I have been doing a lot of reading about diet since getting sick. You know supposedly diet is everything for my conditions-of course because I saw like 10 doctors they all gave me different advice. One doctor: You need a high fiber diet, more fiber than most people. Here take this pamphlet it will help you. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains. Two days later my gyno: You may have interstitial cystitis and there is no cure but often diet can help. Here's some information look it over and make your own decisions. Of course I look it over and it is like bland Sally bland diet-basically impossible to be a vegetarian on, involves eating chicken and rice and that's about all. Can only eat Blueberries and Honey Dew Melons for fruit and juice. My diet is also racist-NO ETHNIC FOOD! Do they realize who they are dealing with? So I am frustrated to say the least-of course I want to feel better but what to do.
Then I started reading about all the problems with soy and talking to my friend Becky, who's thyroid is all out of whack from her massive soy consumption throughout the years. Soy is just as much a GMO as any other plant and more so because now everyone and everything uses it as a filler in their products. It is also a producer of human-like mimicker hormones which, can cause severe cramps, PMS, and other menstrual issues for women. and they cause problems for men too, the manifestation just seems to be different. It mainly creates hormonal imbalances-which is also a contributor to acne and other skin and hair issues. As a person with somewhat bad skin I was really amazed to learn this was the case-I had always heard to stay away from Cow's milk because of the hormones that get pumped into the cows causing infection and pus infestation in milk. But I guess I will have to move onto rice milk or organic regular milk.
Doesn't it suck that we have to buy organic in order for our food to possibly be safe? And I don't even trust that organic means organic all of the time-so what do we do? Spend and spend and spend...that's my guess.
So on my quest to do what is best for me in this ego-centric world-I started eating meat again. I try to have it be organic and free range but I'm sure not all of it has been. And honestly I feel so much better. I have also eliminated most soy products from my diet as I have found it is the soy bean itself that produces the hormones that could be causing my endometriosis-not just the fact they are not organic and thus GMO's although I am sure that does me no good either. Sometimes I think doing what is best for oneself makes them more productive and able to do other good in the world. This doesn't mean not thinking about others or animals but it means finding a balance. I probably will go back to being a vegetarian eventually once I am not anemic and bleeding constantly-until then I am like Phoebe on FRIENDS when she is preggo-a meat eater.
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