Thanks! I try to be.

I know several people who experienced amazing health improvements after eliminating gluten from their diet, despite getting negative results on gluten antibody tests. Accumulating evidence indicates that gluten is not healthy for ANYONE, with some people being more sensitive to it than others. Here is a link for anyone who's interested in learning more about this:

Also, more diseases and disorders may be autoimmune than what are commonly recognized as such, and diet appears to be a factor in many of them. For example...

What did they diagnose as the underlying cause of the neuropathy? I know that it can be difficult to pinpoint a cause for PN when diabetes is ruled out, but their absolute certainty makes it sound like they may have identified a cause.

Something else to keep in mind is that evidence indicates that the chronic "diseases of civilization" include more than just diabetes:

Good to hear that he got a diagnosis and some successful treatment. Just having a specific diagnosis instead of a vague "idiopathic" (unknown) one can give a person a better feeling of knowledge and control over their illness.

I am not at all surprised that your husband improved after changing from a diet that included macaroni, sweets, starches and commercial, fatty red meats. However, I do not think that means that grains or whey shakes are necessarily healthy for anyone. I provided a couple of links about grains already, and the latest research on cow's milk found that it contains high levels of betacellulin, including in the whey portion, that may have negative effects on human health. The research has even caused Dr. Michael Eades to reconsider his advocacy of dairy products:

Is Plavix considered the sole cause of his easy-bruising, with this lesser continued easy-bruising considered an after-effect of the Plavix, or is he still taking some, but at a lower dose, or is there some other attributed cause?

So is the podiatrist saying that the bone is causing the foot ulcers, or that it is aggravating them? What is wrong with the bone that it is causing problems? It sounds like he may have a bony calcification that the or is there a structural defect such as flat feet or overly high arches that is creating a bone impingement on the inflamed areas?

You're welcome. I hope the articles I provided links to are informative for someone.

It's also possible to look great without consuming whey drinks or grains. Check out Art De Vany's photo at age 60: http://www.cbass.com/EvolutionaryFitness.htm (scroll down to see two images of De Vany)

I agree with that as a general principle, and pay attention to the signals my body puts out, and I also consider the latest science, because there may be processes going on in my body that I am unaware of. I don't expect anyone to believe what I've said here just because I personally benefitted from the information. In general, I let the science speak for itself.

This gets confusing for some people, because there are contradictory studies on many health issues. That's why I think it is important to educate oneself so one can separate the good science from the bad and make one's own informed choices. People tend to be able to stick to a health program better when they understand it and the alternatives. I found that S. Boyd Eaton's theory of evolutionary nutrition cleared up a lot of the confusion because it's the only theory in nutrition science that provides a foundation for understanding all of human nutrition and has tremendous predictive value (which has already been proven in several studies). But don't take my word for it, check it out for yourself. You be your own judge because you're much more likely to believe something you've investigated yourself than because someone else told you about it.

Good luck to you, Melody, and to your husband!