Quote from r on July 5, 2020, 7:49 am

I would give up on onions , It slowed down my recovery . Brazil Nuts ( too high in selenium ), and cauliflower is bad for detox . Instead of beans , I will replace it with lentils ( higher amount of nutrients and easy on intestines ) and brown rice .

Quote from Ourania on July 5, 2020, 7:58 am

Welcome @sergio! I am very happy to learn of your progress. I think that if you have made progresss while eating onions, I don't see why you should stop, unless there is a pressing issue with a particular part of your health.

Progress is progress. I personally eat onions, just a little to flavor the food, not huge quantities. I am not at all tired of eating this diet, on the contrary I find it delicious and my sense of taste has become sharper, so I know immediately if one ingredient is not perfect.

What aspects of health did you improve? 

 

Quote from Sergio on July 5, 2020, 8:16 am

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. I feel blessed to be part of this group and to have found this diet. I needed so much to improve my health, it was affecting my life big time..my job , my social life and it was becoming unbearable. I suffered the worst side effects due the VA poisoning from accutane..depression, memory problems, brain fog, very bad anxiety..lack of energy and digestive problems..

 It took a while but after the 1st year I noticed that my memory started to come back, before the diet it was like I couldn't remember things and feelings that I had prior to accutane, it was scary  and I didn't feel like myself..after the 1st year it was like I was slowly becoming myself again ,my anxiety decreased immensely and my brain fog also improved..I can think a lot clearer and I am more happy and have more affection for my loved ones and people in general. I used to be a happy and very affectionate person before accutane and the drug put me in a state of chronic sadness and it seemed I just couldn't feel anything for anybody, just anxiety and emptiness. Now, I am able to feel again, to feel alive and happy. I have motivation to do things, I have energy and my digestion improved big time. We are just giving our bodies the condition to heal itself, I am so grateful guys, God is good. 

 

Quote from Jiří on July 5, 2020, 8:53 am

@sergio don't eat restrictive diet like this anymore. Just avoid high vitamin A foods like organ meats, dairy, egg yolks, sweet potatoes, carrots etc.. and eat everything else. Because eventually you can run into some problems with micronutrient disbalance..

Quote from r on July 5, 2020, 9:20 am

@sergio

A Diet of beef, brown rice , lentils , banana , egg whites , bread and potatoes and lemonade has all the nutrients , you can add cheat meals here and there on weekends . But I this diet for a long time would speed up recovery . 

Quote from salt on July 5, 2020, 9:38 am

@r-2 Almost all lentils have ton of lutein.

 

@jiri I disagree, I think it's a better idea to calculate if you're in the risk of getting any deficiencies rather than start eating VA foods because you're think you might be deficient in something else. 

 

@sergio Onions have basically zero VA, they have less than bananas and apples. Some people think onions might slow VA detox. So you'll probably have to figure out how you feel eating them. You could try fasting for 24 hours or so, then eat some onions with nothing else, and see how you feel, if they make you feel good or bad. The onion family of plants have a special plant chemical called allicin, some people think it's healthy and good, others think it's toxic. 

Quote from r on July 5, 2020, 9:45 am

@salt
The data show it has 0% of lutein for 100 Gm of lentils. may I know where you are getting the nutrition data from for lentils ?

Quote from salt on July 5, 2020, 9:54 am

Quote from r on July 5, 2020, 9:45 am

@salt
The data show it has 0% of lutein for 100 Gm of lentils. may I know where you are getting the nutrition data from for lentils ?

Mostly research papers. 

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814614005585?via%3Dihub

https://sci-hub.tw/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814614005585?via%3Dihub

 

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7292/a66ee933758c8435c67f2f2e02e33a3b4246.pdf

https://www.e-sciencecentral.org/upload/pbb/pdf/pbb-05-192.pdf

 

I think black/white urad dal might be low in VA but I'm not sure.

Quote from Jiří on July 5, 2020, 10:11 am

@salt I am not saying that he can safely eat crazy amounts of all kinds of lower vit A foods which will give him a lot of vit A at the end of the day.. I am saying there is no reason to eat just rice and beans for grains and legumes. There is no reason to eat just beef for meat etc.. Btw eating years and years the same foods like that can give you nice issues once you try add new foods. Anyways you really think that if he has like under 1000iu of vit A a day from all low vit A sources. You will not continue detoxing? The goal here is what? Eat rice, beans and beef for the rest of your life or keeping in mind that it is not a good idea eat liver, sweet potatoes, drink carrot juice or eat 10 whole eggs a day for breakfast and just eat "normal and healthy" diet..? You really want 5-10 years latter worry if lentils have some type of carotene or something like that?? That is not life...