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Sheep and goat cheese should be type 2 casein where as bovine it type 1, thought there are some herds which are certificated type 2 casein because the original stock lived in isolation from other cattle. There are 4 types of casein and most are reactive to type 1, 2 is more like human milk and 3 and 4 are generally present…

I'm very sorry for those who have succumbed to HIV. Its a prime case of insufficient funding being directed towards an effective vaccine though I think, but have no experience of someone using the available interventions, the outlook for someone regrettably infected with HIV in recent years is much better than those who…

Vaccinations are a wonderful possibility, but If you consider how long it took to eradicate smallpox I hope it will not take anything like as long as the 200 years. To take as long with covid is unthinkable. It seems ultimately even when most of the population were covered by vaccine it was only when a doctor in some…

Its official, England is in lockdown again. Following Scotland and N Ireland, yet to hear of Wales. Its about time too.

the indication here is it will be 3 months!!!!! 12 weeks the manufacturers are saying there were no trials with that time lag

You may regret not getting the tape measure out sooner, if you do it today you will have the ability to chart your visual progress for the rest of the year. Focus on your protein levels too, the body needs protein more than carbs to function well. Added sugar can be wasted calories too. Fresh fruits are better when you eat…

Try telling yourself if you don't get on top of this thing you could well be in a worse place in so many months. I'm thinking, you are looking to loose 13.5 lbs. How are you setting up your calorific restriction. If you use the guided set up and go for half a lb a week loss, this should make it more doable. It might seem…

Wonderful you have found something which really works for you. Effectively you will have eliminated all the foods which are most likely to drive autoimmunity, dairy, gluten, soy and any other foodstuff which is likely to aggravate the immune system through your digestive tract. It took me years to discover I had Hashi, no…

Intuitive Eating would not work for me, I think I have too much "baggage". I'm using a very short lead at the moment. Breakfast is... Lunch is... Tea is.... No idea how long I can keep it up, the walks seem to have evaporated, its wet! I only want to remove this years stress creep. The article I read in the New Scientist…

UK, rules have changed, London and the south east have a new level 4 because of the variant virus. Easing of restrictions there and elsewhere have been dropped too. There is probably more.................

As far as health/weight is concerned, for me achieving better even a good nights sleep really helps, especially after the trials, concerns and things we all have had and continue to go on around us. How one achieves a good nights sleep is a very personal thing though. Recently I've been hearing several scientists saying,…

From what I understand, trials of the vaccine in the UK would have taken so long to show much so because this is a big international effort many of the trials were carried off shore. I think some may well have taken place in Brazil, though it may well have been somewhere else in the southern Americas. It was somewhere…

An item I heard yesterday relating to the UK's pointing the population to lose weight because of covid, excess weight being a contraindication for a good recovery. It was strongly suggested that poor sleep patterns can undermine weight loss attempts. Those of us who get a good 8 hours sleep do better, those who only get 5…

Thankfully the people who were affected by the vaccine are well again now. These were people who had to carry eppi (sp?) pens, for their allergies/reactions so their reactions are stronger than often happens. I'm sure now the authorities are aware of the issue those who always have these pens to hand will be offered…

For the person who wondered why Type 1 diabetes is not on the list of predisposing conditions. Type 1 diabetics is an autoimmune condition. Something causes the immune system to mistakenly attack a persons pancreatic tissue, it similar way to thyroid antibodies attack the thyroid and in MS its the nerve coatings which are…

Excess weight carrying as a risk factor was identified early on. Boris lost a substantial amount while he was hospitalised. Hearing the story of someone today, who left hospital after best part of 2 months, he described himself as "a bag of bones". For him having some extra reserves might have worked in his favour, his had…

I totally disagree with the statement, thyroid issues only account for 100 calories. It all depends on the way ones endocrine system is effected, one's thyroid in some circumstances reflects the state of interplay between the other endocrine glands. Its complicated, very complicated. For many what matters is the volume of…

Thank you all for an interesting read. I'm in the UK, down south, we have our thermostat set to 18.5c in the day time and 20 if we are not moving about much as in the evening over night it goes off. As an aside to this heating question. I have medicated thyroid endocrine issues, and find life so much…

May be any mandate could not only demand mask wearing but specify the way in which they are worn with fines for those not complying. With information to emphasise the way the virus moves atmospherically and remains on hard surfaces, staying active there for how ever many hours the scientists have worked out now, best…

Different chronic conditions can have underlying hormonal, genetic even enzyme and vitamin deficiency related causes or contributory factors. Possibly reading into your conditions by symptoms learning as you go can give you an idea of the line of action one might need to find and follow. Look to the latest science related…

Being an Island is not helping the UK. We are expecting to go into another lock down. We were put on notice this morning for a Monday announcement by the media, by midday ish we were advised we were to have the Prime Minister address at 4-00 pm, then it was 5-00 now its sometime........................ I should have said,…

Yes one's weight fluctuates over the course of the day. You eat and drink and visit the bathroom so observations like the ones you described only reflect how things were at that specific time. Try not to put yourself under unnecessary pressure. Try weighing once a week at the same time of day. Many weigh first thing in the…

I'm sure its a really difficult situation. You have probably been really careful and your housemate may not have been. This quarantine is something you sought to avoid, only to have it dumped on you, its impactful, isolating probably disorientating and depressing. Allow yourself to feel hurt. If the only least helpful…

I don't think your doctor was very helpful, find another one, its Ok to be chummy but its not helped you. You need to know if your pain stems from muscle or bone, or if its anything to do with posture, you could have developed flat feet for example which will play Havok with knees or lower back and all. You need some…

Mike P, I'm sorry to read of Mrs P's additional difficulties. Its desperate, or I would see it as desperate living on restrictions to have even more added. As a little, sort of, aside because there can be different causes of symptoms like cramps. I've been using Magnesium Glycinate for cramps and the like but over here we…

You are correct kshama. I've managed with the help of a nutritionist (BANT registered, UK only) to reverse/repair the cause of many of my reactions. I was seen at family weddings providing my own food and moving my mask to take bites. I'm so relieved those days are mostly gone. I can smell the neighbours laundry without…

Thank you Barbra. I want your bridge to be in Plymouth UK but I fear its in the north my geography is far from perfect, and those areas have much higher instances again. We in the UK should have access to a "Sunflower badge" for people with hidden disability who can't wear masks, my sister has one for our mother. The…

Food intolerances are so varied. I'm sorry you "need" to give up milk. For me the inflammatory symptoms created by my casein intolerance were greater than the loss of milk full stop. I did my research which leads me to to ask have you been tested to discover the cause of your reactions. For some people it is lactose for…

My comment on "excrement" was in response to Jellyroll's remark. I referred to "no animal input" may be, had I said something like, "direct animal input", or possibly "no animal tissue or fluid", I might have been more clearly understood. Excrement is, in my view, an indirect input. Bees, beetles and other small insects…

Less chemical contamination.