Vicki, I have a laundry list of metals toxicity symptoms, all of which were lessened significantly by the no wheat, no sugar, no dairy diet. It has taken me a decade to begin to fully realize exactly why this diet lowers symptoms such as runny nose, swollen air passages, post nasal drip, skin fungus, abdominal pain, arthritic pain, muscular pain, low bowel motility, disordered thoughs and anxiety, etc. The diet works becuse it eliminates food stressors on my body, foods that magnify the inflammation the metals are causing in my body. It's been trial and error. For example, I ate eggs for years thinking I had no allergy, and maybe I only developed one recently, but the IgG test showed I am allergic, thus eating eggs is contributing to my "feeling bad all over" phenomenon. Also, prior to being tested toxic in 12 metals, I was eating fish like crazy. I guess, what I had to do to make it through all the hoops to getting healthy, and being able to think straight at work and start to get back to recovering after a relapse from the diet, was to continue to trust those sources I found to be helpful, and to press them for more information. I reread my Yeast Connection Diet book, I reacquainted myself with the stricter diet my doctor gave me, and I allowed my doctor to do all the tests he wanted to do even though my insurance doesn't pay for them and I am in debt up to my eyeballs. I just finally said "no more," and I'm glad I did. For years doctors said I had Chronic Fatigue or poor stress response or autoimmune problems for my intermittent (but violent) relapses into sickness, despite my being athletic and a health nut. Now my doctor says my immune system is not abnormal, but superhuman to be dealing with the stress of metals toxicity and resultant systemic candida.