MS and Food
My MS route………..
I’m 53 years old. I’ve had MS for 21 years,
Hands numb, feet swollen and numb.
I have the notorious 3Ms………MS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and menopause.
Up to 7 years ago MS was not apparent if you saw me.
Spring 2001 the MCS hit…….unable to tolerate smells, which made me ill.
My life changed.
To survive……
Got rid of gas stove and went to electric……….got nauseated from gas smell.
Put in whole house water filtration……….chlorinated water affected my equilibrium.
Got rid of 90% of my clothes…….due to out gassing from laundry liquid, and that was LifeTree.
Got rid of living room furniture……..foam cushions.
Gradually able to breathe and live in house when nasties taken out.
Also had food allergies which I had to scope out.
I tried many things to keep stable but ended up using a walker due to total loss of equilibrium……….Sept 2004
I am also having to deal with a bladder that is not holding.
I thought my diet was clean ate alternative foods………goat cheese, rice pasta, water buffalo yogurt but still no improvement.
For a year my body has been dumping potassium (K) and the level is a heart stopping one. Could not figure why??????
Then came Judi and Ann’s book……….
I was almost there just take out cheese and dairy.
Within 48 hours of stopping the last two foods my K need dropped almost in half.
Let me say if I did not take the K, my leg froze upward and cramped in the groin……extreme pain.
I was also able to eat chicken and fish, after a year of not being able.
The body fighting the food proteins in not being digested properly is taken down in energy. Also taking good digestive enzymes helps the body to intake the nutrition.
Knowing what foods are good for you makes a big difference.
After eating an organic lettuce salad with fresh spinach…….both legs cramped up so getting to bathroom was impossible. I dumped the K, but why????? Seems that I read awhile ago that spinach pulls minerals out of your body.
Then my bowel would not solidify…….seems that the cookies I eat (without any allergens) was doing it…….the chocolate..
The main key to this is eating enough fiber.
I am on constant detective watch in what I eat.
There are many things to keep alert about what is in our food.
This morning, after 2 months of keeping diet clean……I wiggled my toes and feel them when I walk.
If anyone would like to know about what and where I acquire my foods just call me……309-837-3150.
Digestion of food begins in
Digestion of food begins in the mouth, with mechanical breakdown of ingested material by chewing. Additionally, food in the mouth is mixed with saliva, which contains a starch-digesting enzyme, known as amylase. This begins the chemical breakdown of food. Precisely the moment where food intolerance problems can start ! After chewing, food is swallowed, and enters the esophagus. The esophagus is primarily a conduit to transfer ingested material from the mouth to the stomach – very little, if any, breakdown of food occurs in the esophagus. Food then passes into the stomach, where it is exposed to acid, and additional enzymes promote protein and fat breakdown. Next, testking 642-072 food passes into the small intestine, where additional enzymes (primarily from the liver and pancreas) are secreted and mixed with food, to further break down protein and carbohydrates, and to emulsify fats. Additionally, food absorption occurs in the small intestine. If breakdown of ingested material and absorption do not occur normally, symptoms of food intolerance result. Finally, food passes into the large intestine, where excess water is absorbed, and waste is stored. Very little in the way of nutrients is absorbed by the colon – but if absorption hasn’t occurred in the small intestine, testking 642-453 those leftover nutrients will be broken down by the bacteria in the colon. Food Intolerance is the inability to completely break down food into absorbable components due to lack or insufficient amounts of digestive enzymes. Generally speaking, the body’s immune system is not involved in food intolerance. This differentiates cases of food intolerance from food allergies, testking 70-293 where the immune system is activated. Individuals suffering from food