Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] My program

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Re: [fast5] My program

I went to the Japanese Diet approach: my main meal consists of fish (little
fatty fish: not big seagoing fish with mercury), stir-fried vegies, and Asian
rice (not American rice, which is iron-enriched). With hot sauce and ginger,
and most of all, TEA with the meal. No fruits or Vit C with the meal. I eat
eggs too, and sometimes chicken. I fry the fish and vegies in coconut
oil or bacon grease.

It has worked really well: my BP is down, my joints are more flexible, and
oddly, my eyesight is better. And I'm skinnier.

My theory (backed by a lot of research) is that high ferritin levels lead
to mismanagement of insulin and most of the signs of aging. There
are a number of researchers who agree on this. At least it's worth a
good experiment.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Lisa W <coralskies@ymail.com> wrote:
> I am losing weight ever so slowly and have a long way to go to re-build my strength and flexibility. This is going so slow that I thought I'd share with the group what I'm doing in case anyone has any pointers for me.
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> A liver specialist recommended I follow a low carb diet but I've since learned there's low carb and then there's low carb. LOL
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> Looking for a gluten-free version, I happened on to Bee Wilder's candida web site which highlights a low carb/high healthy fat WAP-oriented diet plus a few supplements in a specific ratio based on your height. It mirrors something called the Optimal Diet. I had an incredible improvement in my overall health...no pain or stiffness, very little fatigue, etc. But following her ratios I gained 10 more pounds.
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> My blood sugar was on the high side so I reduced carbs to almost nothing which still meets Bee's diet requirements. Still no loss but my blood sugar stays within normal ranges now. I reduced protein and had a very slight loss but promptly plateaued.
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> Next I decided to cut out coconut oil since it is basically from a plant source and is Omega 6. I didn't lose but my side ache (liver) wasn't as pronounced. I then lowered animal fats just a bit and added milk thistle, malic acid and ox bile supplements and lost two pounds.
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> By following Fast-5 which is calorie reduction plus fasting, my weight has ever so gradually begun to lower and this is with complete rest. I fell three weeks ago and have a nasty concussion and torn ligaments in my wrist. Right now I'm on physical/cognitive rest...not even supposed to be reading...
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> For diet I'm basically eating meat, eggs, fish and fowl with some cooked veggies or a salad with olive oil between 1 and 5PM. Drinking lots of filtered water, some herbal tea and this morning a cup of decaf. No grains, starches, dairy except for butter, sugar/substitutes/fruit, alcohol, soy, chemicals, etc.
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> For exercise I started yoga and that was wonderful for me and I plan to return to it. But I would like to know if anyone has an opinion regarding Dr. Al Sears's PACE plan. I've had severe adrenal fatigue in the past and am worried that I might be stressing my adrenals with an intense workout like that.
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> Thanks much everyone.
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> Lisa W
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