Greetings,
My cousin is working towards her ND. Several people, including her and her sister in law, tried an elimination diet - something pretty basic: eliminating nightshades, wheat and products with gluten, corn, soy, preservatives, meat except for organic chicken and lamb, dairy, sugar, sweateners (artificial and things like brown rice syrup - stevia is ok), strawberries, citrus (except lemon juice), melons, peanuts, cashews, most fish except for wild deepwater fish, coffee, alcohol, most drinks actually except green tea and water, refined oils...most items I'm eating are organic, whole foods. A few exceptions would be almond milk, a couple recommended rice cereals, and brown rice crackers. Everything else I'm cooking myself.
So you do the elimination for three weeks and then add things back on. Again, pretty standard elimination diet. I'm also doing Dr. Natura's colon cleanse. So for breakfast I'll have a pureed pear or mango or something mixed with water and the psyllium husk blend.
I understand about the "healing crisis" that frequently occurs on day 3 or 4. Well, it's day 12. I had sharp headaches near the temples days 3 and 4 - day 3 it lasted a couple hours, day 4 maybe a half an hour. Day 5 I as ok. Since day 6 I've had a dull headache pretty much constantly. Most of the time its irritating but not horribly painful but it does flare up.
There are no naturopaths in my city to ask this to so I'm hoping I can find information here.
A bit more about myself...prior to the detox I was eating horribly. I'd been on a 100 day road trip and for about 30 days living on junk and fast food. Then the holiday's hit and while I was eating better I was also drinking more. I DID NOT drink a lot of caffeine prior to the detox. I did drink a lot of wine. Probably daily, mostly red. I also had gastric by-pass surgery almost 4 years ago, though I do not have issues eating anything really or any other issues relating to the surgery. I have done many different diets since surgery and have never had an issue like this.
I can't figure out what it is I've cut out that is causing the pain. I'm about ready to give up. Any thoughts?
My cousin is working towards her ND. Several people, including her and her sister in law, tried an elimination diet - something pretty basic: eliminating nightshades, wheat and products with gluten, corn, soy, preservatives, meat except for organic chicken and lamb, dairy, sugar, sweateners (artificial and things like brown rice syrup - stevia is ok), strawberries, citrus (except lemon juice), melons, peanuts, cashews, most fish except for wild deepwater fish, coffee, alcohol, most drinks actually except green tea and water, refined oils...most items I'm eating are organic, whole foods. A few exceptions would be almond milk, a couple recommended rice cereals, and brown rice crackers. Everything else I'm cooking myself.
So you do the elimination for three weeks and then add things back on. Again, pretty standard elimination diet. I'm also doing Dr. Natura's colon cleanse. So for breakfast I'll have a pureed pear or mango or something mixed with water and the psyllium husk blend.
I understand about the "healing crisis" that frequently occurs on day 3 or 4. Well, it's day 12. I had sharp headaches near the temples days 3 and 4 - day 3 it lasted a couple hours, day 4 maybe a half an hour. Day 5 I as ok. Since day 6 I've had a dull headache pretty much constantly. Most of the time its irritating but not horribly painful but it does flare up.
There are no naturopaths in my city to ask this to so I'm hoping I can find information here.
A bit more about myself...prior to the detox I was eating horribly. I'd been on a 100 day road trip and for about 30 days living on junk and fast food. Then the holiday's hit and while I was eating better I was also drinking more. I DID NOT drink a lot of caffeine prior to the detox. I did drink a lot of wine. Probably daily, mostly red. I also had gastric by-pass surgery almost 4 years ago, though I do not have issues eating anything really or any other issues relating to the surgery. I have done many different diets since surgery and have never had an issue like this.
I can't figure out what it is I've cut out that is causing the pain. I'm about ready to give up. Any thoughts?
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