I just wanted to follow up on the salmon thing…

The restaurant called me back today and said they do indeed used farmed salmon.

I am a sad monkey. There’s not much left at that particular restaurant that I can eat. However, knowledge is power!

Thanks again,
steph

Thanks for reading my blog!
Your comment about salmon really threw me for a loop! I looked through your website and found you’d mentioned farmed salmon is the big meanie, whereas wild-caught salmon is much better. I called up the restaurant where I ate salmon the night I became really ill, and left a message asking whether their salmon is wild or farmed. We’ll see if I get an answer back. ;)
When I go to the grocery, I always buy wild-caught salmon, but you are right, we also have to watch out for mercury levels in the fish that we eat.

For anyone interested, here is the link to Melissa’s blog article about inflammatory foods:
http://www.cureendometriosis.com/foods-inflammatory-endometriosis-surprised-answers/

I noticed that in your article, you said ‘If you must eat meat, choose pork or beef.’ This appears to contradict an Italian study back in 2004, published in the journal Human Reproduction, in which the researchers found that pork and beef vastly increased one’s chances towards endometriosis. The exact quote is, “for those with a high intake of beef, other red meat and ham, there was an increase of about 80-100% in relative risk [of endometriosis].” However, that was 8 years ago and was a small-ish study (1,008 women), and the study had its limitations as noted in the article I linked.

The important thing is that we are listening, we are questioning, and we are taking action. :)

Melissa, I really admire your quest to find a cure for endo, and I totally agree that we have to take a holistic approach! I enjoyed rooting around your website - you have inspired me to write more often on my main blog site about holistic healing and how the emotions trigger pain. My mission of the “Living With Endometriosis” blog has been to post only documented research and scientific studies as relates to endo, but I may begin posting more alternative research and methods in the near future.

I have added your blog to my main website’s blog roll at http://www.livingwithendometriosis.org/

Thanks again, love and hugs,
steph