dairy, inflammation and autoimmunity

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  • now_picture_this
    now_picture_this Posts: 13 Member
    To Darlis- I saw this on the news about MS and thought I would share with you. The news reporter had her "silver" fillings removed and has been symptom free. Here are the links but if you don't want to click on the link, you can go to www.fox17.com and type multiple sclerosis in the search bar.
    http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/features/health/videos/vid_385.shtml
    http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/features/health/videos/vid_350.shtml
  • kmbhoya2000
    kmbhoya2000 Posts: 174 Member
    Thank you all for your amazing stories, thoughts & ideas! I have definitely tried many things over the 20 years since I was diagnosed. The disease I have is called Eosinophilic Fasciitis, it is similar to scleroderma, but it is very rare, and i don't follow any pattern at all, so it's hard to know what's to come. Every day is painful, all over my body. The eosinophils, one of the white blood cells, attacks the fascia covering my muscles tendons and ligaments, and it tightens and hardens everything. I also have asthma, allergies & a skin discoloration related to scleroderma called morphea. While I said I have tried many things, I have never eliminated any food groups, my doctors never suggested it, and I was too busy going to rehab & trying to keep up with school & keep my eyes open, etc....so we'll see

    As I said, I've only cut out gluten since Jan 2nd, so I have a ways to go to see if it really will help; I am also trying to stay away from sugar - it's a terrrible downfall of mine & I'm trying to stay away from processed foods...I had cut out dairy, but then have had some things that have had bits of dairy in them, so I haven't totally cut dairy out yet...
  • now_picture_this
    now_picture_this Posts: 13 Member
    You might also want to try liquid Magnesium (Peter Gillham's Natural Calm). Useful for numerous things but one thing in particular that it helps with is muscle tension, spasms and cramps. I don't know if it would help but it's worth a try. :)
  • kmbhoya2000
    kmbhoya2000 Posts: 174 Member
    Thanks, I'll check it out!!
  • kmbhoya2000
    kmbhoya2000 Posts: 174 Member
    Ordered some today to try, thanks again!
  • martydavey5
    martydavey5 Posts: 1
    Dairy contains at least 2 components with autoimmune issues. One is casein. It is one of the 2 largest proteins in cow milk. This feeds cancer cells. If you put cancer cells in a petri dish and add casein, they will eat and grow until all the casein is gone. Add more casein, increase cancer growth.

    The second is Insulin-like Growth Factor-1. Humans have IGF-1 in our system. However, it is in an amount we have been able to handle. You are taking the growth liquid from a cow which is meant to grow a 60 pound calf into a 600 pound cow in 6 months. This means the IGF-1 in bovines is of a much higher amount and will push for growth in your cells. Which cells? Well, if you have any cancer cells they will be pushed to grow.

    The Nurses Health Study showed that milk consumption paralleled cancer incidents. Also, dairy has been linked to lupus, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Heart Disease, Breast/Prostate/Endometrial/Ovarian and Esophageal cancers. Instead of increased consumption equals decreased osteoarthritis and wrist/hip fractures, the opposite was true. The worst bone health is where the most dairy is consumed, not just in the US but in every country studied.

    Other than that, drink up.
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
    My husband suffers from inflammation and was told by a RN to eliminate dairy. She also told him to incorporate daily use of organic turmeric. Turmeric and flaxseed apparently keeps inflammation at bay. My husband says he can tell a difference since making both changes - eliminating dairy and adding turmeric/flaxseed.

    Wishing you the best.
  • GingerLolita
    GingerLolita Posts: 738 Member
    I don't eat dairy because I have an allergy/intolerance/sensitivity to casein, a milk protein, and it caused me to have a post-nasal drip and sinus infections my entire life until I recently gave it up. You can check out my diary for ideas on how to get enough calcium, although I have stopped tracking it recently because I always hit my daily goal! There are plenty of other high-calcium foods, including non-dairy milks and yogurts.
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