more food questions please

[perri]

oops..I forgot to ask about margarine,carmel (breyers )ice cream,and red licorice!!! :)

[VickiB]

I have no problem with margarine, but have not tried either the carmel ice cream or red licorice.

Vicki

[Annie2]

I haven't tried Breyer's caramel ice cream but am ok with the Haagen-Dazs vanilla with caramel. I know some have stated black licorice is fine but can't remember if red licorice has been discussed before. How I miss my memory! I would be very cautious with it, though. If you try it, try a very small portion to see how you react. The one thing I would question is red coloring that might be in it. Some of us have big problems with artificial coloring. Hopefully, someone who has tried it will come along and can better answer your question.

Annie

[kadi]

Dreyers Grand Dulce de Leche (caramel) ice cream is okay for me. I just prefer it to the Breyers (can't remember if Breyers bothered me though). Red licorice depends on the brand, I think, some have citric acid, which is bad. Read the label.
I am okay with Panda brand black licorice!

I use LandoLakes Butter with Canola oil as a spread. I think it tastes better than margarine. Good luck! This diet IS a pain to figure out!

[melanie626]

I have been having butter as I haven't figured out the margarine thing yet. I love carmel and can tolerate natural carmel from whole foods and hagen Daz has a carmel icecream and now a low fat version of that and the vanilla they make. I will have to check out the Breyers as I bet it is cheaper.

[green girl]

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i read this article...

Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune disease is a process in which the white blood cells of the immune system attack one or more parts of the body as if they were the enemy.

This disorder is much more likely to occur in people with Adrenal Fatigue and can range from mild to life threatening.

Cortisol, one of the primary hormones secreted by the adrenal glands, normally exerts anti-inflammatory control over autoimmune reactions, but in autoimmune disease, cortisol levels are inadequate for the degree of reaction taking place in particular tissues or locations in the body.

This is one of the reasons why strong corticosteroids (prednisone, prednisolone, etc.) are used with all diseases involving inflammatory processes, including autoimmune diseases. These drugs imitate the anti-inflammatory effects of cortisol, although unfortunately with some very serious undesirable side effects. In Adrenal Fatigue, cortisol output drops below normal, making the body more susceptible to autoimmune and inflammatory reactions.

Cortisol not only affects the redness and swelling of inflammation but also influences the activity of the white blood cells. Cortisol can be viewed as sustaining life through two opposite but related kinds of regulatory actions: releasing and activating existing defense mechanisms of the body and shutting down and modifying the same mechanisms to prevent them from overshooting and causing damage or cell death.

If this regulation is defective during stress, as in Adrenal Fatigue when cortisol output is lower than needed, an animal can be endangered or even die because its defense mechanisms cannot react or because they overreact. When the body is stressed cortisol is also needed to restrain various physiological mechanisms, to prevent them from damaging the body. This damping down action of cortisol can also be seen in the way cortisol modifies the immune response to control the amount of inflammation in the involved tissues and suppress potentially toxic chemicals secreted by white blood cells, thus protecting the body from autoimmune processes and uncontrolled inflammation.

Cortisol is so important that when the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis cannot increase cortisol activity in response to stress (as in Adrenal Fatigue), these unrestrained mechanisms overshoot and can damage the body. For detailed information about how to support your adrenals read Dr. Wilson's book Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome and check out Programs for Adrenal Recovery on this website.


AND BECAUSE IC IS CRONIC INFLAMATION OF THE BLADDER I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO BOOST MY ADRENAL GLAND/CORTISOL PRODUCTION. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT LICORICE ROOT, GINSENG AND VIT. B5 BOOST ADRENAL FUNCTION AND CORTISOL LEVELS. I AM ON MY SECOND WEEK OF LICORICE ROOT TEA (ONCE A DAY) AND I FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE FELT FOR YEARS! ALMOST NO BLADDER PAIN AND URGENCY!!!!! I HIGHLY RECOMEND IT! I HAVE ALSO STARTED DRINKING A GINSENG HERB BLEND TEA (ONCE A DAY) AND SO FAR SO GOOD! NEXT I WILL TRY THE VIT B5. I GUESS A SIDE EFFECT OF LICORICE CAN BE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BUT MINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY VERY LOW SO IM NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT! HOPE THIS HELPS! i have ordered the book mentioned above...XOXO- G