HI Jennifer,
Well the Naturopath ( Dr. Lou) that I am in e-mail contact with out
of Florida says that Mercury poisoning can be a start...if you have
high levels of mercury in your body you will have all kinds of issues.
Mercury is in the food chain not just in our mouths as fillings.
There is a state wide mandate in IL that warns all pregnant women to
NOT EAT the FISH from any fresh water source ( ponds, lakes, streams)
because of the smoke that comes out of the coal buring facilities in
IL do not have "scrubbers" therefore the MERCURY is sprinkled all
over the state of IL. including the water where fish are now toxic!
Go to Mercout.com and get a heavy metal test...I can put you in touch
with Dr. Lou and he can help you with reading the results.

I have my test kit here and will take the test next week and mail it
on Monday.

But it's not just the mercury.
Face it..those of us that have a dis-ease have not been taking care
of ourselves very well.
We need to be eating locally grown food, organic food, plenty of ph
balanced water, and getting plenty of exercise.
We need to get rid of the bad stuff in our bathrooms, under the
kitchen counter, in the air we breath ( air purification unit in the
home) and take large amounts of antioxidants..I found a juice that
has a large amount and I am learning how they work in the body..they
are VITAL ( antioxidants) to our overall health.

Go to my blog site and just read everything I've posted there. i
think I'm really on to some things that are going to change my health
picture in 2008.
http://bodymindspirit-amy.blogspot.com/

I do not buy into the idea that we are random victims that this dis-
ease just decides to attack. We all have not been doing certain
things or have been doing certain "unhealthy" things to end up in
this position with this particualr illness. Whatever
the "reason"...this is where we are today..now, where are we going?
and HOW are we going to get there?? the body has a wonderful way of
healing itself if we give it the right foods and tools to do so.

I think it's best to "scan" the horizon on all that is out there on
this dis-ease and then create a plan of action and then do it! Dr.
Lou says that the whole body is inflammed when it has taken on a dis-
ease like this and that the dis-ease itself is only a SYMPTOM of
something greater going on in the body.

Medicine is thy food and food is thy medicine. We have to eat to
live not live to eat.

Be well...
~Amy~
P.S. Please keep asking questions and keep searching...the answers
are out there. :-)