[caroline2]

Just heard the Prolotherapy MD I hear on weekend radio and he trys to help people in pain with diet as well. He says oatmeal is pro inflammation. I have been off oatmeal for some months now and keep yogurt consumption down too. Anyway, there are many conflicting pieces of information on this and one can decide:

www.globalhealingcenter.com › Blog Home › Food
Nov 26, 2012 - It's not surprising that “unhealthy” food can cause inflammation, but it might ... eating oats can lead to a chain reaction that causes inflammation.


When you get the link open, go to the search bar and type in 7 Healthy Foods That.......


Dr. Perricone's list of pro inflammatory foods:

http://www.oprah.com/.../Dr-Perricon...-Pro-Inflammat...
Oprah Winfrey
Dr. Perricone's list of pro-inflammatory foods, which he says accelerate the aging process. ... including 100% whole grain bread, brown rice or steel-cut oats.


I just held my pendulum over a little bowl of oatmeal and I got a negative swing. So it's anyone's guess. I'm staying off all grains anyway for a while...how long, don't know.

[Lara]

I had to search for the articles found this...

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/n...-inflammation/
7 Healthy Foods that cause inflammation

It goes into more detail about the reasons *some* people may have problems.

I certainly don't have any problems with yoghurt ever but if I eat yoghurt I am very careful with what I buy. Same with oatmeal. I don't have a problem with oatmeal at all but then I don't have coeliac disease either.

Some rice I find ok [basmati and brown] but I never eat regular old white rice anyway. He's talking about highly processed white rice. Tomatoes... I suspect maybe a problem for me but not if I grow or buy the low acid tomatoes. He didn't mention cabbage family that I noticed and I suspect I may have a problem with that unfortunately.

I find his list somewhat misleading. He should have called it 7 healthy foods that may cause inflammation in some people.

This may be the 2nd link you posted from Oprah show site but I'm not sure.
http://www.oprah.com/health/Dr-Perri...ammatory-Foods
Dr-Perricones List of Pro Inflammatory Foods

That's a very long list of similar foods - his basic idea is to stay away from sugar and flour products.

Everyone is different I guess. Anti inflammatory diets are talked about on a lot of the forums here for various reasons including recovery from illness or trauma. I know people who can't eat certain types of foods and I can eat them with no problem at all. It seems a very individual thing to me and often depends on other health conditions a person may already be dealing with.

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May I ask what a negative swing over oatmeal means?
Is this a quartz crystal or something?

[kiwi33]

Caroline, thanks for posting this link; www.globalhealingcenter.com .

As far as I can see from looking at that site, it is owned by "Dr" Edward F. Group III.

Apparently he has a "MD" qualification from the School of Medicine of the Joseph LaFortune University. The Joseph LaFortune University is an unaccredited entity, based in Haiti - its "MD" qualification is not recognised.

In my opinion it would not be prudent to place much weight on "Dr" Group's recommendations.

[caroline2]

The negative (counterclockwise) swing says the oatmeal is not good for me. My pendulum is on a metal chain with 7 colored stones down the chain which ends with a rose quartz pendulum at the end.

I believe using a pendulum merely brings out our own intuitives on things...foods, supplements, events, people etc.

Thanks for re-posting the above links. I believe many many have chronic inflammation in our bodies. Foods are the big offenders.

[caroline2]

kiwi, I don't place my life's weight on the pendulum. These dowsers have been used for decades by many. It's fun, interesting and does help to eliminate some issues I might have... I have no fear and take it all with a grain of salt and often pleasantly surprised with predictions I've gotten. Very much like kineosology (muscle testing)...I know several forms of Muscle Testing...

[Auntie Audrey]

Originally Posted by caroline2

The negative (counterclockwise) swing says the oatmeal is not good for me. My pendulum is on a metal chain with 7 colored stones down the chain which ends with a rose quartz pendulum at the end.

I believe using a pendulum merely brings out our own intuitives on things...foods, supplements, events, people etc.

Being relatively new here, I didn’t think I’d find a post like this one. Nutrition is a serious topic that benefits from continuing scientific research. In my own case, I select foods based on their taste and nutritional content, not on my intuition. All I can add is that I wouldn’t choose my foods based on advice from my pendulum, but that’s just me.

[Auntie Audrey]

Originally Posted by Lara

I find his list somewhat misleading. He should have called it 7 healthy foods that may cause inflammation in some people.

I like your observation, Lara. When choosing foods myself, I don’t consciously think about inflammation. I usually try to eat a wide variety of different foods and always in very small portions. I think one of the worst things for your health is to visit an all-you-can-eat cafeteria and then do everything you can to get your money’s worth.

[caroline2]

Audrey, I've eliminated breads, rolls, muffins, bagels and cerals from my foods and don't miss them and oatmeal does not appearl to me anymore so I have not eaten it for a while, work with proteins mostly for breakfast. I like the pendulum work and it's OK if other's do not. I know I get plenty of carbs as the soup I'm making right now is full of veggies which are carbs.


I've also been doing a lot or reading/hearing about two popular books which are big today: Wheat Belly and Grain Brain and hear Dr. Perlmutter on radio and PBS TV, he wrote the Grain Brain book.