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 yeah, i get the odd ding with my joints and lately a chronic problem with ringworm but avoiding wheat stops the dermatitis herpeteformis, which turns out as i learned recently to be a strong indicator that i have celiac (which i think is actually an autoimmune disease caused by DPT vaccines)

i can say that mine has got a lot better but like you say, have to avoid all grains, minimise sugars and avoid modified starches and artificial sweeteners are super toxic for the kidneys, it helps to add potassium (i just add potassium chloride to my sea salt) and i went through about a month of taking about half a teaspoon of both unrefined sea salt and potassium chloride at least a "espresso shot teaspoon" of each, which is about half a teaspoon actually

you also have to obsessively drink more water, because part of the problem is that the kidneys are not working well, and the toxic shit in the blood continues to damage it so diluting it helps it eliminate

and what else hmmm

i am pretty sure peripheral neuropathy is largely caused by a specific, common but not common in "WASP" genetics (ie english/german/french/spanish/nordic) adaptation to chronic high blood sugar which is to polymerise the glucose into amylose, the same stuff associated with alzheimers, it's a hydrophobic starch polymer and i believe what it does is interfere with the mobility of neurotransmitters through synapses, causing them to overload the receiving side when the neurotransmitters manage to get through the blockage caused by the amylose

for which reason i also am curious to research more and experiment with ways to increase the amount of amylase in the blood, i tried Yohimbe which i think helped a bit... and i'm pretty sure that there is stuff in cannabis that alters sugar metabolism and insulin, and i also can say that the red colors in red fruits, grapes, berries, etc, i think they also help reduce the problem, which suggests that it's an excessive oxidation problem, which fits with the sugar stuff

i can also say that i finally managed to do a full 4 day fast once a few months back and i went into full ketosis which was kinda scary but that seemed to dramatically improve my condition almost overnight