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> I rarely drink alcohol, because it makes me feel ill. I have a
> minimal amount of wheat or lactose in my diet. I eat spelt bread
> sometimes and sourdough bread (rice and buckwheat) everyday to
> accompany homemade veg & bean soup for lunch. I eat feta cheese
> instead of cow's cheese. I have wheat free museli for breakfast
> (though not gluten free), eaten with soya milk. When i'm feeling
> really bad i eat quinoa porridge. I have fresh vegetable juice
> everday (carrot, beetroot, spinach, cucumber, apple and celery). I
> eat oily fish when i can, but not as often as i should. I eat a very
> small piece of red meat (steak) when i feel the need which is very
> rarely. I drink herbal tea (peppermint & nettle) and also green
> tea. I eat alot of lentils, mung beans, spinach and brown rice.
> I eat 2 eggs per week.
>
> Things i have not ommitted from my diet are caffeine, sugar, some
> milk and cream, potatoes and other vegetables from the nightshade
> family..tomatoes, red peppers, aubergines, though i try to be mindful
> of my intake of those vegetables.
>
> I do not particularly like taking most supplements, especially the B
> vitamins and fish oils, but i do try and force tiny amounts down each
> day, no more than the RDA, often less. The ones i have least problems
> with are A, E and iron.
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> I have tried going on a total exclusion diet but it was utter
> misery. It means cutting out ALL sugar, even dried fruit, fresh
> fruit and some vegetables, eg. carrots. Its never ending. The more
> i cut out, the more sensitised i seemed to become to the foods that i
> was "allowed" to eat.
>
> I did feel marked benefits from the diet, regarding energy flow. But
> i still did not feel completely well. I think for some people whose
> system has been very damaged even a total exclusion diet only goes
> part of the way, and needs to be combined with an environmental
> exclusion zone.
>
> Also i found that when feeling more well and entering the "normal"
> world more often, with normal ppl doing normal things, my will power
> regarding the diet was challenged even further, as temptation was put
> in my way, eg i might be able to go to a dance class but would be
> unable to join in with the trip to the pub afterwards. I was kidding
> myself that i was back to normal, and the come-down was very
> difficult to deal with.
>
> My ES did not come about because of my lifestyle, but because i was
> poisoned by taking an extremely toxic herb.
>
> --- In [hidden email], "canaryyuk" <canary65@t...> wrote:
>>
>> It seems to me there are 2 main ways of alleviating ES and ppl
> choose
>> which one suits them best. One can either follow a strict
> exclusion
>> diet (for life) or one can choose to create or move to an
>> environmental exclusion zone.
>>
>> Personally, i lean towards the latter option. I have a healthy
> well
>> balanced diet, all organic, home-cooked foods, i pay attention to
>> what i eat, but i do not feel that exclusion diets (for me at any
>> rate) are a realistic option. The resultant misery is as bad as
> the
>> illness itself. The average human's attachment to food and the
>> rewards it offers, run deep, and cannot be dismissed lightly.
>>
>> I totally agree that ppl should educate themselves about diet and
> try
>> and curb the worst excesses but i do not feel that adopting an ever
>> more exlusive diet in order to compensate for an increasingly toxic
>> external environment is the way forward, for me at least.
>>
>> jane
>>
>>
>> --- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@u...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Electromagnetic fields are a potent toxin, a 24/7 stresssor.
>> Of
>>>> course any toxin/stress will affect more adversely anyone who
> is
>> already a bit weak
>>>> or sensitive. This does not mean that the most sensible
>> approach only
>>>> involves trying to strengthen those exhibiting sensitivity,
>> though, does it?
>>>
>>> Well, someone who is already "a bit weak or sensitive" most
> likely
>> got that
>>> way through previous traumas, toxins or poor nutrition. That is
>> NOT to
>>> say that I'm blaming the victim, as in many cases people do not
>> choose
>>> to be traumatized or poisoned...
>>>
>>> And the most sensible approach is the one which works. Certainly
>> some
>>> avoidance & fixing wiring errors or faulty electronics may be
>> required
>>> or helpful, but that will often only take you so far in your
>> recovery.
>>> The rest has to come from improving one's overall health.
>>>
>>> I'm sure it's theoretically possible that a perfectly healthy
> person
>>> could get ES purely through exposure to EMF. However, I think a
>> more
>>> typical scenario would be multi-factoral. For example, a buildup
> of
>>> heavy metals in the system, a lack of fatty acids or minerals in
> the
>>> diet, an ongoing infection, etc.
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
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