bellsov on Nostr: I've been working to heal my digestive system for a long time and have worked with a ...
I've been working to heal my digestive system for a long time and have worked with a couple of ayurvedic doctors and an acupuncturist to get to a better place, after western doctors got me nowhere and did much more harm than good.
I've recently started easing my self-imposed restrictions somewhat, after a 10 year extremely restrictive diet, for a similar reason as you describe. It got to the point where the restrictions became counter-productive.
For example, an acupuncturist I've been seeing for a while kept warning me I was burning out my energy because the vegetarian diet wasn't enough to sustain my high energy needs as an endurance athlete, among other energy reqs ( I tend to push pretty hard in most aspects of life.) Sure enough, last winter I got sicker than I had been for as long as I could remember. I was out of gas.
Something else that your comment about eating tahini in Egypt reminded me of was reading that one reason digestive issues have become so prevalent is that western diets have such a wide variety of foods available to them, the digestive system can't keep up. (It also doesn't help that much of the wheat in the US is treated with RoundUp).
The seed oil mention makes sense too, as I've been trained early on to throw out any oil that begins to burn, e.g. ghee, olive oil, etc. Also cooking with honey is a no-go.
Anyway, thanks for the post and the space to expand some thinking along these lines.
I've recently started easing my self-imposed restrictions somewhat, after a 10 year extremely restrictive diet, for a similar reason as you describe. It got to the point where the restrictions became counter-productive.
For example, an acupuncturist I've been seeing for a while kept warning me I was burning out my energy because the vegetarian diet wasn't enough to sustain my high energy needs as an endurance athlete, among other energy reqs ( I tend to push pretty hard in most aspects of life.) Sure enough, last winter I got sicker than I had been for as long as I could remember. I was out of gas.
Something else that your comment about eating tahini in Egypt reminded me of was reading that one reason digestive issues have become so prevalent is that western diets have such a wide variety of foods available to them, the digestive system can't keep up. (It also doesn't help that much of the wheat in the US is treated with RoundUp).
The seed oil mention makes sense too, as I've been trained early on to throw out any oil that begins to burn, e.g. ghee, olive oil, etc. Also cooking with honey is a no-go.
Anyway, thanks for the post and the space to expand some thinking along these lines.