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I think it can be an option especially when nothing else seems to work and frankly there is no one solution that fits everyone. I have been eating a balance each meal between protein (eg: milk, cottage cheese, cheese, eggs, small amounts muscle meats, occasional shrimp and lobster), carbs (eg: occasional "approved" veggies, a raw carrot (not every day), potatoes - my fav), fructose carbs (fruit, honey), sat fat (eg in milk, butter, occasionally coconut oil, occasional extra virgin olive oil) eliminating obvious PUFA, grains, etc. This has rocked my gut and my metabolism as well...One more thing that is worth commenting is that people that have issues related to endotoxins after consuming starch assume that by eating, even if temporarily, a diet that consists mainly of starches, are going to make their situation worse and unbearable. However, after studying West's work in depth (available for free, here on the forum) you realize that sometimes the outcome from experiments like these is usually unexpected.
That exact diet is capable of providing enough nutrients and energy in an easily digested way without excess proteins to interact with bacteria in an already compromised metabolic state. Concerning problematic bacteria, what's left for microbes from properly prepared starches is a bit of resistant starch that will do the aforementioned job of providing a bit of carbs that hopefully will serve to shift the microbial balance. Just as capable as restoring the metabolism as the milk and orange juice diet.
I won't cite because you all know how many books are there devoted to starch-based diets and most of them have positive results in practice. In case the milk and oj diet didn't work for someone, even if you consider that it's against odds and counter-intuitive, I think it's worth considering the starch, fruit and vegetable approach. Making sure that you're getting proper micronutrition and supplementing if needed.
Again, I'm not taking sides of anything. This just seems to me a reasonable approach despite the resistance to it that we encounter here sometimes.
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