I've decided to get off of dairy. I've had persistent low grade, much less than when I was eating wheat, fuzzy head, some headaches (not migraines), some acne and some stomach cramps. Simply not eating dairy for a few days has made a big change. No stomach cramps in the morning, after my dairy and fruit smoothie, no foggy head, no headaches and the acne is getting better. I can do butter but that's about it and I have been replacing it with vegan butter.
Here is what I take daily. The Insulite system, Acidophilus, Puritan Pride's Hair Skin and Nails (3x per day) and Purtitan Pride's Zinc for acne (2x per day), which alone has done wonders for my skin, celiacs are often vitamin and mineral deprived due to malabsorption before the wheat is taken out of the diet.
A word about what I eat. I avoid carbs, gluten and follow the glycemic load diet the book The Glycemic Load Diet was very helpful I found a FREE GOOGLE COPY, which is basically the glycemic index just better . Once in a while I will have some wheat free pasta, the higher the fiber the better. I like the Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) pasta , it is more like actual pasta, the Rice pasta is slimy and kinda gross in my opinion, it is very unlike wheat based pastas. Occasionally I'll have some chips or something but not daily.
Most days I eat:
Breakfast: coffee with ginger, cinnamon and cayanne pepper for their health benefits. Here is some info on the health benefits of cayenne pepper and cinnamon and an apple with almond butter.
I use cayenne pepper exclusively now instead of black pepper for almost everything I season.
For lunch and dinner I usuallly eat roasted veggies like brussel sprouts, brocolli and cauliflower, sweet potatoe, beets, kale, zuchinni, etc. I also often have lentils and beans in some form. I don't eat much meat, when I do it is usually eggs, salmon or shrimp. Occasionally beef, chicken or pork but not often.
For snacks it is usually pecans or almonds raw and/or fruit.
My carb and sugar cravings have been greatly reduced. If all this sounds like too much at once ease into it. I did. I started loosing weight even while easing into this new way of life, and that is exactly what it is a new relationship with food, a new way to live. I feel amazing.
2 comments:
CJ, I followed you over here from SoulCysters, where your blogs were absolutely the best, most informed and interesting... Long experience tells me you're absolutely right on the connections - PCOS-gluten-insulin resistance. I'd advise any reader with unexplained weight gain to take this very seriously and try up to three months COMPLETELY gluten-free and low GL - it can't do any harm to try and it may easily change your life, your brainpower, your energy, your general health, and your PCOS (if you have it). My diet is very similar to yours, but vegetarian, and symptoms have slowly melted away. And a low-glycaemic-load and gluten-free diet is not only for those of us who became unwell; many people out there just feel permanently less-than-well, without identifying the culprits, gluten and impaired insulin balance. Thanks for your time. JB, UK.
I couldn't agree more ;-), thanks for being the first person to comment on my blog! I wish more PCOS women would really look at diet's connection to the problem. I feel great since getting off the meds and changing my diet, I'm glad you have found the same thing. It has been amazing watching the symptoms one by one slowly disappear.
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