This is from 2013, but relevant with Mars in Virgo. Also, look at all the Keto diet people, six years later!
I went to the doctor last week. She’s a gal about my age who I’ve been seeing her for close to 15 years.
There’s nothing wrong with me. My hormones are okay, my thyroid’s okay, my blood is good, my cholesterol is good, etc. I do have some annoyances, but I told her that I felt any problems I was having was related to diet. She was a bit shocked.
I can’t handle sugar. My son can’t handle sugar. My grandfather found out he couldn’t handle sugar in the 1930’s so you better believe I know all about this.
What she said was interesting.
“You’d be surprised how rare it is that one of my patients is aware of this. If I even try to suggest their diet may be causing their problems, they get all up in arms.” I nodded. “I believe this will be the thing that shocks the next generation,” she added.
“What do you mean?”
“When we were kids, everyone smoked. Doctor’s smoked. They’d examine you, with a cigarette in their mouth,” she added, putting her fingers to her mouth as if she was holding a cig. “Remember that?”
“I do.”
“No one knew it was bad for you…and then we found out. Today people are shocked that people did not know smoking was bad for you. They can’t believe all these doctors smoked, right in their offices and in their exam rooms. I predict that food will be the next thing that shocks people. They aren’t going to believe how we ate in this era.”
“You’re probably right.”
“You just can’t put anything you want into your body, and think you body is going to be able to process it. All the fat, all the sugar, all the CAFFEINE. People eat all this junk and they’re depressed, and they’re angry, they’re sick. It’s ruining their life but they don’t believe you when you suggest it.”
This chat was inspiring to me. I’m going to fix my diet, the way my grandfather taught me to. Never mind what the rest of the Starbucks generation does.
Mars in Virgo power!
Is your diet nuts?
It was way she said it. We *do* dump *whatever* into our bodies with the expectation it will take care of it…which it cannot do, lol.
THIS! (Mars in Virgo here too, ha!) This is so me, too, Elsa. I have little love for sugar (fruit, or honey in tea, a or fresh carrots or peas) — have maybe 1/4 cup black coffee per day, or I might have two little pieces of 78% bitter chocolate (a habit I picked up in Germany). My mom’s family is like….real food! My dad’s side was more into meats, sugary treats, fats (like my husband). I can’t really eat that without feeling ill, I need purer foods or a balance, have to have greens and fruit, fish, to stay well.
Then I read about food/diet by your blood group type. Look it up – it’s fascinating.
LOL – Great doctor you have, Elsa. And timely post as always… I have a foodhistorian and foodnerd in my household, so there is a lot of talk about food in my home – and about sugar. Personally I think your doctor is right. Recently I talked to a doctor who declared that if sugar was to be put on the market today, it would not be legalized as food because of its side effects. Interesting point, I think.
A wise lady, your doctor. It’s taken me decades to learn this – very painfully.
I feel like many in the Pluto in Virgo generation grok this organically (going paleo, gluten-free, no sugar, etc. etc.), but I am bi-coastal, between cities well-versed (at times obsessively) in the latest in health.
For the Pluto in Leos and above that I know, the attitude seems to be – why embrace something newfangled when their parents and grandparents thrived/survived just fine?
I do think Pluto in Libra and beyond know better – the information is so ubiquitous these days – but realize they are still young enough to remain in denial. For now. (With smoking, it was the same – I know many Pluto in Libras who have quit only in the last couple of years..)
Depends on who you ask. 😉 Nordic health officials just came out with new nutritional recommendantions last week, and they’ve already been attacked by various fractions. I do try to listen my body. I know many people have problems with dairy products and cereals, but I actually feel better when I’m eating loads whole grain products, fermented dairy products, fruits and vegetables. I’m not a vegetarian, but have issues with red meat. Just don’t seem to be able to digest it all that well.
And oh, I can handle some sugar. Especially a good pastry. 🙂 However, I suspect processed food in The US has even more of it than food here – and it was just reported they add sugar even to meatballs. We have some Hersey chocolates my Husband’s co-worker has brought from The States at home now. I tasted some, and they were much sweeter than similar mass market products here.
No. But thank you for posting this. Out of all my partner’s health issues, his doctor told him to cut down on caffeine. The doctor had more of an issue with the caffeine at this point, than the smoking.
My Dad is Pluto in Cancer; my Mother is Pluto in Leo. They have always pushed for basic dietary consumption and low calorie consumption. They’re both elderly, disease free and most importantly medication free (rare for people after a certain age, it seems).
A couple of nights ago I went to a friend’s house. Her mother is Spanish and cooked 4 course meal (plus tapas!). We ate over a couple of hours, I limited quantities of everything and still felt stuffed. I absolutely HATE feeling too full. I was the last to finish. I had pain in my gut all night long. Literally, a stabbing pain in my colon, lol.
I felt off all day yesterday. This wasn’t processed food. It wasn’t complicated food. It was just too much food. I can’t believe how much food some people eat. My body cannot take it.
I sure wish I would have known your grandfather. he was so ahead of his time. My own mother would have liked him as well. My mom had eccentric friends she admired who were so smart about health, nutrition and astrology. she had met this little old lady at astrology classes she took in the city and they became friends although there was about a 30 year difference. this little old lady was so knowledgable ,even I, at age 12 or so could sit and listen to her for hours. She would talk about eating healthy greens and no sugar , she also did massage and showed me how to walk on moms back ( I was small) . The older generation did know about healthy eating, it’s just that when people got so busy with both parents working, convenience foods came about. we never had chips, soda or junk food in our house growing up. a treat was jello or pudding. It seems now, when you go to grocery store ,it’s hard to find healthy food .
I came to this same conclusion about three years ago. I completely changed my diet and began getting regular physical exercise, lost 80 pounds. Previously diagnosed withtype II diabetes since making changes I have no diabetic symptoms at all. I do not eat sugar or grains my body just can’t handle them. I 100% agree with what you and your doctor said in your post!
My grandmother had a huge garden and we always got fresh vegetables from her. She also canned her own fruit and vegetables. I sadly remember when junk food became a staple in our diets 🙁 Being a Virgo I’ve always been consumed with my diet……I don’t eat dairy, wheat, caffeine etc…and still have dietary issues…our lifestyles in general are very unhealthy and it’s wonderful that your doctor is in sync with that….unfortunately, most just hand out the pills to counteract our bad choices….and yes, most people don’t want to hear about it!
yes! when i turned 30, my metabolism and ability to digest certain foods totally went crazy! for over a year i had to try cutting certain things out, drinking more water, taking probiotics, taking fiber/digestive enzymes… you name it! finally i’ve found a combination of things that works… diet is so important. i think i took the idea of having to cut certain foods out really hard because im such a foodie, im italian! no gluten?! no cheese?! WTF?! i didn’t want to hear that i might be lactose intolerant, or gluten intolerant. i never had a problem with it before, surely there must be some other mystery to the puzzle! im able to eat a little of everything now as long as i dont go crazy everyday… and i have to take probiotics and digestive enzymes daily. stress affects my digestion too, and this is something i’ve come to understand better as i’ve had less stress in my life. im also a cancer sun, and i guess we’re supposed to be known for having digestive issues, or as my family always said, agita! haha… life could be worse, i guess… but a life without pastry, pasta and cheese… forgetaboutit.
Sugar and anything that isn’t a “complex carb”, I just don’t process well.
Probably, but I REALLY hate cooking with all my heart and the last thing I want to do is nitpick the crap out of my diet and spend a lot of time cooking loving, wholesome meals. I want in and out of the damn kitchen as soon as possible.
Get a crock pot/slow cooker….:) I hate cooking too and it has saved my life!!
Sugar is one of the worst things ever. It’s in everything. It’s like every food has to have a touch if sweetness, even if it’s savory. Gross!
I remember people laughing at me as a kid when I wouldn’t want ice cream or candy. I’d say, no thanks, I feel like I’ve had too much sugar lately. My body felt that way.
I’ve cut out most sugar (except in coffee and a little dark chocolate) and starches and feel so unbloated. I keep losing weight (yay).
That guy Gary Taubes who wrote about carbs is writing a book about sugar and corn syrup. He thinks any firm of sugar is the worst thing in our diets.
Saturn’s almost 3 year transit through my giant 6th house (with Pluto and N.Node) taught me all about this, to the chagrin of all my Taurus.
I do, as well, believe that “proper” nutrition will be reformed in the near future, or at least I hope it will.
What a great topic for Mars entering Virgo. I think it’s true that food can heal or hurt you. I do feel better when I cut out dairy, grains, sugar and caffeine. Close to the paleo diet. This weekend I was craving chicken soup and made it from scratch. It really hit the spot . It must be the change in weather!
Great post! I feel very strongly about this, which is why I’m going back to school to become a nutritionist. My diet is pretty decent, but I do drink too much coffee. My hope is that people will become much more aware of the effects of empty and excessive calories on their quality of life. It may take a mass crisis to bring that about, though.
Also Pluto in Vigo generation and felt this organically from a young age. And my grandparents’ generation fed the family from the garden so whole food was still a living memory for all; although collectively the mentality was’we’re in charge of the earth and everthing on it’; not yet at a point of realising the harm the use of chemicals of all kinds would cause. That we can’t just ‘decide’ what organic structures like our bodies and the earth will bear, or not without consequences. I think the people of the late 1800’s-1920’s (like Jethro Kloss who wrote Back to Eden) who understood we are what we eat will have their time soon. It seems to slowly be becoming collective awareness.
“It seems to slowly be becoming collective awareness.”
According to my doctor, it is not. I said my grandfather was ahead of his time. She said that I am ahead of mine. She can’t get anyone to hear a thing.
I mean come on. Starbucks on every corner? Caffeine dumped into everything? Think about this from a historical perspective.
I grew up drinking a soda a couple times a year. My sister told me she has not had a soda since we were on a picnic as kids…more than 40 years ago.
Compare that to kids who grow up on the stuff.
My mother (Pluto in Leo) thinks the rise in gluten intolerance, celiac etc is because of mono crops and no variety in wheat. She doesn’t use the internet or anything like that. She was considered a total crackpot when we were growing up, talking about food quality.
Some people are definitely ahead of their time.
Disclaimer: I don’t live in the States so that’s my perspective. We do have junk food and the associated problems here but not Starbucks on every corner. Perhaps the US has its own scales of issues. It’s a long time since I visited but even the portions of food seemed triple to what a person could possibly eat, to me.
I do feel things are changing in this area. Not changed, no, and I expect they will continue to worsen before the tide really swings. I think that’s how change works and that it’s uneven. I see a lot of options now and public voices on this issue that didn’t exist 20 years ago. But maybe that’s just where I live. Your Dr also is ahead of her time and many of her colleagues.
I’ve always believed that, but my medical training didn’t support it, frankly, and still doesn’t. The education on vitamins consisted of 2 hours (out of 4 years) during basic biochemistry. Lame as could be. LAME! The nutritionists in hospitals are primarily focused on helping people with diabetic or cardiac, or post op menus. In my opinion, that is the bare minimum. Nutritional education should be more sophisticated. No offense to anyone here.
Ergo the career change, among other reasons. I’ve got a virgo stellium in the 10th house. I don’t always practice what I preach, but I do believe we are what we eat. You’d be amazed how many physicians are cut off from this notion, or understanding it in any detail. What a waste. My cynical side says its because no one has the money to properly research nutrition. No pill=no money=no data. Maybe that’s changing, hopefully.
Exactly MoonNeptune. The last round with the gastrointestinal specialist, Leoman asked her if it could be diet related. “Absolutely not.”
Absolutely not, eh.
WOW.
Even his GP thought she was a joke. Leoman has had doctors like that, before. I’ve met several of them. It’s like–are you REALLY a doctor, or do you just play one on TV?!
Why do we eat cereal for breakfast?
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take this wheat and shove it,
it don’t work 4 me no more
http://www.wheatbelly.com
I don’t eat cereal for breakfast 🙂 I actually had a bad argument with someone about breakfast cereal about 12 years ago. He started it. He was preaching about how good his cereal was and Jupiter in Gemini–I couldn’t help telling him no bueno. He demanded I get proof, so stupidly I found him some literature and he tossed it aside with a sneer and said ‘unlike you I don’t believe everything I read.’ Okay Mr Kellogg.
The thing is, food is personal. Moon=food. I don’t want to preach about food. Best I can do is live by example, like my parents did. They are old and healthy and disease free. I mean, they are obviously doing something right.
Chrispito said: The last round with the gastrointestinal specialist, Leoman asked her if it could be diet related. “Absolutely not.”
Uh, yeah. My mother had to have complete reconstructive abdominal surgery about 2 years ago. Not to be morbid, but I am surely convinced that the lack of nutritional support after this, hastened her end. I really wanted her to start juicing and getting intensive nutritional support from the GI surgeon (mostly because she wouldn’t listen coming from me) and oncologist. She wasn’t able to reabsorb liquids from her colon, which lead to dehydration, kidney failure, inability to tolerate meds and frankly death.
I worked hard to get her to drink Gatorade to prevent dehydration. This is also referred to “replacement salts” and is commonly accepted as a treatment for severe dehydration and diarrhea.
THE ONCOLOGIST SHUT THIS DOWN AND TOLD HER NOT TO DO IT. THERE WENT HER HYDRATION. END OF STORY.
The MDs and nutritionist never addressed her dehydration . Instead, she had to go the the hospital for IV fluids, 3x a week.
The GI doctor moved away and there way no follow up.
Can you tell that I’m pissed?
I would be pissed, too. I AM pissed for you!:(
My diet probably nuts! I am trying to be more intuitive with food I do know that red meat and good dairy (the kind where fat levels haven’t been decimated) make me really, really happy.
I also think that my lack of physical activity is probably dangerous. My parents walked about 4 hours a day (not including play time), my back is usually hurting and I am in terrible shape. I have been mulling over Pilates and HIIT for a couple of months but haven’t gotten consistent yet.
Functional Medicine. There are seminars and continuing education on it. I know one pediatrician (neighbor) and one psychiatrist who are getting educated on Functional Medicine. I had a discussion with the psychiatrist about this. She said that she gets the “special cases” where drugs don’t treat the emotional/psych issues that are happening. She often finds it is a very basic chemical problem re: diet
You can find docs who practice this who will help you and often it is the low-grade malaise low-grade, cronic issue that should have been a warning sign but no-one in the medical establishment nor the general public will pin it on diet. Or the disease that the “normal” drugs don’t even begin to treat. Well, diet and it will solve the issue actually relatively fast.
The labs etc. to diagnose are mostly* bloodwork but fairly extensive compared to what is normally looked at. It was a fascinating conversation and I learned a lot in just one short evening.
I feel very bad after reading all this. I enjoyed three donuts and a candy bar today.
Ha ha! Yum. 🙂
Good Information thanku.
You’re welcome. 🙂
For the Starbucks generation, which I think includes me, I see two camps forming. One is very diet-conscious, and others are addicted to pop and energy drinks and food from restaurants.
I learned the real lesson how important diet was when I was 19 (in 2001) when I developed a digestive illness. And yes, I was told by my GI doctor that I could eat steaks and ice cream and cake and whatever I wanted and it would have no effect on the illness. I’m sorry, but huh?! Such bullshit. How the hell can a digestive illness not be made better or worse by the quality of what you fucking digest? I didn’t listen, obviously, started going to a naturopath, changed what I ate, and three years later, I was in remission–which shocked the hell out of my allopathic doctors who discounted diet.
My ideas about food have only gotten more stringent. Since I’ve gotten over my illness, I have begun to backslide a little, and I think it has caught up with me. I discovered the benefits of home-cultured vegetables and coconut oil in 2003, and have also recently discovered just how crappy grains and beans make me feel, and I’m working to eliminate them from my diet.
Naturalnews.com! And if you get an occasional soda craving get some all natural sugar free zero calorie no caffeine Zevia!
Fat is essential and very good for you if it’s the right kind of fat. Caffeine is pretty much associated with the rise of the modern world, for better or worse!
I agree completely, people should pay attention to what they eat/drink.
It’s like trying to run your car on cheap fuel and expecting it to run like a high performance machine. It might run high performance for awhile,but sooner or later the poor treatment will corrode your body from the inside out.
I’m of the Pluto/Leo generation as are many of my close family and friends. Some of them mock me for drinking organic herbal teas and eating lots of greens. When I was in my teens and 20’s I was thin and healthy. But eating fast food, drinking coffee, pop, beer, (rarely water) and smoking caught up with me by the time I hit 30. I then started going to health stores for vitamins and began to learn how to improve my diet. I’m always gonna love pizza and chocolate but nowadays it is a treat. The best thing I did was to quit smoking.
After studying Blue Zones, keto, etc., I’ve learned to tailor a diet FOR ME. No need to follow fads.
Due to my genetic and family history, cholesterol is great for me and so too is sugar and carbs to an extent.
LDL and some HDL. Browm fat storage etc.
What I don’t like is how I’m perceived as the BAD person when I refuse to eat the shared crap others indulge in.
Monsanto was recently sued for over 2 billion dollars. They allow (and so does our government), glycosphate, a cancerous carcinogen (I know that’s a repeated phrase but I like being clear), into foods like RITZ, CHEERIOS, BUD LIGHT etc.
Having a diet is hard enough already but when the simple things you eat are more harmful, it makes eating a pain in the ass.
The sad part about these big lawsuits on RoundUp is that it only pays financial lip service to those affected. The settlement frees Monsanto and its parent company to be free of liability to then go on (with the governments blessing) to poor developing countries to sell the poison there.
Just not in our backyard.
They did this with Phillip Morris. After their big lawsuit, everybody got their cut and Phillip Morris went to Asia and are making a killing on cigarette sales.
So much for justice.
My best friend’s grandmother was a ‘health nut’ when we were kids in the 70’s. She taught me a lot about real nutrition. I became a vegetarian at 8, and a vegan by the time I was in my early 20’s. Still I was sick and diagnosed with IBS-C. I was told by many physicians there was no known cure! Three decades later I quit gluten and I’ve been feeling great ever since. I do supplement my diet with quality vitamin D and K, B12, B complex, and a protein mix.
Americans are killing themselves with what is sold as “food.” Then our sickness industry takes over supposedly offering solutions in the form of drugs. In most of the country it is hard to find real, fresh food that is not full of pesticides, ec. in stores. Community gardens based on permaculture get people off their butts and out together discovering real food and their lost connection to the natural world we depend on.
I try to practice moderation/balance. I Drink water everyday. Don’t follow any fads. Rarely eat out. I research – don’t just listen to the media cuz one minute this is good for you and the next minute – it isn’t. Pay attention to how you feel. Not everyone needs the same nutrition/sleep/work balance – and they all work together. Great topic.
I set a goal this summer to eat a watermelon every day.
I look forward to the evening when I cut the watermelon open.
As long as it is fresh and ripe, I eat it for dinner.
It has been a very hot, humid summer this year. I have had so so success with watermelons being good.
Interesting that we’re revisiting this subject (posted during Mars in Virgo) just as Mars prepares to enter Virgo again! 🙂
Almost a couple of years ago I started having colitis flareups. The last time I landed in the ER with this, my parents came in and the first thing out of Mom’s mouth was something about Roundup. She feels strongly that all these people suddenly developing colitis has ties to the Roundup poison that is sprayed on crops. She explained that Roundup targets the guts of the insects it kills. So naturally it will do the same to the people who eat those plants. I remember when the doctor came in and started talking to me about medication–Mom seemed a bit irritated. She’s used to doctors solving problems by throwing medication at them.
She has modified her diet to avoid wheat and dairy if she can. My sister is on the keto diet. Both are feeling better than they have in years.
There’s a young lady who has a blog that I need to take another look at. She has UC and has found a way to reduce flareups while making meals she and her guests can easily enjoy. The doctors put her in the usual colitis medications and they worked for a time, but as with most UC patients, her doses and medications had to be adjusted because they stop working after awhile. That’s when she cleaned up her diet.
Yes actually I went cold turkey Gluten free 10 years ago 2009. Transit Chiron and Neptune were in my 6th house back then (placidus). Transit Saturn was in my 1th.
I had weird stomach problems from the age of 17. The doctors called it lactose intolerans and also ibs. I could not digest lactose containing diary at all when I hit 17. Even a half cup of milk would make me sick.
I stopped with lactose diary but still had bloated stomach and pain coming and going. Then at the age of 22-23 I read about the poison called Gluten. I stopped consuming gluten cold turkey as that method works best for me (plutonic).
Its not easy I mind you! Especially since my native culture has amazinglu delicious food and they almost all involve gluten.
BUT I’m virgo asc, also I have Moon conj Chiron- opposite Saturn. I read that people with Moon-Saturn dynamic aspects are very great with restricting their diets if need be.
Self disciplin involving food has always been easy for me.
I have a taurus sun and venus conj jupiter so I do love food! I eat chocolate everyday! (I prefer dark chocolate) and I just looove hearthy warm food like stew or chicken etc.
I’ve been vegetarian for almost 8 years. It’s not a health thing for me, although it did significantly improve my health when I started because I had become a fast food junkie before. It’s just what feels right for me morally and spiritually. I’d like to go vegan, actually. But the idea of restricting myself in further ways- like avoiding gluten, sugar, caffeine, etc. is really difficult for me. I have a Cancer sun and a Taurus rising and I find food to be a huge source of pleasure (that includes natural, healthy foods too). A lot of the fad diets seem insane to me and it seems like everyone has such vastly different ideas about what’s “right.” When I’m dieting, I just count calories. I don’t try to eat perfectly.
I was vegetarian for about 25 years and found that I’d probably inherited my Mum’s hypercholesterolaemia. I was happy to then eat a vegan diet as I was thinking of doing that anyway. Then I found I had an autoimmune disease when Pluto entered my 6th house. The flare ups were controlled by eating a vegan, gluten free and refined sugar-free diet. Then my triglyceride levels were high and my thyroid was going a little haywire and I was told I should take statins for the cholesterol/triglyceride and also treatment for my thyroid. I said I’d like time to change my diet again, so ate a raw vegan diet from then on for 3 months and at my next test, my triglyceride and thyroid levels were near normal. It is difficult when eating out, so I rarely do that. I’m intending researching fasting as I’ve heard that a 3 day fast can re-set the autoimmune system and it would be great to get rid of the AI completely…. maybe when Pluto leaves my 6th house, along with Saturn? I don’t manage to eat raw all the time and don’t beat myself up about it, I’ll get there one day and my health will improve too. I find that telling other people, their eyes glaze over! I’ve tried telling my Mum and she’d rather have lots of pills and pills to counteract the side-effects of pills 🙁
Welcome. Biddy.
Pills are toxic too. I have a health issue and was practically FORCED into taking statins (I don’t even have high Cholesterol or any of that!) but the scared me into taking them. I was given a 20 mg dose to START and I had anxiety so bad, I demanded they lower the dose to half, which they did. They told me if I didn’t take them and had a heart attack or a stroke, they give you 80 mg. No way. I’ll let nature take her course with anything else.
@Biddy-Your mom is not alone-the medical industries thrive on pumping pills into our elderly – but my ex’s dad made it to 100 on them. I have no desire to live that long while supporting big pharma. I hope your mom fares well.
Thanks Elsa! And thank you Dawn. I have always suspected that my Mum’s polymyalgia rheumatica started after she began taking statins, they’re known for causing muscle weakness, so now she takes steroids, amongst others.
Huh. My comment didn’t go through.
Never mind, just saw it! ?
Im off caffeine sugar flour dairy except sheep milk and goat cheese.
Off processed foods of any kind and eat lacto fermented.
Blessings of being a Virgo
Lol
“You just can’t put anything you want into your body, and think you body is going to be able to process it. All the fat, all the sugar, all the CAFFEINE. People eat all this junk and they’re depressed, and they’re angry, they’re sick. It’s ruining their life but they don’t believe you when you suggest it.”
Here in the Scandinavian countries we are astounded by the amount of sugar people eat. It’s not that we’re in any way better (in some areas), but there is a lot of focus on how bad sugar is for your body in the media. A lot of people are switching to plant based dairy products and a lot of sudden gluten allergic people have emerged. In some ways it can be a little over the top, but I really think that when it comes to sugar, America (as a whole, not this forum) have thing or two to tell the lobbyists in the White House.
Also, there is a need for extensive education on the body as well I’d say. It’s not just the food you eat, it’s how the body process it. Some bodies can easily digest lactose, and some can not. Lactose is not nessecarily bad, it’s just bad if you can’t digest it. The same thing with gluten. Everything is ok in small doses, but the problem seems to be the amounts we eat, not core sugar or flour itself, that we eat.
Also, the new, nordic food wave has helped a lot nationally I think. Old types of wheat that is not so heavy in gluten content is better for you, though they require a longer prep time. Vegetables with more fiber.
My mother has parkinsons syndrome, which is scientifically proved to stem from stomach bacterias traveling up through the body and in to the brain, polluting it. In other words, the sickness stems from an infected stomach!
Parkinsons patients going on a candida diet seems to have been faring better, their shaking was reduced (not cured), but also their mental health seemed to improve as well. I told my mother about this, but I don’t think she will buy the fish. I think she is of an elder generation, preferring her damned medicine.
Food can be a cure, and food can put your body in chains!
Yes Anette you are so right!
I study nutririon a lot
And I am always surprised how ignorant Americans are about what they eat.
We have relied on the government to protect us when we must educate ourselves about what is healthy for ourselves instead of a government agency pressured into “playing nice” with business.
And doctors who dont even study nutritian in medical school
The food pyramid is upside down and the “food” in the grocery store is mostly poison. Slow moving poison, but poison nonetheless.
I find most doctors don’t know what your doctor does, Elsa. My children’s doctor is ridiculous. Hold onto a good doc when you find one.
I’d give anything to have my grandmother back to teach me how to garden and preserve. I bake bread and have learned to can foods, little by little, on my own. I miss her every time I do. I am doing it for my children. My hope is to prevent them from having to go to an extreme diet like I have, just to heal from what I was raised on and trusted (plus the pharmaceutical drugs that I had reactions to). Hard work but so very worth it to me.
Earilier this year I heard about fasting, but got into intermittent fasting (IF) instead at least for three weeks (oh well). I spent more time off than on in that time but still lost weight (scratches head).
During the past nine weeks I have been at it again with mixed results. I lost 5lbs, put on 2lbs, lost 2, lost .2, .6, .5, 1.3lbs, then regained the 1.3lbs. Yesterday I weighed myself and have lost three pounds. Why, during the past week I combined with keto (strict) although I do not count macros, just avoid all high carb foods.
As well as losing weight, I am thinking a little clearer if not my thinking is a little sharper, all the problems I had (and still have) seem more like fluffly little clouds. I have less headaches, and my skin is clearer.
I am still not using fat as energy that well, and can have the runs on the second dump in the morining – I can have two stops, once I had three.
I do have the moon in Virgo, and as a consequence have been into popping vit ans minerals for years.
Is my diet nuts? Only because I’m lazy! I know what to eat – and sugar (except for a serving or two of fruit a day-low glycemic loaf fruit) is toxic. If I eat anything at night with sugar or even too many refined carbohydrates-I get restless like a child on high octane sugary foods. I can’t sit still! But if I eat a balanced meal – I am fine and feel calm. I am going to a cleanse soon using Urban Remedy (www.urbanremedy.com) with green juices (I order the Kale, Cucumber, lemon and Celery-no fruit juice at all except the lemon), raw noodle salads with delicious lemon, olive oil, tahini dressings and some may have grains like quinoa or a carb like sweet potato squares in them. The Pad Thai with mint, shredded and spiraled veggies, Cilantro and with a few peanuts or pre-soaked almonds and a sesame (again with Tahini) dressing is AMAZING!! They also make protein smoothies but I’ll make my own because I can’t have the sugary dates they use for sweetness. Anyway Moon in Virgo here. I love fresh, wholesome food. It makes Merle very happy! No nutty Keto or unsustainable fads for me. I learned my lesson. Mars in Virgo will help me do this cleanse.
“makes me very happy”- not “Merle”. I don’t even know a “Merle” but he could have Mars in Virgo….lol
I started becoming interested in my diet when I got into my late 20’s and early 30s. By then, smoking, drinking, eating processed foods, and stress had caught up with me. Because I had recurring yeast infections, I ditched birth control pills, cigarettes and drank rarely.
Enter my 40s and I made more adjustments: working from home, quitting sugar, and cooking real food.
However, despite my efforts, I started having trouble digesting some types of food when I got into my 50s. In my frustration, I began eating sugar again. But this scenario eased up and now there’s only a handful of things that are off-limits.
Anyway, I’m 60 now and this past week I quit chocolate candy because it was causing gum problems. As far as sugar, my boyfriend and I are trying to quit it also.
BTW, I have a Virgo midheaven and Mars in the 6th house and I’ve had to revise and edit my diet many times over the last 3+ decades. When I was in my 30s and 40s, most of the folks I knew at the time thought I was crazy whenever I shared anything on this topic. But the older I get, the more understanding others seem to be.
Also, maybe the fixed signs have more trouble changing their diet (unless they have some mutable aspects in their chart) even when it’s called for? Yes, I’ve had people get up in my face, too, so I don’t talk about my diet for the most part! Also, I have Moon in Gemini opposition Saturn in Sag, so I do want to talk about it, but perhaps I get too carried away with it, IDK.