Thursday, January 26, 2012

The saga continues....

As more and more blood test results keep coming in the more unclear the picture becomes. Now, it seems, I also suffer from a severe deficiency in Vitamin D. This is despite me taking a supplement of 1000 units daily.

Yes, I admit there are days I forget about it. But such days are not too many and I live in a country where the sun shines most of the year and I get enough exposure.

The more I think about it the more apparent it becomes that, yet again, what science and medicine know about nutrition simply isn't enough. It cannot be that what works for my neighbor or my sister works for me too. People are different.

The main nutritional change I made in the past few months was to lower the amount of protein I am consuming, avoid dairy products as much as possible except some goat cheese and goat milk yogurt (with no preservatives) and consume more complex carbs.

The goal was to lower my cholesterol, my blood sugar, get rid of the Candida and let my liver heal.

The result? My cholesterol went up, Candida is still alive and kicking (yes there is some improvement but not nearly enough), Glucose levels dropped just a bit while Triglycerides went through the roof and now....a brand new Vitamin D deficiency.

In retrospect this explains a lot of the mood swings, the new dental problems I have been having (including a nasty bone tumor on my lower jaw) and the worsened condition of my knees.

Vitamin D, if you didn't know it yet, is created when cholesterol (yes.... indeed!) is exposed to ultra violet radiation from the Sun on your skin.
Therefore the best sources for it nutrition wise are: Egg yolks, dairy products, Tuna fish, internal organs meat (liver and the such), fat and clams.

My diet in the past 4-5 months called for reducing all those things....

And here I am... suffering again. And once again knowing that going to the doctor will only result in being scolded for "not keeping with the program" (really?! which program would that be....?) and prescribing more bonbons that will only make things worse and cause more liver damage...

I think it's time for a new game plan! A new research!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

My body is working against me. I give up!

no, not really.
I haven't posted in a while. I still need to finish writing the story of my diagnosis, the liver cleansing diet and the Candida diet. But things got messed up in my life again (my life has a way of getting all stressed and messed up every time things seem to start looking up).

I have been keeping with the Candida diet and I have been seeing results. My sugar levels dropped to a steady 90-110 at all times of the day (great right?) and I had more energy, I lost fat (went down in sizes and muscles looking better) though not much weight and all in all I thought I was on the right track.

So yesterday I went ahead and did the blood tests. The ones I normally do every 3 months. This time we postponed the tests for almost 6 months. My doctor was happy to hear about the Candida diagnosis and encouraged me to seek help in natural remedies and nutrition.

But today.... today I got the results. Well most of them. For some reason, although my own gluco-meter showed me a nice 110 result in the morning, by the time I got to the clinic they measured 123 (I had been fasting for over 12 hours by then), my triglycerides went up (!!) to a whopping 305, despite my taking a medication for it and my cholesterol also went up despite significantly decreasing my intake of protein.

I have no idea anymore why this happens or what to do. If I eat too much protein and no carbs my sugar goes sky high and my liver is on the verge of failure. If I lower my protein intake and consume more complex carbs my sugar drops a bit but my cholesterol and triglycerides go through the roof.

I know that I am eating right. I am not over eating and I am following a balanced diet. And yet my body refuses to get back into balance.

I don't want more pills and chemicals and I don't want more medical intervention. There simply HAS to be another way, a better way. But I am at a loss here.

I could try eating just lettuce for a day or two...... no idea where that would get me lol...

No, I am not really laughing here. In fact I am crying with despair. I am so sick (literally) from trying to figure out what is the best way for me and for my body and I am getting sicker with each pill I take.