Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to commiserate with myself and maybe have other people commiserate with me who know what I am talking about!!! Got the results of my Elisa test back today and it seems chicken is off the menu now - ouuccchhh! i llluuuuuvvvv chicken! RIP! nuts as well - no surprises there and coffee, not sad about coffee but am living in continental Europe now and got sick of drinking herbal tea - makes me feel like Hitler asking for a glass of milk - asking for an espresso is so much cooler - yes - MS people can be cool!!!!!
So it seems Brazil nuts, Buckwheat , sesame Seed, Sunflower seed- I love all these and only eat them now once a week - are in the advised not to eat category - just as I got used to the taste of buckwheat - sucks!! Tuna a no-no - go dolphins!! Still I would like to run for a bus rather than pretend that i am too cool to do that so if cutting these out works in the long run , who am I to complain.............................
Anyone has any good foodie ideas - feel free to share - I eat quinoa, amaranth, rice (wild and brown), millet - any other gluten free grains I forgot? Need to eat grains with my nosh otherwise I feel hungry. I can still eat turkey so the annual slaughter still goes on!!
Joachim
p.s. Has anyone else noticed that on this diet, you don't tend to get as anxious or depressed a´s much?? I have always suffered from anxiety and bouts of depression over the years but now, not a sausage- I used to get anxious if I was going to be late for work, miss a train or had a deadline but now nothing, not a sausage. I just leave earlier and work steadily towards my deadllines. Maybe its just me - I have always eaten healthily over the years but the biggest modification that I have made is now to cut out gluten and legumes (in addition to the other stuff). ´
I am a medical researcher by trade - medical statistics etc. so have done a lot of reading recently on gluten and psychological/ psychiatric problems - what can I say - no smoke without fire!!! Interestingly, thyroid problems and bipolar disorder share some of the same genetic traits that MS does - and guess what - my niece suffers from bipolar disorder and my mother and sister both suffer from thyroid problems - doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out that there is something going on in the same family - so I think I am going to encourage them all to take the Elisa test or at least cut out the gluten.
Whew!! Serious verbal diarrhoea - apologies - very therapeuitc though!!!