This is just a quick blog, so I'm not going to go into details about all the issues I've had with food. I'll just say that currently I'm moderately sensitive to gluten, extremely sensitive to dairy and sugar, partially sensitive to eggs and yeast, and, when I cut all of those out, most food STILL makes me feel ill.
I've been searching for the answer. I discovered there's an ailment called leaky-gut or intestinal permeability. Basically the intestinal wall leaks, and food gets absorbed before it's broken down all the way. The body responds with antibodies, and the person effected develops allergies to those foods. I've never seen a doctor for my problems, but I was sure I had this.
Recently, a friend recommended this film. Ryan and I watched it together. We were sceptical about some of their dramatic connections in the earlier part of the film. For example, blaming the "autism epidemic" on GMO foods. Scientists are sure that autism existed before the diagnoses, it was just referred to by other, derogatory terms. In recent years we've become more sensitive with detecting it. That being said, there seems to be link between GMO's and autism (as well as other problems). I think that people with autism may be especially susceptible to GMO foods.
As the film progressed, they offered more and more convincing, scientific evidence against GMO's. They gave a list of the current foods that have been genetically modified. They include soy, corn, cottonseed oil, canola oil, sugar beets, papaya, zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and alfalfa hay.
I strongly recommend that you watch it, especially if you're like me and have problems with health and/or food. Enjoy!
(Watch the whole thing: it keeps getting better)
I've been searching for the answer. I discovered there's an ailment called leaky-gut or intestinal permeability. Basically the intestinal wall leaks, and food gets absorbed before it's broken down all the way. The body responds with antibodies, and the person effected develops allergies to those foods. I've never seen a doctor for my problems, but I was sure I had this.
Recently, a friend recommended this film. Ryan and I watched it together. We were sceptical about some of their dramatic connections in the earlier part of the film. For example, blaming the "autism epidemic" on GMO foods. Scientists are sure that autism existed before the diagnoses, it was just referred to by other, derogatory terms. In recent years we've become more sensitive with detecting it. That being said, there seems to be link between GMO's and autism (as well as other problems). I think that people with autism may be especially susceptible to GMO foods.
As the film progressed, they offered more and more convincing, scientific evidence against GMO's. They gave a list of the current foods that have been genetically modified. They include soy, corn, cottonseed oil, canola oil, sugar beets, papaya, zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and alfalfa hay.
I strongly recommend that you watch it, especially if you're like me and have problems with health and/or food. Enjoy!
(Watch the whole thing: it keeps getting better)
You being so tired and sick makes me sad :(
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to get time to watch it.
I can imagine that it is a daunting possibility to switch from your current diet to a GMO free diet (since so much of what you eat involves corn) - how do you plan on doing it. Also, how long is your test period going to be to see if it works for you?
Actually I don't think it will be hard. A lot of certified gluten-free food is also organic and GMO free. Some of the corn products I get are certified non-GMO. I think completely cutting GMO's out will cost more money than I'm currently spending... maybe I'll get SNAP (food stamps). :P
ReplyDeleteI actually was going to go back and edit this post when I figured out exactly what my test-phase will be.
As to autism...traditional nature vs nurture studies from my day have been set on their ear by new discoveries concerning Genetic Tags. Autism itself (actually Aspergerger's specifically) is a label that scientists have placed on a statistical trend line within a combination of traits. Most of these separate traits are very fuzzy as to cause and effect. There is serious disagreement about it and very few hard studies to support any of the conclusions about it. The study groups in most of those studies have also been surprisingly small.
ReplyDeleteModern science is plagued by a lemming mentality. New discoveries in many fields are made every year that force people to rethink past conclusions. Most of those fields are much better understood and scientifically sound than the current knowledge-base of psychology in general and especially Asperger's Autism in particular.
yours truly,
Daddy (my OpenID doesn't seenm to be working here)