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wife of sickle cell patient

Hello Warriors, my name is Chevi and my husband has sickle cell disease. I think it is really important to have this kind of support system. recently read an article on the internet by Dr. Oji Agbai. In the article the good doctor states that as a result of extensive research, he has discovered that patients whose diet consists of foods containing the chemical Thiocyanate had fewer crisis. In short this chemical reduced the sickling of the red blood cells. foods such as cassavas and yams contain this chemical. I just wanted to share this, i firmly believe that this disease can be treated through proper nutrition as opposed to opiod treatments.

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Comment by Vera on April 17, 2009 at 2:18pm: Hello Chevi,how are you and how is your husband?Do you have any new discovery on thiocyanate and foods containing this chemical?

Comment by Vera on March 22, 2009 at 8:18am: I have been doing a lot of studies on Sickle Cell Disease since my daughter(6 months old) is affected.I have been researching dioscovite and thiocyanate.I think it makes a lot of sense but i'm yet to reach a conclusion as so many children in Nigeria still die of the disease(despite the availability of african yams,cassava and other thiocyanate rich foods in Nigeria).I'm also yet to confirm Dr.Agbai's claim that SSD patients living in Africa do better than those in America and other such countries because of proper nutrition.I actually thought otherwise.
Do you know someone who uses dioscovite or someone who has been able to cotrol the disease through proper nutrition?