Would love to know your thoughts as you continue exploring what works for you. For me mainstream medicine fails many regularly. When I suffered migraines I was prescribed three different medications which culminated in a perfect storm … a stroke.
What I have come to learn is that our physical health is deeply tied to our mental state of being. If we are stuck in fight or flight or freeze modes our bodies become inflamed with cortisol - the stress hormone- and we acquire chronic dis-ease in a variety of places in the body.
Working with my own traumas in various modalities including diet, has opened my eyes to ways to heal far beyond modern medicine’s take. I am healthier now in mind body spirit and heart than ever before. ❤️
I am so sorry to hear you suffered stroke on top of all else. So happy to hear that this has all led to a deeper connection to yourself and now you’re much healthier as a result.
It’s been very similar for me. I’m now 6 years in and I’m wondering at the connection between being true to my authentic self and experiencing the best health I’ve ever had in my adult life.
It started with reducing inflammation in my body, moving on to rebalancing my hormones and healing trauma at a deep, childhood, ancestral and past life level.
Going all out root cause and taking myself further than is medically believed possible.
It’s amazing isn’t it. We can be intuitive with our bodies if we learn to listen to what it tells us every day.
Thank you. In regards to the stroke I had to go thru endless tests and multiple doctors telling me at 36 I was too young to have a stroke… only to finally have no other diagnosis. I am recovered and many years from that but I stopped taking prescription medication at that point. That’s not to say it doesn’t work for others, but Western medicine is not designed to get to the root cause you mention. It’s only meant to stop the symptoms of the issue. You have done something amazing in learning about your own self. Keep writing. Keep sharing. Your lived experience as a fellow human is more than enough. ❤️
The book “my stroke of insight” who was written by neuroscientist Jill and she has a rare stroke at a young age. Made a full recovery (took her 8 years) and now (tries her best to) educate the medical field on the components of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. So much never makes it ms way down beyond those who invest their own time and special interests.
None of the medication for the 450 neurological disorders is proving effective (see blog: neurological research priorities). Not in a 16 year period for migraine (ref: global disease burden report). But the advice is to still give it out anyway and we have more medical professionals available to give it out.
At first I was going to keep quiet about my findings but then I realised that’s me being compliant as a woman. Keeping quiet. When it’s party of my story.
I went against my body taking 4 different types of medication. My body was saying “no no no”.
I wasn’t permitted to see a neurologist without doing so. Back then I still believed they were there to help me get to root cause and find my way back to wellness. I’m glad I had this belief though because now I realise it was telling me a lot - that it was possible. I just had to find another way🙏✨🌷
I touched on this a little in Part Two on my MCAS series “histamine and diet”…. But I also overhauled my diet for anti-inflammatory purposes.
When I still had greater mobility and was less severe - I devoured information. I cut gluten, dairy, sugar and refined foods - and then eventually did a year as a raw vegan. That was an adventure! It’s hard eating raw during a Canadian winter lol.
It taught me so much though - including how to get creative with food and how to eat for maximum nutrition. Now that I have an energy limiting condition it’s come in incredibly handy because I can’t eat much but what I DO eat is at least packed full of nutrients.
I may write about this down the line too. Things I eliminated, what I replaced them with, fun swaps etc. People always think cutting dairy will be the hardest - but I found incredible swaps that were absolutely delicious. Banana nice cream. Avocado chocolate pudding. Raw vegan Alfredo made from cashews. Hemp seed butter with cinnamon and cacao.
I’m going to stop now since it makes me sad I can’t eat these things anymore! Looking forward to reading part 2!
I’d love to read more about those fun swaps! They sound right up my street.
One route I didn’t go down (but I would if I had my time over) was eating even more simpler than I already did. To give my body less work to do. I feel this would help a lot of chronically ill people.
Did the year as a raw vegan pay off?
Something I mention in one of the future episodes that I don’t see with the mammoth overload of information out there is women’s menstrual cycles and the fact we need to fuel more before and during our period, often with warm foods.
Interesting you say that about dairy because I haven’t cut that out yet I can see how it would benefit.
I don’t have a proper period because of my hysterectomy - but I know many raw vegan ladies that swear their cycle is more regular! You can still have warm foods - just nothing super hot. Many people do “raw until 4” and then have cooked (but unprocessed) foods for dinner.
Cutting dairy was huge for me! It was actually the first thing I did. My sinus issues cleared up right away and within a few weeks I had less rashes and skin issues. I got off a few meds I had been on since I was a teen.
I sorta fell into veganism because I was looking for dairy alternatives - and then I found a whole exciting world of food! I just posted a note with a photo of my banana ice cream - which I swear is delicious and much healthier than dairy OR commercially available alternatives.
Now I eat very simply because my diet is quite restrictive - but back then I had a ton of fun with it. It was still simple in that very little cooking was required - but my knowledge and palate expanded tremendously when I dove into the plant world.
Thanks for this Amber. I’ve had to massively adjust my diet first for long covid and now for stomach inflammation. I have cut out so many things which is hard! Like citrus, tomato, mushrooms, dairy, spice, any processed food, and big cut down on gluten though not completely. There are so many things that are bad for us. Or for some of us at least. Struggling to give up sugar as I get massive cravings but I’m sure that’s not helping me! I’d like to find a good recipe book if you know any?
Re: cook books - I’m a lazy cook! I bought a couple but haven’t used any😆 i share on my next pieces what I mainly ate to get me started (though it’s changed now). You can search anti-inflammatory recipe books and there are loads. I think the biggest keys are trying not to get it perfect and focussing on what you can have vs what you can’t x
I only cut one thing out at a time rather than everything at once which I think is why it felt like I didn’t do a right lot. I put no pressure on myself and took my time. Totally goes against the grain but it had the longest lasting results and I’ve never felt deprived.
I didn’t see anything as bad - just set my goal on reducing inflammation in my body and aligned with that. Lots more tips coming (there’s 5 of these and I could easy write more).
Sugar I had to go cold turkey but like I say, only did that change on its own, not in conjunction with all the others. I broke the sugar rush cycle so didn’t really get any cravings again (did still have the occasional emotional reaction though - none of what I’ve done has been perfect, far from). But that’s all my key messaging here; practice over perfection.
Thank you for writing this, Amber, it looks like a sign for me to publish the article I had kept in my stash for this week. It's a lighthearted article about recipes of the things I cook and enjoy every day to manage my autoimmunity. I'm not the biggest fan of eliminating gluten so I don't kick it out, but I do stricter in dairy, red meat, and UPF. But my article will focus on the recipes rather than the science-based limits.
I'm going to tag you as a source of inspiration if that's alright.
Aw thanks so much I’d love to read it! I’m so happy we’re all supporting, encouraging and inspiring one another to share our great work😍 it is so needed!
I don’t eliminate gluten entirely either! Lots more coming up in my next few Sunday pieces on this. There is a lot to consider on a personal level when it comes to making changes. What your body is communicating to you and what feels true for you being a major one 💛
Yay, you're writing about it! Thanks so much for sharing, and can't wait to read pt. 2.
Entirely down to you encouraging me. Thanks so much🙏🩵✨
Would love to know your thoughts as you continue exploring what works for you. For me mainstream medicine fails many regularly. When I suffered migraines I was prescribed three different medications which culminated in a perfect storm … a stroke.
What I have come to learn is that our physical health is deeply tied to our mental state of being. If we are stuck in fight or flight or freeze modes our bodies become inflamed with cortisol - the stress hormone- and we acquire chronic dis-ease in a variety of places in the body.
Working with my own traumas in various modalities including diet, has opened my eyes to ways to heal far beyond modern medicine’s take. I am healthier now in mind body spirit and heart than ever before. ❤️
I am so sorry to hear you suffered stroke on top of all else. So happy to hear that this has all led to a deeper connection to yourself and now you’re much healthier as a result.
It’s been very similar for me. I’m now 6 years in and I’m wondering at the connection between being true to my authentic self and experiencing the best health I’ve ever had in my adult life.
It started with reducing inflammation in my body, moving on to rebalancing my hormones and healing trauma at a deep, childhood, ancestral and past life level.
Going all out root cause and taking myself further than is medically believed possible.
It’s amazing isn’t it. We can be intuitive with our bodies if we learn to listen to what it tells us every day.
Thank you. In regards to the stroke I had to go thru endless tests and multiple doctors telling me at 36 I was too young to have a stroke… only to finally have no other diagnosis. I am recovered and many years from that but I stopped taking prescription medication at that point. That’s not to say it doesn’t work for others, but Western medicine is not designed to get to the root cause you mention. It’s only meant to stop the symptoms of the issue. You have done something amazing in learning about your own self. Keep writing. Keep sharing. Your lived experience as a fellow human is more than enough. ❤️
The book “my stroke of insight” who was written by neuroscientist Jill and she has a rare stroke at a young age. Made a full recovery (took her 8 years) and now (tries her best to) educate the medical field on the components of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. So much never makes it ms way down beyond those who invest their own time and special interests.
None of the medication for the 450 neurological disorders is proving effective (see blog: neurological research priorities). Not in a 16 year period for migraine (ref: global disease burden report). But the advice is to still give it out anyway and we have more medical professionals available to give it out.
At first I was going to keep quiet about my findings but then I realised that’s me being compliant as a woman. Keeping quiet. When it’s party of my story.
I went against my body taking 4 different types of medication. My body was saying “no no no”.
I wasn’t permitted to see a neurologist without doing so. Back then I still believed they were there to help me get to root cause and find my way back to wellness. I’m glad I had this belief though because now I realise it was telling me a lot - that it was possible. I just had to find another way🙏✨🌷
I touched on this a little in Part Two on my MCAS series “histamine and diet”…. But I also overhauled my diet for anti-inflammatory purposes.
When I still had greater mobility and was less severe - I devoured information. I cut gluten, dairy, sugar and refined foods - and then eventually did a year as a raw vegan. That was an adventure! It’s hard eating raw during a Canadian winter lol.
It taught me so much though - including how to get creative with food and how to eat for maximum nutrition. Now that I have an energy limiting condition it’s come in incredibly handy because I can’t eat much but what I DO eat is at least packed full of nutrients.
I may write about this down the line too. Things I eliminated, what I replaced them with, fun swaps etc. People always think cutting dairy will be the hardest - but I found incredible swaps that were absolutely delicious. Banana nice cream. Avocado chocolate pudding. Raw vegan Alfredo made from cashews. Hemp seed butter with cinnamon and cacao.
I’m going to stop now since it makes me sad I can’t eat these things anymore! Looking forward to reading part 2!
I’d love to read more about those fun swaps! They sound right up my street.
One route I didn’t go down (but I would if I had my time over) was eating even more simpler than I already did. To give my body less work to do. I feel this would help a lot of chronically ill people.
Did the year as a raw vegan pay off?
Something I mention in one of the future episodes that I don’t see with the mammoth overload of information out there is women’s menstrual cycles and the fact we need to fuel more before and during our period, often with warm foods.
Interesting you say that about dairy because I haven’t cut that out yet I can see how it would benefit.
I don’t have a proper period because of my hysterectomy - but I know many raw vegan ladies that swear their cycle is more regular! You can still have warm foods - just nothing super hot. Many people do “raw until 4” and then have cooked (but unprocessed) foods for dinner.
Cutting dairy was huge for me! It was actually the first thing I did. My sinus issues cleared up right away and within a few weeks I had less rashes and skin issues. I got off a few meds I had been on since I was a teen.
I sorta fell into veganism because I was looking for dairy alternatives - and then I found a whole exciting world of food! I just posted a note with a photo of my banana ice cream - which I swear is delicious and much healthier than dairy OR commercially available alternatives.
Now I eat very simply because my diet is quite restrictive - but back then I had a ton of fun with it. It was still simple in that very little cooking was required - but my knowledge and palate expanded tremendously when I dove into the plant world.
Oooh wow, this is amazing !! So fascinating. Let me go check out that note…🙂
Thanks for this Amber. I’ve had to massively adjust my diet first for long covid and now for stomach inflammation. I have cut out so many things which is hard! Like citrus, tomato, mushrooms, dairy, spice, any processed food, and big cut down on gluten though not completely. There are so many things that are bad for us. Or for some of us at least. Struggling to give up sugar as I get massive cravings but I’m sure that’s not helping me! I’d like to find a good recipe book if you know any?
Re: cook books - I’m a lazy cook! I bought a couple but haven’t used any😆 i share on my next pieces what I mainly ate to get me started (though it’s changed now). You can search anti-inflammatory recipe books and there are loads. I think the biggest keys are trying not to get it perfect and focussing on what you can have vs what you can’t x
I only cut one thing out at a time rather than everything at once which I think is why it felt like I didn’t do a right lot. I put no pressure on myself and took my time. Totally goes against the grain but it had the longest lasting results and I’ve never felt deprived.
I didn’t see anything as bad - just set my goal on reducing inflammation in my body and aligned with that. Lots more tips coming (there’s 5 of these and I could easy write more).
Sugar I had to go cold turkey but like I say, only did that change on its own, not in conjunction with all the others. I broke the sugar rush cycle so didn’t really get any cravings again (did still have the occasional emotional reaction though - none of what I’ve done has been perfect, far from). But that’s all my key messaging here; practice over perfection.
Thank you for writing this, Amber, it looks like a sign for me to publish the article I had kept in my stash for this week. It's a lighthearted article about recipes of the things I cook and enjoy every day to manage my autoimmunity. I'm not the biggest fan of eliminating gluten so I don't kick it out, but I do stricter in dairy, red meat, and UPF. But my article will focus on the recipes rather than the science-based limits.
I'm going to tag you as a source of inspiration if that's alright.
Aw thanks so much I’d love to read it! I’m so happy we’re all supporting, encouraging and inspiring one another to share our great work😍 it is so needed!
I don’t eliminate gluten entirely either! Lots more coming up in my next few Sunday pieces on this. There is a lot to consider on a personal level when it comes to making changes. What your body is communicating to you and what feels true for you being a major one 💛