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ed by marie madeleine carmella at 8 52 am 0 comments wednesday july 8 2015 some good news at last health video update part x hi guys remember me it s been more than a year since my last post gosh i hadn t realized i d been unplugged for that long but that s how life goes not having internet at home has really put a big stopper on my web activities i mostly go online once a week at the community library and just have time to have a quick look at my email and do the odd research anyhoo i m here now soooooo as you can imagine lots has happened since our last talk there s no way i could cover it all especially not in writing well unless i worked on this post for weeks and you spent a few sleepless nights reading it lol but i go over the main highlights in this next video thank goodness for technology that saved me quite a bit of typing here are links to some of the resources and for more info on topics i mentioned in the vid in case you d like to learn more local practitioners michael smith nutritionist doctor of traditional chinese medicine and functional medicine specializing in the gut he outlines his approach to diet ice age new paleo and healthy homesteader diets on his website integrative health solutions ca he has also published a book called returning to an ancestral diet academy of chinese and oriental sciences acos school of tcm in nelson bc auto immune protocol aip lifestyle phoenix helix thepaleomom com why no nuts and seeds www thepaleomom com 2012 09 the whys behind the autoimmune protocol nuts and seeds html why are nightshades harmful www phoenixhelix com 2013 06 23 nightshade free survival guide www thepaleomom com 2012 08 the whys behind autoimmune protocol html fast track diet for small intestine bacterial overgrowth outline by norm robillard gallbladder health gallbladderattack com what my diet looks like as i said in the video i followed a very strict form of paleo diet for most of the last year based on michael smith s approach basically a highly anti inflammatory diet consisting of lean proteins fish a little chicken lots of eggs from a source that uses corn and soy free feed pretty much all vegetables woo hoo except peas beans corn and nightshades potatoes tomatoes peppers and eggplants and copious amounts of fat butter ghee coconut and olive oil i ve been staying away from grains and starches dairy and for a long time also sugar and fruit as a lot of spices come from either seeds or nightshades cumin coriander nutmeg paprika or are too hot for my gut i ve been only using garlic powder and herbs to flavour my food i haven t been able to have anything acidic such as citrus or vinegar and most vitamins as well for the same reason i know that in theory these are supposed to be alkaline by the time they leave the stomach but all i can say is that they irritate the sensitive spot in my small intestine looking back through my food journal i m noticing that it was pretty darn spartan for a while but things improved considerably once i reintroduced a bit of fruit and sweet potatoes i thought i d give you an idea of what one day s menu looked like during that phase breakfast 1 2 sm avocado 1 4 cup blueberries and or strawberries 1 tbs melted coconut oil and a bit of stevia blended up and with 1 4 cup of live water kefir grains tossed in 1 cooked egg usually with the yolk still soft around noon 10 oz fresh cucumber and celery juice lunch 50 g of fish or chicken 2 cups steamed veggies 1 tbs coconut oil 2 tsp butter late afternoon large glass of water kefir or kombucha dinner 1 2 sm avocado 2 cups veggies sweet potato noodles 1 2 eggs 1 tbs coconut oil 2 tsp butter dessert jello made from grass fed beef gelatin stevia and medicinal extracts or pumpkin blended up with a little cinnamon stevia and coconut oil since giving the fast track digestion approach a try i ve reintroduced jasmine rice a few products made from white rice flour puffed cereal crackers and pasta small amounts of various sweeteners cane sugar maple syrup honey molasses coconut sugar as well as greater amounts of fruits yippee i m also having sweet potato and sweet potato noodles again i stopped during the ftd which really help in the variety department in fact the sweet potato and rice have allowed me to cut down on the amount of chicken and fish i m eating not surprisingly i found myself automatically having more vegetarian meals yay i can still tolerate very few things raw other than fruits without thick skins or seeds but i was very recently able to introduce tender greens from our garden as long as i remove the tougher veins and stems various types of lettuce baby kale arugula mustard spinach and mizuna i can also eat raw radishes and cucumber without peel and with small seeds gosh i can t tell you how ecstatic i am to be finally able to have some raw veggies ever since the beginning of this health saga i have faithfully enjoyed a glass of fresh cucumber and celery juice daily at this point i m able to use a few special ingredients from my raw days kelp noodles nori lucuma maca and mesquite vanilla powder and medicinal extracts for flavouring in the last couple of months i ve further adjusted my diet to accommodate my gallbladder problem i have 3 large gallstones so now i use eggs just for baking rice goodies sometimes only the whites and i ve cut down on the amount of fats i consume natural supplements and herbs in terms of supplements michael recommends products to help heal the lining of the gut that i ve been taking pretty much since the onset of this whole thing l glutamine n acetyl glucosamine and liquid vitamin d i also take digestive enzymes as well as hcl to assist my digestion i ve tried to reintroduce probiotics but so far no luck at least i m able to drink home brewed water kefir as well as kombucha every day both michael and more recently monica the student at the acos clinic i ve been working with have prescribed me a number of different chinese herb formulas over time however we seem to have been able to finally nail down the ones that i respond best to and for the last 3 months or so i ve been taking a combination of er chen tang to remove heat and dampness with a small amount of huang lian berberine i also take ma zi ren wan rhubarb root is the main ingredient to help support my daily elimination alrighty i think that pretty much covers the technical stuff surrounding my health trip back east after some reservation i finally decided to go visit my family in quebec this past spring as you can imagine my parents have been super worried because of my health issues and were anxious to see me but i kept waiting to feel strong and stable enough before doing so one major concern was that the journey itself as well as the visit would be too stressful and result in onsetting more inflammation as you may know gut health is closely related to stress but then i realized that maybe i ll never feel totally ready to go as the risk of triggering a flare will always be in the background and so i decided to go ahead and see what unfolds amazingly everything went super smoothly from the preparations to the actual trip to the time spent with my family actually i can t imagine how things could have gone any better i had a wonderful two weeks which i spent entirely at my parents apartment on the south shore of montreal i decided to minimize unnecessary stress and therefore didn t even go to the city or to my sister s home about 2 hours away my parents are both in their 80s now and i hadn t seen them in nearly 6 years my dad had a bout with colon cancer some years back and is diabetic but is otherwise mostly ok other than being overweight my mom has had no major health issues at all i find that baffling considering their sad diet but hey we made a joke of how they d fatten me up during my stay with them see one of the things about following a paleo type diet is that you usually loose weight i ve been having a heck of a time getting over 100 lbs anyhoo i did manage to put on 2 or 3 lbs while i was in quebec something we were all very happy about this was taken on the day i arrived with my mom and dad jeanne and antoine we spent most of the days just quietly hanging out yet time just flew right by jeanne has been doing embroidery on paper for the last 20 years but i d never actually seen her at work and so she showed me how and i completely fell in love with the technique in fact there s something utterly satisfying and even a little addictive about it now as soon as i have a spare moment i have needle and thread in hand in this pic we happened to be both working on the exact same pattern i later gave the card to don as he turned 67 soon after i got back to bc i arrived baring all kinds of gifts i m not sure why i just felt like pampering them before i left don and i made a bunch of raw chocolates i hadn t realized how much i missed working in the kitchen with him and how well we operate together it was a little tricky as i couldn t really try the chocolates and fillings but after a while i found a way around that i d put a bit in my mouth to check on the flavour balance then spit it out i know i know sounds like a sacrilege but a girl s gotta do what she s gotta do to my delight it worked as i was told the end result was yummily decadent yay i happened to be there for both mother s day and jeanne s birthday which is only a few days later i had knitted her a lace shawl in a beautiful delicate estonian pattern called echo flower she loved loved it the timing of my visit couldn t have been more perfect as the ornamental trees surrounding their residence all bloomed a few days before i left one of the biggest challenges about undertaking such a trip was to accommodate for my food requirements while i can eat a great deal more things than i could before there is still a lot that i must carefully stay away from as a result nearly half of my luggage consisted of food or supplements lol it was a little tricky for the first day or two as we had to do a huge shopping and i had to cook a whole bunch of veggies but once i got my bearings it went quite well sadly we could almost never enjoy the same things but at least we ate together at the table i haven t been able to eat at a restaurant for over 2 years but after making a few calls i was able to find one close by that served plain white rice and fish served sans seasonings or sauce and so we took my mom out for her birthday as it turned out i was even able to have a side of plain cooked veggies so my plate looked almost normal for our last meal together we all ate the same thing which was such a treat i stir fried tons of veggies in coconut oil and we served them on a bed on jasmine rice along with sauteed shrimps and scallops and steamed fiddleheads yum yum the evening before my departure my sister josee came to spend the night and then gave me a ride to the airport early the next morning crazy about embroidery as i was just saying i m now totally hooked on embroidery on paper my mom was a huge help in setting me up for it and i continued to build my supplies once i got home amazingly it looks like this new passion is supported by the mystery after seeing me at work a volunteer at our library gave me what we figure must be over 100 s worth of thread that she inherited from the estate of a local lady who used to do embroidery what a blessing she was glad to find someone for whom it would be useful don laughs at the sheer amount of cards and bookmarks i keep pumping out but i can t help it in fact i love it so much or perhaps because of how much of it i do every day i even dream of doing embroidery at night hehe it s hard to explain but i find it both soothing and deeply gratifying perhaps it s to do with connecting the dots it s also so nice to have a short term creative outlet since i no longer have food prep recipe creation i still love lace knitting but it s a much more involved long term activity for my embroidery projects i find myself naturally gravitating towards nature based patterns or mandala type designs there s something really magical about watching a piece gradually come together stitch by stitch here are a few examples of my work the gardening bug last year we were able to grow our first real garden as before that we were never in a location that was conducive for it i did get involved in community gardens for 2 or 3 summers but it was always such an ordeal to get there it s sooooo nice to be able to just walk down the driveway in order to water or tend to our green babies as we ve nicknamed them there were already several established beds as well as a greenhouse on the property but these hadn t been used for ages so last year we began to gradually dig them back up again well this spring donnie gave me a surprise he dug out a whole bunch more while i was away yippee last year we only grew a few things as pretty much the only veggie i could eat was potato but this season it s a whole different story i think we ve got something close to 30 different veggies and herbs june was exceptionally sunny and warm plus we got a major head start as i planted most beds mid april before i left for quebec and so our garden is already growing like crazy and we ve already been able to enjoy some of its produce but wait how about you join me as i walk you through our little piece of lush paradise just in case you don t have time to watch it here are a few pics taken over the last few weeks with the gorgeous weather we ve been having we can see changes daily but you ll still get an idea when i planted greens i was expecting these to be for don since my gut complained when i introduced them last summer as it turns out this time they re fine as long as i only eat the tender leaves and remove any tough parts i ve been enjoying a salad daily sometimes even twice a day call it sgb serious green backlog lol our very first cuke again i wasn t sure if i was going to be able to tolerate it but i can woo hoo keep em coming while we opted to plant tomatoes and cucumbers in the main garden we still put a few in our greenhouse see since it s been built trees on the property have grown quite a bit so it really doesn t get that much direct sun anymore with the combination of lack of sunlight and extreme heat our tomato plants are pretty leggy nevertheless the greenhouse is still starting to look lush what with the few mystery squashes that volunteered from our compost even though these are usually tasteless i didn t have the heart to kill them all i figure that in the worst case we ll be able to use them for pies and soups we re using the two beds in the front garden mostly for root veggies beets carrots rutabaga daikon which i just plucked out as it all went to seed and parsnips but we also have broccoli lettuce cucumber garlic and a couple of squashes surrounded by a sea of green just the way i like it donnie has been super helpful watering weeding and just looking after the general well being of our plants we had he...