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Tag: diet
July 16, 2020
One Week Following “The Myers Way”
Since July 8, my wife and I have been following an even more restrictive meal plan based on Dr. Amy Myers’ “The Autoimmune Solution.” It is a Paleo / anti-inflammatory set of foods similar to an elimination diet, but The Myers Way aims to remove foods that can potentially cause an autoimmune illness and other maladies. So, what’s included in The Myers Way meal plan? Not a lot. It’s more restrictive than Paleo, Keto, and the popular Whole 30. It cuts out typically autoimmune suspicious foods like alcohol, caffeine, dairy, gluten, eggs, and sweetners. But also usually healthy foods like[…continue reading]
January 10, 2020
Another Juice Cleanse
My wife and I just finished another juice cleanse from Total Cleanse. It’s similar to the one we did in September. But this time we did four days instead of three. And this time we did the “Immunity Kit” instead of the “Refresh Cleanse” The process was easy again. We actually ordered it on Boxing Day using a promo code we got via email. We scheduled it to arrive the Sunday after New Year’s; After all the Holiday parties, scheduling this cleanse seemed very prudent. The bottles of juice were delivered to our door, and I sorted them away into[…continue reading]
October 6, 2019
New Food Pledge
Change is hard. It’s really hard. But, after about four months in the hospital, I am scared enough to not want to go back. And I’ve seen family and friends languish in hospitals, and that motivates me to to turn it around. Someone asked me: “After almost dying, do you eat whatever you want as if you’re dying, or super carefully?” I’m definitely in the camp of super carefully. I am making some significant changes to my relationship with food. These changes are to reduce inflammation to reduce the risk of another auto-immune illness. And I’m basing many of these[…continue reading]
