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Shelly

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Sorry I have taken so long to reply to your question. When my protein intake was higher I felt quite drowsy had a headache, had muscle fatigue and a horrible taste in my mouth. All went away when I lowered the protein so I assumed it was that. Probably could not say for sure if it was the protein without a blood test.

I have some potassium on order I got the chloride form, by now foods, they have an iodide form and a citrate not sure which is best to be honest. But figure that potassium chloride is in most mineral waters so maybe the more natural of the 3.
 

mattyb

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Is this that causes the digestion problem? Which is cause, which is effect?
Since I stopped vinegar, I can stand betaine HCL well, I take 600mg. Yesterday evening I forgot, and woke at 3am with reflux....
I also salt a lot, I have always loved salt. I now have more thirst than usual.

I know I usually do not drink enough. Another member mentionned the same, wake up with thirst but "cannot drink", I also litterally forget about it! I think it is because because I would pee too much and my body wants to keep minerals. If I drink more, I just pee too much. I really have a lot of colour from beet root juice, only with one not big root per day. Rest is cucumber, radish carrot. I like coliflor and onion, which seems to be a liking for sulfur?

Today I am better with only bitters, veg juice, 1 avocado, lemon juice, meat and eggs and old goat cheese.

I am low in potassium. I am not sure in what form and with what else I should take K.
@mattyb when you say electrolites, is it something that is standardized and I just need to go to a sport shop?

Lay off the beetroot for a bit. The nitrate in beet roots can cause dehydration and mineral loss.

When you get reflux, does it burn your throat badly? Or do you just kind of regurgitate with little burning?
 

Canari

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Thanks!
Ok I stop the beetroot, and it is true they were feeling less attractive, had no juice today.
When you get reflux, does it burn your throat badly? Or do you just kind of regurgitate with little burning?
I remember the question, and no throat burn, I am in the case of low stomach acid.... The oesophagus burning stopped when I sat, I needed verticality. I have this only at night.
Yesterday evening I forgot my betaine hcl....

This evening I got the "skin pain" and drank some lemon skin tea. I feel better now.

The good new is that I think I have reached the ketone stage! I ate last at midday and do not feel like eating now at midnight! I have resisted the fruits, I have friends at home, and I feel much better. Still no hot flush today... So I am sure it is about sugar levels. I get mad when I introduce any fruit or starch in my diet, except curiously dry fig, well one at a time. I have read it is a different sugar...

At lunch for the first time I have taken 2 betaine hcl. I had a lot of beef, quite fatty so I took eggs too. Also an avocado and greens as usual, even artichoke leaves. Still attracted by coliflor, and also had some red cabbage today and liked it. I also had some bitter cacao to end meal, with macadamia and some coconut oil. I feel the same as after 3 days fasting except that i have more energy.
 

Canari

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I am so happy to report I slept 6 hours well! No night sweat! No heart burn either. I am now hardly hungry and sipping my lemon and oilve oil juice while heating bone broth with some meaty bones...

The only problem was the cramp in my leg, with nerve sensation up to lower back, and I know it is dehydration, thanks for the clue @mattyb ! thus all the drinking now. I have to go out and find electrolytes and Potassium chloride!

I do not lack Mg, but should I go for Mg chloride on my legs? Because this I have it... I als have C-salts, with some potassium but not only.
 

Canari

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people have different types of alkalosis . Look thru the tests, some have volume depletion where they need sodium chloride and potassium chloride. Some have high cortisol, with potassium depletion. chloride is lost yes, but it is not limiting factor. Need to use dexamethasone for a fix . I agree ammonia chloride can and is used . Since it lowers sodium.
So I eat salt and look for KCl...
I think I have alkalosis as a slow -so says the lab- , and low K. I need more stomach acid and take the betaine hcl.
Is there an amino with HCl that can be recommended?

Is Buteyko breathing recommended for alkalinity?
 

Canari

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Grrrrr the sweating comes back.... though I am off carbs. It seems I get better when the meat I eat is beef. Today I had mainly liver.
This morning I got up thirsty and with leg cramps when I wanted to get up.

And you know what?!!!!!! I forgot to drink !

I went directly to the garden to look for green leaves and then remembered I wanted to drink... So though not good, what does my body want to tell and do?
 

Canari

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Muscles cramps are going away after taking c-salts, a mix of vitamine c with K Mg and Zn. I am not more afraid to move in the morning for getting up!

Then I got some osteopathy and she had to work on my colon, belly fascias were painful. Liver is still not good.

Yesterday I had more fish than meat, and some papaya, which I will keep as only carb for its digestive properties. I have also finally found miso that is gluten-free. I also use very old raw cheese, all umami taste, thus it means I have histidine issues I think...

This morning I woke up with zero muscle pain, which is exceptional!

I still have some heat but not up to sweating.

 

Canari

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My diet is currently:

2 or 3 big meals, according to when and how big.
- Almost no Fruits: some lemon (juice + tea), avocados (emulsify fats, mayo) and papaya for its digestive properties.

- Veggies: Starting the day with bitter herbs, dandelion, chicory leaves, artichoke leaves, also parsley, miners lettuce, and some wild plants such as stellaria, sonchus, poppy leaves. FREE, FRESH & FANCY!
other raw veggies: coliflor, onion, red cabbage, carrot. Rare garlic.
I do not eat cooked veggies. I use the broth not the veggies. I add them to bones and hard meaty parts: rest of the raw veggies, the less fresh parts of the cabbage onions etc. also nettles... (F F&F!).
Exception: tomato sauce for eating eggs.

- Animal parts: I eat whatever meat, fish + some of the greens and raw veggies.
As much as possible I eat this raw, and then cook the hard parts into broth. Or I quickly put beef in very hot coconut oil, just to heat and seal the surface. Inside raw.
I eat the fish partly raw, as I have it fresh, and then cook heads and bones.
I cook chicken and goat, but very slow cooking. I keep boiling the bones a few days. I have just even dared to mix fish and meat bones, and no bad taste!
I have some seashells but good ones are difficult to find: not farmed, no additives.... = almost nothing!

- Eggs: I break 3 or 4 into a bowl, to separate white from yolk.
Yolk: used for emulsifying, I put it in whatever I find fatty, especially broth/soup. I never cook it.
White: I prefer to eat it ...white. But not cooked = I mean not boiled. Texture and quality of protein is thus kept.
I can add it in whatever liquid, but my favorite is to heat up tomato sauce, and when almost boiling I add the whites and keep stirring without letting boil. When egg is no more liquid it is ok. Then I eat it like this with miso or old cheese, or accompanying meat or fish...
Another recipe is heating in a pan a spoonful of coconut and turmeric (recipe below) and then add and stir the whites until it is coagulated and yellow! In that case, as it is fatty, I also put at least a raw yolk in my plate.
Eggs in shell: I put in cold water and bring to an almost boil, then leave 3-4 mns. It becomes hard if left more time, with no boil at all, and the taste is better, consistency too.

- Cheese: very old raw cheese, goat or sheep. I little piece at the same meals as meat of fish.

- Nuts and oils: I use olive oil in greens or mixed with avocado into a creamy cream! I use coconut oil too. I have macadamia and Brazil nuts. I also use some pumpkin seeds but mainly hemp seeds, for their balance with omega 3. I also have some cacao.

I use several preparations and teas:
- Miso for salt and natural glutamate.
- curcuma powder boiled in coconut oil with some pepper, then kept in jar.
I plan to do the same with cacao....
- organic lemon tea: all after juicing it. Can be used several times. Bitter and good for liver.
- Milk-thistle seeds: home-powedered as I buy them per kilo. It makes a good "milk". I can even add hemp seeds in it. I eat all. With less water and chocolate it makes a cream. I put no sugar but coconut oil, even mix with the turmeric prep...
 

Canari

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My main goals are:
- to get a better digestion and get rid of sibo: I have no strong symptoms but I do it to digest and assimilate my food!
- Have more energy, sleep longer, stabilize cortisol and adrenals in general.
- Get muscles according to the exercise I do, and relax those muscles, get rid of cramps, pains and aches, tendinitis.

My way suits this:
- slow oxidizer with alkaline tissues = need proteins
- low stomach acid = help to get more aminos from food, with salt, Cl salts and electrolytes.
- low in potassium copper and sodium: try to up them.

So, I gather tips to get more from eating proteins!
- I believe the type of cooking is important for proteins.
- And believe in salt and HCl use with the adequate minerals according to personal necessities.
 

tanedout

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My main goals are:
- to get a better digestion and get rid of sibo: I have no strong symptoms but I do it to digest and assimilate my food!
- Have more energy, sleep longer, stabilize cortisol and adrenals in general.
- Get muscles according to the exercise I do, and relax those muscles, get rid of cramps, pains and aches, tendinitis.

My way suits this:
- slow oxidizer with alkaline tissues = need proteins
- low stomach acid = help to get more aminos from food, with salt, Cl salts and electrolytes.
- low in potassium copper and sodium: try to up them.

So, I gather tips to get more from eating proteins!
- I believe the type of cooking is important for proteins.
- And believe in salt and HCl use with the adequate minerals according to personal necessities.

Are those minerals low on blood tests, hair analysis or both? In my experience they don't seem to match up.

I've found from taking whey protein drinks recently that I've got the white coating on the back of my tongue back. Going to try putting it into capsules and swallowing those instead to avoid swallowing the whey liquid!
 

Canari

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Are those minerals low on blood tests, hair analysis or both? In my experience they don't seem to match up.

I've found from taking whey protein drinks recently that I've got the white coating on the back of my tongue back. Going to try putting it into capsules and swallowing those instead to avoid swallowing the whey liquid!

They do not match, so I guess what we have more in blood is just badly used or even "refused" by our body?

I do not think it would change if you use capsules. Well.... my white coating is from liver, acupuncturists always said this to me. It is not direct contact.

I prefer to get the most from my proteins, and use my taste to know what I want. And really, the way of cooking is important, as proteins get damaged by heat and processing.
 

Canari

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I am still struggling to stay almost off carbs, but it works quite good overall... I eat raw veggies and any animal product, and green meaty bones and fish broth.

I had some esophagus burning today, though I am taking 2 betain per meal.

I started again taking lemon juice with olive oil in the morning.
 

Canari

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I went on with craniosacral therapy, and I felt asleep on the table, which was very interesting, because the work was on 4 diaphragms that were not in harmony, from pelvic to the base of the skull. And I started to hyperventilate! Superficial and very fast, but I remembered nothing. We concluded that the shock of this horse fall could still be the culprit....

But the next night....

Bothered by the lamp from the neighbour, she forgot to turn it off.... and I woke up with dry mouth! So I said "ok, I have to track this". I had also been burping a lot, and I started to feel activated in my throat. I had a hard time to go through, but could feel pain and choking and then had to pull out my tongue, which had happened, but less, in some session. Then I remembered the other big shock I have, from surgery. i was in the memory of the analysis for celiac, as they went down to duodenum for biopsy! So they passed several diaphragms of course. I managed to stand the activation until discharge. They would have seen me during the process, they would have sent me to hospital because of the trembling and contortion! I even could feel the tube I wanted to bite and break! I finally fell asleep after the process.

The next day I was super full of energy, and even my friends told me I was so much more straight!

The night after, I slept well, but was not great when waking up, as anestesias memory are a big cause of activation during sleep... I got into contact was another part of the surgery, and this one get my legs feel like lead and dead. i also got the physical memory of the surgery, but I am not able to process the big bit alone, and I will try to get help tuesday at the next session. Tomorrow dentist only, haha!

Today I could feel that my stomach and digestion was much better. Maybe I have the explanation why I had lower stomach pains...
 

Canari

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Last diet update....
My only supp is c/salts after meals.
I drink whole cold lemon maceration, very good slight bitter.
I drink dark green veggies broths.
I have decided to give a go to aloe vera, as I grow it. Will take it before bed.
I chew bitters in the morning, like artichoke leaves.

Food is 2 meals of meat with 2 eggs and a piece of aged cheese. With a few brazil, pumpkin and hemp seeds. Salt. Some miso to taste to.

Digestive track is good with this! urine smells stronger.

BUT last night I did not want to eat much so I took an avocado, some hemp, cacao butter, well too much fat. Woke up at night with burning stomach and it went when I sat.
 

Canari

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Last diet update....
My only supp is c/salts after meals.
I drink whole cold lemon maceration, very good slight bitter.
I drink dark green veggies broths.
I have decided to give a go to aloe vera, as I grow it. Will take it before bed.
I chew bitters in the morning, like artichoke leaves.

Food is 2 meals of meat with 2 eggs and a piece of aged cheese. With a few brazil, pumpkin and hemp seeds. Salt. Some miso to taste to.

Digestive track is good with this! urine smells stronger.

BUT last night I did not want to eat much so I took an avocado, some hemp, cacao butter, well too much fat. Woke up at night with burning stomach and it went when I sat.
 

Canari

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I tried your suggestion of raw beef steak made from minced tartar meat. It was really good and digested so much better than cooked. I will experiment more with raw meat instead of cooked.
Have you experimented more?
 

Canari

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Mango and chirimoya time... so I make a break. Even if I have hot flashes again! I dont mind, they are too good!
Anyway I also had a nice mutton leg made on barbecue, though I have eaten mostly the less cooked center!

When all chirimoyas are gone from the tree, I go back to carnivore eating!

Now I have urine sticks to check if I am in ketosis. For now sure not after mango eating! Hem... binging!
 

Nighteyes

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Have you experimented more?

I am eating quite balanced these days really. I came to the conclusion that I dont Think eating raw Meat is safe when Living in the City and shopping in supermarkets etc. The Meat just doesnt Seem fresh enough.
 
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Brute

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Raw meat is really dangerous IMO and yeah as you said especially in cities and in times of low quality meat. Unless you know the source very well and are prepared to pay a lot of money for very high quality meat it's not something I'd advise. But even then it's not guaranteed you might not get sick from it. I introduced very high quality raw milk a few years ago and it worked really well for a few weeks, but then my gut got messed up one time, I had terrible diarrhea and stomachaches for a few days. That was the only time I had such issues for a very long time. There's this funny Youtuber named sv3rige who makes fun of vegans and always pulls off 'stunts' such as eating goat heads at vegan festivals. It's funny to watch, but this guy is even crazier than your average vegan and he nearly died already from getting some viral infection caused by eating raw meat.
 

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I ate raw meat for a while too and drank raw milk and raw kefir. Never had problems with my stomach but I don't know if it is without risks. Raw milk tastes great. I got it from a farmer with healthy cows. I still drink milk but pasteurised. Works for me but it is not as good as raw milk in taste.

I think I do well on a lot of animal foods probably because I am fast oxidizer.

Problem with meat is if you eat it from sedentary animals they will have more built up toxic metals. When they are active they have less of this because they use their nervous system on the daily. You pretty much eat their toxic metals or even virus that they have in their body. If they are ill you will get ill.

Also slow oxidizers cannot handle as much meat and fat and calcium as the fast oxidizer.

I still eat a good amount of cooked meat everyday. I also ate shortly heated (almost raw) eggwhites for a while as my main protein.

I think meat is mandatory for zinc. People who don't eat meat, often seem a bit crazy.
 
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