The Reluctant Raw Foodist

Are you what you eat?

"I used to be a' foodie' and now I am a "foodist'"

Welcome to my health and wellbeing blog.

I’m not a raw foodist by choice. I was recently diagnosed as having a complicated autoimmune condition including severe Histamine Intolerance and a form of reactive arthritis. I have become hypersensitive to high histamine foods, pollen, dust and some everyday chemicals. My condition affects every area of my life.

I have Mast Cell Activation Disease (MCAD).

I was prescribed a low histamine diet and then a raw food diet to ease my symptoms and over the past 2 years I have overcome my reluctance to a new way of eating and living. I have been experimenting to combine the two diets and I have been learning how to eat a diet comprising mainly of low histamine raw fruit and vegetables and how to change the habits of a life time.

I am starting to feel healthier than I have ever been before. I have also lost 35 lbs in weight.

I will be sharing with you how I got here and I'll be exploring low histamine raw recipes, natural beauty products, how to cope with being "allergic to everything" and generally how to regain health and fitness and live life to the full despite my unusual condition!

Please feel free to message me with any suggestions, questions, or comments. I'd love to hear from you!

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These are some ads for where I buy my coconut water and stuff like that :

 

 

 

Adjusting the sails:  When I was told that in order not to continue down the path of illness I had to change my diet radically, I didn’t believe it. I do now.  I was resentful and angry for a long time and sometimes I still am. I wanted so much to do all the things that I had always done. Eat out, eat toast, grab a sandwich, drink a glass of wine. It doesn’t sound like much to ask. I wanted a pill to cure me. Now I am angry that people are not informed of the role diet might be playing in their illnesses. I read about what some folk are going through and I feel humble. The drugs they take can have horrendous side effects.They bear so much with courage and fortitude. I am so grateful that I have been given this opportunity. I do not currently take any medication. The diet I follow is a difficult one in this world of fast, processed, addictive, delicious food but the benefits are worth it to me.   The Reluctant Raw Foodist

Adjusting the sails:  When I was told that in order not to continue down the path of illness I had to change my diet radically, I didn’t believe it. I do now.  I was resentful and angry for a long time and sometimes I still am. I wanted so much to do all the things that I had always done. Eat out, eat toast, grab a sandwich, drink a glass of wine. It doesn’t sound like much to ask. I wanted a pill to cure me. Now I am angry that people are not informed of the role diet might be playing in their illnesses. I read about what some folk are going through and I feel humble. The drugs they take can have horrendous side effects.They bear so much with courage and fortitude. I am so grateful that I have been given this opportunity. I do not currently take any medication. The diet I follow is a difficult one in this world of fast, processed, addictive, delicious food but the benefits are worth it to me.   The Reluctant Raw Foodist

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