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How to stay on a limited diet

Last week I spoke with a lovely woman who was having a hard time sticking to her allergen-free limited diet. She said she would do great for a while, start to feel healthy and then she would start to eat the things that make her feel bad again. She said she missed the carbs and craved breads so this is where she would cheat.

Does this sound familiar? I personally went through this up and down roller coaster for years before I was able to stay on the diet I’m on now. It is simply very hard living in a world that offers you food left and right that may taste good to you but will ultimately make you feel sick.

For me, I convinced myself that I could eat wheat and other foods in moderation and that I was okay with this model. But in truth, I was pretty much in denial because I had a terrible mystery rash on my legs that wouldn’t go away as well as many other physical and emotional issues.

But to tell you the truth, I didn’t want to give up the things I loved to eat. It seemed too hard, too restrictive and I just didn’t want to go there for a long period of time. This continued until I came to the point where I either had to change or else go down a road that lead to a lot of misery.

I know this is a big struggle for many of us living with food allergies so I thought I’d make a list of things that help me to stay on the diet I’m on. If you have more ideas to offer, I’d love to hear from you.

Is “Leaky Gut Syndrome” one of the causes of Autism and Depression?

Is there a way to heal the gut, to alleviate the symptoms of autism, depression and other mental illnesses?

First of all, the brain isn’t separate from the rest of our bodies. Of course this is obvious when we look at the human body. But somehow, we have been led to believe in our culture that our stomachs and the food we eat don’t really affect our brains and how we think.

In Five Element Acupuncture, the body is viewed as an intricate whole. There are separate systems but each one of these systems or elements affects and relies on one another. It is also said that the Earth element, which is connected to the stomach and the spleen, is the most important element, or the Mother of all elements. If out of balance, this can lead to many other imbalances within the body, mind and spirit of a person.

To understand this, you only have to imagine the Earth. When the Earth is diseased – unhealthy plants, too many toxins, pesticides, etc. – this has a detrimental affect on the living organisms on the planet. We have seen the result of pollution on the Earth over the past several years and can attest that an unhealthy planet leads to diseases in plant, animal and human life.

Another example: Imagine a bicycle wheel and the spokes that come out from the center. The stability of the center is vital for the bicycle wheel to function properly. Now imagine a broken center, where the spokes don’t connect properly or there isn’t any real substance of the center to hold the spokes. So what happens? The wheel falls apart.

Now return to the human being. The stomach or Earth element is our center. It is the place where the nourishment and food we eat becomes digested and transformed into energy in order for our bodies to be healthy and happy (hopefully!). It feeds every cell in our bodies, especially our brains. So in essence, the food we eat fuels the way we think, how we feel, and how well we are able to accomplish a task at hand.

How to stay on a limited diet

Is “Leaky Gut Syndrome” one of the causes of Autism and Depression?

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