Ashoka
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- Aug 20, 2015
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A few months ago I was having plenty of crazy symptoms I wrote on here about that seemed to come out of nowhere. They included headaches (sometimes burning), terrible anxiety and feeling 'unsafe', bodily pain, sudden extreme fatigue, and a feeling that my digestion just totally halted.
I've been seeing a functional medicine doctor for about a month, so I have some labs that confirm hypothyroidism and low cholesterol, among other things. He also suspects possible autoimmune condition and/or infections.
I'm having trouble understanding how to approach the ideas of autoimmune disease and food allergies from a Peat perspective. The common approach is an elimination diet exemplified by Whole30, AIP, and the GAPS diet. In the past, it was easy to adopt a syncretic approach and take the points I liked from Peat and other writers. But in the case of these autoimmune conditions, it seems you have to follows these elimination diets to the letter. Of course, I have come to be highly skeptical of flat out taking these approaches.
I want to read more of Peat's writings generally, but my ability to do such is often at the mercy of the randomness of my symptoms. Often you guys have better ideas, and there also doesn't seem to be a thread about this. Now there is here.
How does Peat's perspective on this topic compare? Do you have any thoughts?
I've been seeing a functional medicine doctor for about a month, so I have some labs that confirm hypothyroidism and low cholesterol, among other things. He also suspects possible autoimmune condition and/or infections.
I'm having trouble understanding how to approach the ideas of autoimmune disease and food allergies from a Peat perspective. The common approach is an elimination diet exemplified by Whole30, AIP, and the GAPS diet. In the past, it was easy to adopt a syncretic approach and take the points I liked from Peat and other writers. But in the case of these autoimmune conditions, it seems you have to follows these elimination diets to the letter. Of course, I have come to be highly skeptical of flat out taking these approaches.
I want to read more of Peat's writings generally, but my ability to do such is often at the mercy of the randomness of my symptoms. Often you guys have better ideas, and there also doesn't seem to be a thread about this. Now there is here.
How does Peat's perspective on this topic compare? Do you have any thoughts?