In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Also found out today that my hearing aids will be in next week either Wednesday or Thursday. Government paperwork all cleared.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
With my low blood sugar Jack. I have to watch my carbs and sugar intake. I have discovered that I have to have gluten in my diet or I can feel sick.
So even with that discovery I still have to watch my carbs and sugar intake for my low blood sugar.
It's annoying but I've been doing it for so long that most of the time I don't notice it.
Since there is no soy milk I can use or alternate milks, I am back to cow's milk as long as it is organic which means no additives.
How long have you gone without gluten in your diet before feeling sick, Brenda?
I've actually heard that your gut microbiome can effect your cravings and your mood when you change your diet up. Especially when removing gluten from your diet. I don't know how true any of that is, but new studies are starting to say that changing your diet might actually be more than just changing a habit long enough that you stick with it. Gluten especially can throw your system out of wack if you're eating too much of it and it can lead to inflammation and even auto-immune problems. It sounds like you don't eat much of it, but maybe because of your other problems whatever you are taking in is still too much.
I still haven't seen a huge reduction in pain yet myself, but there is another noticeable benefit from my overall change of diet and my more active lifestyle. For a while there some of my fingernails were growing in "wavy" and I would get white spots underneath them. The waves most noticible in the thumbnails. Though a few smaller white spots have still developed that are relatively new, they're nowhere near as large as some of the ones that I was getting. The nails have completely stopped growing in wavy now and in a week or two the parts of the nails that were wavy will have grown out and been clipped off.
Congrats on the free hearing aids. :)
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Originally posted by Brenda:
With my low blood sugar Jack. I have to watch my carbs and sugar intake. I have discovered that I have to have gluten in my diet or I can feel sick.
So even with that discovery I still have to watch my carbs and sugar intake for my low blood sugar.
It's annoying but I've been doing it for so long that most of the time I don't notice it.
Since there is no soy milk I can use or alternate milks, I am back to cow's milk as long as it is organic which means no additives.
How long have you gone without gluten in your diet before feeling sick, Brenda?
I've actually heard that your gut microbiome can effect your cravings and your mood when you change your diet up. Especially when removing gluten from your diet. I don't know how true any of that is, but new studies are starting to say that changing your diet might actually be more than just changing a habit long enough that you stick with it. Gluten especially can throw your system out of wack if you're eating too much of it and it can lead to inflammation and even auto-immune problems. It sounds like you don't eat much of it, but maybe because of your other problems whatever you are taking in is still too much.
I still haven't seen a huge reduction in pain yet myself, but there is another noticeable benefit from my overall change of diet and my more active lifestyle. For a while there some of my fingernails were growing in "wavy" and I would get white spots underneath them. The waves most noticible in the thumbnails. Though a few smaller white spots have still developed that are relatively new, they're nowhere near as large as some of the ones that I was getting. The nails have completely stopped growing in wavy now and in a week or two the parts of the nails that were wavy will have grown out and been clipped off.
Congrats on the free hearing aids. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
It was about 3 days and it was mostly because the product that I was using to replace the soy milk that I can no longer use had no gluten in it. Once I started eating like I normally do I the upset stomach went away.
Because of my low blood sugar my body uses gluten to work off of. So while I limit what bread and such I eat, I do have to have some.
I get aches and pains but then I am a good few years older than you. Arthritis runs in my family and I will be very lucky if I escape that. But we shall see.
My hay fever is a big enough pain and I use eye drops mostly to treat them because of my seizure meds and thyroid don't mix with allergy medication. I do keep Reactine on hand for emergencies like if I am having trouble breathing. But I can only use it for a short time.
I'm glad that some of your problems seem to be clearing up. Good work on that and keep it up.
Thanks but I am already twitchy about them. I don't like the idea but I have to do it.
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huh, this is interesting because I'm dealing with a lot of the same issues: hearing, arthritis, gluten etc.
No advice from this end, you both sound like you're working thru your health issues in a very practical way, just want to share what's going on with me ....
I think I mentioned that I retired a less than a year ago. Those last few years at work were just agony ... I felt like shit all of the time, it was a major struggle just to (mentally) keep putting one foot in front of the other. I'd wake up after a couple of hours of sleep dead tired but feeling so crappy in some undefinable way that I had a hard time getting back to sleep. That's why I posted here at stupid-o'clock in the AM.
After I retired, altho I had the oppty to sleep more, I was still dog-tired all of the time. Eventually I reached a crisis of pain and fatigue that had me feeling like I had the worst flu in the world for weeks and weeks and weeks. My joints hurt, I had "pinching pains" running thru my body all of the time, and I was so tired I could barely drag myself out of bed. So FINALLY was motivated to try to nail down what the problems were, and since I was losing my hearing I went in for an MRI (to check for neuroma) and then an allergy test. So in quick succession I made it a point to get more sleep, started taking a Rolaids (magnesium and calcium) before bed to tamp down possible acid reflux, quit taking statins, started taking aspirin (the only NSAID not associated with "cardiac events"), got my chronic sinusitis treated, purchased a mouth appliance to position my jaw forward to pull my tongue out of the back of my throat (THAT made a huge difference!!!) got a hearing test followed by an MRI followed by a thorough allergy test and ...
I found out that I'm allergic to everything that that can be breathed, and about a third of the foods that they tested me for! (beef, rice, potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, coffee, lettuce, chocolate, orange, pork ... some other stuff I can't remember!) I can't imagine how I developed such a roster of food allergies, since I've been implementing a rotation diet since whenever!
I have SOME indication that I'm gluten intolerant (low iron) and have been off and on gluten for years. But I suspect, and I asked the doctor and she said that it was a possibility, that eating gluten has inflamed my gut sufficiently, weakened the barrier and allowed food components into my blood and setting off allergies.
So I got off gluten entirely, quit eating beef, and my muscle pains went away when I quit the statins and the joint pains really throttled back by going off gluten (again). I think that with all of those allergies my sinuses went nuts and my tongue swelled up, leading to sleep apnea and all of the other issues I was having. So by quitting wheat and treating my nasal congestion and tongue swelling, I can finally sleep. What a relief.
And finally! I had a lump on my wrist biopsied. With all of the weird eczema, purpura, granulomas, blisters, dry skin, and scars ... the doctor kept saying .... you have REALLY sensitive skin! and I'm thinking ... No shit, tell me something I don't know already
But apparently my immune system is on a rampage, and it's showing up in my skin and everywhere else.
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At this point we are renovating part of our house (phase I) in which we are turning one hallway into a closet and incorporating another hallway into a room. It's dusty, and since my poor hubby is still working, I'm honchoing the work - definitely out of my comfort zone! But at least I scattered the usual cosmos and CA poppy seeds and they popped up and blossomed prolifically. The goldfinches are eating the cosmos seeds and the bees are busy with the poppy flowers and the mourning doves are having a good time with the poppy seeds, so all is well with the garden.
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Sounds like you are working great guns on your health issues as well Sig.
I sleep with 3 pillows because of my allergies. Makes breathing easier though I have a habit of pulling at least one flat.
I've also dealt with acid reflux over the years. Started with stress from my mom and looking after her when she was alive. Now, I get it when I am really upset or stressed out before I go to bed. So I try not to get too upset before bed or I am in for a rough night.
I limit the amount of beef I eat because of my low blood sugar. It's hard for my system to digest. Not to say that I don't eat hamburger and such once in a while because I do.
Lady, I work for just redid the kitchen and the bathroom sink and counter in their house. The kitchen now has white cupboards with blue tiles. I don't like it at all.
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Quote:What don't you like, the color scheme? Blue and white ... even tho it can look great on a Greek island, it can seem kind of cold, especially in a cold climate. Is that it?
Lady, I work for just redid the kitchen and the bathroom sink and counter in their house. The kitchen now has white cupboards with blue tiles. I don't like it at all.
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Damn sigs. Hope it all works out for you. ;)
I'm a little bummed my pain hasn't gone away yet. I probably just have to give my change in diet more time. I've heard stories where arthritic and joint pain almost disappeared overnight, but those are just stories and they probably took longer than the people said they did.
I do have a LOT more energy now. I'm sure it's not at the levels that your average 38 year old should have, especially considering I've lost enough weight that my 6 pack is starting to show and I can actually see my upper ribcage when I'm stretching again, but considering how terrible I was to my body for so many years I didn't expect that the damage could be undone immediately. I'm sure the teeth issues I'm having aren't helping out with this at all either.
Also, it's not as if I've given up smoking and I do drink a LOT of coffee.
I need to start being more active on my days off of work. I've noticed that my pains are less when I work more days in a week, and not the opposite like you would think in a job as physically demanding as mine is. My project that I'm working on in my free time is on the computer, so I've got to make an effort to get up and do some things in between. Sometimes I don't move anything besides my hands for hours on end. I think I'm going to get a stopwatch that will beep every hour or so and then get up and just do some stretches and throw around my dumbells for a few minutes before going back to it.
One thing I recommend to anybody is daily fasting. I haven't bought any kits to test for ketosis, so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, but I have to imagine that for a large part of every day my body is in a state of ketosis. I just got back from work today and I haven't eaten since around 3PM yesterday. I'm actually going to wait about an hour and mow my lawn, so I probably won't even be eating until around 10AM at that point.
Don't get me wrong... when I eat I eat like a King. I'll probably eat about 2,500 - 3,000 calories between 10 and Noon.
I'm going to keep at this a while longer and see what I can do. I really don't want to go see a doctor, and I'd rather be able to get my blood pressure and my pain under control without taking any meds for them. There's been great changes in other physical problems I was having. Just need to get those two things under control and then continue to eat right and stay physical.
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Quote:It could be that you have a reaction to something other than wheat. See if you can correlate it to a specific food.
I'm a little bummed my pain hasn't gone away yet. I probably just have to give my change in diet more time. I've heard stories where arthritic and joint pain almost disappeared overnight, but those are just stories and they probably took longer than the people said they did.
ALSO, are you taking vitamins? You really could be vitamin D deficient, and joint pain is a real consequence of that. Unless you're eating really good sources of vitamin D (fatty fish, milk with vit D added, fortified cereals and breads, eggs) and getting at least 15 minutes of bright noontime sun, that could be the source of your problem. Vitamin D is CHEAP. Get a small bottle of 4000 IU. Also, to encourage your gums to stay strong, make sure you get enough vitamin C ... another cheap vitamin.
And finally ,,, my joint pain isn't really gone, just a lot more tolerable. I still have to knock it down with 650 mg aspirin @ bedtime every few days; it will probably require me to eliminate a lot more of those allergenic foods.
Quote:a) The average 38 year-old prolly has less energy than you think and
I do have a LOT more energy now. I'm sure it's not at the levels that your average 38 year old should have
b) how much energy you have is an excellent indication of health, so good for you on restoring it!
Quote:The thinking on eating frequency has really turned around in the past ten years or so. It used to be that they encouraged frequent eating ... three meals and two snacks ... on the idea that humans evolved as "grazers" ... eat-as-you-gather. But constant eating puts a strain on your liver, which then is always in "food storage mode" instead of "food disbursement mode"; frequent meals seems to encourage fatty liver. Yanno, kind of like they enlarge goose liver (constant force feeding) to make fois gras.
One thing I recommend to anybody is daily fasting. I haven't bought any kits to test for ketosis, so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, but I have to imagine that for a large part of every day my body is in a state of ketosis. I just got back from work today and I haven't eaten since around 3PM yesterday. I'm actually going to wait about an hour and mow my lawn, so I probably won't even be eating until around 10AM at that point.
Don't get me wrong... when I eat I eat like a King. I'll probably eat about 2,500 - 3,000 calories between 10 and Noon.
However, people prone to low blood sugar have to be careful, so there is never any advice that's good 100% across the board.
Quote:If you're not eating fruits or veggies then you need a source of potassium (and vitamin C) from somewhere else. We are biologically programmed to need BOTH meat (for B12) AND fruits/veggies (for vitamin C), both of which are ESSENTIAL and neither of which we can synthesize. That puts us in the realm of OBLIGATE OMNIVORES.
I'm going to keep at this a while longer and see what I can do. I really don't want to go see a doctor, and I'd rather be able to get my blood pressure and my pain under control without taking any meds for them. There's been great changes in other physical problems I was having. Just need to get those two things under control and then continue to eat right and stay physical.
People need about 3 grams of potassium a day, and the best natural sources are also the starchiest: bananas, potatoes, yams/sweet potatoes, oranges and orange juice, beans.
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Potassium is an essential nutrient used to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body. A deficiency in potassium causes fatigue, irritability, and hypertension (high blood pressure) https://www.myfooddata.com/articles/food-sources-of-potassium.php.
The doctors who were the farthest ahead on this were Drs Michael and Mary Dan Eades, they wrote Protein Power and Protein Power Lif
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
It could be that you have a reaction to something other than wheat. See if you can correlate it to a specific food.
Well... my diet is about 100% different than it used to be before, and I had a lot of joint pain and probably undiagnosed arthritis and a lot of inflammation. It is possible that I'm just eating different foods now that are also causing problems, but it's hard to say because it really was terrible before. It's better now, but I've changed so many habits that it would be hard to say that my diet was the cause of a reduction in pain at all at this point.
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ALSO, are you taking vitamins? You really could be vitamin D deficient, and joint pain is a real consequence of that. Unless you're eating really good sources of vitamin D (fatty fish, milk with vit D added, fortified cereals and breads, eggs) and getting at least 15 minutes of bright noontime sun, that could be the source of your problem. Vitamin D is CHEAP. Get a small bottle of 4000 IU. Also, to encourage your gums to stay strong, make sure you get enough vitamin C ... another cheap vitamin.
Without having seen a doctor about it, I'm fairly confident that my teeth problem was in large part due to my getting almost zero vitamin D during my drinking phase where I rarely went outside, I had a terrible diet and (I believe) that drinking heavily depletes whatever Vitamin D you did have.
I can't afford fish unfortunately, but I love milk. I drank skim for hte longest time, but now that I'm not worried about weight I think I might start drinking whole milk. Good idea. Thanks. ;)
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And finally ,,, my joint pain isn't really gone, just a lot more tolerable. I still have to knock it down with 650 mg aspirin @ bedtime every few days; it will probably require me to eliminate a lot more of those allergenic foods.
Yeah... I really don't want to take anything yet. God knows what damage I've caused my liver with the drinking. I'm trying to give it a break. I was worried that my coffee might also be bad for the liver, but good news... looks like a Google search says that it might actually be good for your liver. Score.
I hope you don't miss a lot of food that you used to eat because of allergies. I know that it's been pretty tough for some people I know that developed allergies. Fortunately for me, food has never really been one of my vices. I do miss pizza and pasta everyday, but giving them up was a lot easier than giving up smoking ever would be.
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a) The average 38 year-old prolly has less energy than you think and
b) how much energy you have is an excellent indication of health, so good for you on restoring it!
Well I feel about 10 years younger just over the last half year or so. Losing that weight had to be the biggest contributor to that. Now I've got to get my 36 year old brother on board. I worry about him because he's well over 200 lbs overweight. I'm trying to lead by example and get him and my sis in law to start managing their weight. At least my niece is always running around and burning off all of that food that I'm sure they're letting her eat.
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The thinking on eating frequency has really turned around in the past ten years or so. It used to be that they encouraged frequent eating ... three meals and two snacks ... on the idea that humans evolved as "grazers" ... eat-as-you-gather. But constant eating puts a strain on your liver, which then is always in "food storage mode" instead of "food disbursement mode"; frequent meals seems to encourage fatty liver. Yanno, kind of like they enlarge goose liver (constant force feeding) to make fois gras.
However, people prone to low blood sugar have to be careful, so there is never any advice that's good 100% across the board.
I didn't know all of that. :)
I'm just starting to learn all of this now. The only time in my live I ever r
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:What don't you like, the color scheme? Blue and white ... even tho it can look great on a Greek island, it can seem kind of cold, especially in a cold climate. Is that it?
Lady, I work for just redid the kitchen and the bathroom sink and counter in their house. The kitchen now has white cupboards with blue tiles. I don't like it at all.
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It would look better on a Greek island and if the rest of the house was white inside. The house is meant to look like a log cabin. The man who originally had it built, built it from a kit for his wife. So, this scheme clashes.
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