These health goods from? I am in Australia and the some are hard to find.
I have cQ10 sitting in my cupboard but my neuro, told me to take it and that not all so called natural things are good. So l took it didn't take it.

Can you list which ones l should buy?

Thanks for the article, very interesting read and gives me hope.


Sue

MD in US is an abbreviation for Medical Doctor.

The diet you choose can be anything, low in sugars and starchy carbs (you can have some in very small moderation).

Good choice of veggies of various colors, and some fruit like strawberries/blueberries for their antioxidants.

Watch the nightshades in case they are causing your burning.
Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant. Avoid these for a month, and see if you have improvements.

Watch the wine, in case the sulfites are your trigger.

If these turn out to not be your trigger, then avoid gluten for 3 months and see if you improve.

MSG food additive is very difficult and should be avoided, as it causes pain in some people. It is very bad for PNers.

Why are you low in iron? Do you have low stomach acid? Acid is necessary to absorb iron, from food. Low acid means you cannot break up protein as well.

Instead of running, I'd do walks instead for now.

To ask you. Is do you think l should risk having a glass or two of wine? Do you think l will know straight away if this is a trigger. I just con,t want to damage anymore nerves. I asked my MD and she said it is highly unlikely that this could have been caused by alcohol. My health comes first, but l Enjoy a nice glass here and there, but l will never again drink that much again. This has been a real wake up call, hopefully it is not too late to heal. Thats,even if alcohol was the cause. Life is too short to be sick, but it is also too short not to do the things we enjoy, so it's finding the balance.

Now on the iron. My iron has always been borderline low but my haemoglobin has been lower. Not sure why. Do you think it's because l run and stomach acid?

I used to take iron supplements (ferro graduate, l think that's how you spell it), but read somewhere it isn't,t good for the stomach, so l stopped about a year ago. Then l had kangaroo meat, and l got all dizzy from the taurine l think in the meat as its very tough, but lean meat, double the iron than normal red meat. After having kangaroo last year l had another blood test to see how my iron is and it was normal for the first time without supplements, but still my haemoglobin was low. Googled it many times and cannot seem to find out why this is? That is a mystery, all the Doctors cannot understand it and now just accept that it is normal for me.

Sue

If your hemoglobin is low, oxygen cannot get to the feet and hands which are the farthest from the heart.
Low hemoglobin may also cause nerve twitching since not enough oxygen is getting to muscles which use alot of it.

Hemoglobin carries oxygen.

http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/con...4/204.abstract
This study on children found that anemia had effects on nerve conduction.

You might want to further investigate your hemoglobin problems in more detail.

The thing is, l cannot understand how my iron can be normal, (still in the lower range though), and my haemoglobin low. This doesn't mean l am anemic does it? This is the confusing part for me.

Also l heard that taking iron supplements are bad for the body? Do you think this is true?

Very interesting article about the children and iron. Its amazing that IDA can cause NP?

Have to look further into this one. But tried googling normal iron and low haemoglobin and couldn't really find an answer, apart from anemia always showing up. Couldn't actually find what this meant.

The doctors don't seem to think its a problem. As my haemoglobin is just below the lowest it should be. So not sure what to do.

Sue

Doctors are really responsible for you when initiating iron supplementation.

I'd get your test results copied so you can look them up.

http://www.medicinenet.com/hemoglobin/article.htm