This is something that I just recently discovered – Gluten – What is Gluten? I really never understood the word  until I started doing research on it.

Gluten is a mixture of proteins that are found in wheat, rye, oats, triticale (a combination of wheat and rye together), and barley. Interesting since most foods on the market are made with wheat flour. Many foods I love have these grains in them. I love oatmeal and oatmeal raisin cookies. Guess I have to make another diet change. CRAP!

The therory is that MS attacks are caused by food allergies. Most people usually find a pattern after keeping a food and symptom journal for about six months. Some have said that eliminating milk fat, gluten, animal fats and sugar from the diet, they have noticed a slow but steady improvement in their health. This actually makes sense to me — diet and diseases are often related somehow.

We all know that sugar is bad – it is poison – it feeds the bad cells in the body and causes major medical problems for many.  Milk fats, animal fats cause the cholesterol to be high and gluten – well I am still researching and learning. I hope that I will have a better understanding as to why Gluten affects the body so strongly.  I do know this – when I eat a lot of breads and eat cereal or oatmeal everday, I do not feel right. Just as when I eat fatty meats such as beef. I become extremely tired. When I watch what I eat, eat a lot of vegetables, fish, organic meats like chicken, blueberries, cherries, drink green tea, eliminate crackers, breads, cheese, milk and sugar I feel soooo much better. Hello! I think this is a clue. I have more energy and my mind does not feel like it is in a fog.

I hope to learn more about this Gluten free diets – I am reading an article by Roger MacDougall – My Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis – he claims that he eliminated gluten, dairy and sugar from his diet and has been in remission for long time.

Interesting reading – check it out – www.direct-ms.org/rogermcdougall.html