Eric
<m874@erols.com> wrote in message news:7pqiji$re8$1@autumn.news.rcn.net...
> Three days ago i ate a plain bagel with grape jelly for
> breakfast. I normally don't eat bagels, in fact i hadn't had
one
> for several years now, I just hadn't had a taste for them,
> since I was looking to start putting on more weight I figured
> i'd give them a try. Later that night as i was taking
my shower
> I begin to notice myself getting that strange feeling again.
I'm
> sure many of you out there know what i'm talking about. That
> panicky, anxious feeling, tingling in your legs, vibrations down
> your back feeling, you pick the symptom. At first I tried I
to
> deny it, I thought to myself " i haven't had a full blown attack
> ( at least a recognizable one) since my DX three years ago,
> plus there was not much stress in my life at this time, i wasn't
> overly
> fatigued, and i hadn't ate any - ?" .
> Than I remembered, that damned BAGEL.
> Soon after, i'm out of the shower (with an auto-immune attack
> looming)
> reading
> the ingredient listing on the bagel package and what do i find
> listed there, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, one of the four gluten
> substances (the others being rye, wheat and oat, malted just
> makes them
> worse) any person with MS who takes their illness seriously
> knows to avoid as if their life depended on it, and it does.
> Yes, I screwed up, Royally! And that is why i'm writing this
> message.
> After gulping down six tablets
of prednisone as fast as
> could get water to my lips, any doubts I once had about MS being
> a diet related-illness were
> washed away. I have been writing to this NG for a while now
so
> many of you know this isn't some quacky, gimmick trying to
> get people to join some "vegetarian cult of health food".
> But seriously, for those of you who haven't looked into the
> possible
> dietary causes of MS, I beg you to before it's too late. This
> may read like a prednisone-induced rant but if you've stayed with
> me this far please visit these websites I found some time ago,
> they seem to give the best info i've come across so far on the
> web about MS and the dietary factor.
> http://www.cadvision.com/embrya/, and
> http://www.2cowherd.net/q/index.html. Thank you for your time.
>
> M874@erols.com