[question] Accidental Paleo/Primal— not sure?
I am not sure if this is the right tag. If not— just kill this.
I seem to have accidentally found paleo/primal, or some space between paleo, keto, and gluten free. Trying to process it as my “ideal” dream diet has always been grain heavy. Based on an upbringing in a Mediterranean/Arab adopted family, and from my time as a vegetarian. Once hardcore as macrobiotic.
I am generally healthy. By that I mean no chronic/acute diagnostic codes. But for as long as I can remember, my health has collapsed when I have tried to “tighten it up” and move to a more grain based diet. Or when I would just give up and be a whatever-vore and eat what presented itself. By my health collapsing I mean joint pain, stiffness, hives & itchies, flaking skin, horrible GI distress. From GERD to so bad it was thought I had ulcerative colitis.
After these bouts of my health falling apart, I seem to just instinctually modify my diet. Really some space between paleo, keto and gluten free. It’s not something I’ve particularly researched. It just happens.
After this last bout I went to the doctor, and had a bunch of labs done. I was so exhausted, fuzzy thinking, itchy, and in pain from sore joints and stiffness, I couldn’t drive a few hours to meet friends. The labs came back negative except for an inconclusive inflammation marker. The doctor was shrug.
So I have been using my body as a lab. Trying different diets, and the going back to my fall back. First test, I made a tray of extremely healthy baked ziti. Then “healthy” sandwiches like humus in pita. Then fake gluten based meats. I ended up in such pain that it was a struggle to get into child’s pose to stretch out my aching back— and that is as passive as it gets. And I almost had to have surgery for an abscess.
Needless to say, I’m sticking to this fall back diet. It’s something between paleo, keto, and gluten free. I am not sure. I have just landed here. My medical people say this is all in my head, as I have been here before. I’ve been tested for food allergies and sensitivities and I’m fine. Jump to corn, rice. Maybe not as bad, or as bad as quickly— but not a good outcome. Beans too. I made huge pots of beans and lentils in the week or ten days before I got this abscess. I have even tried a bunch of fungicidal herbs, even pharmaceuticals. No matter. My labs are always negative for yeast, parasites, and so on.
It’s weird.
Other people find themselves randomly in the paleo camp not looking? Other people get here from the opposite end of things— vegetarian, vegan, crackervore, etc.? Other people have their medical people tell them they are nuts?
Had a couple pork chops and about a ¼ pound of cabbage and garlic kraut for lunch. Feel great. Not hungry between meals and I’m shedding weight comfortably.
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