I have had a number of encounters with naturopaths over the years and have benefited from their advice. The first time was around 1984, when I was experiencing regular diarrhoea. I went to a college cinic and was diagnosed with salycilate intolerance. I was then reduced to a diet of brown rice and peas, which got a bit boring as I had to cut out quite a lot of other vegetables. Despite this, it worked and I was jumping out of my skin by the time I had been on this diet for a month or two. Then I was able to return to a normal diet and was fine.
The next time was in the early 1990s, when I went along to a naturopath with my mother who was experiencing bouts of diarrhoea. My mother was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. I'm not sure now whether this was a correct diagnosis since it might have been a food intolerance. However she was instructed to skin various fruit and this behaviour seemed to have some effect on her problem.
More recently in the last 4 months I have had occasion to visit a naturopath again. This time I had a vega test and the outcome of this was that I had food intolerances and candida. Thus I was instructed to eliminate wheat, dairy, fish and white starch from my diet and to take various herbal preparations. One of these was to balance my blood sugar. Additionally I was told to have more protein both for breakfast and for lunch, to have a larger breakfast, a medium sized lunch and a smaller dinner with no meat. I have been eating eggs for breakfast, main meal for lunch and vegetables or soup for dinner. I have become used to this routine and now the candida has gone, and I can have whitestarch again. However I still test positive for wheat, dairy and fish intolerances so will only have small amounts of these in my diet. I cannot really give up having the occasional milk chocolate, which I now have weekly.
I think I am feeling better but it is difficult to tell if my energy levels are any different. I think they are about the same. So I think it has been worth the effort, but I will wait for a few more weeks until I go to the doctor and have my blood sugar tested. Then we shall see if it has been worthwhile.
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