My story of why Im most likely about to go raw..

[kevin1986]

I posted this over in the juicing forum,but thought I could get some thoughts here...I have possibly M.S.,and am 24 years old,and my health has been ruining my life since 2003.

I met someone whos treated M.S.,and hes had me on a different kind of diet last 3 months (wow,cant believe its been that long). Cutting a lot of dairy and gluten (but not totally),and drinking some herbal type teas daily,as well as some supplementation and herbs,and juicing and produce eating. well guess what. ..3 months later,no change,and hes puzzled,and blown away. So,now I think im ready to go raw. I am tired of playing around with this. The positive thing is, the last 3 months have been a good time I guess of getting me ready for no processed stuff,and what not. I LOVE juicing,it really fills me up. I can go hours without food.

Something is NOT right,something happened. 2003-2004 was when the first symptom I got was tingling sensation in my feet,then for first time in my life at age 16 I developed sinus allergies. Then I go IBS. Then constant fatigue came,then joint pain,then brain fog,then vision changes,and on and on. I mean my health started dropping like a bomb out of no where. healthy all my life,until age 16. So..what happened to my immune system? something did..

Whats interesting is,the last 2 years I lived in Oklahoma. I'm originally from Pennsylvania,well as soon as I move back,my health gets worse. My bladder can't hold as much for long,my vision got worse. Soooo,yeah..I feel like im a little crazy. In all honesty..its hard for me to believe I have M.S.,because of the sudden onset of symptoms,and at my age,being 24..I dont know..its just weird..

However,all this started after I started working for mcdonalds, hm...and I worked there for 2 years. I started working there in June of 2003,and I started to develop allergies that fall. Chance?.....maybe

[Myca]

So sorry to hear how horrible things are. In all these issues that you are having,
Someone did check you for diabetes...right?

[kevin1986]

Yeah,have had blood sugar and such checked a few times..

[GlimR]

Is there a problem with any specific kind of pollution where you live in PA? I know there's a lot of problems in certain areas there regarding water contamination from hydro-fracking. I'd try the juice fasting for ten days and see if you feel any different.

[kevin1986]

Is there a problem with any specific kind of pollution where you live in PA? I know there's a lot of problems in certain areas there regarding water contamination from hydro-fracking. I'd try the juice fasting for ten days and see if you feel any different.

Hm,not sure..but i just think its weird. I dont know,my body is poisoned with something..mercury probably..

[Arky]

Yep, I'm thinking mercury, too. Sources of mercury include vaccinations and dental amalgams, to name just two. There are plenty of other sources (mercury in chemistry labs at school, playing with broken thermometers etc. etc.). I got mine from vaccinations.

As someone who is mercury intoxicated himself, I can confirm that the symptoms you describe DO match those of mercury poisoning. Of the symptoms you've described, the brain fog is very telling in so much that although I am not a doctor, it suggests to me that mercury is a far more likely probability than MS in your case.

Except for the tingling feet, I've experienced EVERY one of the other symptoms you described:

sinus allergies
IBS.
constant fatigue
joint pain
brain fog
vision changes
and on and on

Also see:

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?65902-Bitter-greens

if you search my posts on the forum, you'll find a great deal of detailed info on this topic.

Let me know if you need any more help after you've read those detailed posts and I'll be happy to do what I can.

IF you have mercury intoxication, you CAN do something about it, but one must take extreme care in doing so, and avoid the many potential pitfalls. The posts discuss these in detail.

All the best.

[kevin1986]

Thanks Ark,however I do have brain lesions,but..that makes me lean towards M.S. However I did see something online about brain lesions and mercury,so. Even if it IS M.S.,the cause could be mercury.The odds are low of a guy who at the time is 16-17 and perfectly healthy all his life,and just develops M.S. out of no where,come on? Also wonder if there's a link between heavy metal poisoning and mcdonalds workers,since my health issues didnt start til I worked there.

Think im going to buy some chlorella,by my launch date of my raw diet,which is most likely september 1. Is chlorella safe Ark? I thought I saw a post by you on here stating it is not.

[kevin1986]

Question remains though,why affect me? Why not my parents who have silver fillings? Or my sisters who had the same vaccines..that is one that people will ask me.

[climbing]

You have SO many symptoms of gluten intolerance. You sound a lot like me actually, I lived with gluten poisoning all my life (which led to a number of other problems which of course were then misdiagnosed as their own thing-chronic hives, allergies, depression/anxiety, bowel disorders, acne, psoriasis.... unexplainable nerve pain and tingling and numbness and countless other weirdness...it goes on and on) and I almost died young *infections began overtaking my body around age 23* because of it....

I recommend going entirely gluten free. You said you gave up gluten and dairy but not totally... Well with gluten it HAS to be total... if that's a part of your problem, that is. (i suspect so, either way giving it up won't hurt and can only help-it isn't good for anyone). And dairy! Yeah you definitely want nothing to do with that. Blech.

I think going raw will benefit you greatly, especially since it will only help you avoid toxic foods. Good luck!

[EZ rider]

I'm gluten sensitive and the raw diet is a God send for me. If I get some gluten in my diet I get many of the same symptoms you mentioned. All it takes is a little screw up in my diet and I get a reminder to eat raw. Good luck and I hope raw works as good for you as it has for me. :)

[MysticTree]

There's no reason why the symptoms you have shouldn't be indicative of more than one condition.

Cleaning up your diet is a good place to start and from there you can investigate symptoms that persist.

[Raw Angel Mom]

You may want to get your B12 level check out now. Research the Japan study with B12. If you decide to supplement make sure you take the methylcoblamnin B12 or Nano Bcomplex (it has hydroxocoblamin B12 that can trespass the gut). I highly recommend also that you visit the youtub of dr. Morse (robert morse). He talks about your condition and you can research on his channel. He has helped thousands of people to reverse their condition including with severe MS from not walking to walk again.

Without question doing RAW food will be a great help to you. Dr. Morse promote fruits for detoxification. Such fruit during the day and salad at night. Anyway find his channel. He is impressive. I am not a doctor so please research.

You will get well.

Wishing you all the best and perfect health

[Arky]

Some good suggestions here, but I'll just point out something else interesting - gluten sensitivity often disappears in individuals who have been mercury-intoxicated but who have subsequently successfully chelated the mercury from their bodies. Gluten is a protein. When mercury is present in the body, it suppresses and deranges immune function, tipping the balance of immune response in favour of an inflammatory response. Over an extended period of time, this chronic inflammation can lead to damage to the epithelial tissues of the gut. This is commonly referred to as 'leaky gut', but there is inevitably a continuum of degree of damage. The point, however, is that compromised tissues in the gut lead to greater likelihood of proteins making their way into the bloodstream in an inappropriate manner. This can, in itself, induce further immune-mediated inflammatory response.


I'm certainly not implying that mercury-intoxication is the only way in which gluten intolerance may arise but for some people, who do have mercury-intoxication the above discussion holds true.









Thanks Ark,however I do have brain lesions,but..that makes me lean towards M.S. However I did see something online about brain lesions and mercury,so.


Yes, mercury is a highly potent neurotoxin, unfortunately.



Even if it IS M.S.,the cause could be mercury.The odds are low of a guy who at the time is 16-17 and perfectly healthy all his life,and just develops M.S. out of no where,come on? Also wonder if there's a link between heavy metal poisoning and mcdonalds workers,since my health issues didnt start til I worked there.


Whilst occupational exposure is possible, McDonalds have to adhere to very stringent food safety and work environment standards, so I'd suggest you also consider what else was going on in your life around this time. For example, did you have any detnal work done? Did you go on holiday and have a round of vaccinations before you went? Did you come into contact with mercury whilst in chemistry/science lessons at school?





Think im going to buy some chlorella,by my launch date of my raw diet,which is most likely september 1. Is chlorella safe Ark? I thought I saw a post by you on here stating it is not.


I wouldn't go so far as to state that 'Chlorella is dangerous' but, contrary to popular belief, it's unwise for someone with mercury-intoxication (admittedly, we don't know if you are, in fact, mercury-intoxicated, at this stage, but I'm just answering your question here). The reason it's unwise is because it contains high levels of cystine and this means it contains lots of thiols (these weakly bond to mercury in the body, and let go of mercury in the presence of competing thiols, thus risking tissue and cellular damage each time these thousands of transactions occur).


You'll also hear discussion about this in the following podcast:


www.healthcentersofthefuture.com/DrCutler/





Question remains though,why affect me? Why not my parents who have silver fillings? Or my sisters who had the same vaccines..that is one that people will ask me.


The simple answer is that some people are simply more sensitive to the toxic effects of mercury than others are. That's just the way of it. It can be genetic (though your remarks about your parents being ok are suggestive that your senstivity may not have a particularly strong geentic basis), or it may be that you had slightly compromised hepato-biliary function prior to contact with mercury and that the ability of your hepatobiliary system to excrete mercury was thus lessened. Or some other reason. But this is not the most important thing to focus upon at this stage.


Reading through my posts on the forum on the topic of mercury, you'll find I describe how to get tested very economically, on the basis of a reasonable suspicion of mercury intoxication (http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?65688-Mercury-Removal-Experience&p=668619&highlight=#post668619). This way, you can pursue the mercury hypothesis further, if the result comes back positive, or, perhaps, discount it and examine other possibilities. Please do note that many people with mercury-intoxication actually receive results which appear to discount mercury-intoxication, though they later find they are in fact mercury-intoxicated. It's not an easy thing to interpret such tests and a person's clinical history and symptoms is every bit as relevant in forming an accurate diagnosis. Again, this is discussed in the above podcast.


At this point, I'd suggest you get tested (only costs about $90) and take things from there.

[kevin1986]

Wow Arky,thats a lot. I appreciate it. I guess I wont take chlorella for now,maybe further down road after my changed diet.

And no,when all these symptoms happened,no dental fillings,no vaccines,nothing happened...except for a job..course its 8 years ago,but. I dont know :(

[Arky]

Wow Arky,thats a lot. I appreciate it. I guess I wont take chlorella for now,maybe further down road after my changed diet.

And no,when all these symptoms happened,no dental fillings,no vaccines,nothing happened...except for a job..course its 8 years ago,but. I dont know :(


There's always more than just a job going on in a person's life at any given point in time, even though that might seem to be the most prominent event in your memory. But either way, please don't let the fact that you can't figure out what your possible source of exposure might have been prevent you from getting tested. That's exactly what led to me discounting the possibility of heavy metals on several occasions in my own search, and I could have massively sped-up my recovery process by simply going ahead with testing my reasonable suspicion (based on my spectrum of symptoms), rather than fixating on not being able to identify source of exposure.

The testing is so cheap and so easy and you definitely have sufficient grounds to justify going ahead with it.

If you need any more details, let me know, but I've provided an outline of what test to order in that post I linked you to a few hours ago.

All the best mate.

[Arky]

BTW, I'm guessing you've already viewed this video, since I linked to it in more than one of my older heavy metals-related posts, but just in case:


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7304626579881289841


It discusses amalgams but don't let that put you off - the point is that it relates to mercurys effects in the body, from whatever source.

It's also worth bearing in mind that lead and copper can exert some similar effects to mercury in the body, and are often hard to distinguish in their effects from those of mercury. They also often co-occur (esp. copper), since copper and mercury both ordinarily make their way out of the body primarily via the bile/bowel. Thus, an inability to excrete one may also lead to an accumulation of the other. I myself have high mercury and lead and although my current hair analysis doesn't directly highlight high copper I nonetheless have good reason to suspect it is also high in my body. As I chelate the mercury from my body, subsequent testing may very well provide more accurate readings (mercury often deranges mineral transport and excretion within the body, including the hair, which, of course, is the substance being analysed for mineral/metal levels).

And in the meantime, PLEASE avoid cilantro/coriander. This stuff actually IS dangerous for someone with suspected heavy metal issues, owing to the great risk of redistribution of metals into neural tissue. Plenty of discussion of this topic in my dialogue with 'Terry' here on the forum.

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[kevin1986]

My filter prohibits me from seeing that video link.

I dont know,this health thing has affected my life too much,and for too young. My chiropractor wrote me a note for my employer stating he would not recommend me at my job being on the flatbead register where you have to transfer tons of heavy things. So after a month,today my employer tells me its not going to fly,and i have to get a note from him saying its ok,or move to a different department(most departments there require you be able to lift heavy stuff),or find new job. Being cashier there is rough,because my spine is affected by my health issues. So yeah its ruining my life,feels that way anyway. And situtations like this cause me more f***in stress,when im already depressed and stressed about my health and other things. At times I do pray and wish my life is taken.

[Raw Angel Mom]

Here is a testimony of a woman that couldn't walk due to MS

http://www.youtube.com/user/robertmorsend#p/a/u/0/ti6s3nM8cbA