OT: Re: Help for Heartburn

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Zoe, I'm so glad you've experienced the same thing. I've figured

that my body is trying to reach equilibrium after detox etc so I

haven't let it worry me (too much anyway). You having experienced

the same thing is very encouraging All my bodily functions have

most definitely improved, lol. After I wrote I lost 50lbs, I got

several emails asking me what I did. I'm going to post what I sent

to one lady. I'm fairly new to all this, but it's been working

miracles in my life. I just want to share a little. If this is too

far off topic I'm sorry.

I am following a diet I got from my chiropractor. I'll try and sum

it up here, but there's a lot to it. It is called the " Advanced

Healing Diet " from books by Dr. Ben Lerner. I guess you could call

it a whole foods diet.

1. NO sugar of any kind, not even honey

2. NO grains of any kind, not corn or anything

3. NO potatoes, not even sweet potatoes

4. NO root vegetables unless lactofermented except garlic and onions

etc.

5. NO dairy except raw from grass fed cows/goats

6. NO soy except organic fermented

7. NOTHING processed. Basically, if it's got more than one

ingredient or if God didn't make it, don't eat it.

8. Follow the rules of Leviticus 11, basically no shellfish, pork,

or fish without scales..ie shark (there are other restrictions in the

Bible, but these are the ones most common today)

9. Avoid all artificial sweeteners....Nutrasweet, aspartame,

saccharin, Splenda, sucralose etc. If you want to sweeten something

you can use stevia or Xylitol (although I've been hearing more and

more about how Xylitol isn't really good for you) Personally, I

stick to stevia. I didn't find the taste that hard to get used to.

10. God fats: Saturated fat is good for you if it comes from free

range/grass fed meats. Coconut oil is one of those wonderfoods, you

really need to add it to your diet. DON'T get the cheap stuff that

WalMart sells, it's been bleached and refined and full of chemicals.

You need to get organic virgin unrefined coconut oil. If you are

going to cook with it, get organic refined EXPELLER PRESSED. Extra

virgin olive oil is fine. Palm oil. NO VEGETABLE OILS LIKE: canola,

corn, safflower, cottonseed, soy and so on. Basically the only fats

in your besides what's in meat should be extra virgin expeller

pressed, preferably unfiltered organic olive oil, coconut and palm

oils as described above and butter from range fed dairy cattle,

preferably raw.

11. Limit protein to about 45grams per meal (3 oz). After you've

been on the diet awhile and if you are active, can increase to

20grams. (this has been almost impossible for me. I eat more protein

than I should on this possibly because I don't eat enough fat)

12. You can have small amounts of beans and lentils if soaked. You

can use almond flour, bean flour and coconut flour.

13. NO peanut butter unless from organic Valencia peanuts.

Things I added myself after research:

I try to stick to a 50% raw diet.

I have added dairy kefir (raw milk) and water kefir, both of which I

ferment until there is no sugar left, Kombucha which I ferment til

quite tart and I make several different cultured (lacto-fermented)

veggies.

I have chosen limited supplements based on my condition. You will

need to customize supplements to your own needs.

Of course, it is recommended that you go completely organic. I cannot

afford this. My chiropractor said if you have to only buy certain

things organic, go with meat, because toxins are stored in the fats

in meat and concentrations are much higher in meat than in produce.

I found an affordable compromise with a local farmer. Their beef and

chickens are range fed and supplemented with some grain (which is not

organic...they can't get organic grain in this area) but I know the

grain supplements are used sparingly. The taste of range fed meats

and eggs vs the grocery store is incredible.

The chiropractor offers all kinds of classes explaining the reasoning

behind these restrictions. There's no way I can condense that here.

Do a search and see if there is a Maximized Living chiropractor near

you. They will offer the classes and support you need to do this.

The Chiropractor also recommended I do a detox program based on some

tests he gave me. I couldn't afford the supplements and stuff to do

it his way, so I did it slowly with foods, and then with clay. It

took a while to get over the hump but I did.

When I started this, I was on 27 medications. In 2004, I lifted a

patient and herniated 4 discs (I was an Hospice RN). I went through

neck and back surgery to no avail. I was in bed or in a recliner

almost all the time. I could not walk without a cane and outside of

my house had to use a scooter. The pain was unbearable. In April, I

was told I would be in a wheelchair permanently within a year. The

back surgery had failed and I had developed scar tissue which was

pressing on the spinal cord. More surgery was out of the question.

I was told to go back on morphine and just learn to live with it. I

got home from that appt and literally begged God to heal me or take

me. He heard me. No, it hasn't been an instant healing, but He

showed me the way and how He wants me (us) to eat and live. I

haven't used a cane in months. My scooter sits parked in my house.

I am on only Synthroid after being on 27 medications. I no longer

have several diseases and conditions. Basically, it took traditional

medicine giving up on me to force me to look for answers elsewhere.

I still have about 60lbs to lose, but I know it will come. I am a

miracle just as much as anyone Jesus healed in the Bible.

Patty