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As well as feeling great, I am experimenting (as usual) with diet and reactivity.
I feel as though I have much more clarity these days; I notice almost every small reaction of my digestive system to foods, timing, quantities, etc.I have established a few important facts for my system. The already-known are that red meat, sugar, and grains are quite problematic. Dairy as well. I have tried to consume the SCD yoghurt, since they say it is lactose-free, but I cannot tolerate it. This leads me to believe something I have suspected all along - that the issue with dairy is not purely a lactose issue - it is a food class intolerance, like the grains, meat, etc.
This intolerance manifests in the two worst symptoms for me - gas and mucus. Both symptoms block my system; gas acts like a barrier, preventing flow-through of digested waste, and mucus generally impedes flow by sticking to everything. Most of us think of 'gas' in the usual terms, as an air of some sort. However, just as there are 'explosive' gases in our world that cannot be contained or they will expand and blow up, so does the gas in my tummy! Mucus is what it is - a sticky, slimy substance that binds things to it. 'Nuff said.
Grains, in particular, wheat, do the same. I haven't eaten red meat for 26 years and my only recollection there is that it sat in my stomach forever and I had a difficult time eliminating. My guess is the same combination of gas and mucus were operating at the time. Sugar, well that is a story all its own. Sugar does not create much mucus in my system, but it does work up some mighty strong gas. Painful stuff, that.
Cruciferous veggies will also give gas unless thoroughly cooked. So, broccoli, snap peas, cauliflower, green beans, etc., while yummy, cannot be undercooked or eaten in large quantities, or even eaten for more than one meal in a row (e.g. no leftovers until the second day). This is a recent understanding. We tend to make enough foods at dinner to have leftovers to take for lunch the following day. If we make any of the above foods I must be careful NOT to take these the next day, or in very small quantity along with salad and other foods.
I don't know why I hadn't picked up on this earlier. Be that as it may, I now know and will be more diligent in future.
I realized this effect just this past week. We had made some delicious snap peas Sunday, with lots of leftovers. I ate a handsome portion Sunday and brought alot for lunch Monday. By Tuesday I was feeling bloated and uncomfortable despite the continued ability to eliminate. By Wednesday I needed to assist my elimination, with same the following day. I further compounded Monday's effects by working from home Tuesday and eating things I knew were not going to help, such as peanut butter and a taste of the yoghurt. Those added mucus to the gas. Viola! Direct relationship.Timing is important. I cannot eat past 7:15 pm, and the best timing would be a 6 pm dinner, but we usually don't arrive home until around 6 pm, which means eating between 6:30 and 7. Therefore, I must watch the quantity, and keep it very light. I also must watch daily intake - if I eat too much overall through the day I will have compaction and difficult elimination. I believe my system is still so fragile that it will build gas in a wink.
Next health initiative is to pare down, go on a basic diet for a month, and see if that helps with the gas production. As well, I will try an herbal cleanse (once I find one I feel comfortable with).
Namaste.
posted by LST 3/1/2002 07:50:11 AM
26.2.02
Lately I feel like the energizer bunny... I just keep going and going and going.
I really like this feeling of self - of being me, and feeling happy. I like feeling healthy. I like the regularity incorporated in having perfect health. Not to mention my frame of mind.The power of positive thought. Who'duv thunk?
I notice more, have more clarity. In everything. That means a little more insight into others. It means a little more insight in my work. My life.
I continue to expand my consciousness, aided by the exercises in the seminar. The period of meditations is over (and I've given those exercises to my husband, who is now having fun with his own mind expansion). We are on to a sort of mind focus through nature exercise. I guess it's another form of meditation.
Oh, and setting goals. We made these graphics - charts really - for immediate (as in within the next 12 months) goals for our lives. That would include health, work, personal, creative, etc. Make two specific goals for each 'area' of importance to you. You know my health goals are to extend my positive outlook and reap the benefits of perfect health now.
Namaste.
posted by LST 2/26/2002 04:50:39 AM