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The beginning of a long journey
No notable symptoms lately outside of some pain in the pancreas area occasionally when eating. Hoping that a trip to a more tropical region next week plus some sunlight/vitamin D will help with my symptoms.
I've asked myself if I may be insulin resistant or if the pain in my pancreas area is associated with t1 diabetes such as my immune system killing my beta cells, so I got a glucose meter to continue testing this theory.
I've been doing this technique where I pressure cook some steak, then I eat it along with rice and create a miso soup with light out of the fat rendered out.
This is done because eating too much protein causes me to be hungry.
I've noticed increased hair growth on my knees.
I've been having a lot of burping recently, and I wonder if it's something like SIBO.
Interestingly my joints have stopped cracking.
I noticed I am sensitive to bay leaf OR ginger. I will put spices or other foods in a pressure cooker with water and see if they give me any sinus congestion to test this theory in the future. It can't be bacterial related because it happens instantly when I drink soup made from one, or both of these ingredients.
I have tried hard cheeses because I feel as if I am lacking in fat plus they are an easy source of calories, but I may discontinue this because preformed vA is too high in cheeses, 1000 IU per 100g.
I think it's unlikely i have
Everything unfortunately comes with trade-offs, and there are many potential dangers and situations where things are not calculated precisely. For example,
- Eating too much protein = rabbit starvation; there are some articles which theorize the maximal rate of urea excretion as the maximum protein intake per day, putting an upper limit on the amount of protein eaten. It's like 2.5/kg which is quite a lot. Then there are rough measures of thumb to measure the amount of protein in a steak after cutting the fat out.
- Eating too many processed things/salty things/nitrite things = stomach cancer, so idk if I can keep eating fat + miso soup
- Autoimmune reactions to certain foods + nasal congestion is probably not a good sign, so I need to go through different foods 1-by-1
- Eating low diversity means not eating enough means losing too much weight
- carbs might feed SIBO, and are probably not suited for people with diabetes, etc.
- some people might have pancreatic insufficiency, so digestion may need a pill
Over these past 2 months I have done a surprising amount of research into diet and nutrition and hope that I will have the techniques and experience to develop a good set of personal guidelines. Writing out some of these thoughts for personal reference.
At the moment the one significant thing I recognize is that there is something significant about eating large amounts of meat, preferably ungulate.
I may be coming around to the idea that fruit and fructose in large quantities may be bad for people. I still need to read some more books on scurvy.
The nonstick chemicals and coatings used in a lot of pots and pans are definitely dangerous.
Eating bones is kind of fun and a good alternative to milk.
High protein being bad for kidneys is probably a myth. Also see Grant's story on people put on a 0 protein diet dying.
Liver is probably dangerous to eat as it tends to accumulate not only retinol but also heavy metals. Brains are dangerous because of prions. Heart being muscle is probably fine to eat. I found an article stating stomach and livers of fish tend to have parasites + worm cysts. Intestines are taken out because of bacterial contamination. I don't see any reason to eat gallbladders, pancreases, spleens, lungs, etc. Doubt I would run into a situation where I'd eat eyes or feet, but I don't think they're *that* bad compared to some other things.
An article about Inuit eating habits is very interesting. They will eat caribou raw, but not wolves or polar bears or other similar animals, because "you don't know what they eat." This, I feel, is similar to eating beef versus pork. Animals that eat a variety of organic things will be more likely to transmit them to humans.
I don't seem to have much pain anymore, but burping has continued. At the moment I now have gastroparesis.
Seem to be doing better now. May have been sunlight/vitamin D related. Burping has subsided.
My health has somewhat stabilized and I do not have too much internal organ pain or autoimmune problems. I do notice when I eat more inflammatory foods, my anus itches and my eyes/nose become drier.
If you think about it, your mucus + tears + gut are all meant to keep the outside out. Thin gut lining from retinol -> autoimmune problems, dry eyes, dry nose. Whenever I don't eat that much in a day, I feel really dry, esp. at night. If I do eat enough, I feel pretty ok.
Vitamin A has a lot of effects on the epithelial tissue. I notice a reduced ability to tan, thin skin, decreased sweating, the beginnings of varicose veins in my feet. Blood pressure has creeped up. If it thins the skin on the outside then it surely has an effect on the gastrointestinal lining and blood vessels. I don't feel totally terrible on a day to day basis, but I think this is something only 30-40+ should experience.
I've noticed that there's a lot of weird joint problems with kids my age and hair problems. I wonder if it's baby formula related.
Still dealing with likely bone loss in jaw. Teeth feel sorta okay, better when I spend more time in sun + consume calcium. It's surprising that I literally notice the change in these two factors. If I drink milk and spend time in the sun my teeth literally feel better. Spending time in the sun is kinda annoying because of how thin my skin is, but i would rather have skin damage then lose teeth
If I manage to recover my health to some degree and have a good financial foundation for myself, I'd like to go back to school to do some formal research to see if proving retinol is unnecessary is possible once and for all. I think this may be one of the biggest nutrition things of the century that very few have caught on about.
The plan for recovery:
- A lot of calories. Fasting is not the answer here.
- Saturated fat, ruminant meat, tendon cuts, eggshell, coconut oil, shellfish for metals. Fat probably contains stuff like pesticides and vitamin A, but it's less than my own body fat and I can't not eat.
- Things that are important: Vitamin D, B12 (in non-cyano form, though idk how to check for purity or even if the ones labeled methyl or adenosyl are legit)
- Things I'm not sure about yet: other B Vitamins, need to do research into each individually
- Things I think may be good based on what I read: choline, taurine
- Elements: Potassium (dont boil meat the potassium leaches out, had almost hypokalemia on a recent blood test), Chloride, Sodium, Phosphorus, Iron, Iodine (seaweed), Calcium
- Stuff I probably am not getting enough of: Zinc, Magnesium, Copper
- Stuff I kinda doubt is necessary to supplement: Chromium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Selenium
- Things to avoid for autoimmune reasons: beans, nuts, (any sort of seed), strong spices, egg whites, idk about nightshades, feel sorta ok when eating potatoes
Also, you all should read this source from the page on Zinc deficiency: https://books.google.com/books?id=LSiSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA372
- Serum Zinc up = less night blindness
- Temporary improvement with zinc supplementation, Vitamin A has NO EFFECT
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