Connection between allergy and ADHD
News hot off the press! An association between allergic symptoms and development of ADHD was reported as one of the top stories in Medscape psychiatry on 09 07 22 in Medscape Medical News. This will not be a surprise to you!A well-conducted study of 117,000 children with at least one allergic disorder, were significantly more likely to develop attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by age 18. The allergic symptoms most likely to be connected were rhinitis, and … [Read more...]
Being daring on your diet
FODMAPS or Low Chemical Diet: which helps gut symptoms?
You may suspect high FODMAPs foods such as beans, cabbage or other foods you are fairly sure give you more wind than usual. On the other hand you have pain after moving further from a Low Chemical Diet with minimal added strong spices or additives.IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) is more complex than is generally recognised.You can see if some simple changes make a useful difference to your IBS.You have your own particular symptoms bloating, cramping pain, strong urgency, wind.You have your own … [Read more...]
Keeping your low weight up
Terra wrote about vestibular symptoms
I started experiencing unusual dizziness many years ago, but only recently after my second doze of the covid vaccine did it become serious enough (with vertigo on top of it) to beg my family doctor to help me figure out what was going on.I discovered a "thing" called "vestibular therapy" (I say this sarcastically because it was there all along, but none of my family doctors ever suggested this to me over the seven years of me complaining about dizziness). The vestibular therapist I was assigned … [Read more...]
When invited to tea you still do cooking
Not all of it! We food-sensitive people have to realize that this is what happens! Wonderful friends and relations want to cook a meal for you and are fairly sure they know what you can eat. Some are wonderful and ask “Is a little rosemary OK?” or “I don’t use much cinnamon in my cake. We don’t like it too strong ourselves.”Each food sensitive person works on their diet until they get what works for them. Small misunderstandings can occur. You may tolerate a small amount of lactose-free milk, … [Read more...]