By this next visit, my diet had change. A couple of years ago, I started a new diet through Isagenix. Through this diet, I was introduced to intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting involves fasting part of the day or a couple days out of the week and eating the rest of the day or on other days. For example, one program will have a person fast from 8 pm until 12 pm the next day, with the first meal at lunch time and final meal at dinner (otherwise known as the 16:8 method). There are other methods where a modified diet can take place 2 days out of the week (500 calories) and eat whatever you want the other days of the week (5:2), and fasting for 24 hours twice a week (eat-stop-eat). It is a great way to give the digestive organs a break, keep insulin levels low, and lose weight.
Before my next visit, I started with intermittent fasting following the 16:8 method just described. I never was a big breakfast eater anyway, so as far as I was concerned, 16:8 fit my lifestyle.
I felt great! The first couple of days I have to admit, even with not being a breakfast eater, I was too anxious in looking forward to that first meal at lunch! But after a few days, it did not phase me much. And a couple of times, I fasted the entire day because I was so busy, I had my water with me and I did not think about food!
My diet cleaned up as well. I was not ordering out as much and looked forward to preparing my own meals. I used to make smoothies all the time. Jamba Juice was my fav…but I bought a blender (others destroyed by kids) and experimented with kale smoothies. I began adding more healthy fats to my diet like advocado, ghee, and grapseed oil. Healthy grains like quinoa, brown rice, and wild rice. Lots of fruits and veggies. Some meat in the form of wild caught flounder and salmon, and grassfed chicken/beef, but as little as possible. I cut down drinking wine everyday, to once/twice a week, to eventually not at all.
I started adding more activity during my day. I work from home always on my computer all day! So I began finding time to take a 20- minute brisk walk in the morning.
The supplements given were high quality medicinals. Garlic and Spanish Black Radish from Standard Process, Liver Detox and Oxycare from Physician’s Standard, and Marcozyme from Marco Pharma.
By the next visit, my liver was completely healed from the fungus! But my gallbladder was still struggling because of parasites in my thyroid (yuck!). So now I am on a parasite diet (no sugar, milk, or raw veggies, all cooked or blended veggies) and the Garlic supplement had been replaced with Diatamaceous Earth, minerals known to kill off parasites.
I am feeling great! I am walking a mile twice a day. My energy has increased. I am still doing the 16:8, although I have mixed in a little bit of the 5:2 and eat stop eat methods as well. I am currently doing salt flushes in an effort to cleanse my body, as well as drinking apple cider vinegar and matcha tea to enhance digestion and fat burning. So far, I have lost 8 pounds in the last week. I am going to post about my weight loss journey in the near future as this is crucial and important to my overall health.
I will add updates to this part of my journey here and there. I go to Well of Life in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for all my holistic care needs. The staff there are great and full of knowledge. I just wish I would have found them sooner!
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