Diet is a good place to start!

(This info has been updated here: http://kickthetrich.blogspot.com/2010/11/action-steps-to-overcoming-sensory.html GAPS diet is a good plan (GAPS is a temporary diet and it's really well thought out). Paleo diet is a good plan. The plan I recommend is a good plan. Any anti-inflammatory diet/ lifestyle plan is a good place to start. Finding a Functional Medicine Doctor, performing blood work to figure out what your body needs, and developing a plan specific to you; if that is a possibility for you then that would be the best plan!)

If you find a Functional Medicine Practitioner, it will be the best trip to the doctor you have ever made. If you live in Central Florida click here, visit us at Be Well. Watch the video below, Functional Medicine explained at TEDMED.

I Just read John Kender’s diet plan for the first time the other day. It’s interesting because part of the protocol I used to stop trich involves a diet similar to his. Some people will respond dramatically to diet change, but for a lot of us the changes will need to go even further. Limiting sugar is absolutely necessary as well as staying away from inflammatory foods like beans in some cases and peanuts. Also, it’s imperative that you increase your Omega 3 fatty acid intake and completely cut out Trans fats. (Bad fats compete with good fats for binding at the cell membrane and all cells need good Omega fats to function properly). This book describes the diet aspect of the protocol I follow. http://www.thewellnesspractice.com/downloads/The_Wellness_and_Prevention_Paradigm.pdf

My wife is a Functional Medicine Doctor and Chiropractor at Be Well in New Smyrna Beach Florida. If you are located in the area, I have a support group that meets at her office on the first Wednesday of every month @ 6:30pm.  If you haven’t read my story, please do; I provide a list of all the resources I used to stop. http://www.bewellnsb.com/Letter%20to%20Trichsters.pdf

There are certain foods that should absolutely be avoided but we’ve recently implemented ALCAT testing in certain cases. People have trouble following diets but once they change the way they view food, they change their eating habits. Though it’s not necessary to see results, it really helps to see in black and white the foods you should stay away from. A simple blood test will tell you what foods you should absolutely avoid. Once you know you are sensitive to these foods, it’s easier to give them up. Diet change will help, but you must stick to it! (For example: Once you stop eating Trans. Fats it takes a minimum of 18 days to benefit from healthy omega fats and at least 52 days for cell membranes to detoxify..)
About ALCAT: https://www.alcat.com/aboutus.php

Here is the specific test we order; the price listed online is the price it would be if you ordered it yourself. If you go through a Doctor that supplies the test, (should be a list of docs online) it could be a lot less expensive. https://www.alcat.com/catalog/inde...

[More information and clarification here: http://kickthetrich.blogspot.com/2010/11/allow-me-to-clarify.html]