SlimBride2Be wrote: »

I also have coffee and wine! So in fact I'm probably doing it completely wrong!! I'm having my thyroid function tested today so let's see. Low function for last 10 years. I have found the diet has pretty much cured my headaches and chronic shoulder pain though so that's enough to keep me doing it for life.

That's how I feel, too! I was able to reintroduce many things, and even tolerate occasional gluten or nightshades. I've strayed too far off course over the past 6 months and have been having a lot of joint pain that is probably diet-related, but limiting my activity goals.

How many carbs do you average, SlimBride2Be, if you don't mind me asking? I'm trying to set up an eating plan with 50gm or less but still keep 6-8 veggie servings a day for the micronutrient/ healing aspect.

Twibbly wrote: »

Joint pain, itchy ears, headaches, fatigue, mood - all food-related. And I STILL have problems getting myself to stick to what I know I should be eating.

Me too! Old habits die hard, especially when I'm bored in the car traveling for work! You're almost at an AIP diet anyways, Twibbly-- have you been able to reintroduce anything?

Twibbly wrote: »

I'm just getting to where I go AIP - actually just realized this morning that if I eat more veggies, I'll pretty much be on the Wahls base diet.

This is where I'm at now: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10172627/a-little-more-light-has-been-shed

Thanks Twibbly! I looked into the Whal's diet too, I like the fact that Dr Whal is starting to put some data behind it, because I think she's on to something. I find it really interesting that Dr Whals, Jonathon Bailor (sp? The author of "The Surprising Science of Slim"), Primal eating, and the autoimmune Paleo diet are so close in nature-- Whals' designed hers based from her personal experience and medical background, Sarah Ballyntine (Paleo mom) based the AIP on Paleo but subtracting gut-irritating foods and adding in additional healing foods, and Jonathon Bailor tried to look at the science literature base and build the optimal diet from the ground up.

And the kicker? If you go back to 1938 or so, the best science in the U.S. pointed to a "food pyramid" based on several different vegetable groups (like whals'), good protein and fat, and 1-2 servings of grain.

After the Great Depression and dust bowl, Congress passed a food pyramid based on 6-9 servings of grain a day, in a move to get transport-stable calories to the starved inner cities and to re-build the agricultural system in the US. All based on politics (and solving the main problems of their day- I'm not criticizing the decision), ignoring the science of the day.

A decade later, the grain-based food pyramid is quoted as scientific fact in the literature. And the signs of chronic micronutrient malnutrition started to show, leading to mandates to fortify grains to correct the problem of too few vegetables and variety in the diet.

So it fascinates me that 3 or 4 different science-based approaches currently have all pointed back to the original food pyramid proposed in the 1930's-1940s, but that was swept under the rug for political reasons.

*stepping off my soapbox now!*