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Food-Triggered Siezures
Sun, 05/18/2008 - 14:10Comments
Re: Food-Triggered Siezures
Submitted by uberzwitter on Sun, 2008-06-01 - 00:38
Re: Food-Triggered Siezures
Submitted by Meow on Sun, 2008-06-01 - 02:20
Hi again! after sending you that message I have been doing a little surfing and found this link at wikihow. http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Food-Triggered-Seizures
Since you mentioned the connection to your menstrual cycle (me too!), you should be careful about the additional estrogens found in the meats, dairy and soy. BTW, soy can be hidden in salad dressings and sausages, amongst other things, so read the labels carefully. Maybe some soy was in your Thai food?
Paleolithic and less processed or best of all organic foods...as far as possible. do keep a food diary for a while and see which things have an effect. Fish oil is good for you, but for some reason fish may have metal in it (i don't really understand it, but sounds likecould be unsafe).
There was also a guy out there who recommends cutting out 4 things: gluten, soy, corn, and dairy (also legumes & peanuts!). He says you can gradually introduce them later, but try to limit your consumption of them.
Let us know if you see any difference!
-Meow
Hi again! after sending you that message I have been doing a little surfing and found this link at wikihow. http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Food-Triggered-Seizures
Since you mentioned the connection to your menstrual cycle (me too!), you should be careful about the additional estrogens found in the meats, dairy and soy. BTW, soy can be hidden in salad dressings and sausages, amongst other things, so read the labels carefully. Maybe some soy was in your Thai food?
Paleolithic and less processed or best of all organic foods...as far as possible. do keep a food diary for a while and see which things have an effect. Fish oil is good for you, but for some reason fish may have metal in it (i don't really understand it, but sounds likecould be unsafe).
There was also a guy out there who recommends cutting out 4 things: gluten, soy, corn, and dairy (also legumes & peanuts!). He says you can gradually introduce them later, but try to limit your consumption of them.
Let us know if you see any difference!
-Meow
Re: Food-Triggered Siezures
Submitted by Meow on Sun, 2008-06-01 - 00:18
Okay, here is the list I have come up with over the last couple of days of foods that possibly trigger seizures:
soy milk, soy sauce & other soy products, because they raise estrogen levels!
aspartame, nutrasweet (diet sodas, etc.)
maybe also caffeine, alcohol
also: meat and dairy products unless organic probably contain significant amounts of estrogen hormones, so can be just as bad as the soy products
hope that this information helps. if i were you i would try a paleolithic diet to detox and then remove or reduce the frequency of any of the foods that seem to cause you problems.
-Meow
Okay, here is the list I have come up with over the last couple of days of foods that possibly trigger seizures:
soy milk, soy sauce & other soy products, because they raise estrogen levels!
aspartame, nutrasweet (diet sodas, etc.)
maybe also caffeine, alcohol
also: meat and dairy products unless organic probably contain significant amounts of estrogen hormones, so can be just as bad as the soy products
hope that this information helps. if i were you i would try a paleolithic diet to detox and then remove or reduce the frequency of any of the foods that seem to cause you problems.
-Meow