somuch4food
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About @Kelj's approach, the intuitive eating plays a big part IMO. Last week, I had a lot of pregnancy edema and while shopping I thought that veggies were appetizing and I also fancied some liver. After eating some liver and a cup of raw celery, I had one of the worse night of sleep in a while because my body was finally shedding the water from the edema. I felt fine the day after despite the bad sleep.
Now, it's like I'm doing reverse science. I experiment with foods and then search afterwards if there is some relevancy to what I experimented. I'm finding B12 seems to be important in my case and makes the most difference in mood and energy, so I make sure to eat some animal proteins every few hours. I was careless yesterday and my body started to hurt all over in the late afternoon. It got better after I ate some chicken nuggets. I also found out after the fact that celery is indeed a diuretic which helps with edema.
Now, it's like I'm doing reverse science. I experiment with foods and then search afterwards if there is some relevancy to what I experimented. I'm finding B12 seems to be important in my case and makes the most difference in mood and energy, so I make sure to eat some animal proteins every few hours. I was careless yesterday and my body started to hurt all over in the late afternoon. It got better after I ate some chicken nuggets. I also found out after the fact that celery is indeed a diuretic which helps with edema.