Hi all
MIlena from UK. Looking to lose 100+ lb post menapausal and lose the swollen odema which shows in my hands and feet along with paper-thin and vertically splitting nails, shiny cuticles and arthritis in my fingertip joints. I also have been diagnosed with sarcoidosis which shows overtly as lumps in my lymph system, high inflammatory markers and some drop in kidney function. I was deficient in Vit D but that is now sorted and back at reasonably perky levels - I take ~40-70K UI per week.
I am not a serial dieter but have tried two or three in my lifetime that were stickable - the Zone (seems to meet the nice macro ratios and be Peat-friendly in the way protein was balance with carbs), Herbalife and raw (mainly fruit). The raw just helped stabilise inexorable weight gain not lose it and did little for my teeth but was GREAT for my skin and candida (candida and athletes' foot is no longer an issue).
All other diets recently last about a week before I have cravings for crap food which I rarely eat (pizza is common)
I've started doing a little PEAT eating but gelatin is expensive here and not a regular option apart from jelly cubes with that naughty high something fructose. I have been making bone broth and have found a butcher who sells all sorts of 'bits'. Boiler chicken feet, pigs trotters, oxtail, lamb neck, chicken wings, cow heel and offal. I only have a small slow cooker so make up small batches of broth so of which gels and some not. I don't know if I am getting enough gelatin this way. I can't get or afford grass-fed so would like to still to a bit more lamb even though it costs.
I have had thyroid issues, I guess, for a lot of my life. I don't generate heat when I don't move, used to have to take baths to warm up in the morning (not now) and have, in the past been prescribed thyroxine (T4) Then I was 'sub-clinical' but had slow reflex test. T4 levels atm ar normal but TSH is about 5. My doctor won't do T3 or rT3 and says that the thyroid are normal - I disagree. I have been on Spironolactone for the odema (75mg = quite high) I presume this was to kill the aldosterone production that makes me excrete a lot of salt through my skin when not sweating. I have junked this but much keep the pitting odema down else I will have to restart - it is moderate atm reaching to mid calf.
Not doing a lot of exercise but don't run a car so walk a reasonable amount to work and shopping etc.
The peat diet does ring true as when I was a child all the family were slim - looking at photographs now you would think my parents were drug addicts they were so slim. We ate cheap cuts of meat including heart, boiled, fish once a week and roast lamb or pork on Sundays - chicken was rare and a treat. Potatoes accompanied everything with small amounts of other boiled veg. We ate butter, cake, eggs and a lot of milk and milk with jelly - the milk doesn't quite agree with me and I got a lot of eczema as a child.
Reading the forums a bit (there is a lot here) I guess I need to pay attention to dealing with PUFAs. I have always been a fan of butter but everything seems to include PUFAs as a additive or main ingredient. I see from a quick google they are actively trying to screw the profile of ALL eat animals in UK by increasing their O3 fat content in the name of my health - grrr, I didn't know. Is goat any better?
Any suggestions for threads I might read would be much appreciated. I am not in the restrict calories camp but will if necessary. I see the building of my mitochondria and metabolism highest on my list. And BTW do I need a supplement for Vit e or can I scoff two or three walnut halves instead? I do eat brazil nuts (1 or 2) for selenium on occasion.
Many thanks
MIlena from UK. Looking to lose 100+ lb post menapausal and lose the swollen odema which shows in my hands and feet along with paper-thin and vertically splitting nails, shiny cuticles and arthritis in my fingertip joints. I also have been diagnosed with sarcoidosis which shows overtly as lumps in my lymph system, high inflammatory markers and some drop in kidney function. I was deficient in Vit D but that is now sorted and back at reasonably perky levels - I take ~40-70K UI per week.
I am not a serial dieter but have tried two or three in my lifetime that were stickable - the Zone (seems to meet the nice macro ratios and be Peat-friendly in the way protein was balance with carbs), Herbalife and raw (mainly fruit). The raw just helped stabilise inexorable weight gain not lose it and did little for my teeth but was GREAT for my skin and candida (candida and athletes' foot is no longer an issue).
All other diets recently last about a week before I have cravings for crap food which I rarely eat (pizza is common)
I've started doing a little PEAT eating but gelatin is expensive here and not a regular option apart from jelly cubes with that naughty high something fructose. I have been making bone broth and have found a butcher who sells all sorts of 'bits'. Boiler chicken feet, pigs trotters, oxtail, lamb neck, chicken wings, cow heel and offal. I only have a small slow cooker so make up small batches of broth so of which gels and some not. I don't know if I am getting enough gelatin this way. I can't get or afford grass-fed so would like to still to a bit more lamb even though it costs.
I have had thyroid issues, I guess, for a lot of my life. I don't generate heat when I don't move, used to have to take baths to warm up in the morning (not now) and have, in the past been prescribed thyroxine (T4) Then I was 'sub-clinical' but had slow reflex test. T4 levels atm ar normal but TSH is about 5. My doctor won't do T3 or rT3 and says that the thyroid are normal - I disagree. I have been on Spironolactone for the odema (75mg = quite high) I presume this was to kill the aldosterone production that makes me excrete a lot of salt through my skin when not sweating. I have junked this but much keep the pitting odema down else I will have to restart - it is moderate atm reaching to mid calf.
Not doing a lot of exercise but don't run a car so walk a reasonable amount to work and shopping etc.
The peat diet does ring true as when I was a child all the family were slim - looking at photographs now you would think my parents were drug addicts they were so slim. We ate cheap cuts of meat including heart, boiled, fish once a week and roast lamb or pork on Sundays - chicken was rare and a treat. Potatoes accompanied everything with small amounts of other boiled veg. We ate butter, cake, eggs and a lot of milk and milk with jelly - the milk doesn't quite agree with me and I got a lot of eczema as a child.
Reading the forums a bit (there is a lot here) I guess I need to pay attention to dealing with PUFAs. I have always been a fan of butter but everything seems to include PUFAs as a additive or main ingredient. I see from a quick google they are actively trying to screw the profile of ALL eat animals in UK by increasing their O3 fat content in the name of my health - grrr, I didn't know. Is goat any better?
Any suggestions for threads I might read would be much appreciated. I am not in the restrict calories camp but will if necessary. I see the building of my mitochondria and metabolism highest on my list. And BTW do I need a supplement for Vit e or can I scoff two or three walnut halves instead? I do eat brazil nuts (1 or 2) for selenium on occasion.
Many thanks