March 12, 2009 (A Repost)
More on how this blog came to be and how I came to trust holistic medicine. This repost was supposed to appear with the others on and around 1/23-24-25-26-27/2012 I apologize that this one wasn't grouped with the rest of the reposts.... from the beginning/start of this blog....
"The Lupus Recovery Diet" and Kinesiology
My next
discovery was that many of the foods I tested weak for were excluded from "The
Lupus Recovery Diet" book. OK, this was starting to make sense to me.... I
continued to see the Chiropractor/Nutritionist/Kinesiologist(Dr. Christine
Gizoni) and she explained to me that "Leaky Gut" or intestinal permeability is
present in many diseases, especially autoimmune diseases. I needed to heal my
"leaky gut".
Back to the library I went to get "The Lupus Recovery Diet" by Jill Harrington again! I studied again. This time it made sense and somehow do-able. So I eliminated all the foods I tested weak for at the doctor's office. I began to feel better, the doctor was RIGHT! I tested many more foods over many months and my present list of foods to avoid is this: Bananas,tomatoes,wheat,dairy,eggs,gluten,salt,sugar,shrimp(shellfish), beef,yeast,onions,all processed foods,peppers(not the hot chile variety),corn.
What do I eat?
Salmon(wild caught), tons of organic veggies and fruits, homemade oatmeal cookies, homemade chocolate peanut clusters, chicken and lamb(only occasionally), beans, brown rice, quinoa, brown rice pasta, almond "milk", nuts, seeds, tofu(occasionally), gluten free oatmeal, homemade brownie bottom "cheesecake", flax crackers, "raw" seed bread, and lots more!
Yes some days it is difficult,VERY difficult. I had to relearn to cook with different foods, I MISS some foods and cooking some foods immensely but my HEALTH is worth it!
In the next post I will tell you how I keep knowing I am on the RIGHT TRACK!
Back to the library I went to get "The Lupus Recovery Diet" by Jill Harrington again! I studied again. This time it made sense and somehow do-able. So I eliminated all the foods I tested weak for at the doctor's office. I began to feel better, the doctor was RIGHT! I tested many more foods over many months and my present list of foods to avoid is this: Bananas,tomatoes,wheat,dairy,eggs,gluten,salt,sugar,shrimp(shellfish), beef,yeast,onions,all processed foods,peppers(not the hot chile variety),corn.
What do I eat?
Salmon(wild caught), tons of organic veggies and fruits, homemade oatmeal cookies, homemade chocolate peanut clusters, chicken and lamb(only occasionally), beans, brown rice, quinoa, brown rice pasta, almond "milk", nuts, seeds, tofu(occasionally), gluten free oatmeal, homemade brownie bottom "cheesecake", flax crackers, "raw" seed bread, and lots more!
Yes some days it is difficult,VERY difficult. I had to relearn to cook with different foods, I MISS some foods and cooking some foods immensely but my HEALTH is worth it!
In the next post I will tell you how I keep knowing I am on the RIGHT TRACK!
Toni,
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog. I was tested for food allergies by my naturopath, and found out I don't have a gluten or celiac allergy. But I am allergic to garlic. :( I'm also allergic to molds (and live in Seattle where we have lots of natural mold from ferns, leaves, etc.) I as well asshrimp, crab, lobster, egg yolks, and some preservatives. I've been reading about the alkaline diet, and was wondering how you are doing these days.
Thanks for the blog. Have you ever thought of having a tag cloud on the side?
Thanks again,
Cherrie