Wow Latimer, You sound so much like my housemate that I've just this minute posted about. I do hope this list helps you back to health and my housemate too. Welcome to the list and good luck... Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Latimer Kells" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 11:41 PM Subject: [P-F] New > Hello everyone ... > > I'm new to this list and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a woman (don't > let the name throw you) who was recently "diagnosed" (no biopsy) with neuro > celiac disease. Through trial and error I've found that the usual celiac > diet does not agree with me. I seem to need to avoid ALL grains and ALL > starch as well. A friend told me about this listserv. Because there have > been so many years of going to doctors and not getting an answer to what > was the problem, I have some pretty extensive damage to undo over time. > I've also been diagnosed with leaky gut, and I know from experience that I > have food allergies (as well as gluten/starch intolerance) to things like > nuts at this juncture. I recently attempted eating a 24-hour fermented > yogurt, but that did not sit well with me, either. So dairy is out. My > diet at present is meats, vegetables, and limited fruit (and some butter > and olive oil). I recently had a bone scan done, which revealed osteopenia > from all the years of malabsorption -- which is why I wanted to increase > calcium in any way I could. I'm trying to rotate my foods every four days, > as well, to help with allergic reactions. I'm quite thin 5'5"/110 pounds, > and I'm afraid of losing even more weight. In short, I've got probs at > present. > > Two questions: > > 1) What would be optimal for me to do in order to maximally "up" my calcium > intake (no nuts). > > 2) I was told to stop using my sea salt because it is not "iodized" -- that > the iodine evaporates during the harvesting process of sea salt, and that > if I didn't use an iodized salt I wouldn't be providing my thyroid with > what it needs to produce adequate hormones. (By the way, I have had > hypothyroid condition in the past). > > Thanks for your comments. I'm off to buy Neanderthin and will be more > knowledgeable shortly. The little bit I know of the Paleo diet makes > intuitive sense. Looking forward to being part of the listserv. > > Latimer > New York City > > > --- > --- [log in to unmask] > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. >