gout chronic fatigue cost me two fortunes, page-43

OK it's my turn.

The most important thing to remember from what I¡¦m about to say is ¡§No one person is the same¡¨.

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis.

I believe that RH, Chronic Fatigue, Psoriasis, Crones etc are all related. They are all caused by Bad Bacteria in your Gut and in your blood stream.

I first felt the symptoms of RH 8 years ago, and after 12 months of increasingly worse conditions, I was correctly diagnosed. The Specialist that made the diagnosis instantly put me on a cocktail of nasty drugs ¡V methotrexate etc. Needless to say this was the most difficult period of my life, I¡¦ll save you the details.

I stuck with these drugs for 12 months as they did provide some benefit, along with the Viox ļ, but this was not a cure which was what I was desperate for.
At that time some of my own research started to click, and I made the bold decision (like a leap of faith really) to go off the drugs and start an elimination diet, based on the work of Dr John Mansfield:

http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/resources/ediet_howto.htm
http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/reviews/mcferran01.htm

This worked to control and start to reverse the RH without the aid of medicated poisons.
From seeing the diet through I was able to identify the following as reacting with the RH:

Bad Bacteria Feeders:

Sugar
Dairy
Grains with Gluten
Yeast
anti-inflammatory drugs - harm the gut

Reacting foods:

Stimulants: Coffee, fermented teas, chilli.
Cumin
Tomatoes
Potato chips
Alcohol
Vinegar
Sauces
Too much fruit high in sugar especially dates, cherries, grapes.
Too much read meat.

I still follow this diet to the present day. No I do not suffer from it.


A couple of years ago I started to notice the symptoms creeping back, a work colleague who had Chronic Fatigue put me onto Erica White ( a sheer stroke of luck).

http://www.nutritionhelp.com/

Erica is a legend of our time. I had a consultancy with Erica who identified coffee as part of the problem but more importantly Erica pointed out the problem with bad bacteria, and prescribed a very beneficial dose of Supplements etc.

To day my RH is in remission, life is good. I still have residual effects (bone damage) from the RH but this is minor.