Spot on.

My current ND, my former ND, my former TCM doctor, and two nutritionists have pounded into my head the inflammatory aspects to foods we may be "allergic" to or sensitive to, which all of them told me was almost ALL foods that are packaged, canned, prepared, etc and especially with the thryoid, gluten. They have preached to me for years about how most people bodies now, esp in the US, are ummune damaged given the crap eaten there by most people on a daily basis, what is allowed to go into the food supply in the US, etc. So everyone is basically immune suppressed and sometimes food or the crap that is called food causes many health issues. In my opinion, no one should be eating anything gluten, it has more far ranging ill effects on your body than just your hormones.
Ditto fluoride. Genetically altered food, (very BIG in the US mostly),
sugar, soy, preservatives of any kind, and any food that's not organic. Yeah, its tough out there without a doubt, so many people are sick today, more than ever before in the US. Heads up.

Had some symptoms come back or get worse about a month ago: hives, phlegm, cough, exercise intolerance, etc. Went to my TCM and she said my small intestine wasn't functioning properly. Most of the nutrients in what we eat and drink -- food as well as meds -- are absorbed into the body in the small intestine so if it doesn't work properly things elsewhere in the body go haywire. Also learned from her that the meridian for the small intestine starts at the tip of the little finger and runs along that side of the hand. No wonder I had pain there. Much better now after 3 weeks of TCM meds.

Interesting, Kklim.

The US has a Big problem with 'junk' foods being consumed daily. It really is terrible.

Thanks for the link to these videos - great info. This really speaks to my situation and I think Gluten my be the culprit to many of the gut issues (diverticulitis and malabsorption) that I experience. I have been trying gluten-free for a couple of weeks now - and will try a Paleo diet as well.

Dr Amy Myers was on Dr Oz show yesterday speaking about "is corn the new gluten" and what a great segment it was. She speaks about the GMO issue with corn. She talked about how the proteins in corn and gluten are a similar makeup. She talked about how corn is in so many things....including the lining of some cans, also its added to preserve frozen veggies (I had no clue about that). Google it if you are interested. She has a great FB page too!

JG

Absolutely about CORN products in the US!!!! Corn is prevelant in so many things that are consumed or used in that country. Corn most everywhere else if fine, but the GM corn the US allows is deadly, as is anything else GM, and the US, one of the only countries of course, is pushing thru Monsanto to GM your entire food supply. Be afraid, be very afraid. Its an extremely serious issue. Just read what Dr. Mercola has to say on the subject, quite horrifying.

I was finally diagnosed with a wheat allergy 8 years ago so I've been working to make sure gluten is out of my way since then. A really great resource is celiac.com. There are so many other names for it that we can be ingesting it daily from many sources and not realize it. The website has extensive list of names to check for gluten and lots of informative articles. It's in about everything, from makeup to foods.