tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post2275276891018982278..comments2024-03-23T17:56:49.446-04:00Comments on Pain, Pain, Go Away!: What Difference Does it Make Why it Works?Lori Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-52743208227651078292015-12-17T23:20:53.887-05:002015-12-17T23:20:53.887-05:00He didn't find all that scientifically very so...He didn't find all that scientifically very solid, but almost ready to try it anyway. Many of my allergies are much milder now, and I don't need an asthma inhaler. It is enough for me, but I am not a scientist.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-34935170832715988822015-12-17T22:52:49.877-05:002015-12-17T22:52:49.877-05:00He could do his own N=1 study. Such a study should...He could do his own N=1 study. Such a study shouldn't be harmful to him as long as he doesn't replace wheat foods with gluten-free junk food. There's no need in the human diet for wheat, and you can get any nutrients in wheat from other foods. At worst, it could be unpleasant if wheat has a drug-like effect on him.<br /><br />As to why wheat could cause allergies or intestinal distress, my understanding is that wheat permeates the intestinal barrier, allowing things into the blood stream that shouldn't be there. FWIW, my allergies decreased by 99% when I quit eating wheat, and that experience has been reported by many other people. I know that's probably not the mechanism your husband is looking for, but it is some evidence.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-50904649458121754302015-12-17T20:31:25.268-05:002015-12-17T20:31:25.268-05:00My husband almost decided to check what a wheat-fr...My husband almost decided to check what a wheat-free diet may do for him (his problems are susceptibility to allergies and sensitive intestines). I think a grain free or a gluten free diet would be better, but everyone makes own diet decisions in my family.He said so far he yet to a see a definitely conclusive evidence that a wheat is that harmful. He is a scientist in a real life, and just a study report is not enough from his perspective,he says very often a study doesn't get reproduced. I guess he would try it anyway, but in his case he feels the need to know why something works. For my son a gluten-free diet made huge difference in which foods could be allergens.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-57333191199131949482015-12-17T19:20:11.727-05:002015-12-17T19:20:11.727-05:00I'm reading Charlie Munger: The Complete Inves...I'm reading <i>Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor.</i> Munger reads widely and he's dedicated to rationality. I'm also thinking of the essay "Dursley Duplicity" by Diana Hsieh: "No fact of reality can be isolated from all others, so any conflict between knowledge and pretense pressures the self-deceiver to either admit the self-deception or deceive himself further to preserve it."Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-3020003269853695122015-12-17T13:00:41.493-05:002015-12-17T13:00:41.493-05:00interesting thoughts! :-Dinteresting thoughts! :-Dtesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.com