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Deir’s Question:

 on the forum,there are a lot of posts about variations on diet . How do we know when we should be exploring other diet choices on our own? (no grains, no dairy etc) How do we know we are ok as far as diet if our symptoms are still pretty bad?

Answer:

Typically at the end of a consult, I will review where the diet stands and ask if you have made any headway at all expanding it. Interestingly, as people are so unique to themselves-progress aside, people feel so differently about how to approach moving up their list. Some want to be really aggressive because food does seem to be quite important to them in terms of variety, while otherwise could care less about the food and only want to stick to what they have been eating in order to keep from stressing their bladders.

I like to meet the needs of each individual’s emotional needs and couple that with what I feel their physical ability is to handle food and follow the plan accordingly. Both Boaz and I like to be very invloved with this-thinking of food as medicine not as enjoyment. This is kind of what it is at the moment. And it gets frustrating when it goes on too long on one list.

The thing is one needs to weigh the pros of adding in a foods against the potential negatives of what that particular added nutrition might bring. And, increasing the vitmain contect too fast can escalate the inflammation-which really complicates this process. It’s like–those vitamins can not discern the difference between feeding you and feed the bugs. And, I am not just speaking of sugar. Healthy vitamins can feed the bugs. This is why I have people stop their normal protocols while they have an acute infection. It is a different example of the same point.

I think it is best to contemplate your diet with yourself and perhpas with any of the people you feel comfortable with but ultimately Boaz and I should be the one’s to help guide the process because in the end it is a part of YOUR protocol, unique to YOUR process.

I hope this helps!