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Celiac Celiac...Can't eat gluten (rye, oats, barley, wheat etc.) and sometimes dairy/sugar....and soy. Celiac comes from low sunlight heritage countries(far from equator) like: Scottish, English, Irish, Canada, European and more or people who didn't eat dairy/gluten in past heritage, but eat it now/bodies can't adapt to it like: Indian, AfroAmerican, Hmong, Chinese, Mexican etc.. people that live close to the equator. Millions of people are Celiac, but may not realize it and blood tests/biposies to diagnose it may not work. Gluten destroys the gut lining and destroys the villi in the small intestines that absorb nutrients...then cells are not made right or work right...then another health issue may kick in. I got MS from being Celiac. A person may not always feel their intestines being hurt. The whole family tree maybe Celiac, but each person may get different health issues from it. I got low thyroid/MS/built up heavy metals due to my liver not working well to detox, due to Celiac. When the body is low in nutrients and cells are not made right/work right a Celiac person may get one or more of the following health issues: failure to thrive, tired, sad, sensitive/cry alot, learning disabilities, Autism, Attention deficient, hyperactive, wet pants, ear infections, food allergies due to leaky gut, stomach hurt, eczema, diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating, IBS, lactose intolerance, eating disorders, yeast, asthma, overweight (crave dairy/gluten/sugar)....., depression, anxiety, PTSD, panic attacks, suicidal, sleeping problems, obsessions, drug use, cigarette use, alcoholism (crave gluten in the alcohol), addictions, short height, hair loss,.... bipolar, schizophrenia, seizures, gall/kidney stones, endometriosis, PCOS, infertility problems, thyroid problems, Chronic fatigue, psorasis, acid reflex (heart burn), ulcers, premature gray hair, swollen joints, arthritis....Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Cancer, MS, Crohn's disease, Lupus, Osteoporosis, high blood pressure, hormone problems, dementia, heavy metals, Alzheimers, die young and more... for which Celiac maybe the root cause. Great book- Dangerous Grains by Braly... Shows how Celiac can be the root cause for many illnesses and more (The list of illnesses is not complete...since many things can go wrong in a person's body once their body is low in nutrients.) Treating the symptoms and not the Celiac(root cause), lets the person's health get worse... Their health may decline slowly adding more health issues each year and/or their health may "crash" quickly, with a life threatening health issue. Some people think it is just aging...but it can due to Celiac slowly destroying their intestines, then nutrients aren't absorbed, then cells they aren't made right or work right. Some people who don't get Celiac help may die early deaths or suffer daily from their body slowly being destroyed. Celiac is autoimmune. The immune system maybe destroying the gut lining/thyroid and more. Celiac is not an allergy, but Celiac can cause "leaky gut", which causes allergies. Food leaks into the blood through sores/thin gut lining, then the blood builds up antibodies to the food creating the food allergies. It helps to rotate foods, so allergies aren't as strong. I heal my gut lining by: Not eating gluten/dairy,taking LDN, Slippery elm, Valerian, Glutamine, Vit A, aloe vera, green tea and more. This stops future allergies/Celiac health issues. Gluten may wreck the stomach cell lining that makes HCl and intrinsic factor to carry Vit B12 into the intestines. I needed Vit B12 shots....and HCl(stomach acid)/Now brand Super enzymes when I ate. Acid reflex is due to too low of stomach acid....the person needs more HCl. Lactose intolerance is due to gluten destroying the villi intestinal tips which make the enzyme lactase which digests lactose. When the villi tips are healed,some people may eat dairy again. My dairy problem was greater than Lactose intolerance...it was autoimmune...it destroyed my body/brain. Dairy gave me seizures, depression no medicine could help,demyelinated my brain which made my MS kick in, and caused me irritable bladder problems. I took Osteoprocare instead of dairy. I shake it well and pour about 2 tablespoons into reverse osmosis water that has alittle lemon juice added. Osteoprocare is drink which has Ca orotate, Mg and many cofactors which help it absorb into my body. Other calcium supplements gave me bone spurs...they didn't have enough cofactors for the Ca to absorb and work right in me. Soy is not a good dairy substitute...it can block the thyroid hormone, affect sex hormones, affect a child's/adult's brain/body function. I do not eat: dairy/gluten/sugar/starch/soy/flax/MSG/nutrasweet/alcohol/bad fats (transfat/hydrogenated fat, high saturated fat/high monounsaturated fat)/heated oils/highly allergic food and more. I eat a modified Asian way. Asian people eat meat/veg/rice three meals a day and don't feel sorry for themselves. They don't eat dairy/gluten unless they get school lunches or food pantry food. Cultures who didn't eat dairy/gluten in past history should avoid eating it now. This free food may cause them many health issues/doctor bills. We need to learn to eat their way, not eat the American way, which may destroy their great health now. After a few generations of eating dairy/gluten, people may not survive as well...health issues form/get worse each generation. American health issues are mostly due to Celiac. The world needs to learn to eat the Asian way... their awesome way of eating makes great health...brain/body working well...and low depression. I eat: organic vegetables,organic brown rice (instead of gluten),cage free eggs, raw walnuts(crack open the shell to avoid gluten contamination on conveyor belts),lemon juice in reverse osmosis water and tea. People can buy Celiac recipe books, but I can't eat these recipes yet. It is easier/cheaper for me to cook by scratch and eat the Asian way, than redo recipes. Asian people are very healthy/smart/coordinated. They are a great model for me. Gluten free products are at local stores and health food stores. It needs to say "gluten free" on it. You can't assume corn meal is gluten free unless it says it on the label. Some boxed gluten free food has gluten contamination in it from air, from being made in the same building as gluten food. Gluten free oats may hurt celiac people and hurt me. Premade Celiac food can be expensive and may have fat/sugar/dairy and more that I can't eat. I mostly cook by "scratch"...no premade Celiac food or boxed Celiac food. I want to know it is contamination free and has ingredients I can eat and is cheap. Corn/soy/canola oil/cotton seed oil/buckwheat/salmon etc.. may also be genetically modified which majorly hurts animals in tests. It may hurt people too...make Celiac worse. People can buy or make nongluten noodles, bread, flour. I order a 25 pound bag of organic brown rice from a health food store, which is fresh for 5 months in the freezer. (Too old brown rice is rancid...made me sell.) Raw walnuts (open shells to avoid gluten contamination) can be ordered on the internet...freeze them to keep them fresh..not rancid. Walmart has some gluten free products...like brown rice noodles which I sometimes eat. Dairy/gluten contamination can be: in pans, the factory/restaurant air, toasters, medicines, shampoo, toothpaste, hand lotion, in tuna, makeup, in vitamins, injected into meat, in labels as casein, textured vegetable protein, malt and more), premade food, unshelled nuts (I buy them in the shell to avoid gluten on conveyor belts), cutting boards, grills etc. I avoided all restaurants except for The Tempura House that cooked special for me, called the "Wendy Special":(vegetables/rice/hard boiled egg/tea).They use my pan and are careful for contamination. When brain cells are low in oxygen burning since they aren't made right due to intestines not absorbing nutrients, can cause: depression, anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts,obsessions, MS,sleep problems and more. People who go to a psychiatrist/psychologists or are alcoholic/codependent, use drugs or are constantly depressed may be Celiac. Celiac can affect personality/mental/emotional health since it affects the brain and body. Bipolar/schizophrenia/ADHD and more maybe Celiac. Many Celebrities have Celiac "crashes" on TV for the world to see, but they may never get root cause Celiac help, so they never get any real help. LDN (low dose Naltrexone)is a medicine from a compounding pharmacy that helps to block Celiac, but not 100%. It is like a miracle, healing the gut lining, helping the intestines to absorb nutrients again and keeps the immune system from going down due to dairy/gluten. 3mg or 4.5 mg of LDN is taken before a person goes to bed. It feels like taking a vitamin, has ~ no sideeffects, is cheap, works fantastic and is amazing. It blocks the opiate receptor sites that dairy/gluten stimulate, that cause the immune system go down. LDN lets the immune system work properly. LDN heals the stomach/intestines, helps stop hair loss, helps the immune system, helps depression, gives energy, helps mood, helps stop cravings, helps personality, helps the liver to remove heavy metals and helps every cell of the body, etc. Wow! It is like a miracle!...but the Celiac diet is still needed since a person may override their LDN medicine with what they eat. Celiac can be diagnosed by symptoms/health issues/family tree health issues/trial of not eating gluten or dairy for a few weeks and then eat the food again and see how it hurts them again. Blood tests and biopsies to diagnose Celiac may not work and doctors may not be trained in Celiac/vitamins/good oils/LDN etc.....but www.enterolab.com is a stool sample and genetic cheek test that helps to diagnose Celiac(within 6 months of not eating gluten. I had 1000X more energy/stopped being dizzy/tired, when I didn't eat gluten for 2 weeks. I ate organic brown rice instead. My knee that was swollen and ready to explode, was ok after 3 days of eating not eating gluten. My MS was due to dairy/gluten and when I stopped eating it...my MS symptoms went away unless I got contamination. My body healed fast when I stopped eating dairy/gluten permanently... I started to absorb more nutrients in my intestines...then I detoxed with Now brand Detox Support etc and EDTA/DMPS IV chelations and rebuilt my cells with vitamins/good oils. Eating 100% this way, can bring health/healing to a Celiac person fast. I wrote a daily journal: listed my food,vitamins, medicine, symptoms, things I learned. This helped me figure out that antibiotics, gluten, dairy, sugar/starch, bad fats, heated oils, coconut oil, flax, olive oil, corn, alcohol, chocolate in fat, cashews, soy, MSG, and nutrasweet, and allergic foods were like poison to me. I no longer craved dairy/gluten and unhealthy food. I chose health over "junk food". Eating healthy reeducated my taste buds. Carrots now tasted sweeter! Healthy food tastes great! I had "well power" not "will power" to eat offending foods. Some Celiac people are full of heavy metals because their liver cells are not made right or work right due to not absorbing nutrients...so their liver does not detox right. Heavy metals can come from pesticides/mercury fillings/water/soil/smoke etc. Heavy metals may block 1000's of chemical reactions in the body, which may affect digestion of certain foods like sugar/corn etc., block thyroid, block certain vitamins from working and cause the body to be in chaos. Heavy metals caused me much suffering/panic attacks...much hell. EDTA/DMPS IV chelations can pull out heavy metals and get the body to working right again. I took the Now brand-Detox Support, milk thistle and alpha lipoic acid to help detox/rebuild my liver. I did EDTA/DMPS IV chelations(from an Alternative/Integrative medicine doctor) to remove heavy metals from my body/brain. Hair tests show if heavy metals/good minerals are high or low. If the hair test is low in good minerals, intestines may not be absorbing nutrients well. If the hair test is high in heavy metals...their liver may not be working well and they need to detox by EDTA/DMPS IV chelations. Summary: To help rebuild the cells of my body/brain so they would work right: I ate no: dairy/gluten/soy/sugar/bad fats(no saturated fat/no hydrogenated fat/transfats...no olive oil or cashew monounsaturated fat, no flax seed oil/soy/heated oils/no MSG or nutrasweet, no highly allergic foods and ate organic. I didn't eat at restaurants, except the one that cooked special for me. I ate organic vegetables, organic brown rice (instead of gluten), eggs, raw walnuts (crack open the shell to avoid gluten contamination on conveyor belts), lemon juice in reverse osmosis water and tea. I cooked by scratch and ate many raw vegetables. I did not buy premade Celiac food in boxes except rice noodles. I took Nature's Plus- Source of Life multiple(low iron) or my longer supplement list which had special vitamins and sometime special vitamins for certain health issues. I took these good oils: 2 fish oil (Omega 3), 2 Evening primrose oil (Omega 6), 2 Lecithin, 1 Krill oil, Phosphatidylserine/DMAE, CLA. (These good oils help cell membranes, thin blood and helped my brain.) I took 3mg of LDN (Low dose Naltrexone) to help block Celiac. It is like a miracle for Celiac people, but the Celiac diet is still needed, since it can't block 100% what a person eats. I took 5000 IU of Vit D3 (like sunlight) daily. A blood test over 2000 IU maybe needed. I took a 5 cc of Methylcobalamin Vit B12 shot every other day. I took Dairy free acidophilus (when stomach acid was low in the morning). I took HCl and Now brand-Super enzymes when I ate. I took Osteoprocare instead of dairy and ate organic brown rice instead of gluten. I did EDTA/DMPS IV chelations which unclogged blood vessels, lowered inflammation and removed heavy metals since my liver was not working well to do this. The IV chelations helped me get back my sugar digestion and other digestion. It helped chemical reactions in my body work right again. Oral EDTA did not help...was water soluble. I also took Cilantro capsules, MSM,glutathion push,Vit C, Now brand- Detox Support. I healed my gut lining with: Valerian, Slippery elm, green tea, VitA, glutamine, onion,aloe vera, LDN and no gluten/dairy and more. To raise oxygen in my brain/body: rhodiola, 5000mcg of biotin, the good oils, Vit B12 shot, coenzyme Q10, fish oil, ginkgo 120mg, Vit E and more.. I took histidine, spirulina, fish oil and more to help my brain heal.(See my longer supplement list) There are informational/recipe books and internet help on Celiac. There is alot more to learn... Contains gluten: wheat, barley, oats, rye, bulgur, durum, Kamut, semolina, spelt, triticale ... Gluten free: brown rice, sorghum, quinoa, buckwheat if not contaminated or GMO, amaranth etc. Support: Alternative/Integrative medicine doctors can help: Celiac, rebuild/detox your body/brain cells with vitamins/herbs, give LDN, detox heavy metals with EDTA/DMPS IV chelations, give Vit B12 shots, give a thyroid dose that works, give bioidentical hormones, do hair tests and more. These doctors may help you feel 20 years younger. Osteoprocare (dairy substitute) - You can sell it yourself. (see internet) There is a Celiac Support group in some cities. They help people with Celiac recipes, questions....great support! Celiac Books: 1. Dangerous Grains, by Braly 2. Gluten/Casein/Soy Free (shopping guide for grocery store brands), by Matison and Matison 3. Gluten Free 101, by Carol Fenster (Gluten free Cook book) Best wishes...untreated Celiac destroys the body/brain and is the root cause of many health issues. You can't just cut down on gluten and sometimes dairy. You need to cut it out 100% to be ok. Soy/sugar/certain fats etc. also hurt me. You are more than what you eat...You are what you absorb! What I took daily for my Celiac/MS: (Refrigerate: oils, glutamine, LDN, dairy free Acidophilus) WHEN I GET UP: Synthroid/Amour thyroid medicine ( I wait 1- 2 hours before I eat food and don’t eat food 2 hours before I take this.) DAIRY FREE only acidophilus (take when stomach acid is low) Bioidentical hormones: A dose ~ .5mgE3/75mgP/2.75 -3mg TE twice a day (12 hours apart). Twice a day hormones gave me more energy to be productive than once a day. (My own hormones have shut down.) Wait one hour so Li doesn’t interact with thyroid medicine: ~10mg of Lithium orotate capsule ( I am low in lithium on the hair test…bipolar) I also tried 300mg (8MEQ)/5 ml (1 tsp) of Lithium citrate 2-3X a day. I seemed happier, but hated the taste of this liquid. WITH LUNCH/BRUNCH meal: ~ 11:30: Betaine HCl (with lactose free pepsin) and Now brand-Super Enzymes After LUNCH/BRUNCH: ( I take the vitamins with lemon juice in reverse osmosis water. Lemon juice after eating walnuts (fat) causes bile to squirt out, which detoxes the liver and causes bowel movements.) Good oils for cells membranes and my brain: 2 Fish oil (1000mg each) 2 Evening primrose oil (1300mg each) 2 Lecithin (1200 mg each) 1 Krill oil (500mg) Phosphatidyl serine/DMAE (100mg) (Nature’s Plus-Pediactive ADD) CLA (800mg) Antioxidants: Vit D3 (5000IU) (helps the immune system) Vit A (10,000 IU) (helps me breathe/gut and blood brain barrier and the immune system) Vit E (200IU) (helps circulation) Vit C (1000mg) (time release) Pycnogenol (30 mg) Ginkgo biloba (120mg) (helps with circulation) NAC (600mg) (helps to make glutathione (master antioxidant) and helps liver detox with it's S) Help mitochondria and raise oxygen in the brain/body: Coenzyme Q10 (50-100 mg) Biotin (5000mcg) (helps with circulation and Krebs cycle) B complex (100mg) Rhodiola (500mg when I was high in colloidal silver and now 100mg after many chelations to remove colloidal silver) Acetyl carnitine (500mg) Carnitine (500mg) Amino acids that really helped me: Lysine (500ng) glycine (500mg) Proline (500mg) Histidine (500mg) (helps brain, awesome) Carnosine (500mg) (awesome) Methionine (500mg) (helps to remove heavy metals) Whole foods/good oils... helps to heal the body: Chorella (400mg) 2 Spirulina (500mg each) Help the eyes and more: Vitaliberry (cranberry, blueberry, grapeseed extract) Bilberry complex Esiak (450mg) (feel better) Alpha lipoic acid (600mg) (helps liver and more) Aloe vera (decreases constipation from LDN etc., decreases sticky blood, heals intestines) Minerals my body needs for the cells to work right: Zinc picolinate (54mg) Potassium citrate (99mg) Magnesium citrate (235-500 mg) Cat’s claw (120 mg) (for inflammation) Helps make collagen: Now brand- Silica Hyaluronic acid (100mg) with MSM (900mg) Bioperine (helps to absorb minerals) 1/2 cc Vit B12 Methylcobalamin shot every other day (folic acid- already in B complex) from 5mg/ml from a 30 ml vial. Adren-all from Orthomolecular: (licorice75mg, rhodiola 100mg, Siberian ginseng100mg, Schizandra 100mg, bovine adrenal concentrate 220mg, Vit A 500IU, Vit C 200mg, Vit E 20 mg, niacin 20mg, Vit B6 30 mg, Vit B12 200mcg, Vit B5 (350mg) SUPPER ~ 4 pm: Betaine HCl (with lactose free pepsin) and Now brand –Super enzymes and lemon juice in water Vit C (1000mg time release) BEFORE BED ~ 10 pm: LDN (Take one hour before my Osteoprocare drink.. to avoid Calcium blocking it’s absorption. (1) Steroids can block LDN so I take my bioidentical hormones at different times than the LDN.(2) I took LDN sometimes in the morning instead of at night, because it didn’t let me sleep at night.. It can help in the day, but helps maybe 100X more at night. Osteoprocare drink Ca/Mg, trace minerals (Dairy substitute) etc.(shake well, 2 tsp with lemon juice in water, before bed) Spiro (1 capsule from iherb.com) Lowers inflammation. Glutathione (250mg) Glutamine (500mg) (helps rebuild fast growing cells like the intestines and blood brain barrier and blood cells etc. Lutein Eyes (Solaray) (has 6mg of Lutein, spinach/blueberries...makes vision very clear!) Milk thistle 500mg (helps rebuild the liver) Valerian (500mg) Vit C (1000mg time release) 10 mg of Lithium orotate Bioidentical hormones: ~.5mgE3/75mgP/2.75-3mgTE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes (only when I need it): Sea salt (1/8 tsp. lick off hand) (Problem: It pushes Li out of me…see hair test) Enzyme Solutions#12 from(www.enzymeformulations.com ) with meals Cr, Ge, Mo, Mn, Se (depends on hair test) Nature's Way- Kidney/Bladder (for bladder infections and also for colds and other infections) Heal gut lining: Valerian, Green tea, Aloe, Slippery Elm, Glutamine, VitA may help the gut lining, after a person stops eating gluten. Obsessing: Benfotiamine (fat soluble Vit B1) with B vitamins, folic acid Glucosamine/ Chondroitin with 300mg of MSM (helps bone pain/joints) Iodine/Iodide liquid- increase well feeling/help precancer To kill bacteria/viruses/yeast: Garlic/onion, Elderberry, Goldenseal/Echinacea, M/R/S Mushroom formula (from Pure Encapsulations), 2000mg fish oil daily, Vit C, zinc, Vit D3, Oil of oregano and then later dairy free acidophilus....to reestablish good bacteria in the gut. Nature's Plus- Source of Life multiple- (has octacosanol which wakes up brains of coma people…It helped wake me out of extemely deep depression when my body acted in slow motion.) Green Tea extract 400mg (gave me energy and heals the gut lining, lose wt. and decreases cancer risk from being Celiac.) Now brand- Eye Support Nature's Way-Hair and Skin Nature's Rich (Master miracles) neutralizer can drink or soak in bath with epsom salts, baking soda. It has Ca, K and Mg in oxygenated water. Tea tree oil or hydrogen peroxide- strong...no over do it, for cuts on skin (no take internally) Foon Goos II and Kantita (Hanna Kroeger herb or Oil of Oregano and then later dairy free acidophilus– to control yeast and reestablish good bacteria in the intestines. Malic acid (Kal):(1/4 tablet) has Mg, Mn, Vit B1, Vit B6 bioperine, rosemary, cayenne, ginger Help me sleep: GABA (500mg) (sometimes), valerian, Osteoprocare, protein (beans/brown rice) helps me sleep... Eggs don't help me sleep. (I can't have whey, soy or 23 amino acid capsules.)... Exercise, EDTA/DMPS IV chelations lower inflammation and gets more oxygen in my brain, which helps me sleep. Late at night far away from my other vitamins I sometimes take....Now brand- Detox Support (detoxes the liver)/reduces inflammation/helps me sleep or I take Cilantro (600mg) removes heavy metals and helps intestines heal...which helps me sleep. Bioidientical hormones and acupuncture help me sleep. Grapefruit seed extract-antioxidant Strong bones: Bioidentical hormones (estriol/progesterone/testosterone), Osteoprocare, Vit C and Si, Glucosamine/Chondroitin (took away bone pain), exercise., right thyroid dose. Sex: Ginkgo (120mg) and Vit E (200mg) before sex and Osteoprocare drink for Ca/Mg (daily normal), right ratio of bioidentical hormones (estriol, progesterone, testosterone). HRF Thalamic from Ecological formulas: (Vit C 200mg, Hypothalamus ABGland Bovine 150mg, Pituitary ABGland Bovine 150mg, Adrenal ABGland 180mg, Brain ABGland 60mg, Pineal ABGland Bovine 20mcg, Papain 16000FCC) 40mg) Regular detox: 600mg Cilantro capsules or Now brand- Detox Support at 4 am away from any food...add chorella and it may help even more. EDTA/DMPS IV chelations at an Alternative medicine doctor that helps to remove heavy metals/lowers inflammation and swelling and more, eat vegetables, drink reverse osmosis water,... Lemon juice in reverse osmosis water after eating raw walnuts (crack open shell to avoid gluten contamination) which squirts out bile and causes bowel movements that help detox. This is the detox I did when I was first poisoned by colloidal silver and didn’t have EDTA/DMPS yet for 2 months. Vit C, MSM, chorella, rumex (clover)/chondrus (brown seaweed). I had to do this every 4 hours around the clock…it helped, but the colloidal silver kept going deeper into my body and kept hurting me more until the EDTA/DMPS got the colloidal silver/other heavy metals out of me fast. Within 3 DMPS/EDTA IV chelations my 24hour a day panic attacks stopped. Lower copper: AMM Tetrathiomolybdate 20mg oil capules (from compounding pharmacy to lower copper) or molybdenum picolinate. Colds/flu: I didn't get colds/flu for 20 year due to taking 2000mg of fish oil daily....also Vit C, zinc, garlic, raw onion, oil of oregano and later dairy free acidophilus, protein, Vit D3, Vit A, beta carotene, gargle salt water, netti pot....may help. Not eating dairy/gluten/sugar/starch/soy...may help, since these foods can make the immune system go down. Helped my Constipation: Not eating certain foods like corn/popcorn/beans...a food journal helps to show offending foods. Exercise, Osteoprocare, aloe vera, tea, raw vegetables, pumpkin, dairy free acidophilus, no dairy/gluten, raw walnuts (crack open shell) and then drink lemon juice in reverse osmosis water (lemon makes bile squirt out..which detoxes the liver and then cause intestines to contract to push bowel movement out.), drink enough good water, enough Amour thyroid medicine. Swelling of joints/arthritis: No: sugar/starch/dairy/gluten/soy. correct dose of bioidentical hormones...not too much estriol, Glucosamine/Chondroitin, Vit C and Si, Cat's claw, Spiro, fish oil. Acne: dairy free acidophilus, eat no dairy/gluten/soy/sugar, no bad fats (regular gluten pizza/soda...not good!), tea tree oil/alcohol on acne if I squeezed acne...take good oil capsules in above list...fish oil etc., (bumps on backs of upper arms are due to low essential fatty acids...fish oil etc. good oils listed may help), need bioidentical hormones more balanced...too much TE causes a yellow fat in pores/acne.... drink more reverse osmosis water....and other things to detox. Bad dreams: B vitamins help turn bad dreams into good dreams. They are water soluble...so taken around supper time/not bed time may help keep them in the body. Tea drains B vitamins out of me and causes bad dreams and hang nails. Hair loss: No gluten, take LDN, bioidentical homones in right ratios, correct thyroid dose. Biotin and Si may make hair stronger....other Celiac help. My hair/nails were stronger by : Biotin 5000mcg, Proline, Osteoprocare, eat enough protein and other Celiac help. Pioneer brand-Celiac Support Comprehensive Clear Meal (rice protein drink) (Laboratory Certified…gluten free) Depression: No sea salt...it pushes Li out of my body, fish oil 2000mg daily, phosphatidylserine/DMAE, exercise, B vitamins and zinc for stress, raise oxygen in the brain, rebuild cells with vitamins/good oils, not eating gluten, dairy, soy, sugar....3 days with sugar, my brain swells and I cry. No bad fats and more. If I am too high in estriol or testosterone, I am sad. I need the right ratio of estriol/progesterone/testosterone. Thyroid dose that is too low, lowers oxygen in my brain...then I am sad. Exercise, Vit D3 5000IU daily or I cry for no reason. When I first starting taking Vit D3 I laughed for a week. Think positive/pray without doubting. I need all of my vitamins/good oils or my cells are low in oxygen which can cause anxiety/panic/depression/obsessing/no sleep/suicidal thoughts.

Hi NUTRITIONPOWER;

I've made some important changes on my chapter on insomnia, from my book, The War Between the Ego and You; The Internal Battle for Control of the Self. This should be a great help.

Chapter 11

 

INSOMNIA

 

Insomnia occurs when you feel tired and sleepy but can’t go to sleep. Sleep is the ego’s and body’s domain. If the ego is worried, troubled or upset, it can cause insomnia. Also the ego can get stimulating thoughts spinning around in your head, or thinks about things you need to do.

 

Also after a few hours of sleep, you may awake and can't get back to sleep. Then the ego, your energizing bunny, may want to get up and do something. The ego can put thoughts in your head that you are wasting time, and should be doing something that needs to be done. Avoid these manipulative thoughts from the ego, by setting a goal before hand, that you intend on spending 6, 7 or 8 hours in bed, and stick with it. You want to develop the habit of sleeping a certain amount of time every night.

 

To go to sleep, the ego needs to be relaxed, to calm its insecurities and its excitability. Relax the ego by expanding the tongue as much as possible. Let the tongue fills the mouth, so it goes beyond the teeth while the lips are closed. If you are able, allow the tongue to protrude slightly between the lips.

 

Practice the unfocused stare, where you may see double by just initiating but not crossing the eyes, to experience a relaxing, dull, listless feeling. When the lids are then closed for sleep, you do not want the eyes moving around, searching for things to be concerned about, that produces thoughts and gets the ego thinking. You can restrict the eyes by initiating the muscles that cross the eyes.

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Develop a relaxed, peacefulness by being quite and still. Calmness comes over you when you just stop breathing, then breathe with small, quite, shallow, effortless breaths.

 

You want to lose consciousness, by ‘letting go’ of all effort. There is a switch in your brain that kicks you over into dreamland; daydreaming is the pre-ignition for that switch. Prime the ego's ability to daydream with an image, like you're walking through a field; or see an image of yourself lying down asleep, while creating a feeling that you're in a deep sleep.

 

The ego aids sleep when it daydreams. It sabotages sleep, when its verbal thoughts are about concerns with the recent past or near future. By directing the ego to express those concerns with imagery, then the ego become a helping partner in the ability to fall asleep.

 

You want to approach sleep as something to be enjoyed, not a drudgery that is to be delayed. And you want this to be a time of cooperation between you and the ego; so smile and encourage the ego to sleep by using its ability to employ symbolic imagery, instead of verbal thoughts about its concerns with the recent past or near future.

 

The ego most probably had no idea that it has the ability to induce sleep. After it slowly sinks in, the ego may relish the responsibility to contribute to this mutual goal.

 

The more effort you make to go sleep, and the more things you do to try to go to sleep, the more you sabotage the ego's ability to put you to sleep. The only effort you should make is to redirect the ego from verbally thinking into symbolic images when it deals with the concerns of the recent past or the near future.

With Best Regards

 

Marvin Kistler

I read your post. I feel bad for your story.

My racing thoughts at night were very bad few years ago. I have mild autism and always had some sleep difficulties since childhood and a teenager. Nutritional typing (I'm mixed), exercise, juicing, sleep mask seemed to be effective. I still need a consistent sleep schedule. I don't find much effectiveness with melatonin either.

Vegetarian diet (they may not healthy for everyone), high grains seemed to cause me to take longer to fall asleep. Heavy metals may have affected my sleep but I cannot confirm. I removed the amalgams though (do your research here).

Have you tried nutritional typing, exercising early in the day (including peak 8), sleeping at same time every night, reducing stress, sleeping in total darkness, avoiding allergens (gluten, pasteurized dairy) etc.? Also, remember not to use the computer or TV right before bed. If you do, try wearing sunglasses.

There are other articles on how to sleep better.

I understand your frustration. Sorry if the list is too long.

I hope this helps.

Nutrition Power:

I have just started reading a book "Adrenal Fatigue" that tells more about how to address long term insomnia (21 yrs for me) than I have read in dozens of articles and numerous books. What you eat, when you eat it can apparently make a big difference. Simple carbs or high carb fruits eaten at the wrong time of the day can be counter productive for us. Some of the things he said I have noticed already and thought there was something wrong for me being that way, yet it is how my body deals with the sleep debt I have. It is fascinating. I am definitely going to try a bunch of the things he recommends. Dr. Wilson is a ND, CD, and PhD and seems to know his stuff. For instance people who can exercise in the AM aren't affected by the eating fruit in the AM as those of us who have limited ability at the moment to exercise. Literally he says for people who wake up at certain times of the night, each time says something about our health. It is such interesting reading. I am so grateful for some different approaches to the insomnia issue - because the things listed in the 33 ways of Dr. Mercola has - haven't helped me. I hope you find it as enlightening as I have.

Karen

Thank you for your reply about 7th Generation!