First, let me introduce myself:
I am 25 years old guy. I’m 183 cm tall and I weight 74 kg. I am Portuguese and I am currently a college student.
Since my childhood and as far I can remember, I have been always an anxious person, with serious difficulties on concentrating. Also, I always was constipated. However, it was throughout my youth that my anxiety problems started to cause me some real problems: my grades on school fell off, I became even more anxious and stressed. Around my 15 years old, I was diagnosed with OCD. It was there that the never-ending psychology/psychiatrist cycle started. What can I say is that I ingest an infinite amount of pills: Sertraline, Escitalopram, Fluvoxamine, Clomipramine, Risperidone, Ritalin, Prozac and so on…
Some days I was literally sleeping for about 16h.
But, on September from last year, I randomly went to a medical quantum doctor.
What I can say it that I was very impressed (and I still am) with the results I got.
The main thing I did there was ‘only’ to change my eating habits: remove milk, wheat foods (remove gluten essentially) and sugars; start to eat more nuts, seeds and more fish. I also took some supplements and probiotics. Nevertheless, constipation was gone, concentration problems were not so strong and anxiety slowed down a bit.
My main foods were essentially vegetables, seeds, grains, little fruit, little meat, fish and teas (no sugar, no milk, no salt).
After some time, when I finished all the supplements and probiotics, constipation appeared again. I felt very frustrated because she simply prescript to me more probiotics again and said that I still have to adapt to it. I was not very happy with this...
Regarding my personality, I could see that I became a more serious, arrogant type of a person; had no libido, feeling cold all the time and became very slim. I could say to myself and believe that I had solved my concentration issues, but I clearly hadn't... I just wanted to believe that I had on that time.
After this, I started to be very skeptical and critical about the way we are manipulated by the food industry and how it affects us completely. I started to search and investigate more about this whole subject: what is the ideal/perfect diet for us human beings.
Everyone knows that there are thousands and thousands of different diets out there. However, when I began to explore more about this, only specific diets interested me (accordingly what I have learned after being consulted by that doctor).
The first person I found to understand about healthy foods was Dr. Andrew Weil. I read many things from him. While I was reading and searching more, I found the concept of Intermittent Fasting, which I had never heard before. I was really surprised with the benefits that IF provided (at least from what I read). Then, I started to search more about IF and find Dr. Joseph Mercola. I read some of his articles too. And, lastly, I ended up finding Ori Hofmekler and his Warrior Diet. He was the person who most convinced me about the final verdict how bad we utilize food nowadays. The main reason was because he approaches our natural instincts (with his own perspective) unlike most diets.
I think Ori has an excellent point of view on his approach. I still didn’t read his book completely but I’ve already read a lot about how his diet consists. Then, I actually started to follow his diet plan. Another thing that I agreed with him, for example, was about respecting our circadian clock and the fact that our Biological Feeding Time is at night (according to him). Well, I always hated the fact that after having a huge lunch, I tended to be very tired right after and wanting to take a nap. Also, I became more alert. I can say that this made my productivity increase a bit.
Starting doing IF changed of course my metabolism. Basically I would start eating around 17h and stopped eating around midnight.
However, vegetables were still the main thing for me: I would eat a huge salad, lots of grains, seeds, etc.
That didn't really solved my constipation issues (but, that time, I always read: eat more fiber to solve it).
Well, IF, probably didn't help me, I still don't know what to conclude. That time, I liked the way it worked for me. At least, I was not feeling sleepy all the time. But was it really good for me overall...? I can't really tell.
I ended up finding the Wai Diet essentially for solving my constipation issues. I have been doing this diet for about 3 months (not that much time). Since IF was still a thing for me, I mixed both.
(I was still taking Prozac before started the diet. I withdrawn completely Prozac on the meantime - March 17, to be more specifically).
I must say that I solved my constipation issues for sure and I think my overall health was better too.
However, I have been experiment some cons... What I mean is if was stressed and cold before, I think I started to be even more stressed and colder after the diet.
The worst was that I started to have some shortness of breath symptoms, continuously having a discomfort on my throat, lots of palpitations, even more dark circles under eyes, no hunger. (Well, about hunger, the main culprit could be IF I think)
About being cold, and I don't know if it is because the amount of liquids, but my hands are always cold and I always have purple/blue nails.
I was basically drinking OJ and eating fruits (avocado included), Olive Oil / Coconut Oil, nuts (mostly Hazelnuts), Salmon, Egg Yolks.
The first thing that bothered me is the fact my skin turned really orange. Every single day, people asks me if I am sick (maybe I am orange, but can it also be because of my metabolism?). So few days ago I switched OJ for Melons and Kiwis. Well, that didn't ended up well: my muscle legs started disappearing (I was only taking 125g Salmon + Some Yolks or 250g Salmon daily). Maybe this was too little protein...
This is what it I wonder about fruits: I feel like I can't really trust them regarding their nutritional values.
I've done some blood tests recently, so I am going to attach them here also (they are in portuguese, hope you can still understand. Anything you don't, please ask me to translate):
I just want to like to add some questions regarding them:
- Erythrocytes - 4.11 x10¹²/L :: 4.50 - 5.90 -> Anemic? How can I raise them?
- MCV - 104 fL (Macrocytosis) :: 80 - 100 -> :S ?
- Urea - 13 mg/dL :: 15 - 39 ; 2.2 mmol/L :: 2.5 - 6.5 -> What is this suppose to mean? Low protein intake?
- Alkaline phosphatase - 45 UI/L :: 46 - 116 -> Herm, ok?
- Urine:
-- pH = 8.5 -> How can I acidfy this?
-- Aspect: Cloudy -> I'm been checking the next couple days and it's always clean. Dunno why it was cloudy that day...
To be honest with you guys, I am pretty noob in this world: not only about Peat's vision, but about health in general. The only thing I know is that I want find what's the best for me that's why I am sharing my story with you here.
And, I think it's all.
I must say that I don't like the idea of using supplements. I mean, I have been taking pills since I remember and the results were not that great. Actually, I had always to increase the amount infinitely or change the medication. This may sound naive, but I prefer to follow the way what Hipocrates said “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
I would like to your opinions. I would certainly appreciate it. Also, this may be a way to learn even more about Peat's world and start seeing how it works :)
The main issues that concern about my health atm are:
- My muscles on my legs. I feel like an old man that has to be really really careful for not breaking his knees (no joking!). I have been walking really slow, otherwise both my knees hurt.
- My blood tests
- The discomfort on my throat and my breathing feeling most of the times unnatural
- Feeling cold, having cold hands and also purple/blue nails all the time
- Not hungry most of the time (but I think this is mainly because IF. I have stopped doing it since nearly a week)
- Bowel Movements are not that regular (sometimes I only go to the bathroom after 4 days. They aren't rock solid, though)
- Low libido
I am 25 years old guy. I’m 183 cm tall and I weight 74 kg. I am Portuguese and I am currently a college student.
Since my childhood and as far I can remember, I have been always an anxious person, with serious difficulties on concentrating. Also, I always was constipated. However, it was throughout my youth that my anxiety problems started to cause me some real problems: my grades on school fell off, I became even more anxious and stressed. Around my 15 years old, I was diagnosed with OCD. It was there that the never-ending psychology/psychiatrist cycle started. What can I say is that I ingest an infinite amount of pills: Sertraline, Escitalopram, Fluvoxamine, Clomipramine, Risperidone, Ritalin, Prozac and so on…
Some days I was literally sleeping for about 16h.
But, on September from last year, I randomly went to a medical quantum doctor.
What I can say it that I was very impressed (and I still am) with the results I got.
The main thing I did there was ‘only’ to change my eating habits: remove milk, wheat foods (remove gluten essentially) and sugars; start to eat more nuts, seeds and more fish. I also took some supplements and probiotics. Nevertheless, constipation was gone, concentration problems were not so strong and anxiety slowed down a bit.
My main foods were essentially vegetables, seeds, grains, little fruit, little meat, fish and teas (no sugar, no milk, no salt).
After some time, when I finished all the supplements and probiotics, constipation appeared again. I felt very frustrated because she simply prescript to me more probiotics again and said that I still have to adapt to it. I was not very happy with this...
Regarding my personality, I could see that I became a more serious, arrogant type of a person; had no libido, feeling cold all the time and became very slim. I could say to myself and believe that I had solved my concentration issues, but I clearly hadn't... I just wanted to believe that I had on that time.
After this, I started to be very skeptical and critical about the way we are manipulated by the food industry and how it affects us completely. I started to search and investigate more about this whole subject: what is the ideal/perfect diet for us human beings.
Everyone knows that there are thousands and thousands of different diets out there. However, when I began to explore more about this, only specific diets interested me (accordingly what I have learned after being consulted by that doctor).
The first person I found to understand about healthy foods was Dr. Andrew Weil. I read many things from him. While I was reading and searching more, I found the concept of Intermittent Fasting, which I had never heard before. I was really surprised with the benefits that IF provided (at least from what I read). Then, I started to search more about IF and find Dr. Joseph Mercola. I read some of his articles too. And, lastly, I ended up finding Ori Hofmekler and his Warrior Diet. He was the person who most convinced me about the final verdict how bad we utilize food nowadays. The main reason was because he approaches our natural instincts (with his own perspective) unlike most diets.
I think Ori has an excellent point of view on his approach. I still didn’t read his book completely but I’ve already read a lot about how his diet consists. Then, I actually started to follow his diet plan. Another thing that I agreed with him, for example, was about respecting our circadian clock and the fact that our Biological Feeding Time is at night (according to him). Well, I always hated the fact that after having a huge lunch, I tended to be very tired right after and wanting to take a nap. Also, I became more alert. I can say that this made my productivity increase a bit.
Starting doing IF changed of course my metabolism. Basically I would start eating around 17h and stopped eating around midnight.
However, vegetables were still the main thing for me: I would eat a huge salad, lots of grains, seeds, etc.
That didn't really solved my constipation issues (but, that time, I always read: eat more fiber to solve it).
Well, IF, probably didn't help me, I still don't know what to conclude. That time, I liked the way it worked for me. At least, I was not feeling sleepy all the time. But was it really good for me overall...? I can't really tell.
I ended up finding the Wai Diet essentially for solving my constipation issues. I have been doing this diet for about 3 months (not that much time). Since IF was still a thing for me, I mixed both.
(I was still taking Prozac before started the diet. I withdrawn completely Prozac on the meantime - March 17, to be more specifically).
I must say that I solved my constipation issues for sure and I think my overall health was better too.
However, I have been experiment some cons... What I mean is if was stressed and cold before, I think I started to be even more stressed and colder after the diet.
The worst was that I started to have some shortness of breath symptoms, continuously having a discomfort on my throat, lots of palpitations, even more dark circles under eyes, no hunger. (Well, about hunger, the main culprit could be IF I think)
About being cold, and I don't know if it is because the amount of liquids, but my hands are always cold and I always have purple/blue nails.
I was basically drinking OJ and eating fruits (avocado included), Olive Oil / Coconut Oil, nuts (mostly Hazelnuts), Salmon, Egg Yolks.
The first thing that bothered me is the fact my skin turned really orange. Every single day, people asks me if I am sick (maybe I am orange, but can it also be because of my metabolism?). So few days ago I switched OJ for Melons and Kiwis. Well, that didn't ended up well: my muscle legs started disappearing (I was only taking 125g Salmon + Some Yolks or 250g Salmon daily). Maybe this was too little protein...
This is what it I wonder about fruits: I feel like I can't really trust them regarding their nutritional values.
I've done some blood tests recently, so I am going to attach them here also (they are in portuguese, hope you can still understand. Anything you don't, please ask me to translate):
I just want to like to add some questions regarding them:
- Erythrocytes - 4.11 x10¹²/L :: 4.50 - 5.90 -> Anemic? How can I raise them?
- MCV - 104 fL (Macrocytosis) :: 80 - 100 -> :S ?
- Urea - 13 mg/dL :: 15 - 39 ; 2.2 mmol/L :: 2.5 - 6.5 -> What is this suppose to mean? Low protein intake?
- Alkaline phosphatase - 45 UI/L :: 46 - 116 -> Herm, ok?
- Urine:
-- pH = 8.5 -> How can I acidfy this?
-- Aspect: Cloudy -> I'm been checking the next couple days and it's always clean. Dunno why it was cloudy that day...
To be honest with you guys, I am pretty noob in this world: not only about Peat's vision, but about health in general. The only thing I know is that I want find what's the best for me that's why I am sharing my story with you here.
And, I think it's all.
I must say that I don't like the idea of using supplements. I mean, I have been taking pills since I remember and the results were not that great. Actually, I had always to increase the amount infinitely or change the medication. This may sound naive, but I prefer to follow the way what Hipocrates said “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
I would like to your opinions. I would certainly appreciate it. Also, this may be a way to learn even more about Peat's world and start seeing how it works :)
The main issues that concern about my health atm are:
- My muscles on my legs. I feel like an old man that has to be really really careful for not breaking his knees (no joking!). I have been walking really slow, otherwise both my knees hurt.
- My blood tests
- The discomfort on my throat and my breathing feeling most of the times unnatural
- Feeling cold, having cold hands and also purple/blue nails all the time
- Not hungry most of the time (but I think this is mainly because IF. I have stopped doing it since nearly a week)
- Bowel Movements are not that regular (sometimes I only go to the bathroom after 4 days. They aren't rock solid, though)
- Low libido
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