Feeling Better with Juicing
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Hi Everyone.
Over the past 1-2 months I've been exhausted and feeling very sick; extra dry mouth, sore glands, etc. So, I started juicing 4 days ago and I feel better. I'm not sure if my SS symptoms ran their course for this flair and that's the reason for feeling better or if juicing helped.
I also stopped drinking soy coffee drinks which I think helps. I had a soy drink today and afterwards I felt exhausted. Again, not sure if there's a correlation but it's new information that I'm paying attention to.
I also read that someone eliminated gluten from their diet and has been symptom free for a while. So I'm trying that also.
It's a process of elimination but I'm going to continue juicing and eliminating gluten from my diet with the hope that my symptoms subside or go into remission. This is the only thing I feel I can do to control SS and am hopeful.
Anyway, I wanted to share what I think may be helping with SS symptoms in case you may also find it helpful.
Take good care.
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christine26761 tracy79802
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tracy79802 christine26761
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jean34329 christine26761
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did the diet affect your bowels at all. At the moment I have diarrhoea and feel rotten. Would you wait until this passes before embarking on the Paelo diet?
Thanks
Jean
tracy79802 jean34329
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Sue1247 tracy79802
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jean34329 tracy79802
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Jean
lily65668 tracy79802
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I hope you get the desired effect from the changes in your diet, but don't get discouraged if you don't. Just hang on to the idea that you're in charge.
sally83545 tracy79802
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I stopped eating Gluten and feel much better. I went and had an allergy test and this is what I learned. A person can test negative to a sensetivity to wheat and other grains and nuts but if you show extreme sensetivity to grasses and trees (which I did ) you can feel ill effects from any food that they produce example:
Melons,Peanuts,Corn, Wheat...etc This is called a Cross Reaction. Learning this has helped me become more aware of the foods I choose. I went on both the Paleo and Paleo AIP and did lose weight and thought I felt better. But two of my doctors suggested to me I was getting a Placebo effect because of the lack of proof from medical studies that the diet has a significant effect on Autoimmune illness. ( that burst my bubble) but I didn't go off the diet. And I still get miserable flares. As far as the juicing goes I read we lose the fiber when we throw away the pulp of the veggies and fruit but we do feel better because they are tasty and a nice shot of natural sugars (hope I am not bursting your bubble!). I would suggest testing for food sensetivities if you can. See what you body is considering an enemy. I also feel bad when I have Soy ( i guess the beans grow on a grass?)
something to consider. Feel better,
Sally
lily65668 sally83545
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Since Sjogren's is an auto-immune condition, it carries a major psycho-somatic element, practically by definition. It's therefore perfectly normal that it should be sensitive to placebo effect. And just once more, in case anyone hasn't read my earlier posts on the subject and throws a wobbly: psychosomatic isn't the same as imaginary. Psychosomatic conditions produce measurable changes in blood chemistry etc. You can die of a psychosomatic illness.
I'm very susceptible to placebo effect myself, and very happy about it. Why on earth would anyone want to take potentially dangerous medications, with all the attendant risks of side-effects, when a harmless placebo would do the job just as well? I really can't understand why some doctors are so sniffy about it. OK... yes, I do know why, but let's not go there. I've said it before on this site but I suspect if I say it too often I might get modded!
When I first started training as a nurse, more than 50 years ago, doctors were still authorised to hand out sugar pills and coloured water, in recognition of the importance of the placebo effect. But by the late 60s this had all been declared unethical and the sugar pills were often replaced by valium or its predecessor librium. (I'm not making this up!) In fairness, though, they didn't know about the terrible withdrawal effects of benzos in those days.
Listen to what your body is telling you. Take charge of your own health. That's the real way forward for any auto-immune condition.
tracy79802 sally83545
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I'm glad you didn't go off of your diet and wouldn't let your doctors burst your bubble relative to your diet. Based on everything I've been reading what we ingest absolutely has a positive (or negative) impact on autoimmune diseases -- particularly gluten. What's more is it makes sense.
Juicing, for me, is helpful to augment my diet. I eat smaller meals and augment with juice. I find the blast of micronutrients from organic juice (primarilly green vegetables) boosts my energy substantially.
I'm cutting out soy drinks and just started cutting out nuts, beans, etc. We'll see how it goes but am hopeful.
Take good care. Tracy.
Sue1247 tracy79802
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I'm still thinking that gluten plays a bit part and I certainly feel better now I've cut it out.