The Reluctant Raw Foodist
"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 :
My supper tonight
(via mysteriouslives)
My lunch salad
A large bowl of carrot, lettuce (2 types) , spinach (a little as I cannot eat much), white cabbage, walnut pieces, pineapple, cucumber, watercress…
Interesting. It is always worth doing your research.
High protein diets have been found in studies not to be healthy, contrary to popular belief. Putting to one side any consideration of the ethics of eating other animals which I am not debating here, my research has shown me that the longest lived and healthiest peoples eat a simple but highly nutritious diet of un commercially processed food (so no man made substances and preservatives) which is either wholly or mainly plants, so a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, green vegetables, nuts and seeds. Studies show that osteoporosis is prevalent in populations having high dairy consumption which flies in the face of what I was taught at school. It has also been found that when it comes to building and maintaining healthy immune systems green plants are king because the contain many phytonutrients that are only just being understood.
I find many foods including meat, fish and eggs to be highly inflammatory for me and cause me joint pain flare ups and skin rashes very quickly. Now what I put into my mouth today can make a difference as to whether I can stand upright and walk tomorrow or not. The pain is immense if I get it wrong and my body functions well if I get it right.
(via lazygirlrunning)
My “10 top tips on going raw” will be free to my mailing list soon. To get your copy Please join me on the mailing list on the front of this blog x :)) Smoothie Recipes? - Smoothies recipes are here.
The phone calls have stopped. The calls of concern have come to a halt. Your friends and coworkers eyes glaze over every time you speak of your “problems”. You can hear it in their voices. They’re just plain tired of you.
But when did it happen? Was it that last hospitalization that you had. Was…
No it isn’t just you. I call it “compassion fatigue” and it is very common. I was always the strong one helping others and then when I needed help it was different people, to those I was expecting, who stepped up.
Yes we are self absorbed to a greater or lesser extent- well at least I am or was. I think is understandable as we have to adapt to something huge in our lives which changes everything. We mourn the loss of our freedom, our mobility, our lifestyle,… whatever we have lost. We also have to adapt to changes imposed upon us. We also tend to forget that people forget us when they are taken up in their own worlds. It all takes time and if our illness is progressive we get worse and so we are always having to adapt. It is a vicious circle…
I have found dealing with my illness to be massive and exhausting. It took over my life as it was time consuming to say the least. Eventually I realised I could dominate the conversation and took to the strategy of emailing friends who did ask me out to tell them what had happened to me and what I could eat etc so I didn’t monopolise the discussion when I saw them.
I have lost a lot of my so called friends since I changed my diet and lifestyle. Always happy to still go out to eat with people but I suppose when your companion is eating salad and drinking water maybe you might feel uncomfortable about what you are eating. I don’t comment or criticise in any way as, after all, I used to eat and drink those things too, but I guess sadly for some people it is just not the same…
I thought you would like this. (I myself don’t use protein powder as i find it gives me a histamine overload)
I am obsessed with this smoothie…i’ve made one everyday this fall! SO simple and good.
I made a few small changes every time I’ve made it and this is the best tasting to me: I only used half a scoop of protein powder (it is too strong otherwise), and i used a full banana, added a little extra almond milk, and doubled the pumpkin serving. I also used the spices to taste instead of measuring.
(via butbelieveme)
Just made a green smoothie for breakfast - my new habit for November.
If you need recipes/inspiration have a look at my smoothie page on the front of my blog x
