Enterolab, migraines, HCG diet

[DS2]

((I moved this from my original post ' Getting Started ' hope that's okay!))

Thanks all! Okay, the more I read the more I get a little afraid of going GF, SF, DF etc…….

I don't think I would be very successful with elimination unless I have a starting point. So, how long before you get results from Enterolab?

Also, anybody here ever do HCG diet? I'm wondering if that is what triggered all this in the first place. The diet uses the hormone HCG to reduce the fat in your body. While on the diet, you eat a mere 500 calories per day. (LF Beef, Chicken, Fish and a few fruits and vegetables). This sounds horrible, but honestly, I was not hungry in the least b/c the hormone was making my body use the stored fat. Anyway, after off the HCG you are to slowly add foods back into your diet. However, it was during an ice storm and we were out of our house for 1 week so very little control of the food I could get (plus stores were closed). So the phase where I was supposed to add in to determine what foods would cause me to gain….never happened. I gained back all the weight within 1 year.

So, I could go back on that diet, lose weight and not be hungry while eliminating many foods. Just wondering if the hormone would cause problems.

One more ?? - does budesonide help with migraines?

[tex]

You didn't actually move it — you duplicated it. But why do that? It was doing fine where it was.

Tex

[TXBrenda]

DS2,
I was on the HCG diet a couple of years ago and it wasn't a problem for me, MC wise. I have been in remission for several years now. By process of elimination, I am only gluten intolerant. Once you get a handle on your intolerances, you might give the paleo diet a try. I have more success losing weight on that diet. It is one that I can follow very easily and isn't very expensive.
Good luck.

I copied my reply to your question in case you didn't see it in the other thread.

[DS2]

Thanks Brenda! I guess what I was trying to say is that the HCG diet probably brought my gluten sensitivities out. On that diet, I consumed little to no gluten so once off the diet, when I started back on gluten, my body was telling me NO! I certainly don't think it caused MC.

I have looked into the paleo diet. I have four children and our lives are a bit crazy with sports and the end of school year. So the end of May is my target to get 100% gluten free. Until then, I am knocking out the obvious gluten in my diet.

I am searching this site regularly for insight. So glad ya'll are here!