whole foods/ clean eating cleanse.. day 5

SLLRunner

Unless you have allergies to dairy or gluten, you are actually doing yourself a disservice by eliminating those things from your diet. our body produces certain enzymes on a "use it or lose it" basis. Using the example of dairy, if you cut it out your body stops producing lactase. Once you reintroduce lactose into your diet (say a scoop of your favorite ice cream, perhaps?) your body can no longer digest it.

Congratulations, you've made yourself lactose intolerant

If you ever want to eat those foods again without gastrointestinal distress, I suggest you think twice about removing them from your diet because some arbitrary (and unnecessary) 'cleanse' tells you to do so.

Please provide sources for the above.

I cut out dairy for a few months and then tested as lactose intolerant (and dairy caused all kinds of problems when it did not before I cut it out). I then slowly reintroduced dairy over a period of time (first w/ the lactase tablet and then without) and can now eat dairy without any problems. I asked the gastroenterologist who dxed my intolerance if it could have been caused by my cutting it out for months prior and she said no. *shrug*

TL;DR - I think I did just this...made myself lactose intolerant...but then reversed it.

That said, I don't have any research cites to support it nor do I have any fancy degrees in anything nutrition related with which to impress anyone...and I'm not even entirely personally convinced of my n=1 results and that there isn't some kind of skewed personal bias involved that I'm just overlooking.

Well, you are sharing your experience, not just making a blanket statement. I appreciate that (and I always appreciate you posts anyway).

I wish I'd made myself lactose intolerant because I'd love a bowl of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey, but every single time I've tried to introduce lactose back into my diet, I get the horrible headaches and stomach problems.

Have you tried the tablets? During my time of apparent intolerance, the difference between having some dairy with and without a tablet was the difference between no problems and quite disturbing intestinal distress. (Remember, please practice safe ice cream consumption.)

I have thought about it but decided not to. Maybe I'll try anyway.

jazzdspazz

Have you heard of the 80/10/10 diet? 80 carbs from fruits 10 percent fat 10 percent protein. I think it definitely might help your marathon trainning. Fruits revitilize the body with the pwrfect source of hydration and nutrition
I lost 70 pounds or so changing up to nore whole foods plant based diet. And 811 is my next step. To go super human. Anywho. Good luck on your journey through self discovery. One Love ♥

tennisdude2004

OP - this is your diet so it's your rules.

If you want to cut out/back on junk food for a while and replace it with food that has a higher nutritional value per calorie - good for you.

The only thing to keep in mind is that you hit your protein and cover your bases with the micro nutrients.

Good luck with starting the marathon training.

shawmutt

Unless you have allergies to dairy or gluten, you are actually doing yourself a disservice by eliminating those things from your diet. our body produces certain enzymes on a "use it or lose it" basis. Using the example of dairy, if you cut it out your body stops producing lactase. Once you reintroduce lactose into your diet (say a scoop of your favorite ice cream, perhaps?) your body can no longer digest it.

Congratulations, you've made yourself lactose intolerant

If you ever want to eat those foods again without gastrointestinal distress, I suggest you think twice about removing them from your diet because some arbitrary (and unnecessary) 'cleanse' tells you to do so.

Please provide sources for the above.

The sources are my degrees in Nutrition Science, Nutritionist certification and so on... but if you need more specific sources I suggest you do some research.

So are you a nutritionist or a registered dietician?

The "use it or lose it" claim doesn't make sense when it comes to food sensitivities. For example, vegetarians don't become allergic to meat. If I don't eat nuts for a year, will I develop an allergy to peanuts? Shellfish?

At least in certain populations, it seems that a gene allows digestion of lactose regardless of intake. Increased intake of dairy lead to an evolution in a population to be able to digest lactose. I don't think an individual skipping milk for a few months or years even will overcome the evolutionary change.

For more, very dry reading:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182075/

jofjltncb6

Unless you have allergies to dairy or gluten, you are actually doing yourself a disservice by eliminating those things from your diet. our body produces certain enzymes on a "use it or lose it" basis. Using the example of dairy, if you cut it out your body stops producing lactase. Once you reintroduce lactose into your diet (say a scoop of your favorite ice cream, perhaps?) your body can no longer digest it.

Congratulations, you've made yourself lactose intolerant

If you ever want to eat those foods again without gastrointestinal distress, I suggest you think twice about removing them from your diet because some arbitrary (and unnecessary) 'cleanse' tells you to do so.

Please provide sources for the above.

I cut out dairy for a few months and then tested as lactose intolerant (and dairy caused all kinds of problems when it did not before I cut it out). I then slowly reintroduced dairy over a period of time (first w/ the lactase tablet and then without) and can now eat dairy without any problems. I asked the gastroenterologist who dxed my intolerance if it could have been caused by my cutting it out for months prior and she said no. *shrug*

TL;DR - I think I did just this...made myself lactose intolerant...but then reversed it.

That said, I don't have any research cites to support it nor do I have any fancy degrees in anything nutrition related with which to impress anyone...and I'm not even entirely personally convinced of my n=1 results and that there isn't some kind of skewed personal bias involved that I'm just overlooking.

Well, you are sharing your experience, not just making a blanket statement. I appreciate that (and I always appreciate you posts anyway).

I wish I'd made myself lactose intolerant because I'd love a bowl of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey, but every single time I've tried to introduce lactose back into my diet, I get the horrible headaches and stomach problems.

Have you tried the tablets? During my time of apparent intolerance, the difference between having some dairy with and without a tablet was the difference between no problems and quite disturbing intestinal distress. (Remember, please practice safe ice cream consumption.)

I have thought about it but decided not to. Maybe I'll try anyway.

It's certainly worth a try...because ice cream.

jofjltncb6

Have you heard of the 80/10/10 diet? 80 carbs from fruits 10 percent fat 10 percent protein. I think it definitely might help your marathon trainning. Fruits revitilize the body with the pwrfect source of hydration and nutrition
I lost 70 pounds or so changing up to nore whole foods plant based diet. And 811 is my next step. To go super human. Anywho. Good luck on your journey through self discovery. One Love ♥

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