I went running today. I’m not very fast, but I can generally keep going for a few miles.
At about mile 6, I arrived at the Durham University sports ground running track. This time I took off my running shoes and socks and decided to run, completely barefoot, 6 laps of the track. I found the rubberised surface of the track quite uncomfortable, so I ran around the outside on the grass.
It felt so liberating! It was quite strange too. All the things that you hear about, if you’ve read about barefoot running that is, seemed to happen.
Without really thinking about it, I started to run very lightly on my feet. Most of the impact was perfectly cushioned by the front and middle of my feet. There was no jolting or jarring of my back, neck and head and I found it very comfortable in the rest of my body.
I was quite tired when I started the short barfoot run, but some how I found it much easier to run than when my feet were encased in socks and expensive running shoes. I must have run at a greater intensity because my heart rate increased. For a very short section of the running track there is no grass on the outside, so I had to run on the rubberised track. I didn’t like this, perhaps it’s because my feet need toughening up!
Whilst barefoot running, it felt like my whole body was over my feet and it was much easier to move forward. I no longer had to accelerate and decelerate a pair of weights (my running shoes) with every step. I didn’t want to push it, but it felt like I actually wanted to run faster. It seemed natural to go faster. There seemed to be more spring in my stride too. I picked up my feet more and placed them on the ground with every step. It was the natural instinctive thing to do. It felt much more controlled.
I could sense the world around me with my feet as well as my hands. It was as though I had an extra pair of hands! Rather than plod along in trainers, I floated along barefoot, a bit like the Tarahumara, but not quite as fast!
My legs and feet felt good for 3 laps of the track. As I was running around the forth time I noticed that I was becoming heavier footed and I was no longer comfortably placing my feet, so I thought it better to stop after 4 laps (1 mile) until my legs and feet have adapted.
It felt very strange to put on my socks and running shoes for the run home. My feet were now thermally encased and out of touch with the ground, they were so desensitised. It was like putting on boxing gloves to do knitting! Although my running shoes are quite decent, I did notice much more jolting up and down of my whole body, I didn’t really think about that before today. Much more effort was required to move my legs forwards, but perhaps I was just tired from the run!
I ran 10 miles in total, including the 1 mile barefoot, in a time of 1 hour 42 minutes. It now feels like I’ve used some muscles for the first time ever, particularly my calf muscles. It’s like I’ve just started as a beginner, running for the first time ever.
The short barefoot run was certainly a great experience and I look forward to next time, but I need to take is very easy to give my legs and feet time to adapt.
I know that dehydration can often be a cause of all sorts of pain (and asthma). If I eat foods that are not full of juice and I don’t drink enough water, then some of my old pains come back. Or if I do vigorous exercise and don’t replenish lost fluids with a large drink of water or half a water melon, or loads of oranges, then the next day I may get lower back pain or cramps in my stomach. These are easily rectified by drinking 3 or 4 glasses of water and then half an hour later I feel great again. Ocassionally I used to get a migraine, I’ve found that rehydrating with water gets rid me of them.
Dehydration often causes pain. Water or water rich juicy fruit helps prevent dehydration. A couple of my friends have had some success by drinking more water. One prevented an asthma attack when he didn’t have an inhaler, and another had an improvement in his asthma condition. One of the first things I point out to people is the need to drink water and not tea, coffee, soda pop, alcohol, milk or other beverages. Most people reply with ‘I don’t drink enough water’! Too much fat in the diet can be quite dehydrating too.
If your pee is not clear, then you are almost certainly not drinking enough water or consuming enough water rich fruit and vegetables.
I’ve been making a real effort to keep off foods that appear to knock my health or energy levels back. As well as eating mainly low fat raw vegan foods, I’m trying to avoid or dramatically cut down on foods such as; fat, spices, onions, nuts, seeds, condiments and anything strongly flavoured. I’ve stopped having rocket. I’ll only have cabbage, kale or broccoli if they are blended thoroughly or cooked, otherwise they are hard to digest. The odd simple bit of cooked food seems OK (typically not more than once every week). I sometimes (maybe every other week) have non vegan food, but I do keep off dairy and meat. I try to avoid grain. I do still experiment, my latest is to occassionally take a B12 and a zinc supplement. I live in hope that my grey hair might return to it’s orininal colour – healthy skin and hair need zinc. I estimate that 95% of my diet is fruit and salads made with mainly salad leaves. My energy levels have been consistently high as a result of doing all this. I’ve had a constant desire to exercise.
I’ve been making a real effort to get fit with running and occasional upper body conditioning. When running, I normally just jog slowly, but I’ve been trying out some quite long slow runs and also some real intense lung bursting, leg jellyifying runs. A combination of doing these together with my diet has made a real difference to how I feel. I noticed it before, when I had times of intense upper body conditioning, but this time it feels like I’ve got a new pair of legs as well!
Imagine a crumpled bed sheet. Someone comes along, washes and irons it, then makes the bed again and pulls it all fresh and neat. It’s a bit like that with health and fitness. If you can find the right balance of super healthy food without adding lots of unnecessary ‘food’, and do some steady exercise and eventually some intense exercise, then it feels like your whole body is pulled into shape. By intense, I mean as hard as you can, or as fast as you can go over a given distance. Shorten the distance or the number of exercise rep’s if necessary. I’ve found that when you push yourself really hard it makes a real difference. You must build up to this gradually though, you don’t want to give yourself a hernia like I did 18 months ago!
I’m not any super human guy. I’m not even very good at running (although I am getting much better). I’m just a guy that went through a phase of being a couch potato. I had some horrible fatigue that totally de-motivated me and left me with no energy. It was often an effort just to get out of a chair or to stand up. Plus I had quite bad digestive issues – search my blog for more details.
I’m glad that I pressed on. I pulled the bones out of my diet and lifestyle and made what some have said are ‘extreme’ or ‘obsessive’ changes. The only changes that I have made are to try and mirror what I might find in nature. I am so glad that I have made those changes, I feel so much better.
I feel like my head has been cut off, my old body has been thrown away and I’ve been given a new one! Wow, now that’s something – a whole body transplant!!!
I have had excessive thirst and urination, it was quite inconvenient at times. Over a year ago I was also experimenting with wheatgrass juice and I significantly overdosed on it. My body went into detox overload and I used to have sudden desparate urges to have a pee. The doctor said it was probably a bladder irritation. If it was, then I think it was all the toxins (due to the wheatgrass overdose) overloading my kidneys and bladder. Also spices, onions, garlic and other strongly flavoured food could have contributed to this, the residue to these acts as irritants.
The following is what I think might be the explanation for my excessive thirst and urination, it may well help you out:
Excessive thirst can be caused by high blood sugar. The body is attempting to bring a balance in blood sugar levels and will try get rid of the sugar through the kidneys resulting in excessive urination. To give the body the absolute best chance of using the blood sugar for energy (rather than peeing it out) it is really important to have enough insuline that works. Any excess fat levels in the bloodstream will reduce the effectiveness of insuline. For me that level of tolerable fat is really low.
I’m currently aiming to consume no overt fat food for quite extended periods. i.e. for as long as possible keeping off: oil, coconut, avacado, durian, olives, nuts, seeds, etc. My energy and endurance are noticably good when I do this. My mind is much clearer. I don’t get tingling finger tips after eating fruit. Tingling at the extremities is a sign of poor circulation caused by excess sugar in the blood. I also feel much much warmer. Feeling cold is a sign of poor circulation.
If your blood sugar is high, then I heard an explanation from Doug Graham, it went along the lines of: ‘Eating more is like putting more fuel in your car when the fuel tank is already overflowing’. In other words, if your blood sugar high too high and you are peeing it out, then stop eating.
Keep off all fat foods for a few weeks until your body is has rid itself of all excess fat in your blood stream and a degree of healing has taken place. If you do ever have fat foods, then make it a rarity. For me it’s better to eat cooked food rather than any food with fat in it. In fact, I’d say the best way for anyone to start on a low fat raw diet is to cut out all fat food (and processed food) for a couple of weeks and still eat simple cooked food. Large amounts of fruit for you may be just too much to start with. Cleaning yourself out from fat is a bit like cleaning out the fuel delivery system in your car. Once you’ve done this, you will be able to burn up the fuel and then fill up again with a full tank of fuel.
Eating fruit when your fat levels are really low acts a bit like rocket propulsion. Your blood sugar doesn’t really spike much because your body is very easily able to use it for energy. This is the time to do exercise! Take your overhauled car out for a good run!
When I was in my early twenties I had a prolapsed disk in my lower back. An X-ray showed a thinning of the lower disk and I was diagnosed with spondylitis. The pain was often unbearable. I had very bad sciatica in my right leg and for about 6 months and had a slight limp, my right calf mucsle became somewhat skinnier.
I eventually learned that the major trigger for my recurring back pain was poor seating. Most chairs and couches are very poor at providing adequate lumber support. Once I stopped sitting in couches and chairs with no lumber support then my back improved significantly. I bought a really good chair that gave perfect lumber support, only using that helped me recover massively. However, every day for approximately 20 years I would still wake up with lower back pain. Before I learned to support and protect my back from poor furniture, my back often used to often feel like something was out of place. Occasionally visiting an excellent osteopath really helped me. On one visit to my osteopath, after I got out of my car I couldn’t walk or stand. After a little bit of manipulation I was able to walk. I no longer had an awkward twist and I started to recover. Every day for many years, I had to be very protective of my back. No twisting and heavy lifting. No prolonged sitting. No sitting at all in a couch for more than 10 minutes. If I broke this rule, then I would almost certainly have a few days of back trouble (if not more). I had to revisit my osteopath a few times over the years.
My recovery with water and low fat raw:
I read 2 books that really helped; ‘water cures – drugs kill’, and ‘Your body’s many cries for water’. I started to drink more water with a little salt (I have very little salt nowadays, since I’m eating so many greens). Drinking more water really helped prevent back pain, and seriously helped my energy levels. I was in and out of chronic fatigue at the time. Although much better, the pain would often come back though.
After a few months on low fat raw food, then my whole body seemed to start working properly. I became more flexible. IBS and fatigue vanished. After a couple of months, I noticed that I no longer had 10 minutes of back pain as I woke up each a morning. I can also now sit for extended periods, even in poorly designed chairs and couches.
If I eat fat foods, or cheat on my diet for more than the very occasional meal, then my body seems to grind to a halt, my brain slows down, I lack energy and if I’m dehydrated then my back might hurt. Eating fat food has a worse effect on me than eating plain cooked food.
In the bible it says, “You can’t put new wine into old wine skins”. It’s a bit like that with my back. Drinking more water, had a temporary effect at rehydrating my lower back. It was as though I was pumping up a bicycle tyre that had a slow leak. The bicycle tyre was fitted with a crusty old innertube that was inflexible, weak and couldn’t hold air. That is where the low fat raw food helped. Since eating manly low fat raw food, my back has actually felt like it has been renewed. It’s like I’ve been given a new bicylce inner tube that can actually hold the air.
I am now more flexible and stronger. I can work for extended periods at a low level, like when gardening. I can lift heavy items without putting out my back for a few days. I can be a couch potatoe and watch a movie instead of having to lie on the floor or sit in a ‘perfect chair’.
I now KNOW that the problem with my back was caused by, inadequate hydration, poor seating AND poor eating!
Pump up your bicycle tyre and don’t forget to get a new inner tube as well!
In other words… Drink more water and Eat More Raw! Stuart
On Saturday night I arrived back from an amazing 2 week sailing trip across the North Sea where I saw a once in a lifetime display of a huge shoal of dolphins.
Our sailing journey was as follows:
Newcastle to Cuxhaven (approx. 60 hours).
Cuxhaven to Rendsburg (a very very beautiful place) on the Kiel canal.
Rendsburg to Kiel (then we hired a car to visit Lubeck for the afternoon –
lovely place).
Kiel to an overnight mooring point on the Kiel canal south of Rendsburg
(only ships allowed on the canal at night).
Next day 5am start to go to Cuxhaven to refuel and then onto Heligoland.
Heligoland to Norderney.
Norderney to Hartlepool (about 55 hrs).
Hartlepool to Newcastle.
This was my first time at crewing on a yacht. It was a fantastic trip, and a great experience. I ate mainly low fat raw vegan food and I managed to go running three times, so I was feeling really good, although a little tired. Nothing could have delighted me more though, than when we were on our long crossing from Norderney to Hartlepool.
On leaving Norderney we traveled Northwest up through a couple of very busy
controlled shipping lanes making sure that we crossed them at the correct
place and at 90 degrees to the shipping lanes. We had to change course and
alter speed a few times as there were quite a few big ships. The sea became
very calm as we exited the shipping lanes and we sailed into the oil and gas
rig territory. We skirted north round most of the north sea oil and gas
rigs, there are lots of them! We were traveling west towards Whitby and
about an hour previously had just seen the last oil/gas rig on our starboard
side. We were about 80 miles off the UK coast when I finished my watch. It
was 4am (British Summer Time) on Friday morning (4th of June 2010).
We had a totally beautiful sunrise on a very still sea. There was no wind
and we were in a high pressure area from the tail end of the fantastic weather
that the UK had in the previous few days. We were using the yacht’s engine
due to lack of wind. I have never seen the sea, or even a pond so calm and
flat! I was about to go off for a nap when I caught the site of the first few
dolphins. Very soon there were far too many to count. There is no way I
would miss the dolphins for a bit of sleep! Within a minute or so, there
must have been a hundred or more, they were all around and under the yacht, and even
right into the distance. I clipped my harness halyard onto the jackstay
which runs to the front of the yacht and went to the bow to capture this
precious moment on video.
For over half an hour we were surrounded by a huge number of dolphins. About
3/4 of them stayed with us for 45 minutes. I can’t even say that they
followed us, they seemed to lead the way, they were everywhere! Often the
dolphins would swim alongside on their side, I’m sure they were having a
good look at me! The amazingly calm sea enabled us to see the dolphins actually swimming. What really surprised me was how they were able to propel themselves forward with only minimal movement of their tails and fins, they are so incredibly efficient. The other quite moving thing I noticed was that the dolphins often stuck together in smaller groups swimming and surfacing in synchronicity with each other. There are clearly some social groups within the larger shoal. There were a couple of dolphins that had damaged fins. It looked like they’d either been attacked by sharks or come a little too close to a boat propeller, they didn’t seem in anyway adversley effected by this though. They were there at the front having as much fun as all their friends. Often they would suddenly dart from one side of the boat to the other.
A quite a few of the dolphins stayed with us for ages playing at the
bow of the yacht. After 70 minutes, all of a sudden they darted off back in
the direction of all their friends.
Sickness thrives in an acidic bodily environment that is starved of oxygen and nutrients. We need to stop consuming these acidic and sickness forming foods, instead we need to alkalise ourselves.
One of the best ways to alkalise a sick body is to consume alkalising green juice, water and nothing else. In the case of rather serious conditions, there are artificial ways of boosting the body’s alkalinity, eg by using pH drops. Robert O Young (book : The pH miracle) uses other artificial methods of boosting alkalinity as well. I have never used any of these methods because to me it seems very unnatural, but if I was really ill with infection then I might try it out.
Dr Simonchini http://www.cancerisafungus.com/ is very successful at treating cancer by using sodium bicarbonate, all this does is alkalise the body. Dr.Simonchini injects the alkaline solution directly into tumours, they then reduce in size and heal. Some people have used sodium bicarbonate to reverse, among other things, severe dental decay.
There is an official cure for cancer by the way…
Two time Nobel prize winner Dr. Otto H. Warburg discovered it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Heinrich_Warburg.In 1924 he found that cancer cells can only thrive in a low oxygen environment. Alkaline tissues in the body can hold 20 times more oxygen than acidic tissues, therefore the way to prevent and possibly cure cancer it to alkalise the body. Unfortunately this doesn’t make the medical industry money, so this sort of thing rarely gets publicised – in fact many would say that this information is suppressed.
Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer that metastasised to his brains and lungs. After treatment his outlook was poor. He went on to win the Tour-de-France seven times! Remember, cancer cells can’t thrive in an oxygen rich environment. With all the training, I’m sure huge amounts of oxygen was flowing around Armstrong’s body every day for many years.
Ann Wigmoor recovered from gangrene in her legs and avoided amputation. http://annwigmore.com/index.php/dr-ann-autobiography.html She got better by sitting with her bare skin in the grass and chewing on alkaline rich dandelion, purslane and lamsquarter. Again this was because she alkalised and mineralised her body. Having her skin in direct contact with the grass helped too.
There are numerous other stories of people recovering from all sorts of things just by cleaning up their diet and lifestyle. The important thing to remember is to alkalise and mineralise yourself with food and then oxygenate your body with exercise.
Two final points…
* Cooking makes food more acidic.
* Animal protein is more acidic.
… that’s two more reasons to EatMoreRaw !
When I was in the middle of my fatigue, I was so low at times that I didn’t want to be alive. How different things are now! I feel fantastic!!! I feel so joyful and thankful that my health has moved forward so much.
On my website there is a links page with loads of other websites, book links and videos (I must update the links with some more exellent videos). I have read much more than these. I don’t agree with any author 100% but these are the authors that really helped me; T.Colin Campbell, Raymond Frances, John Robbins, Doug Graham, Victoria Boutenko, Paul Nisan, plus a few others.
One of the biggest things to help me was a pen and paper (a one page per day diary). Anything that could possibly effect my health went into this. I included; water consumed, food eaten, exercise, sleep, amount of time spent in the sun, any stressful times, and so on. I learn from others, through books, websites and videos. I even learn from unhealthy non-raw friends, family and neighbours. I pick up information and try to learn from others in any way I can even if I don’t completely agree with them. I also learn from myself through trial and error and monitoring myself. I still do experiment and make changes depending on the results.
I have still had a few ups and downs even in the past 18 months. The key thing now though is that I can identify things that cause the down times and I’ve learned to avoid them, or minimise them – this is where the written diary comes into it’s own. However, even in my worst down time in the past 18 months, I’ve felt better than my best up time when I had the fatigue, IBS and depression.
Here’s a few bullet points to help you move forward.
* Adopt the 80-10-10 diet in a cooked form if you are not yet high raw.
* Cuts out all condiments.
* Drink only water, green juice, green smoothies and nothing else – not even fruit juice until you are better.
* Drink more water, add a pinch bit of sea salt if you are not consuming a high amount of greens.
– drink 1 litre or more of water per day for every 5 stone of body weight.
– the salt is not for nutrients but rather provides some electrolytes in a deficient diet.
– I now rarely have salt, but I eat LOADS of greens in juice, smoothies and salads, that gives me all the electrolytes I need.
* Drink loads of green juice eg 1 litre per day of something like celery, pak choi, lettuce.
* Don’t eat wheat or gluten grains!
* Minimise other grains (ideally have none).
* Don’t eat meat, or if you do then only have it in the tiniest amount, eg as a bit of flavouring.
* Don’t eat modern pasteurised, homogenised, drugged up dairy (I went hyper for 3 days after coming of that).
* Keep fat levels REALLY low, have a few months with no added fat foods at all.
* When eating fruit, eat it RIPE !!!.
* Eat more calories earlier on in the day and less calories later.
* Eat sweet fruit earlier in the day and eat mostly non-sweet fruit and salad later in the day.
* Drink your water between meals, so that you are hydrated well before your meal.
* Eat melons on their own.
* Rest and sleep as much as you want, go to bed early enough so that you don’t need an alarm clock.
* Fast one day a week – only drink water (eg Thursdays night to Saturday morning).
* Forget raw gourmet and dehydrators, eat food as it occurs in nature and in the whole form (with the exception of green juice and smoothies).
* Have lots of large green smoothies,
- 50% greens by volume when crammed into the blender.
- I often consume 2 to 3 litres of smoothie for a meal, this is a large blender filled twice.
* Eat mono meals as far as possible.
- I sometimes have mono days.
- yesterday all I had was green juice and grapes – lots of them!
* Eat big salads with an emphasis on lots of tender greens.
* Exercise – You have to move! Walking is excellent. Get a pedometer and walk 10,000 steps a day, or go running, or cycling, or play some form of sport. Take it easy initially though and gradually build it up, even if you feel like you have loads of energy. You need to avoid getting injured or burned out.
* get in the sunshine regularly and boost your levels of vitamin D, or take at least 2000 IU per day of vitamin d3.
* take a multivitamin, and a b vitamin (containing b12) supplement.
- I rarely take supplements, but initially they may help you through any short term deficiencies.
* Do an alpha course http://www.alpha.org/ and become a Christian. For me, all these health improvements came about through my faith in God, accepting Jesus as my saviour and friend, and praying and fasting one day per week for 3 months about a way forward.
* and finally…. Gradually Eat More Raw!
If you do the above, then I would be very surprised if you do not feel any better. There’s good chance that you’ll feel fantastic! Until you get to that point though, just remember that you are precious and special. You are cherished by God who loves you and he holds his hands out to you.
I know of no vegan animal in the wild. Herbivores eat bugs, grubs, slugs, snails, spiders and other creepy crawlies as a bit of flavouring when carefully selecting the most scrumptious blades of grass, tender greens and fruit.
Primates will readily devour any grubs and bugs. They often grope around on the ground looking for any tender morsel – whether or not it is of a purely vegan source. Of course the vast majority of their diet is raw vegan but, very importantly, some of their diet is non vegan.
B12 comes from the bacteria found in many of the creepy crawlies that most animals inadvertently end up consuming. In the wild, primates have good levels of B12 in their body. After a couple of years in captivity though, after eating a vegan diet provided to them by man, their B12 levels drop. This plentiful food source is grown in a relatively sanitised environment. The food is often devoid of dirt, grubs, bugs and insects due to man’s wisdom, his farming methods and sanitisation practices.
Chickens also readily devour creepy crawlies. They go mad after worms, slugs, snails, in fact anything that crawls on the ground. The creepy crawlies are their most favourite food source. After that, they love raw vegan food! If you want to see chickens fly, then try regularly offering the pulp left overs after juicing!
Rather than eat the crubs, bugs, and other creepy crawlies to keep my B12 levels up, I’ve chosen to occasionally eat eggs from our own free range chickens! I’ve eaten eggs raw, and cooked. What surprised me is that I’ve had NO adverse side effects from eating raw or cooked eggs. Even more surprising is that I feel I’ve been given yet another dose of rocket fuel to boost up even further my energy levels.
When I first moved towards a low fat raw vegan diet and away from fat, supplements, spices, salt and all the other non 80-10-10 foods, my energy levels were off the charts. A year later though, after 6 months 100% low fat raw without cheating, my energy levels were not as high as they once were. Occasionally eating home grown eggs has put me into top gear again and my energy levels are pretty much like (or better than) when I first switched to the 80-10-10 way of eating. Perhaps B12 has something to do with it, I don’t know, but what I do know is that I feel pretty good… for the time being!
I don’t like labels like “vegan”, or “100% raw vegan”. These set up most people for failure, as few ever achieve it. I tried it and I think I achieved it without “cheating” for about 6 months in a row last year. However, I feel better by backing off a little and allowing an occasional non vegan food, or simple cooked food into my diet. On average this probably adds up to less one cooked meal a week. If you are the sort of person who likes to give labels or put people in boxes, then you can call me a “herbivore” because the vast magority of my diet consists of raw fruits and vegetables.
My diet is still very high raw (approx 95%) and I’m into this for health reasons, rather than other reasons such as being a pure vegan. My main thrust is to do things as naturally as possible. We were given some chickens by our neighbours, and I fancied trying out the eggs, especially since I read about the potential benefits. I can’t remember when I last had eggs before this, probably a couple of years at least.
Wow! They are the nicest eggs I have ever tasted – even when raw! On Friday I had an omelette. A week before that I had raw mushrooms chopped up and mixed with raw egg. I found it incredibly tasty. I was very pleasantly surprised at how my body just said YES in terms of how it responded. For example, in Church yesterday morning I had this urge to go and do some press-ups! (I didn’t do them I may add!). Later in the day, I had to go running because I had my ‘running legs’ back (even though I’ve not been running for a month).
Yesterday all I ate, was a 1.25 litres of green juice, a load of bananas in the middle of the day and then a small raw spring cabbage for dinner. I felt really satisfied. Then after a couple of hours I went for the run. I went faster than I’ve been in years and that is despite me not going running for 4 weeks. My legs don’t even ache today. I had no food after the run. Today I was expecting to be ravenous. I had 1.25 litres of greens juice, 1 apple, and a few pound of grapes. I did physical work outside on my allotment and didn’t crave food. My body just seems to be working more efficiently, I feel fantastic!
My Dad is very seriously ill in hospital and it is very difficult and breaks my heart for him (any prayers are much appreciated from anyone who reads this). Incredibly I’ve been able to be very joyful and positive.
I’ve had a bit of a health issue which developed whilst on low fat raw foods in the summer. I had to use the loo (for a wee) too often and quite often suddenly. I’m sure part of this is the water content of the shear volume of fruit I eat, another part may be a blood sugar issue. This need for the loo issue does seem to be a lot better recently.
I can’t deny that something is very positively different and the only different thing that I’ve been trying out is occassionaly eating home grown free range eggs from chickens that eat alot of raw vegan food!
As you can probably gather by looking at some of my other posts, I love coconut! However I need to be really careful not to over do it, because too much fat slows me down and can sometimes make me feel pretty rough. I find that if I have a quarter of a coconut then I’m fine and I still have high energy levels the next day, however if I eat half or more on consecutive days, then I find that my energy wanes a little. The reason for this is all to do with blood sugar. Higher fat levels in the blood slow down the rate at which the body can utilise blood sugar for energy. If you want to know more about why this happens, then type blood sugar into the search box in the top right of the blog page. You’ll then be able to see all my blog posts with the phase blood sugar in them, including this one.
If you like coconut and find them difficult to get into, then watch this!
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