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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Things my doctors never told me all of which are now helping me to recover my health. LOL
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Plan B often looks even better in the end! :)
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… and everything to gain!….I told myself this when I decided to go for it and make the changes to my diet and lifestyle. I have missed some things but have never regretted my decision.
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Just start and don’t worry if don’t get it right first time :)
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Well, I didn’t understand what I had to do at first so it has take some trial and error and a lot of support from Dirk and some of my family and close friends but I did wake up recently and thought - ”I am really going to make even more changes and go for it” and its working :)
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.. I had a rare mini binge on something. I do this from time to time and don’t beat myself up as change is difficult and I do sometimes rebel and eat some raw chocolate, some bread or something like that . It usually tells me I need to adjust a little.
Wow, the difference over night in terms of joint pain. I had a mini flare. Like an echo of what I used to get. I also had a bad stomach almost immediately. Who would have thought that food would make such a big difference??
Shows me how far I have come and that there is no going back to my old ways now.
My “dragons within” rouse, turn and sleep on…
