Micki Rose recently had a very interesting post on her Truly Gluten Free site discussing the depressing progression of food intolerance that will already be familiar to those on very restricted diets, as their food options get ever fewer.
Micki sees a possible answer in strengthening the barriers (the gut wall barrier being the first but the blood brain barrier, the skin barrier, the lung barrier etc all being possible targets for strengthening) that should prevent unwanted proteins reaching parts of the body that they were never intended to reach.
For those of you who find such a scenario hard to credit, you might wish to read some of the stories on the Foods Matter site by those who have, or do, suffer from total food intolerance: John Scott who found a way out through helminthic therapy (Total food intolerance and Wriggling out of food intolerance); Isobel’s existence on infant formula (although Isobel too has now found a very much greater degree of tolerance via helminthic therapy); Anna Locatelli who is reduced to foraging for fresh foods from the hedgerows and who is also dramatically affected by environmental chemicals and Annabel Senior who finally died of starvation as she ran out of things she could eat….
