory, no proof, and
shows the extreme attachment to dogma. To say that "it is unlikely that
the progression of the disease will change" is consistent with that
medical practice of dashing all hope. I believe in the opposite--ALWAYS
give hope. The progression of endometriosis WILL stop, and I'm probably
right.
To suggest supplements goes further in the direction of error, in my
opinion. Disease is not to due to the lack of anything in this country.
Disease is due to excess. Treatment is elimination, not addition.

But my philisophy is, if it doesn't hurt, go ahead. So take fish and nut
oils if you want. Take supplements if you want. Eliminate all dairy
foods if you want. None of it is harmful, and all of it may help. But
for us intellectual types (or whatever we are) to sit here and say this
absolutely won't help, or this CAN'T be, or this is unlikely to help,is
foolishness.

Doctors for years said you can't reverse heart disease, but Dean Ornish
has shown that you CAN. You CAN, you CAN, you CAN.

Please stop saying you can't when you don't know. Don't say maybe not,
say maybe. Don't say it's unlikely, say maybe. Give hope.

So the bottom line in this post is that dairy foods cause endometriosis,
and the elimination of dairy foods will eliminate endometriosis (if the
damage has not become irreversible.

Daniel A. Twogood, D.C.
>
> ----------
> >>In looking at some past posts I noted that Dan Twogood mentioned a
> connection between endometriosis and dairy. I am interested in learning
> more about this connection. For example, has anybody out there had succes=
> s
> controlling their endo with a diary-free diet?<<