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Overall, you can write your own meal plan to suit your needs, but it'll need work. Dyscalculia does make it harder though, obviously. If may be worth it to pay for a nutritionist or dietician, if you have spare cash, but you CAN do it yourself. Here's what I think can make it work for you. 1. Learn about vitamins and…

Just to approach this from the perspective that our brains are also part of our bodies, so our bodies impact them, I'd say this. First, are you getting enough nutrients, and enough base calories to support your body and mind right now? If you don't know, maybe take a few days worth of meals and look up this sort of thing…

Small changes - 1. I play music when I do chores like laundry or dishes, and as a result I tend to dance when I do it, so it ends up being an extra few small sets of exercise when I do chores. 2. I drink water or tea made from fresh herbs, and pretty much nothing else. It's a huge cut down in calories from beverages.

I honestly think that this needs some real world framing here. For the sin of saying no to a man, or refusing to talk to him or take his advice, there are instances of women who have been yelled at, beaten up, stalked, sexually assaulted, raped, and/or killed as a response. Heck, women receive death threats for just daring…

I have this with grains in general - so it IS high carbs, but I've noticed I can get high carbs without this as long as it's not grains. Seems to be a reaction to the grains sets off something inflammatory. I have friends who have had foods (often carbs or grains) set off fibromyalgia flares that involved a lot of pain…

re: the soil depletion and low mineral content - I haven't seen this aspect addressed yet by anyone, but from what I've read, it's less an issue of soil depletion (mineral content seems relatively stable in soils, I've read?) BUT crop varieties grown for higher yield, especially with higher carb content, do seem to have…

Physically, i slow things down. Food-wise, I up my intake on foods that have shown to have beneficial effects on inflammation. However, a couple things that might be worth thinking about- might apply to you, might not at all. 1. I have now met quite a few people who have costochondritis that turned out to ALSO have…

Another idea to add to the mix: has he ever been tested for celiac disease? It's a gut disease where the gut is triggered to attack itself when you eat certain foods. The disease can be present for years without gut symptoms. People can have the genes for this disease without it ever triggering, so many people have genes…

First, hugs, and sorry this is happening. Second, visiting a doctor might help, but you are going to have to plan like there's no tomorrow because honestly, it's really unlikely to be helpful unless you have some concrete facts, and are ready to advocate for yourself in the face of possible bias and just plain crap.…

The thing to remember is this: the idea of 'extra' calories burned- the active categories - being a separate category than 'maintenance' calories doesn't really give a good idea of what they actually are. In the beginning, when you plug in your weight and activity level, etc... to calculate how many calories you burn…

So first, re: the idea that it's boring to repeat the meal over and over? The thing I'd say here is that it is immaterial whether OTHERS would find it boring (and I notice that you never said you were having the exact same MEAL of broccoli and chicken every day, just the same two ingredients). The question is if YOU would…

Oh jeesh, hon, hugs. I am so sorry. I do not know the answer, obviously, but tests and things to try? This is what I'd suggest. 1. Get a new doctor if there is any way possible, because they are obviously not good for anyone not in a tiny range of average. 2. Celiac disease testing might be helpful. Here's possible…

I think it can help to look at it in a different way. The calculations for how many calories you should eat are based on how many calories you burn daily, as a general rule. Your maintenance level of calorie burn, you know? Because while it IS individual how much you burn daily, it can be averaged fairly well for most…

- to people with pain, mostly. There are 50 million chronic pain sufferers in the USA. If they take 2 pills a day for pain, for a year, that’s already around 35 billion pills. Again, that is just 1 year, not the 6 you mention. Now, obviously not all these folks take opiods, but take the nonusers out and add in all the post…

Exercise in low doses often helps me, as long as I do it outside - the sun is a big help for me. Too much tends to make me go downhill though - seems to be a case of 'more is not always better,' at least for me. Music, for me, is really useful too - I feel much better if I can listen to some music for at least part of the…

Something that helped me with a friend like this was learning how different we see things. He would hear problems and assume I was talking about them because I wanted a solution. And if he hears about someone's problem, it is honestly psychologically stressful for him NOT to try and solve. It sticks with him, makes him…

I've got fibro, and the following things helped me (that you didn't mention). 1. I have found that I can do more physical activity IF I REALLY slowly build up to it. Like, going on a sudden hike that is much more than I usually do, or more intense than I usually do? That'll do me in like it did you. But if I build up to…

I say with 100% surety, and experience, it would be salt, for me. I have been on an really awful medically necessary elimination diet that had nearly nothing on it. I missed SO many foods. But then I started reacting to salt (or rather, to a common bleaching agent that is used to bleach salt white) and couldn't have it for…

Agree with what most folks are saying about the article, but just referencing this^ bit. I have a lot of allergies, and one of the things I react to is corn, so I obviously have to learn how to avoid it in my diet and daily life. I think most folks are unaware at just how much of the food industry (and the medical…

I think of it this way. If you and your husband talked about it, or you simply made the request and he's good with it, it's absolutely fine. Because this is an issue for you, when you are trying hard to do something important to you, and all this is basically a request for assistance from him. There is nothing wrong with…

I'd agree with the criticism on the article, and that it seems to really stretch and twist the studies to try and make its point, and failing. But that said, there are some reasons that I've seen that could provide some explanation for why people are so devoted to the idea that low carb could be helpful for some people's…

As someone who had to alter my diet a lot for medical reasons, I can give some advice in a couple things that helped make the new diet easier. :-) 1. Set up a lot of quick easy snacks and try not to let yourself get hungry. It’s easy to fall back into old standby foods if you get hungry or are in a hurry and don’t have…

One that pairs well with savory things like red meat- ton of chopped garlic, lemon juice, salt to taste. Mix it so it is mostly garlic with enough liquid to flavor. Serve in a small bowl with a sppon to use as a condiment. Another good savory one is your choice of roasted veg plus any combination of lemon juice/roasted…

The problem with the idea of an optimal human diet is that it basically tries to extract human beings from their environment like they are lab experiments in isolation. But a diet is better or worse for humans, according to research, depending on the level of sunlight, heat and cold, time of year, activity level, genetics,…

The biggest difficulty with losing weight while pregnant is that you need a lot more resources - nutrients as well as calories - while pregnant. So while you CAN lose weight, that typically means your body is NOT getting enough nutrients/calories to support your body ANd the baby. So your body will take things from you to…

Oh man, hugs - that is a hard one!! Especially as you've noted, there is a lot of information out there on 'yeast' that doesn't apply to what you have at all. I used to have one friend with a true yeast allergy like yourself, and yeah - really difficult. She ended up becoming a professional chef, I think in part because…

Good luck!! A couple tidbits I wish I knew when I started trying to figure this out, in case it helps. :-) - if histamine is the issue, quantity can definitely matter. You might be fine with x amount, but react to a higher amount, you know? So recording amounts you eat, as well as what you eat, may be important. - Brand…

Blood sugar level can cause headaches. I believe both hypoglycemia and diabetes can cause this, when your blood suagr level drops. As I understand it, it is a response to the brain not getting enough glucose. Might be worth talking over with a doctor in case something in your body has changed. Like for type 2 diabetes,…

My daughter has POTS, and is being tested for EDS. Honestly, one thing that has made a difference for her, treatment-wise, was getting tested for a mast cell activation disorder (not mastocytosis, but MCAD/MCAS). It's really common to have all three - maybe 1/2 of our support group have EDS, POTS and MCAD altogether. And…