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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Saturday, 13 July 2013
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Change
If you want to change something about yourself or your life, the firs step is to take stock of the current situation. What is it that you'd like to change? We are in charge of yourselves, our actions, our thoughts and feelings and are not in charge of others. We can only change ourselves. So if your change involves others, then it is best to change what you do in relation to those others. Others may then do something differently as a byproduct of that change.
Change doesn't happen overnight. It occurs bit by bit in the present and takes time to put into place. Especially if you are trying to change how you behave, it may take about a month of consciously thinking and behaving in the new way until it becomes an automatic response.
Sometimes te process of change may seem scary. And it may be simpler to not change. However if you change you are still going to be you. You will just be behaving in a different way, and doing different things. You are more than your behaviour, your thoughts, and your feelings. The whole, the you, is much greater than the sum of all the parts.
When thinking about what to change it is helpful to consider what is happening in your life right now. What areas of your life are going well? What areas would you like to improve? Areas that you can think about are wrk/career, health, relationships/family/friends, finances, hobbies/interests, work/life balance and personal growth. Maybe you would like to declutter your home but have an issue with finding the time and motivation to engage in this behaviour. Perhaps you'd like to become more assertive with your family, partner and friends.
Thinking about what to change at the start wll help you to set the right goals for change. If you can get the planning right then it is more likely that you will be successful in reaching your goals.
Visit my website at http://www.directionscoaching.net.au
Change doesn't happen overnight. It occurs bit by bit in the present and takes time to put into place. Especially if you are trying to change how you behave, it may take about a month of consciously thinking and behaving in the new way until it becomes an automatic response.
Sometimes te process of change may seem scary. And it may be simpler to not change. However if you change you are still going to be you. You will just be behaving in a different way, and doing different things. You are more than your behaviour, your thoughts, and your feelings. The whole, the you, is much greater than the sum of all the parts.
When thinking about what to change it is helpful to consider what is happening in your life right now. What areas of your life are going well? What areas would you like to improve? Areas that you can think about are wrk/career, health, relationships/family/friends, finances, hobbies/interests, work/life balance and personal growth. Maybe you would like to declutter your home but have an issue with finding the time and motivation to engage in this behaviour. Perhaps you'd like to become more assertive with your family, partner and friends.
Thinking about what to change at the start wll help you to set the right goals for change. If you can get the planning right then it is more likely that you will be successful in reaching your goals.
Visit my website at http://www.directionscoaching.net.au
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