Comments for Deb's Blog http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog Live Young and Free! Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on RUN FOR MALAWI CHALLENGE by Deb Savageau http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=133#comment-143 Deb Savageau Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:45:32 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=133#comment-143 I am having fun with this challenge and really enjoying walking more! It feels good to be part of something bigger! My Goal: walk 10 miles a week for 25 weeks, that equals $250 or 25% of a scholarship. That is very doable for me and a little adds up to a lot as we team up to do this. Stats so far: I am just beginning week 4, I have completed 32.21 miles, and am in 66th place among 245 challengers. I am walking, most are running so I am not sure how far down the list I will go. So far, Challenge peeps have collectively run over 7000 miles! That means 7 children will receive a full 1 year scholarship for high school-- room, board, books & education, all paid for (by Nuskin) by our miles run. That's powerful stuff! You can still join us! http://bit.ly/iiUnCE I am having fun with this challenge and really enjoying walking more! It feels good to be part of something bigger!
My Goal: walk 10 miles a week for 25 weeks, that equals $250 or 25% of a scholarship.
That is very doable for me and a little adds up to a lot as we team up to do this.

Stats so far: I am just beginning week 4, I have completed 32.21 miles,
and am in 66th place among 245 challengers. I am walking, most are running so I am not sure how far down the list I will go.

So far, Challenge peeps have collectively run over 7000 miles! That means 7 children will receive a full 1 year scholarship for high school–
room, board, books & education, all paid for (by Nuskin) by our miles run. That’s powerful stuff!

You can still join us! http://bit.ly/iiUnCE

]]> Comment on Silent Celiac Disease Causes Premature Death | Gluten Free Society by Margaret http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-84 Margaret Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:31:35 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-84 My experience as a child was one of having a lot of major stomach issues that were never checked out. I was told I had a nervous stomach. Was put on Mylanta which made the excess acid I already had worse.Along with being lactose intolerant,gas pains,joint pains,exceptionally tired all the time which was diagnosed later in life as hypothyroidism.Anxiety,panic attacks,depression......Was put on meds but being as sensitive to alot of meds was unable to take them. Was taken off them cold turkey,went through major withdrawal for 3 weeks. Had never been tested for gluten sensitivity until I landed in the emergency room with knife stabbing pains that were definitely not from a nervous stomach.After a cat scan I finally felt that someone was on the right track of figuring out what my problem was. Fortunately with the help of our gluten free RN,gluten free mama, and all of our gluten free foods that are now available,I feel like my health is slowly turning around for the better......I wish back then the doctors would have been more aware of gluten intolerance/celiac disease. Could have saved alot of pain for alot of years. My experience as a child was one of having a lot of major stomach issues that were never checked out. I was told I had a nervous stomach. Was put on Mylanta which made the excess acid I already had worse.Along with being lactose intolerant,gas pains,joint pains,exceptionally tired all the time which was diagnosed later in life as hypothyroidism.Anxiety,panic attacks,depression……Was put on meds but being as sensitive to alot of meds was unable to take them. Was taken off them cold turkey,went through major withdrawal for 3 weeks. Had never been tested for gluten sensitivity until I landed in the emergency room with knife stabbing pains that were definitely not from a nervous stomach.After a cat scan I finally felt that someone was on the right track of figuring out what my problem was. Fortunately with the help of our gluten free RN,gluten free mama, and all of our gluten free foods that are now available,I feel like my health is slowly turning around for the better……I wish back then the doctors would have been more aware of gluten intolerance/celiac disease. Could have saved alot of pain for alot of years.

]]> Comment on Silent Celiac Disease Causes Premature Death | Gluten Free Society by Deb Savageau http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-71 Deb Savageau Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:26:27 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-71 To add to the list of health issues I have encountered, nearly all stopped/reduced with a gluten free diet!. I do realize that maybe not all are from the gluten ingestion but I suspect it to be true in my case: thyroid disease, pituitary dysfunction, asthma, migraine, PMS, spontaneous nose bleeds, Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) (still have breakouts), constant hunger. I am doing so much better on a gluten-free diet, yahoo! To add to the list of health issues I have encountered, nearly all stopped/reduced with a gluten free diet!. I do realize that maybe not all are from the gluten ingestion but I suspect it to be true in my case: thyroid disease, pituitary dysfunction, asthma, migraine, PMS, spontaneous nose bleeds, Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) (still have breakouts), constant hunger. I am doing so much better on a gluten-free diet, yahoo!

]]> Comment on Silent Celiac Disease Causes Premature Death | Gluten Free Society by Deb Savageau http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-70 Deb Savageau Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:00:06 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-70 Thank you Dr Osborne, great information in your lecture. I did get genetic testing and have those gluten sensitive genes. At least now I know! Thank you for sharing your information with our readers. Deb Thank you Dr Osborne, great information in your lecture. I did get genetic testing and have those gluten sensitive genes. At least now I know! Thank you for sharing your information with our readers. Deb

]]> Comment on Silent Celiac Disease Causes Premature Death | Gluten Free Society by Dr. Peter Osborne http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-69 Dr. Peter Osborne Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:51:33 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-69 A big part of this spark are the HLA-DQ genes themselves. Although genes don't make us sick, exposing them to the wrong environment does. Those with gluten sensitive genes should not eat gluten (sick or healthy). Watch this video on gluten sensitivity for a broader explanation: http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/video-tutorial/gluten-sensitivity-what-is-it/ All the best, Dr Osborne A big part of this spark are the HLA-DQ genes themselves. Although genes don’t make us sick, exposing them to the wrong environment does. Those with gluten sensitive genes should not eat gluten (sick or healthy). Watch this video on gluten sensitivity for a broader explanation:
http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/video-tutorial/gluten-sensitivity-what-is-it/

All the best,
Dr Osborne

]]> Comment on Silent Celiac Disease Causes Premature Death | Gluten Free Society by Deb Savageau http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-68 Deb Savageau Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:24:07 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=86#comment-68 I found this VERY interesting: Dr. Peterson, author of The Gluten Effect, and Physician at Health Now Medical Center, says: "Dr Fasano said in Scientific American several months ago, I think we can get some answers. He stated that the presence of gluten in the diet, even with a genetic predisposition, isn’t enough to cause villous atrophy or intestinal damage unless there is already some inflammation present in the intestine. It’s like a fire with no preceding spark – it doesn’t happen. The big question is: What is the spark composed of? And, what creates the initial damage such that the immune system can now be affected by gluten? If we compare life in the 1950s to now, I think we can come up with some viable answers to these questions." You can read the rest in the article but he mentions poor diet, processed foods, dairy products and poor distribution of healthy probiotics in our intestines. I know that these things affect how I feel day to day. Comments? I found this VERY interesting: Dr. Peterson, author of The Gluten Effect, and Physician at Health Now Medical Center, says: “Dr Fasano said in Scientific American several months ago, I think we can get some answers. He stated that the presence of gluten in the diet, even with a genetic predisposition, isn’t enough to cause villous atrophy or intestinal damage unless there is already some inflammation present in the intestine. It’s like a fire with no preceding spark – it doesn’t happen. The big question is: What is the spark composed of? And, what creates the initial damage such that the immune system can now be affected by gluten? If we compare life in the 1950s to now, I think we can come up with some viable answers to these questions.” You can read the rest in the article but he mentions poor diet, processed foods, dairy products and poor distribution of healthy probiotics in our intestines. I know that these things affect how I feel day to day. Comments?

]]> Comment on Love Beer? Skipping the Gluten? Drink Craft Beer by Brian from Bard's http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=82#comment-66 Brian from Bard's Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:01:55 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=82#comment-66 Try some Bard's. Founded by celiacs, Bard's is the only gluten-free beer that malts the sorghum in its recipe for traditional craft beer flavor and aroma. Sorghum replaces barley which makes the beer gluten-free. Try some Bard’s. Founded by celiacs, Bard’s is the only gluten-free beer that malts the sorghum in its recipe for traditional craft beer flavor and aroma. Sorghum replaces barley which makes the beer gluten-free.

]]> Comment on Bluebird Blog! by Xbox 360 Spiel http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=24#comment-64 Xbox 360 Spiel Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:23:08 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=24#comment-64 Very enlightening and beneficial to someone whose been out of the circuit for a long time. -Murk Very enlightening and beneficial to someone whose been out of the circuit for a long time.

-Murk

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]]> Comment on Bluebird Blog! by Deb Savageau http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=24#comment-43 Deb Savageau Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:53:19 +0000 http://www.liveyoungandfree.com/blog/?p=24#comment-43 Sure! Sure!

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