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I am going to try this. This is very sound interesting science. Thank you!!!
I don't know how old you are, but if under 25 years, never eat below 3500 cal. If over 25, never eat under 3000. It makes sense that if you were previously eating less and increased calories to gain weight, you instigated a healing response in your body. Intestines are always damaged by calorie intake that is too low. Energy (calories) is required for everything in our bodies to stay in good repair. You may not feel too bad until your body has enough energy to repair. Pain is caused by the healing response. Something like milk requires our bodies to make certain enzymes....enzymes they stop producing if ever we stop drinking milk. Start small with a few tablespoons of yogurt, kefir and the like. Then try goat milk and raw milk and keep going until you can tolerate any dairy. This is how I personally began to tolerate dairy again. The most important aspect to heal all this intestinal distress is the high calorie intake. Ride out the negative symptoms as best you can. Rest, too.
I am 27 and I don’t think I’ve eaten more than 2000 calories on average everyday the past 2 years. It so hard for me to eat. I would love to get to 2700 daily consistently at the very least
Rob has great suggestions, here. Intuitive eating, by which I mean eating what, how much and when you want to eat was how I recovered from all the problems low calorie eating had created. (Beware: not everyone using the phrase "intuitive eating" means eating absolutely unrestrictedly, which means they are still restricting.) I understand the difficulties of eating enough when you have been eating low calorie for a long time. The "gastroparesis" mentioned in the article above, is an adaptation your body makes to low energy intake. Your body slows down the time it takes for your stomach and small intestine to move the food along. This is not your body attacking you. Rather, it is your body protecting you. You are not eating enough. It needs to get every last nutrient out of what you are eating. It can do that if it slows everything down. But, it means you don't feel hungry very often. How to fix it? Purposely eat more until the body feels it can speed things up again. Set a timer at least every two hours and count the calories to ensure enough. You won't feel like eating, always. You may feel nauseated even at the thought, but it is necessary to eat. It really doesn't matter what you eat. So, just think about what sounds least nauseating, and eat that. Only in this way will bacterial colonies normalize, enzyme production come up to speed, mucosal layer be repaired and motility become normal. Motility requires stomach distention, so if you never fill up you will have constipation. The above article says 3000 calories is the bare minimum for a man of your age, but if you were eating below 3500 two years ago and before when you were still in your developmental years, your development was affected and you will finish your development when you finally start eating well above the 3000 calorie minimum. 2700 is a good goal to start with. For a couple of days. But, you will still be accumulating an energy deficit if you were to continue to eat below 3000 calories. If you are starting @ 2000, add 200 every day for 5 days until you are @ 3000. Then keep pushing upward, because you need to eat in excess of what people who have never restricted calories eat on a daily basis to accomplish the repairs your body needs to make and begin making up for at least two years of energy deficit. It feels like work at first, but true hunger should soon come back to help you enjoy your food again.
This was very helpful to me, thank you.
