Hi @Johnmac, hope you are good.
I have considered to have a phone consultation with Joseph Cohen, but havent started his Lectin avoidance diet. Been inspired by Dr. Douillard's new book "Eat wheat" lately, so will try his approach of strengthening digestion; healing "intestinal skin" (leaky gut), getting the lymph system declogged. He says clogged up lymph/liver/gallbladder causes buildup of toxins, immune reactions, sensitivities etc. The answer according to Dr. D. is not elimination diets, but to strengthen digestion, so that we once again can eat some wheat (ancient types), milk products - like we used to be able to.
BTW, got positive result on the "Anti H. Pylory IgG" test last week. This indicates and H. Pylori infection (past or present), and I am wondering if this could have happened due to low levels of HCL? (Stress too, I guess. Since both HCL and Intrinsic Factor (been low in B12 since 1996) are produced by parietal cells in the stomach, could it be that an autoimmunity towards parietal cells could be the cause?
Let us know how the diet goes!
I have considered to have a phone consultation with Joseph Cohen, but havent started his Lectin avoidance diet. Been inspired by Dr. Douillard's new book "Eat wheat" lately, so will try his approach of strengthening digestion; healing "intestinal skin" (leaky gut), getting the lymph system declogged. He says clogged up lymph/liver/gallbladder causes buildup of toxins, immune reactions, sensitivities etc. The answer according to Dr. D. is not elimination diets, but to strengthen digestion, so that we once again can eat some wheat (ancient types), milk products - like we used to be able to.
BTW, got positive result on the "Anti H. Pylory IgG" test last week. This indicates and H. Pylori infection (past or present), and I am wondering if this could have happened due to low levels of HCL? (Stress too, I guess. Since both HCL and Intrinsic Factor (been low in B12 since 1996) are produced by parietal cells in the stomach, could it be that an autoimmunity towards parietal cells could be the cause?
Let us know how the diet goes!