i fell off of the gluten free, soy and dairy free wagon!!! 3 months.cudt tke it nymor

[jenny2008]

thanks Lulu.. How long have you been following your diet? have you seen any good results so far??
yes all the eye specialists i have seen just say to eat more omega 3 and take high quality tryglercide fish oils...

[littlemermaid]

it is just trial and error

It might be worth asking the alternative therapist what the inflammation pathways actually are for lacrimal glands and how to achieve clear meibom. This seems to be the root of the confusion. If they don't know, what are we paying for? Eg peanut butter must be a real meibom clogger.

[jenny2008]

i have asked.. she doesnt know~!!!! its frustrating.... i know my eye docs say its the omega 6 that is so bad..and all nuts and nut butters are very high in omega 6... i have no clue...

[Hopeful2]

It can all be very confusing deciding what to eat and what not to eat!

My naturopath does food sensitivity testing. I am given a sheet with foods to avoid altogether, foods to restrict and foods to eat freely. Other sources I have read suggest that reducing 'acid' forming foods is the way to go to reduce inflammation. An Ayurvedic doctor suggested that food that has a lot of 'heat', e.g. hot foods, spicy foods, fish (salmon) and some acidic foods, can promote dryness in the body.

It can be really hard to know what diet to follow. What I am doing is, trying to reduce/eliminate the foods that are common to all of the recommendations given. This would include, eliminating: sugar, coffee, alcohol, oranges, cow's milk, wheat, red meat. I have really reduced my sugar intake and I notice that I have fewer hot flashes, my skin is clearer and I am sleeping better, that alone is encouraging! I don't see this new diet as a quick fix. I think it has taken me years to get to where I am now, so I believe it will take several, if not many months to notice full benefits on a better diet. . . who knows, maybe the eyes will still be dry . . . in any case, I know I will be feeling better. I really believe that feeling better will help me to better cope with whatever curve balls life throws at me, including dry eyes.

[jenny2008]

thanks hopeful... i just found a 2 week carb. intolerance test.. am curious to try it.. http://www.drgangemi.com/healthtopic...erancetwoweek/\\

also did you naturopath actually do blood work on you or some type of food allergy testing? i am going to an allergist in a month.thanks!

[eye_allergy-kids]

constipation immunity cold dry eye

I think and hope the following four factors are linked - constipation, immunity, cold, and dry eyes.
My son (Jan 2007 born) developed eye allery in 2008 still we struggle with it. Now we follow very strict diet and Naturopathy method. Also we give Ayurveda medicines. It reduces surely. We are able to stop all eye drops. He has digestive problems due to he do not srush the food in his mouth.

His contipation and cold are gone.

I also suspect my son's eye problem may be after affect of MMR vaccination.

Does anybody have simmilar problems and older than ten years may help us.

With my experience I think stomach and eyes are related surely.

The following link may be useful

http://www.drsharif.com/whc/node/139

http://www.whale.to/v/asthma3.html