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My friends kid (27 years old) has been diagnosied with this and is being encouraged by his physicians to adopt a vegetarian / vegan diet

im assuming as he has to keep his protein limited to under 3oz a day , no salt, no processed foods ... im guessing nuts and seeds would be outof the question? or if their sprouted would be better?

feel really sorry for this kid its a really tough disease/sydrome , personally i think a 80/10/10 raw foods diet would be good for him .. but hes coming from a saddest of sad sad diets .. (always fast foods, always processed crap, smoking , drugs alcohol etc.)

any suggestions appreciated

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/20/2012 08:39AM by Jgunn.

really no thougths on this? *suprised @ 226 views and no response* this syndrome or disease or whatever it is like the cumulation of SAD GONE WILD

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/12/2012 08:44AM by Jgunn.

Jodi, it could be because we're stumped--I know I am! How's the fellow doing?

I am assuming a high fruit diet would help, because of the many anti-inflammatory compounds, and because he must watch his sodium intake. Nuts and seeds are mostly fat by volume, so unsprouted, I think, would be best. I don't understand how they conclude that low protein is essential, although certainly eliminating animal protein is wise, and a "Duh" for all of us. It seems that the cause is an immune insult, and this should be dealt with first[I am not one of those vehement anti-vax people, but maybe avoiding the jab for the time being would be prudent?].

If he's coming from the saddest of SAD diets, even a marginal change, say, eliminating animal protein and gluten, would likely result in some relief almost immediately.

I'm sorry I cannot be of more use to you, Jodi. This disorder is truly idiopathic, and it's shooting in the dark to figure out how to handle it. A vegetarian regimen certainly can't hurt, and that's the good news. The question is, how amenable is this man and his family to making such a huge shift?