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Hi Pam,
I hope we are not to be depressed for long. You are like me, almost frozen,
as to what to do. I am all ready to relate to blood typing and then have to
ask “Is my hypothyroidism (and possibly an adrenal sluggishness) going to
throw me into some unique category where Nothing that applies to regular
people will work for Me”. It’s all so complicated.
I relate to re jn’s feeling that there aren’t enough concerned people. I
don’t want to be the only one who worries. I am stuck with the job. I
really need to get healthy and speed up, and so operate at the level of my
thinking and caring in spite of inactivity or unawareness of others.
I love the diet. When i avoid, then indulge-i feel the difference. Where
before er4yt, i just felt generally lousy. I can feel that i am on the right
track. I am so thankful for the lady who wrote that she felt certain
emotions when eating wheat-exactly like me. So i know i am not making up my
“crazy” suspicions.
Thanks for being such a support/I know all read these together so it’s for
all i’ve talked to and others..
Mary Ann
in Florida
April 30th, 2003 at 3:18 am
I’ve got that site on my Favorites List. It is especially good. We are
concerned about the claims that soy is detrimental to hypothyroids. There
are opposing claims also. Try to go slow and find out for sure. Someone is
wrong. 50/50 chance that soy is okay. But this site called About.com (a lot
less letters to type in) is very helpful.
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 1st, 2003 at 8:28 pm
In a message dated 4/8/00 1:20:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
munio7@… writes:
<< wondering how I could
be sick eating all this “good” stuff and watching people eat fast foods
Hello Louise,
Thank you for sharing. It helps. Don’t think i wasn’t wondering how those
people could feel so up to everything, and me on my whole wheat real food
kick was walking dead. I’d occasionally go to mc Donald’s and feel like i’d
be better off trading bodies with nearly anyone there, except the men of
course. ;}
Also, i’d go walking and see enormous people, very pregnant women, very
elderly people walking with more smoothness and well-being than me. I was
literally dragging. Felt no oxygen, no reserve of energy. Just dragged.
It’s enough to get a person to get some help. There were people who were in
apparent worse health than i apparently was in, so i looked into it, and have
thus far found this diet, and a lead to an endocrinologist (homeopathic).
It’s a breakthrough. Synthroid, (even 200mg/day) isn’t quite helping enough.
Although my doctor says i’m fine. It’s too high of a dose, for me to
still feel so slow and lethargic. Especially the moods. I still feel my
real self in there, hopeful, happy, just cooped up in a sluggish body. More
like a cocoon than a vehicle.
Obedience to the diet and exercise is sporadic. But i believe in it. It
makes total sense. I’ve read a lot. It correlates with other stuff i’ve
read. True scientific evidence will affirm itself in true work done by
others.
I know, i know…
Just don’t get me going…
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 2nd, 2003 at 1:26 am
In a message dated 4/8/2000 9:01:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
MAMZEL150@… writes:
<< But i believe in it. It
makes total sense. I’ve read a lot. It correlates with other stuff i’ve
read. True scientific evidence will affirm itself in true work done by
others.
I often wonder why Dr. D. or the ER diet is never mentioned on talk shows
when they have different well-known Drs. discussing their ideas and findings.
I have seen Andrew Weil, Dr. Atkins, some other vitamin guru (I can’t
remember his name), etc. on shows like Larry King, but I have never heard Dr.
D. or the ER diet mentioned.
The only time it has ever been mentioned is on a syndicated phone in show
with a Dr. Gabe Mirkin and he said that it was “bunk” and there was no
scientific evidence that there was a difference in blood types (of course, he
is always pushing his whole grain way of eating).
I just wonder why it isn’t talked about more? There seems to be alot of us
using it and the book has sold well, but it hasn’t been mentioned in the
popular media.
Sharon
May 2nd, 2003 at 8:50 am
Really, i haven’t been diagnosed with CFS, just severely low thyroid, which
is somewhat improved by 200mg synthroid daily. Still, i am fatigued,
fighting depression, and have NO momentum or incentive, except once in a
while. I haven’t been tested for CFS yet. My suspician is low adrenal
function, since my perk did not come back with synthroid.
Thanks, it’s nice to feel your concern..
bye,
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 2nd, 2003 at 12:57 pm
Same here Sharon. But the er4yt books are selling, and people are staying
with the diet, living its practicality.
After i read Dr Dadamo’s books, i knew how to divide all the advice i read
and saw as often relating to another blood type. I could then see this
advice working for one person and not another, and the reasons why.
There is a lot of research i read on metabolism related diet, and ways of
relating to food. So before blood typing, we know people with a strong
dominant thyroid gland, would do better to avoid caffeine and sweets, and
carbs. They easily get into the habit, innocently, of getting that “lift”
from sweets, caffeine, carbs, which jumpstart their thyroid. Eventually,
they would suffer exhaustion of thyroid and be forced on the Dr Dadamo’s
eating type or experience predictable diseases. So the metabolism -related
and the blood type - related research sort of came from different places, but
came up with some of the same answers. Anyway, i see it from two sides now
and it’s sad how we don’t know how delicate we really are. How many things
we didn’t know which could have helped us before we have to climb out of some
health problem.
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 3rd, 2003 at 1:18 am
In a message dated 4/8/00 5:44:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pfs1958@… writes:
<< Is there a test for sluggish adrenal gland activity and what are the
symptoms ?
Peter and I await the collective wisdom in this area. I sure would like to
rule it out or start treating it.
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 3rd, 2003 at 7:03 am
Heh re, thank you for the sight. I will check it out today. Pam.
May 3rd, 2003 at 3:18 pm
Yes, I checked out the fertility sight at thathomesight and came back
with nothing. Every word I typed in had no hits what so ever!!! How
frustrating. Thank you anyway, Pam.
May 6th, 2003 at 11:39 am
Hi Louise,
I remember an Avon lady (district leader) who had that reaction to perfume.
She sure was in a funny profession. She had to model the perfume product.
So she always wore it behind her knees, where the scent would be there, but
never hit anyone directly. I thought pretty neat! Avon’s PaviElle, by now
discontinued, i am sure, used to make me soo sick, headache and everything.
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 9th, 2003 at 11:39 pm
Yes, my son is slow to change his habits and he is 6. I figure the only
thing that really bothers him is dairy and this is mostly during the cold
season. He is more likely to get sick if he has been eating dairy. But
it sure is tough for a kid, to change. He does have sweets, but he can
limit himself, and then there are times he cannot. So I do understand
about sending him off to school. If he feels pressured to be “just like
the other kids” he will want to eat as they do. My son wants to eat like
his father, who I am sure is not an O. So anyway, go for the home
schooling. Pam.
May 10th, 2003 at 6:35 pm
Hey Pam,
You know what’s right for your son. He’ll listen to you. Children nowadays
are so strong-willed. Mine are. We homeschool. Anyway, do you think his
father can endorse his eating things which are good for him? Like my kids
are appreciating that they have special foods for A’s and they feel unique.
Sometimes i get so frazzled and think no one listens to me, even though i
really know best.. It’s a confidence/tiredness problem i think.
Mary Ann
in Florida
May 15th, 2003 at 9:15 pm
You know it is funny my Sunday school class was having a party and we
were discussing this. We learned that our senses actually lesson the older we
get, taste, smell all of them. So what the heavy “perfumer” smells is not
what we smell. Same with taste have you ever tasted what your parents say is
seasoned verses what you think it should be. I thought it was kind of
interesting. Steph
May 22nd, 2003 at 4:00 am
Heh, re, thank you for the homesite link, I will have to try it. Pam.