another resource
It's been a long time since I've written. Since I wrote last, I've been pretty religious about taking my apple cider vinegar every morning and night, though I have eased up on it a bit lately. The last few weeks have been such an interesting journey with my body. I've been nursing myself back to health, and I've seen excellent results. It does take time, but with the right food, and a little bit of patience, I've been doing great.
My major changes were adding the following to my diet:
- Bone broth
- Yogurt
- Kombucha/other probiotic drinks
- Apple cider vinegar (drink 1 tablespoon in a glass of water before breakfast and dinner)
I also restarted fruit and spinach smoothies in the morning, which is often where I add the yogurt and the apple cider vingar. It's so efficient.
I was going to Whole Foods for Bonafide Provisions bone broth, which is really tasty. I'm not a coffee drinker and don't drink tea much, so I'm not accustomed to having a warm beverage in the morning. But I must admit, I really like it. I heat it up on the stove because the instructions specifically say not to microwave, then I dump it in a thermos and take it to work. My only complaint is that it has a weird aftertaste that I don't like. But I enjoy having the broth at work as part of my morning routine, and it helps keep me warm in the wee hours of the morning. But twice in a row, I went to WF to get my broth, and they were sold out.
I had already been considering making my own because it's probably more economical and should theoretically be pretty easy with a slow cooker. So I did some googling and stumbled upon Craig Fear's site (which is in desperate need of a redesign). He talks a lot about the same stuff as Chris Kesser, so I ended up buying his book, The 30 Day Heartburn Solution: A 3-Step Nutrition Program to Stop Acid Reflux Without Drugs. I was interested in the process and in the recipes.
The good news is that he and Mr Kesser agree on causes and treatments for reflux. The bad news is, I bought this book and didn't learn much of anything new lol! I suspected that might be the case, but I bought the Kindle version for cheaper and don't mind supporting him. And actually, he does talk in more detail about what foods to eat rather than what foods to avoid, like traditional doctors do. He goes into some detail about how modern diets are destroying our GIs and that our focus should be on whole foods rather than on processed foods, fad diets or following studies that are later disproven. This was all confirming stuff I already suspected, but I appreciated that confirmation, especially that fats from animals are ok (I often cook in bacon fat) and fake or highly processed fats (fake butter) should be avoided.
Anyway the point is, I've always known that whole foods are important, but this entire experience has given me the kick in the pants that I needed to really make this change. I do make exceptions to his rules, like I still eat some bread and pasta, but I'm aiming to eat them less often as before.
My major changes were adding the following to my diet:
- Bone broth
- Yogurt
- Kombucha/other probiotic drinks
- Apple cider vinegar (drink 1 tablespoon in a glass of water before breakfast and dinner)
I also restarted fruit and spinach smoothies in the morning, which is often where I add the yogurt and the apple cider vingar. It's so efficient.
I was going to Whole Foods for Bonafide Provisions bone broth, which is really tasty. I'm not a coffee drinker and don't drink tea much, so I'm not accustomed to having a warm beverage in the morning. But I must admit, I really like it. I heat it up on the stove because the instructions specifically say not to microwave, then I dump it in a thermos and take it to work. My only complaint is that it has a weird aftertaste that I don't like. But I enjoy having the broth at work as part of my morning routine, and it helps keep me warm in the wee hours of the morning. But twice in a row, I went to WF to get my broth, and they were sold out.
I had already been considering making my own because it's probably more economical and should theoretically be pretty easy with a slow cooker. So I did some googling and stumbled upon Craig Fear's site (which is in desperate need of a redesign). He talks a lot about the same stuff as Chris Kesser, so I ended up buying his book, The 30 Day Heartburn Solution: A 3-Step Nutrition Program to Stop Acid Reflux Without Drugs. I was interested in the process and in the recipes.
The good news is that he and Mr Kesser agree on causes and treatments for reflux. The bad news is, I bought this book and didn't learn much of anything new lol! I suspected that might be the case, but I bought the Kindle version for cheaper and don't mind supporting him. And actually, he does talk in more detail about what foods to eat rather than what foods to avoid, like traditional doctors do. He goes into some detail about how modern diets are destroying our GIs and that our focus should be on whole foods rather than on processed foods, fad diets or following studies that are later disproven. This was all confirming stuff I already suspected, but I appreciated that confirmation, especially that fats from animals are ok (I often cook in bacon fat) and fake or highly processed fats (fake butter) should be avoided.
Anyway the point is, I've always known that whole foods are important, but this entire experience has given me the kick in the pants that I needed to really make this change. I do make exceptions to his rules, like I still eat some bread and pasta, but I'm aiming to eat them less often as before.