I've been eating a high sugar diet for five days now. I'll keep a log here to see any positive/negative changes.
I'm male, 22 and I have a few health problems and don't know the exact cause: dizziness, head vibrations, sound in my right ear when I make hectic movements, burning eyes, hair loss, itchy scalp, yellow tongue, TMJ.
The dizziness, tinnitus, head vibrations and hot flashes (hot ears) started after taking high dose iodine for a while (more than 100mg for a while. Don't trust people on curezone...)
After realizing that I'm not 'detoxing' I stopped the iodine. Everything got worse. I even lost control of my legs when lying in bed. (no restless legs. I really lost any control). That stopped after a few weeks.
I've had it for a whole year now. I became supplement crazy after realizing that my depression disappeared in just 2 weeks after taking vitamin b12 (5,000mcg per day). I had the suspicion that I could have hypothyroidism and, unfortunately, read the wrong stuff on the internet.
I had the TMJ (dysfunction of the jaw joint), itchy scalp and yellow tongue (generally no good mouth hygiene despite brushing and flossing) before my stupid experiment.
All of this sounds pretty dramatic, but I'm still able to live a pretty normal life :) (and I'm not depressed). The problem is that it lowers my quality of life. That's why I wanna change that. The dizziness is not as bad as it was a few months ago. When it gets really bad, it's hard to do anything.
I went to the doctor and my labs were good, she said. My TSH was 1.6, I think (T3/T4 not tested. I don't have the results, unfortunately). I went to a neurologist and had an MRI done. Nothing was found and he said 'it was not pathological' and described me an antidepressant without telling me what it is. I found out at home after looking it up and threw away the prescription. I don't think I will go to any doctors for a while now. Unless I'm really sick. I wouldn't be able to pay for anything 'alternative' anyway.
In May (2 months after the symptoms started) I went VLC. I lost weight (10 pounds) but I felt crappy. At the beginning, I even had diarrhea because I ate too much fat and had to lower my fat intake.
I ate according to the perfect health diet for a couple of months after that. The perfect health diet and the supplements they recommend didn't help (copper gave me stomach cramps and zinc gave me a bloody mouth taste?!).
I take
- 5,000 I.U. Vitamin D3 (At the end of january my vit d levels were 29 ng/ml. I took 50k for two days and then started taking 5k every day since then)
- 5mg Vitamin K2 per week
- Lithium 2.5mg (started doing that with PHD and I think it helps and it won't do any harm at that dosage)
- 40mg Aspirin (started two days ago. I won't take any more because I get a burning sensation after taking a normal dosage, so I think I might be at a higher risk of side effects. I never take aspirin for pain because of that)
- Raw Thyroid (a supplement. I'm not able to get 'real' thyroid hormone that easily where I live. It's pretty expensive though, so I might have to stop taking it. I've been taking it for a few weeks. Once I forgot to take it and started getting cold)
- Krill oil (very expensive so I might have to stop taking it. When I took it for the first time, I felt really good and energized. I think either the asaxanthin or the phospholipids might be doing me some good)
- Epsom salt baths (one cup) maybe two times per week (I tried many magnesium supplements and they almost always cause problems). When I use two cups, I actually feel worse.
- I use coconut oil for frying (every day)
- I started taking some thiamin (100mg) two days ago. Felt great after taking it for the first time. Don't know if it does anything good. It won't cause any harm at that dosage though. I think I might just take it once a week just to make sure I won't get deficient.
I think I might stop taking some or lower the dosage to save money.
The situation now:
My sugar intake is really high (freshly squeezed orange juice, milk, coffee, lots of honey, cherries). I usually eat a meal with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, cheese, heavy cream and some coconut oil at dinner time (+salt and herbs). I add some gelatin since starting with the 'diet'. The rest is all liquid, I guess. (milk shakes, coffee, orange juice ...)
Changes so far:
-> acid reflux and stomach cramps (forgot to mention it) improved, but I don't know if it will last. Might as well be placebo.
-> Stabbing sensations in my teeth started to appear and my tongue got worse (yellower). Pretty sure that it's caused by my high sugar intake.
-> Gained around 2-3 pounds? Not good?! If I continue to gain more weight, I will have to change something, I think. This will be my last diet try. If it fails, I'll go back to a 'normal' crappy standard diet. If diet doesn't help, I don't see a reason to follow rules that make things more difficult.
-> skin in my face got greasier. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It's usually very dry.
I created an excel file and will rate the different symptoms from 1 to 10 for every day. I'm not looking for wonders anymore. My goal is gradual improvement. Maybe I'll be able to find some interesting correlations by documenting everything.
If you read all of this, thanks
I'm excited to see what's gonna happen. If you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them.
I'm male, 22 and I have a few health problems and don't know the exact cause: dizziness, head vibrations, sound in my right ear when I make hectic movements, burning eyes, hair loss, itchy scalp, yellow tongue, TMJ.
The dizziness, tinnitus, head vibrations and hot flashes (hot ears) started after taking high dose iodine for a while (more than 100mg for a while. Don't trust people on curezone...)
After realizing that I'm not 'detoxing' I stopped the iodine. Everything got worse. I even lost control of my legs when lying in bed. (no restless legs. I really lost any control). That stopped after a few weeks.
I've had it for a whole year now. I became supplement crazy after realizing that my depression disappeared in just 2 weeks after taking vitamin b12 (5,000mcg per day). I had the suspicion that I could have hypothyroidism and, unfortunately, read the wrong stuff on the internet.
I had the TMJ (dysfunction of the jaw joint), itchy scalp and yellow tongue (generally no good mouth hygiene despite brushing and flossing) before my stupid experiment.
All of this sounds pretty dramatic, but I'm still able to live a pretty normal life :) (and I'm not depressed). The problem is that it lowers my quality of life. That's why I wanna change that. The dizziness is not as bad as it was a few months ago. When it gets really bad, it's hard to do anything.
I went to the doctor and my labs were good, she said. My TSH was 1.6, I think (T3/T4 not tested. I don't have the results, unfortunately). I went to a neurologist and had an MRI done. Nothing was found and he said 'it was not pathological' and described me an antidepressant without telling me what it is. I found out at home after looking it up and threw away the prescription. I don't think I will go to any doctors for a while now. Unless I'm really sick. I wouldn't be able to pay for anything 'alternative' anyway.
In May (2 months after the symptoms started) I went VLC. I lost weight (10 pounds) but I felt crappy. At the beginning, I even had diarrhea because I ate too much fat and had to lower my fat intake.
I ate according to the perfect health diet for a couple of months after that. The perfect health diet and the supplements they recommend didn't help (copper gave me stomach cramps and zinc gave me a bloody mouth taste?!).
I take
- 5,000 I.U. Vitamin D3 (At the end of january my vit d levels were 29 ng/ml. I took 50k for two days and then started taking 5k every day since then)
- 5mg Vitamin K2 per week
- Lithium 2.5mg (started doing that with PHD and I think it helps and it won't do any harm at that dosage)
- 40mg Aspirin (started two days ago. I won't take any more because I get a burning sensation after taking a normal dosage, so I think I might be at a higher risk of side effects. I never take aspirin for pain because of that)
- Raw Thyroid (a supplement. I'm not able to get 'real' thyroid hormone that easily where I live. It's pretty expensive though, so I might have to stop taking it. I've been taking it for a few weeks. Once I forgot to take it and started getting cold)
- Krill oil (very expensive so I might have to stop taking it. When I took it for the first time, I felt really good and energized. I think either the asaxanthin or the phospholipids might be doing me some good)
- Epsom salt baths (one cup) maybe two times per week (I tried many magnesium supplements and they almost always cause problems). When I use two cups, I actually feel worse.
- I use coconut oil for frying (every day)
- I started taking some thiamin (100mg) two days ago. Felt great after taking it for the first time. Don't know if it does anything good. It won't cause any harm at that dosage though. I think I might just take it once a week just to make sure I won't get deficient.
I think I might stop taking some or lower the dosage to save money.
The situation now:
My sugar intake is really high (freshly squeezed orange juice, milk, coffee, lots of honey, cherries). I usually eat a meal with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, cheese, heavy cream and some coconut oil at dinner time (+salt and herbs). I add some gelatin since starting with the 'diet'. The rest is all liquid, I guess. (milk shakes, coffee, orange juice ...)
Changes so far:
-> acid reflux and stomach cramps (forgot to mention it) improved, but I don't know if it will last. Might as well be placebo.
-> Stabbing sensations in my teeth started to appear and my tongue got worse (yellower). Pretty sure that it's caused by my high sugar intake.
-> Gained around 2-3 pounds? Not good?! If I continue to gain more weight, I will have to change something, I think. This will be my last diet try. If it fails, I'll go back to a 'normal' crappy standard diet. If diet doesn't help, I don't see a reason to follow rules that make things more difficult.
-> skin in my face got greasier. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It's usually very dry.
I created an excel file and will rate the different symptoms from 1 to 10 for every day. I'm not looking for wonders anymore. My goal is gradual improvement. Maybe I'll be able to find some interesting correlations by documenting everything.
If you read all of this, thanks
I'm excited to see what's gonna happen. If you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them.