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Category Archives: Diet
An Early Spring
I am kind of excited right now because I am not going through the misery of seasonal allergies. Yep, they’re pretty much gone. The hay fever symptoms started in 2000 when I turned forty years old. Welcome to middle age. … Continue reading
Posted in Diet, Health, Progress/Recovery, Symptoms, Uncategorized
Tagged Andy Cutler, cheese, dairy, easter candy, gluten, hay fever, mercury poisoning, milk, naet, pollen, recovery, seasonal allergies
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On the Road to High School
It’s 5 p.m. and I’ve had a full day but it’s not quite over yet. I’ve already made six trips to the high school and there’s one more to go before my day is over. Here’s the twist: school doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Diet, Happiness, Parenting
Tagged chocolate milk, high school, kindergarten, man-child, school registration, school taxi, snacks, train crossing, two campuses, walking to school
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The Wheat-Free Trend
Last week, Person of Interest, mentioned that he didn’t understand the [broader] wheat-free trend. I think this is true of many who eat a Western diet and don’t think too much about it. To those unaware, it seems like a … Continue reading
Posted in Diet, Health, Understanding
Tagged allergies, allergy, autism, autoimmune, celiac, chronic, elimination diet, free, gluten, gur cake, intolerance, raisin, raisins, recipe, symptoms, wheat
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How I Gave Up Chocolate
It’s not as hard as you might think. When I crashed and burned from eating a couple of bunches of cilantro and redistributed a body burden of heavy metals all over the place, including my brain, I got very sick … Continue reading
Posted in Diet, Mercury, Progress/Recovery, Uncategorized
Tagged adult onset diabetes, alpha lipoic acid, anger, chelation, chocaholic, chocolate, chocolate lover, copper, copper overload, heavy metal, high copper, immune system, legumes, molybdenum, mood, peanut butter, redistribution, resettlement, tree nuts, zinc
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ADHD and Diet: Start with an Elimination Diet
Last week I mentioned my mini-revelation years ago regarding grilled cheese vs. chicken and broccoli, along with the notion that when some kids eat sweets, they wig out (while other kids don’t). If you look at the literature, you can … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Diet, Heavy Metal Toxicity
Tagged adhd, anger, candida, gfcf, high copper, hyper, hypoglycemia, leaky gut, phenol intolerance, phenols, sensativity, sugar, yeast
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Diet and Behavior: First Clues
In 2001, I noticed that there was something universally out of sorts with our family. Among other clues, it was apparent that we had a penchant for being overly sensitive and easy to anger. In the summer of 2002, when … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Diet, Parenting, Symptoms
Tagged anger, bad behavior, diet connection, gfcf, heavy metal toxicity, sugar
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