itsALLgood
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- May 2, 2015
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I'm having trouble discerning how certain foods make me feel. I generally don't feel great on a day to day basis and other than knowing that I need to eat/drink SOMETHING I have trouble figuring out what foods specifically my body doesn't respond well to.
My digestion always seems pretty good, and I get migraines pretty frequently (~twice a week) but I can't attribute them to a specific food I ate. I've tried elimination diets unsuccessfully.
For the past couple weeks I've been consuming almost exclusively milk with sugar, OJ, cheese, eggs and coffee. I'm definitely feeling worse than I was before -presumably because I'm not eating enough. Still, i never feel 100%.
I feel like if you feel good it's pretty easy to tell when something is making you feel bad - but when you feel like crap to start with, how can you know what's going to making you feel worse or better especially when the effects are only felt in the long run?
Should I try huge amounts of something to see what reaction it has? Like try a ton of sugar for a week? Joey Lott told me he consumed like a pound of sugar a day when he started recovering and felt way better. I also avoided sugar my whole life and just started reintroducing it.
I remember when I ate pizza for the first time in 3 months after being totally gluten-free - I felt instantaneously way better than before. But maybe that was just because it tasted so great. How can you tell if food makes you feel good because it tastes great or because of what's in it? Most people feel good when they eat McDonald's, at least temporarily...
So what signs do you look for to know if your body is reacting well or not? Temperature? Pulse? Tongue? Energy level? Should I start tracking everything in cronometer? What methods do you use to experiment?
I know the best way to learn is by trial and error - so how do you efficiently accomplish that?
My digestion always seems pretty good, and I get migraines pretty frequently (~twice a week) but I can't attribute them to a specific food I ate. I've tried elimination diets unsuccessfully.
For the past couple weeks I've been consuming almost exclusively milk with sugar, OJ, cheese, eggs and coffee. I'm definitely feeling worse than I was before -presumably because I'm not eating enough. Still, i never feel 100%.
I feel like if you feel good it's pretty easy to tell when something is making you feel bad - but when you feel like crap to start with, how can you know what's going to making you feel worse or better especially when the effects are only felt in the long run?
Should I try huge amounts of something to see what reaction it has? Like try a ton of sugar for a week? Joey Lott told me he consumed like a pound of sugar a day when he started recovering and felt way better. I also avoided sugar my whole life and just started reintroducing it.
I remember when I ate pizza for the first time in 3 months after being totally gluten-free - I felt instantaneously way better than before. But maybe that was just because it tasted so great. How can you tell if food makes you feel good because it tastes great or because of what's in it? Most people feel good when they eat McDonald's, at least temporarily...
So what signs do you look for to know if your body is reacting well or not? Temperature? Pulse? Tongue? Energy level? Should I start tracking everything in cronometer? What methods do you use to experiment?
I know the best way to learn is by trial and error - so how do you efficiently accomplish that?