Has a huge diet change corrected issues with your health?

The effects began almost immediately. I cut out all sugar (which helped my arthritis and my mood), as well as my weight. I lost more than 30 lnbs over several months.

I’ve always been at a healthy body weight, but hotdogs, sandwiches (with salami and gobs of mayo), greasy pizza, cheeseburgers, french fries, potato chips, enchildas, fried chicken and ice cream used to be a huge part of my eating habbits. Last year I quit cold turkey. I’ve been eating steel cut oatmeal, non-fat greek yogurt, fruits, veggies, leafy greens, whole grains, wild caught salmon, and grilled chicken every week. I’ve lost about 20 pounds in two months and my mind finally feels sharp and focused. But mild anemia was a slight side effect of giving up red meat. I’m taking a multi-vitamin now.

i lost 120lbs. I never get sick, my back problems are gone, I get attention from women…the list goes on.

Once I stopped drinking hot and iced tea, I stopped having a lot of problems with nearly passing out, and having my eyes go into seizure.
No shit.

Changing my diet (less sugar by cutting out certain things I didn’t know had sugar, such as condiments, bread, and other things) has helped me with nose allergies

So has cutting down on dairy…

@rockfan Kale has more iron per calorie then red meat and can be processed easily without the digestive blocks you get with spinach. Also black strap molasses. I fixed my iron count just by adding a teaspoon to my oatmeal in less then a month.

Of course y’all are tired of my food allergy and celaic disease.

So some of the symptom relief I got from elliminating primarily gluten, yeast, dairy, eggs, coconut and cranberries. Also later I removed all added sugar products though aspartame, splenda, sucralose were the first to go:

Food comas, brain fog, bloating, joint inflammation, inflammation in general, migranes, yeast infections, diaherra/constipation, hair falling out, bad breath, coating on tongue, soft brittle nails, leaky gut syndrome, and the docs telling me damage to the vili in my intestines, dark circles and bags under my eyes even if I slept well. Probably more but I can’t remember itms been awhile.

Benefits: clear glowing healthy skin, strong nails, good breath, hair grew back, no inflammation, in fact I always used to think my hands and feet were chubby…. not even the slightest, or joint pain, no headaches. Energy most days. Though I have other health problems and a terrible sleep working schedule.

*Shrug, so there it is. The power of food for me is central. I have to think about it for every meal I have to plan ahead. But every time I slip up I am reminded how worth it and vital it is.

I can’t say I’ve noticed huge benefits but I try to follow a more paleo style diet. Not rigidly but I do try to eat simple, whole foods and avoid cereals, rice and other crops of that type. I eat grass fed beef and avoid processed foods and meats. I do feel healthier though and I know my husband said he does too. If I eat processed foods I notice feeling sluggish and not so well.

@Unbroken That is exactly what I am going through and have decided to try and remove gluten and yeast products. Not easy. I have also added a very high count probiotic supplement. I find the effects of Vitamin D on the body in relation to depression and gluten and wheat products on systemic candidasis very interesting thanks for your answer.

I’m not sure this counts. When I eliminate cholesterol from my diet, or even just drastically reduce it, my cholesterol drops a lot and fast. I figure that is very good for my health, because my family is ridden with heart disease. For example, I generally have a total cholesterol of 270 (this has been true since I was 16, I was a thin child, and remained thin through my 20’s. In my 30’s I gained some weight, but I am never more than 15 pounds overweight). If I go from my typical eating habits to about 50mg of cholesterol daily my cholesterol drops about 50 points in a few weeks. If I go even stricter it goes even lower. I have never been below 200, but I am currently working towards that.

Additionally, taking certain vitamins and minerals, which I can’t get enough of from my diet, has been almost magical. Specifically vitamin D and iron. I don’t believe in just popping mega doses of vitamins, I think people should get teated. I was very deficient in both. I take very large doses to get my numbers into normal. Both help me feel stronger. D especially helped the muscle cramping, muscle pain, and muscle weakness I was having, the difference is vast. Iron helps me feel warmer, makes me feel I have more stamina and that my immune system is stronger. I also was very low normal for B12, which I take also, but I couldn’t narrow down a big difference like the D and the iron. I really think the doctor who thought to test my D might have saved me from a disease like Parkinsons or MS.

I cut out grains and felt the best I’ve ever felt. Now I’ve had to add wheat back in to be evaluated for celiac and I’m tired, headachey, grumpy and in pain. Yuck.

@Cupcake Sorry that has happened to you.

@marinelife Thanks. I’ve felt sick my whole life. I’m just learning in my 30s that not everyone feels sick all of the time. While it would be nice to find a culprit, I will be happy enough to go back to not eating grains and feeling better.

I no longer eat any animal protein; so that’s easy. I find that the closer I stick to a pure vegan diet, the better I feel.

So I stick most of the time and cheat just a bit with a little cheese or and ice cream, and a rare cookie.

And the closer to the source, the happier I am. If I eat quinoa, oatmeal, barley, brown rice or bulgar, my body is happier than with bread (but that’s pretty subtle and may be psychological, making me holier-than-thou.)

At my last check-up, a year ago, my numbers were case-book. I was the poster child for women of my age. Getting such news generates a huge placebo effect, I should add.

We’ll see what this appointment (in several weeks) brings.

No, but vitamin supplements seem to be doing the trick. I’m periodically afflicted with a painful condition caused (they think) by an overzealous immune system at roughly 5–7 month intervals; I’m in one of those intervals now, but since I’ve been taking a multivitamin along with plenty of water and scads of vitamin D things are going phenomenally well – especially considering that on the last go-round, this thing had me in the hospital with dehydration.

I had cut out a lot of sweets and gone on a frozen diet food since Dec of last year. I have lost a lot of weight but sometimes falter back to sweets ( ice cream). I now have learned to have at least one half a teasoon of sugar in morning coffee or tea (now) to offset cravings for the rest of the day. A doctor advised me NOT to take ALL sugar out as the body will go into overdrive when one tastes sugar again.(this happened once when I had one tiny little chocolate and could not stop!)
Some people may need Gluten free breads however I had cut a lot of breads from my diet too.
As bread is more difficult for the digestive tract to digest and therefore stays longer in the body.(weight gain).
I also have granola cereal with fresh blueberries which aide digestion and elimination regularly.
I had lost 64 pounds since Dec of last year. I regulary lose 20 to 25 pounds per month. I started to walk every day for thirty min then increased the time to about two hours or more depending on the climate etc I have added hiking back to my repertoire too.
When I feel my weight is down to an acceptable weight to comfortably wear a bathing suit I will.
I also cut coffee out too. I drink tea now and it helped my system quite a lot. I heard of a story where a ladies husband died from drinking too much coffee per day for years and it affected his kidney function etc.
I recommend an allergist should you think that you may be allergic to gluten or other things too.
I detoxed once and I nearly starved but felt better after ten days on it. However when I introduced regular foods again I developed allergies. The detox not only cleaned out my system but cleaned out my tolerence for certain foods too., so new allergies came out of it. Soon my body adapted and everything is OK now.
I do not reccommend a detox for more than one time a year.
Anyways I thought that I’d give you my interpretation. Good Luck.