Archive for September 2009
Nourishing Traditions, cultured dairy and to VSL or not to VSL?
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 25, 2009
So I wanted at some point to update this blog to document my foray into both the traditional diet via Nourishing Traditions and Weston Price, as well as my kitchen adventures with culturing my own dairy, in the way of making yogurt and kefir. I guess I have been so busy making yogurt and kefir [...]
Templates for Diet…
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 11, 2009
Diet can start to feel like religion. Especially when its tied up in ethical or political ideals. And even more so when you eat for health and healing. And why not? What enforces habitual behavior better than ritual? And what is ritual in food if not daily meditation on the benefits of habits that bring [...]
fasting!
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 4, 2009
- In: diet| whining
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Oh man, pretty sure I’ve told someone somewhere before that fasting doesn’t help much. But now I’m doing it! I sure do hate fasting. I’m 13.5 hours into it and I haven’t really complained a lot but I sure want to!
Probably only doing this for 24/48 hours because man I am way too big of a [...]
RLS/SIBO/celiac connection article
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 4, 2009
- In: RLS| SIBO| antibiotics| celiac
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The Restless Leg Syndrome, SIBO, Celiac Connection
Interesting yet not completely new idea. Be sure and follow the link to the specialists’ site as well.
I am waiting for the chronic multi-illness/SIBO connection research to catch up with the digestive-distress caused by SIBO reocurrance research (there isn’t much.) I wonder what happens when antibiotics are administered, say [...]
excerpt
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 3, 2009
From an email I just sent to my husband:
I f*ing love food so much. this never gets easier. i see the humor in it a little more each day but it never gets easier.
The antimicrobial properties of kefir, Gulf War Syndrome and gut bacteria, and the effects of high-fat nutrition on gut flora
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 2, 2009
- In: SIBO| Xifaxan| breath test| kefir| probiotics
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Some interesting and unexpected research finds today:
On kefir, which I am beginning to make in my home
Resoution of Recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated Diarrhea Using Staggered Antibiotic Withdrawal and Kefir
Antimicrobial and healing activity of kefir and kefiran extract
And a few interesting studies recruiting now…
Bacterial Overgrowth Associated With Chronic Multisymptom Illness Complex
Taking the super obvious connection between SIBO [...]
I have spent my whole life in ruins because of people who are nice…
Posted by: Girrlock Holmes on: September 1, 2009
At present I’m taking a course of Neomycin. This is my first time on an antibiotic that isn’t Xifaxan, and I’m not liking what’s going on with my body. Lots of bloating, popping out of my clothes, abdominal pain and no appetite whatsoever.
The nicest thing anyone could ever say to me when I tell them [...]
- More thoughts on kefir and a new Italian SIBO study
- The last days of histamine
- RLS/SIBO/celiac connection article
- Xifaxan - day nine (or "don't give it to me - 9x3...you're out of control, emotional symphony...")
- The Hydrogen Breath Test
- The antimicrobial properties of kefir, Gulf War Syndrome and gut bacteria, and the effects of high-fat nutrition on gut flora
- Girrlock Holmes: At least for a few weeks; if it doesn't work I wanna eat salami and rasberries with you in a cabin in the woods in the mountains. xo
- Ian Dunford: I will do my best to help you banish all the histamines!
- Girrlock Holmes: Hi Marie. I trialed 4 oz of kombucha a day for a while (store-bought) and had a terrible time with it. Had to drink it at night becuase it brought on
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