It's been a while since my last write up, and also a while before my last attack. Managed to make it to 10 months before 2 attacks came back to back. I've learnt a lot though.
I've been lucky enough to have gone through a long period of time without an attack, partly because of extra nutrition from eating more unprocessed foods/less restaurant foods and partly because I've been consuming a combination of Vitamin C, D and Magnesium supplements, really helped.
However, recently, we went to a restaurant which we have not visited in a very long time. Food was very tasty but the after effects were not, 3 hours later - an attack awaited me. As I started to realise - all this while, it had to have been MSG. Very dry mouth, locking of muscles, pain and numbness in the limbs and the all to common nystagmus. So as I have learnt in the past, keep the fluids in, and eat as best as I can. It worked, recovered from the attack within 24 hours although the brain fog persisted for another 3 days.
Lesson learnt ? Here's the proof. A week after, as I've only just gotten better from the attack, we decided a packet of frozen Gyoza was a good idea. After all, the label said "No MSG". An attacked followed, but this time it was rather mild. But off to bed I went. The next day, the same, had more Gyoza, and a rather large attack followed. My suspicion grew - only because in the past, I had suspected MSG was the trigger and the packet clearly labelled No MSG did I miss the signs. Closer look at the ingredients "Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein", code name for naturally occurring amino acids, Glutamates exposed by breaking cell walls. Seem to me a crime that someone could label something No MSG when it contains basically MSG in lesser concentrations. Misleading maybe but dangerous to people who have a clear allergy.
It' has been 2 weeks since the last attack now, and I am still anxious. However, it has been great to know that Magnesium and the two vitamin supplements, seems to have helped my symptoms, a lot. In fact, to know, that it has been in fact MSG has helped put many questions together.
Why has Vitamin C helped so much ? Research shows that it reduces the damage MSG does to your brain cells.[1]
Why has Vitamin D helped ? Had low Vitamin D levels
Why has Magnesium helped ? Some claims to protect against harmful effects of MSG [2] Don't know but it helps me personally.
What to do when attack happens ? Drink as much fluids to clear the MSG out of the body.
What is MSG ? An chemical excitotoxin, flavour enhancer, used in an incredibly wide range of foods, misleading labels.
May you feel healthy.
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19507646
2. http://www.truthinlabeling.org/NAET.html
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Thursday, 19 December 2013
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Happy New Ear
Happy new ears to you.
This simple greet puts me in a dilemma, if I had a choice of a new ear and that was my only wish, I don't know for sure if new ears would fix my dizziness issues. In fact, I watched a documentary recently on a patient who suffered intense diarrhoea for a few weeks after a family bbq, then dizziness and nausea, before eventually falling into a coma. Many tests, scans came out negative eventuating at an autoimmune disorder, where an antibody was discovered attacking the central nervous system of the body as a result of the bacteria.
I have always felt like there are other causes to the trigger, it feels as if there is something attacking the back of my head resulting in impairment of normal functionality - perhaps this is showing up in ears as a first sign of attack, or perhaps, it is also showing up in other areas such as restless leg syndrome, Chronic fatigue and other odder behaviours such as joint pain and unexplainable muscular atrophy, tears. Whether it is an auto-immune disorder or not is difficult for me say. So far, blood tests for autoimmune has showed up negative.
But one thing is for sure, I don't feel it is simply a result of a localised issue with my ears. Else, it would not have spread to both ears. This very characteristics tells me that it has to be some sort of serum hormone, brain function or neuro signal disorder, or some sort of reaction to a food that results in the body attacking itself.
The hunt continues...
This simple greet puts me in a dilemma, if I had a choice of a new ear and that was my only wish, I don't know for sure if new ears would fix my dizziness issues. In fact, I watched a documentary recently on a patient who suffered intense diarrhoea for a few weeks after a family bbq, then dizziness and nausea, before eventually falling into a coma. Many tests, scans came out negative eventuating at an autoimmune disorder, where an antibody was discovered attacking the central nervous system of the body as a result of the bacteria.
I have always felt like there are other causes to the trigger, it feels as if there is something attacking the back of my head resulting in impairment of normal functionality - perhaps this is showing up in ears as a first sign of attack, or perhaps, it is also showing up in other areas such as restless leg syndrome, Chronic fatigue and other odder behaviours such as joint pain and unexplainable muscular atrophy, tears. Whether it is an auto-immune disorder or not is difficult for me say. So far, blood tests for autoimmune has showed up negative.
But one thing is for sure, I don't feel it is simply a result of a localised issue with my ears. Else, it would not have spread to both ears. This very characteristics tells me that it has to be some sort of serum hormone, brain function or neuro signal disorder, or some sort of reaction to a food that results in the body attacking itself.
The hunt continues...
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