Originally Posted by
RH Clark
You have health issues and need to seek professional help to sort it out. Severe food allergies can sometimes be mitigated by a carnivore diet so that could be your issue and why your symptoms lessen when just eating meat, but you need to know what's going on before going on such a radical diet.
Been there done that. 10s of thousands of dollars later and so many tests even getting a doc to listen was a battle. I finally found a good GP that keeps track of my heath and gives me ideas. But there really is nothing I have found that can help. The food intolerances are so sensitive that I have not found anything I can eat on a regular basis besides meat eggs cheeses and the almond milk. I have tested so many meds but either my body reacts to it or my esophagus does. Carbs have caused so many problems but they are dangerous in a way it took me years to realize. They make me a bit loopy or less then aware. The last two times I had eaten a more normal amount of them I clipped a post on our tandem and had a bad crash and I lost the tip of my finger in the router table at work last time I had a tub of popcorn. Now that my carbs intake is so low I don't run into stuff all the time I can wear shorts at work and my legs are not all torn up. I can now sit and read for the first time in many years. Think if I drove a car I would have been history long ago.
Years ago I tried eating more fruit so I would have ore energy to ride but nope never helped. My goal is not to be tired it's a constant s a constant battle. Its impossible to really eat like my body seems to demand its so repetitive and flavorless.
I have to spend way to much to eat for food I don't enjoy. I can't travel because finding food I can eat is very hard. I cant go out to eat very much as there are few places I cant trust or even have food I can eat.
I would not eat this way if my body let me do anything else. But I measure all my rides to see how food effects me and it shows protein is my only real fuel. Fat maybe a bit bit not much. So now I am trying to figure out how much protein I need to eat to make up the calories I burn.
I have every blood test imaginable even stress tests on my heart and a bunch of invasive tests some so horrible and they all show nothing. wellI did have pre diabetes when I was eating carbs once a week 5 years ago but now I don't and my levels are normal cholesterol is not bad even when it's tested without fasting. All my vitamin levels have been tested too. I know part of it is gut bacteria. I had way to many antibiotics when younger and it messed up my bacteria. Think mostly it made complex carbs a real issue. All grains bother me so much and beans. I passed this on to my wife and she cant eat grains anymore. All our dogs over the years would have issues with grain after a few months. Family members share gut bacteria.