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Posted 5/28/2012 5:10 AM (GMT 0)
You need to rest your bowel. Please, make this soup and drink only the broth and water for 48 hours you feel so much better I promise. Don't worry about the chicken feet.

http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/brasco-broth

Have you tried making yogurt from Goat Milk since you are lactose intolerance? This will make you feel great.

since you are modifying your diet, I highly suggest after you make the brasco broth you go into the SCD diet.

Please feel better!
Posted 5/28/2012 5:44 AM (GMT 0)
Bananagirl,

I really think food combination would help for you... At least it is something not costing anything to try :)

I have had stable poop for over a month now by experimenting with food combination, but the latest days I have been a little bit mixing ingredients against the rules, and today I had some blood in the poop and it was loose again.

At least one thing is sure: Food combining is reducing the gas and makes you able to keep the poop inside even if you have diarrhea.

The rules are easy to follow for an vegan:

1. Don't mix fruits with anything else.

2. Soy, peanuts and nuts should not be combined with anything else than non starchy items (all seeds, grains, potatoes are forbidden). Lettuce or any salad and non starchy vegetables are good to soy, peanuts and nuts. Nuts are also much better absorbed if they are soaked. Soaking removes stuff from the peel that is preventing digestion.

3. Starchy ingredients can be combined with any non starchy vegetables, salads or lettuce.

4. Melons are not normal fruits and they do not combine with anything else. If you can stand melons at all, eat them as a separate meal.

5. Avoid adding oils, and use only what is absolutely needed. The nuts and seeds you are eating are already having much fats, the same with avocados etc. Flax-seed is also a very good source for fat (omega-3). All added oils makes it more difficult for the enzymes to break down your food, and also added oils are usually having much omega-6, which causes inflammation.

Try to have only 3 regular meals. Give the stomach the rest it needs between. If you google for food combining rules, you will find many different variants. Some put nuts in the "go with anything" category, but my sensible stomach is apparently not happy with it.

I bought this book secondhand cheap (1 cent + shipping): www.amazon.com/Food-Combining-Nutshell-Kathryn-Marsden/dp/0007140444/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338183263&sr=8-2
It made food combining much easier for me to understand. It is a very tiny book (surprisingly tiny), just containing the very basics... But that also makes it easy to read. It makes it a bit easier to categorize the food. I recommend.

Hopefully you get better soon!! :)
Posted 5/28/2012 1:59 PM (GMT 0)
Bananagirl,
as far as I know you are vegetarian. So in case the idea of eating the broth made of chicken is not "your cup of tea", you can try a different kind of soup-Hippocrates soup.

In fact, Dr. Gerson recommended this soup to be eaten at lunch and dinner.
Use 4-quart stainless steel pot
Assemble the following vegetables
Cover with pure quality filtered water

Ingredients (Use organic ingredients were possible):
1 medium celery knob or 3-4 stalks of celery
1 medium parsley root – if available
Garlic as desired
2 small leeks or 1 large
1 ½ pounds tomatoes or more
2 medium onions
1 pound of potatoes
Parsley to taste

1. Wash all the vegetables thoroughly, unpeeled, cut in small cubes.
2. Add just enough filtered water to cover the cut vegetables in non-aluminum based pot.
3. Cook all the ingredients under low heat for 1.5-2hours in firmly
covered pot.
4. Remove tender and soft vegetables from heat, run through food mill/blender. Remove fibers
or peels.
5. Blend still warm ingredients thoroughly till soup is thicky and creamy. Only blend the soup
while its warm, otherwise the soup will form a sticky and starchy texture when cooled.
6. Allow soup to cool before storing in refrigerator
7. Make enough for about two days only.

Notes :
- You can vary the taste by adding semi-dried tomatos or roasted garlic to the soup.
- The unblended version can be used as Vegetable Stock for other recipes.
- The soup should be cooked at low and slow heat to preserve its valuable nutrients and keep it easily digestible. In fast and high heat cooking, the cells burst and the minerals go out of their colloidal composition, it becomes more difficult to be absorbed.
Posted 5/29/2012 2:29 AM (GMT 0)
Bananagirl, i'm sorry to hear of your current state right now. But go you! At least you tried something, and maybe it wasnt for you, that just means you're one step closer to finding a regimen that may work for you.

I was curious, are you on any meds right now? You said LDN and some supplements at the moment right?
Posted 5/29/2012 4:46 PM (GMT 0)
hey stereofidelic, yeah i agree. i would've always wanted to try FT anyways so i'm glad i did even if the results weren't good. gotta live and learn.

i just started LDN 5-6 days ago. i'm starting at 1.5 mg and am gonna work up to 3 mg, possibly 4.5 if i need to. it has taken away my fevers (i always have a fever when i'm flaring) so i think it's going in the right direction.

lookforcure, that soup sounds very good. i will have to show the recipe to my mom. i can't really cook for myself right now if it requires lots of chopping or watching food. we have no chairs in the kitchen so standing for a while gives me cramps.
Posted 5/29/2012 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
Banana: Looks like you are improving. I am just wondering that it might be possible that due to the FT you had
a large die off of your normal bacteria,which released a large amount of endotoxin,making you sick and giving you all the
bowel problems. Also D is a defense mechanism that the body uses to flush toxic material from the colon.
Good Luck
Old Mike
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