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Audrey's log
Hi @audrey my problems started about 18 months into detox when I was eating about 250 grams of beans. It was difficult to figure out what caused it. I would get these weird cramps in my upper body. Slightly terrifying when near the heart. I think it was pushing the detox too hard with high toxicity and a lot of leakiness in system. So it wasnt the cruciferous veg or the potatoes as actual cause but the increased toxicity. I do find cauliflower promotes the detox with more sulfur and choline. Eating the 4 eggs a day for a few months and the leakiness has reduced and so now potatoes and cauliflower I am eating moderate amounts of without any signs of cramps.
Has anyone ever had swollen neck nodes since being low A? Today I've woken with some swollen nodes and burning neck. I had some pineapple yesterday for the first time, just to see how I felt, and 1 small cooked beet. Could this have triggered something like oxalates? Though I have a feeling something has been brewing bc of my sore shoulder/arm and now my neck, all on the right side. Could it be retracing? Before I got myself into this vitamin A mess around 7 years ago, I had a few months of shoulder, arm and swollen neck nodes which the doctor couldn't figure out, I was tested for a few things. I thought I had B6 toxicity or the CBD oil I was taking triggered something viral. Never tested for Lyme but it is also possible, I'm in nature all the time. I just hope this is a retracing.
@audrey In my experience of revisiting a whole beetroot after a long time I found it remarkably powerful. And that is not necessarily the betaine because I'd already been eating organic spelt and quinoa for some time. I'd only try slices of beetroot initially. It could be retracing. It improves bowel movements when eating the whole beetroot. Oxalates might only be a problem if you're sensitive to them. I would say beetroot is moderate oxalic acid.
Hi @puddleduck, yes but not every day... 2 days on, 1 day off... it seems to help with something, whether it binds to oxalates or vitamin A in bile, I'm not sure. My right arm and hand go a bit yellow sometimes, but each week it gets better, as is the unbearable thumb joint pain... slowly getting better.
@puddleduck thank you for checking in 🙂
@audrey Ah wow, so your right arm/thumb/shoulder/neck seem to be a “weak spot”...I think I remember Sally Norton talking about how oxalate (...and perhaps other toxins, too?) accumulate in areas of injury, so maybe that is part of the explanation for “retracing?” I hope it means your thumb is moving toxins out of storage and ultimately repairing itself at a deeper level than it had been able to in the seven years prior. 🤞 I’m sorry it is so painful right now, though happy to hear it is improving at least. 😓
Jenny posted that charcoal absorbs porphyrins, too. I’m glad it seems to help you.
Thank you @puddleduck, I hope so too <3
This is not exactly the 4 year update I was looking forward to, but it’s not bad. I will try to keep it brief as possible...
(since adding 1 egg in roughly 6 months ago)
-i can tolerate a variety of fats better like sunflower seeds, some nuts, fattier meats
-regular and easy bowel movements continue
-great sleep continues (the odd bit of insomnia lately from over thinking)
-great energy unless i eat oats, then i crash, but only with oats (i love oats and hope one day this won’t be the case)
-thumb 90% better, can change bike gears again and bend it, put pressure on it, muscle mass increasing
-shoulder pain almost completely gone after more than 1 year
-more weight loss. i’ve lost weight each year only to gain a tiny bit back but then the next year i seem to lose it again plus more
-generally my moods have been positive and more joyful, but i notice since adding in the EPO 3 weeks ago my moods are less ‘bright’
-more aligned with myself, so many positive things have been happening in my life the last year and a half, truly incredible
-less OCD, taking more risks, showing up for myself in ways that are new to me
-still have these purplish eyes underneath which i thought could be from taking activated charcoal, so i stopped it and have seen a slight improvement
-foods like blueberries, lettuce, cabbage appear to make my eyes slightly purplish underneath as well
-weight loss is maybe making my face a bit more hollow, idk
-i have a new ‘red dot’ on my injured thumb, i have had these red dots ever since i was a kid (i overdosed on multi vits as a kid, ate the entire bottle once), sometimes they disappear but it’s interesting i have a new one
-hand and arm skin, dead but my arm hair is growing back
-facial skin, dead (but folks still consistently think I am 14 years younger than i am these days, but i have always been consistently carded as 8-10 years younger anyway, which says nothing about my health i am sure. but 4 years into this diet, i see it as a positive thing… i do have the energy of being back in my early 30’s aside from libido, which still runs hot and cold, grrrr
-feel like i’m physically a bit hollow inside like something is missing, whether it’s fat or something else i do not know but it doesn’t feel like a good thing esp. my arms and hands, they have aged 20 years +. zero plumpness, unless i do garden work, then they plump up and look great.
-i feel strong though, maybe bc i feel lighter and have more energy?
-my finger nails are dry and brittle like never before, my hair too, i think i am in a detox phase right now
-gums are feeling lousy and irritated, and very pale, any new regrowth of gums has disappeared, i keep thinking i need more vitamin C, i could be detoxing too much A rn and not realising it (eating some natto this week for extra K2)
-i still have little pleasure in enjoying real food, i used to love cooking and eating, and now i just eat to get calories and bc i know i should, i really am trying to improve this state, by slowly adding in new foods, relearning to enjoy eating intuitively again
-vision a bit worse than 6 months ago
-another interesting thing, all of last year i never burned once in the sun, and now this year, in April, my forehead got burnt enjoying a sinlge day out in springtime!
-still feel at my best and most healthiest when i am walking in nature, in the woods, when i can feel myself and not over think, it’s at times like this that i actually feel healed
-still some balance issues/slight anxiety, esp. in the mornings (trying B12)
-more orange ear wax after a period of very little wax
-soles of feet slowly still improving
-totally new to me, some urinary urgency, which i understand could be needing more choline?!
-slight jaundice on arms, comes and goes
since taking EPO, one 500 MG cap internally for just over 3 weeks (also rubbing some argan oil on my hands and arms)
-some mild hot flashes, which is new
-some noticeable eyebrow growth, very soft but the new hairs are there!
-weight loss in breast area (which I have been wanting this entire diet, it’s always the last place i lose weight and first place i gain it (this weight loss alone could be detoxing something and making me feel lousy without realising it)
-red and irritated lower eyelids, not sure yet what is causing this
-i wonder if the EPO is detoxing vitamin A from my skin???
tbh, if my skin wasn’t so dead and dry and lifeless (before the eggs my skin was looking great, I miss it) and my balance wasn’t so off in the mornings, I would say, wow… oh, and if my libido was more consistent!
i am thinking of trying 2 eggs bc i think the days i tried 2 eggs my moods were best, but detox seemed to speed up too fast still (urgent bowel movements, slight nausea)
if i try 2 eggs i think i won’t be able to also eat meat
Thank you for reading, if you made it through to the end.
And to all of you, who help keep me going, much love.