Hi everyone

Primarily on Lex's advice and also by my own decision I will post here with your permission my efforts to get healthy again.

I think a lot of people on some stage of their lives go through rather harsh and rough times. I believe this is exactly where I'm at present. I'm really confused because I just cannot find out what is wrong with me.

Here is my story in a nutshell.

As little as three years ago I was in very good physical form and had what I considered an excellent health. Over the following two years a several huge stressors (unexpected and shocking death of my mother, graduation from the University, new job search etc.) pushed me initially to raw vegetarianism and further to raw veganism. Three months of the latter, when my diet was exclusively plant based and extremely high in fruit, were enough to make me dreadfully weak and exhausted. In hindsight I admit I was incredibly lucky to rather timely come across AV’s studies which literally saved me from death. That helped me tremendously. I can't begin to think what would have happened hadn't I tried the raw meats…

Over the first four months on the Primal Diet I added a massive 60 lbs of weight (from 110 to 175 lbs). And despite it was mostly fat I cared little as I was feeling so much better back then. Now I think that shortly after that I had made the second major dietary mistake of my life (the first one of course was my abstinence from animal foods), I decided to try intermittent fasting.

As much as 10 months of eating single meal daily or even every other day must have significantly damaged my already compromised body and organs. All this time I have been trying hard to find the answers why I had felt so miserably. I fiddled with the diet quite a bit during this period. I eschewed all dairy and fruits and gradually progressed to all meat (mostly organs) zero carb diet.

At present, my raw diet basically consists of fruit, honey, meat/organs and dairy (cream). On a daily basis I consume around 60g of carbs, 80g of proteins and 100-140g of fats.

I cannot ignore obvious facts as I understand that something is wrong. I don't know what I can do to fix this because I don't know the initial reason. I was thinking about parasites, lack of calcium/minerals, excess fat or organs in the diet, over-acidity, low carbohydrates intake, absence of salt, intermittent fasting, not enough calories, over-exercising, too much iron, too little sleep/rest, lower levels of the hydrochloric acid etc. Lately I began to suspect that something is amiss with my thyroid and/or adrenals. I happen to think I may be hypothyroid or have the adrenal fatigue because I have all related symptoms (the most obvious being increased recovery time. Any cuts I have take longer to heal, swelling stays around; increased effort to do every day tasks; always hungry, every hour; dark under eyes circles; thermal chameleon (hot when it's warm and cold when it's cool). Poor thermoregulation. Cold Intolerance. Cold Hands/Feet; light sensitivity; tired, sluggish, low motivation; light-headed when getting up to stand from laying or sometimes, even sitting; pain in upper back and neck; fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue…).

I think I may have exhausted my adrenals through either, several or all of the following:
1) too much stress – I may also classify as stress my past eating habits, I mean stress related to infrequent eating, social stress from eating unhuman foods, contrast showers, overtraining etc.;
2) intermittent fasting – I think adrenals are involved in the process of maintaining blood glucose at proper level which is consistently at its lowest during fasting;
3) past high fruit vegan diet – clear as a day;
4) parasitic invasion – it is commonly believed that adrenals are hugely affected by various toxins. And there are number of direct links between the parasites and adrenals;
5) current (a year and a half long) limited/inappropriate raw meat diet – mineral imbalances, too much acidity, inappropriate absorption, lack of salt etc.

As a result I feel like I have a severe case of adrenal fatigue. I also perceive I have hypoglycemia and mineral deficiencies. I came to this conclusion more than three months ago after processing hips of information online. I thought I would be able to correct this with wise nutritional approach but now I seem I was mistaken.

In order to reverse my condition I decided to take some supplements. In the first place I will aid my adrenals with Isocort (Freeze dried Adrenal Cortex). Besides, Lex generously helped me with getting quality mineral supplement, so I will also take magnesium, calcium and iodine. I will report here on my improvement or decline. In the process I may also change my diet to a certain degree, trying to stay close to the paleo principles.

With every good wish,

Yuri

How to cure candida / yeast / fungi very very fast.
http://tinyurl.com/vcodetox

How to cure parasites: Use both zappers and dewormers.
http://www.curemanual.com/detox-protocols/parasite-cleanse

Have you seen a biological dentist yet?
http://www.curemanual.com/detox-protocols/dental-cleanse

Have you done the usual cleanses: colon, kidney, liver flushes?
http://www.curemanual.com/detox-protocols

Hulda Clark gives the best pollution avoidance measures:
http://www.curemanual.com/mind-cures-paradigm-shifts/book-cure-for-all-diseases
(download the free ebook)

Are all your food organic?

How much rest / sleep do you get?
What time do you sleep?

how about dropping all the fruits & milk products, forgetting all about them, for a week or 2?

i'm sure you must have heard about all the negative effects both have had on so many people (myself included)

also, do you have access to coconut oil (good for thyroid, liver, etc.)?

so, if you feel like doing this experiment just for the sake of exploring something different...

Hi Andrew

Well, I don't know whether I have/or had candida or not.

I went ZERO CARB on 17 Jan 2008. It was all meat 80%+ fat diet. By end of March I developed uric acid kidney stones. Early in May I added carbs back to my diet. As April started I returned to dairy (cream).
I added cream back because I thought I just overdid with some extremely high purine foods which resulted in stones being formed. Now I understand it was most likely due to zero carbing.

In truth, it wasn't difficult to go without carbs.

And now, it's not hard to eschew honey/cream/sweet fruits. But for what reason? And where would I take the necessary carbs from? I have no slightest desire to consume vegs.

In an ideal situation, I would only eat meat and fat. But as painful experience shows, I'm not ready for it yet. Or maybe this approach is not for me completely...

sincerely,

Yuri

As I said before, there is nothing left I had not tried for considerably extended time periods. Eating dairy (cream) and fruits is just psychological. Mentally I can cope with meat and fat only, but my body struggles. Besides, take a note that my digestion is impaired to a larger extent which prevents me from eating certain foods.

No, coc oil isn't available.