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If I can't pronounce the ingredients I don't buy it. I eat a balanced meal. Changing foods really has not made any significant difference in my healthWhat kind of diet do you follow? I’m just intrigued as I’ve heard many people recommend vegan, Keto, etc... it’s so confusing whether dairy is bad or not.
I don’t eat gluten due to having ibs and haven’t in about 5 years.
LOL.............I think that's a good rule of thumb.If I can't pronounce the ingredients I don't buy it.
All in all, I've found dietary experimentation can make me much sicker, but a good diet only goes so far in making me feel better. I just don't think we can eat ourselves out of this disease. Hence, eat what tastes good, so I can get some pleasure out of life! Cooking is one of the few hobbies I can still do a bit.
I WISH diet was the answer.
I always thought I ate healthily, but little did I know until many years of slow creeping damage ended with my pancreas damaged beyond repair, SIBO and Candida overgrowth, acid reflux, gastritis, systemic inflammation, nutrient deficiencies, and an endless list of symptoms.@soulflower
...But if healthy eating were the answer I never would have gotten sick in the first place or stayed sick for so many years. I get frustrated with so much I see online promoting diets as the miracle cure for all diseases. (I know better now than to look at it, but it still gets to me.) Complicated diseases are, well... complicated and won't have simple explanations or easy answers.
Diet is one of the easiest things to change, (compared to finding allergy-free housing for example) so it's certainly the first straw I grabbed at...
But if healthy eating were the answer I never would have gotten sick in the first place or stayed sick for so many years. I get frustrated with so much I see online promoting diets as the miracle cure for all diseases.
Many people think that eating vegan is healthy, but there is not a single study that backs this. Oh, there are studies that vegan diet beats western crap diet (salad+whole grain bread is healthier than fries and candy bars), but there isn't a single long term study (5+ years) that a "clean" vegan diet is better than a "clean" meat containing high-fat diet (that is, salad, veggies and whole grain bread vs. salad, veggies and good quality meat/eggs/dairy), or even a "clean" vegan diet vs. a "clean" western diet (vegan vs. a diet based on the usual nutritional recommendations). And "better" means lower mortality or lower incidence of diseases or less obesity or something like that. There simply isn't any evidence. But we should be VERY concerned because a vegan diet is lacking in some important nutrients (omega-3, vitamin D, several amino acids). We can go a few years without them, but at some point we see inflammation and chronic diseases as result. We should also be concerned that ALL plants have chemical defenses against insects, called lectins, oxalates, isoflavones and so on. We can tolerate them in limited amounts, but there isn't a single study that shows that it's safe to eat a lot more, as we do with a vegan diet. (There are animal studies that show that animals get very sick if they eat too much lectins. But we still have no trouble recommending a diet high in lectins for humans?)