Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Tell us a bit more... what is your diet consisting of? are you taking any meds, herbs, vitamins?Peta Celleste <petacelleste@...> wrote: I would really like to know what is wrong with me asall I want to do is sleep all the time. I also sufferfrom headaches, sinusitis, hayfever, menorrhagia,treated anaemia, treated hypothyroidism, IBS, slightlyoverweight, bad toenails (like the fungus issue) andjust generally not wanting to do things. I eat threemeals a day, I don't smoke and have an occassionalglass of wine. I drink tea and coffee and plenty ofwater, and that is another thing, I wake up a fewtimes in the night wanting to drink water or go to thetoilet.Any views would help and as we are approaching thecold season here (autumn) I don't fancy doing acleansing diet as I work 7 hour days, 4 days a weekwith hardly a break and toilet stops can be an issueas well as any other symptoms of toxin removals. Taking time off is also an issue as I work as a casualand don't get paid for it, so something slow intreatment is better than fast treatment.Peta___________________________________________________ On 7 Desperate Housewives: Sneak peeks, recaps and more. http://www.7.com.au/desperate-housewives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Peta, haven't heard back from you yet... but it really sounds like your body is telling you it needs help... water fasting for a few days, juice fasting, Do you eat mostly raw? or ..... Add lemon to your drinking water.. how much are you drinking (water)? What kind of tea? How much coffee? Another thing to add to your diet is complete nutrition (in the files) SuziPeta Celleste <petacelleste@...> wrote: I would really like to know what is wrong with me asall I want to do is sleep all the time. I also sufferfrom headaches, sinusitis, hayfever, menorrhagia,treated anaemia, treated hypothyroidism, IBS, slightlyoverweight, bad toenails (like the fungus issue) andjust generally not wanting to do things. I eat threemeals a day, I don't smoke and have an occassionalglass of wine. I drink tea and coffee and plenty ofwater, and that is another thing, I wake up a fewtimes in the night wanting to drink water or go to thetoilet.Any views would help and as we are approaching thecold season here (autumn) I don't fancy doing acleansing diet as I work 7 hour days, 4 days a weekwith hardly a break and toilet stops can be an issueas well as any other symptoms of toxin removals. Taking time off is also an issue as I work as a casualand don't get paid for it, so something slow intreatment is better than fast treatment.Peta___________________________________________________ On 7 Desperate Housewives: Sneak peeks, recaps and more. http://www.7.com.au/desperate-housewives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Peta Celleste wrote: > I would really like to know what is wrong with me as > all I want to do is sleep all the time. I also suffer > from headaches, sinusitis, hayfever, menorrhagia, > treated anaemia, treated hypothyroidism, IBS, slightly > overweight, bad toenails (like the fungus issue) and > just generally not wanting to do things. I eat three > meals a day, I don't smoke and have an occassional > glass of wine. I drink tea and coffee and plenty of > water, and that is another thing, I wake up a few > times in the night wanting to drink water or go to the > toilet. > > Any views would help and as we are approaching the > cold season here (autumn) I don't fancy doing a > cleansing diet as I work 7 hour days, 4 days a week > with hardly a break and toilet stops can be an issue > as well as any other symptoms of toxin removals. > Taking time off is also an issue as I work as a casual > and don't get paid for it, so something slow in > treatment is better than fast treatment. > > Peta > ===================================== Hi Peta, Well I am not certain we can answer that question with the info you have provided us so far. However, I am going to go out on a limb here and state that most likely your diet and/or lifestyle is doing you in. Not knowing either, completely, makes it very difficult to determine just where you are having the problems. Most likely it is your diet either current or past or both catching up with you. Do you eat any grains? Sugars (honey, molasses, processed sugars)? Do you use any dairy? Do you eat any cooked foods (fried, baked, broiled, toasted, nuked (microwaved)? Are you eating any flesh foods? From the sounds of your description I would venture to guess you have several things going on. 1) you have some food allergies that you may need to address. 2) you are consuming or have lots of sugary foods. 3) You are cooking (toasting, baking, broiling, roasting, frying) your foods thus making them toxic to your body. Dairy, sugars, and grain products are not good for the human body and are the major causes of food allergies. Also, you may be suffering from inflammation somewhere in your body which will raise the CRP (C-reactive proteins) levels of your blood. This can lead to a whole cascade of negative events within the body. Most people have inflammation in some areas of their body and are never aware of it. This is mostly caused by environmental factors and the food we eat or drink. Coffee and teas (not herbal teas that contain no caffeine) can really zap your adrenals which are tied into your thyroid. My opinion, which is not necessarily shared by anyone else on this list, is to change your diet to a 100% raw living foods diet. Cut out all coffee, teas, sugars, grains, meats. If you feel you must have something cooked then boil it or steam it. Any other form of cooking causes the formation of AGE's (advanced glycated end-products). This is where the sugars in the food bind and twist the proteins out of their normal shape (denaturing them) making them toxic to the body. It is also called the Maillard Reaction. Also, your medications can be causing you all sorts of problems as well, especially thyroid meds. IBS can be, and is usually caused by food allergies. Same with headaches and sinusitis. Hayfever usually means the liver is toxic as the liver cannot do its job properly. People with healthy, toxic free (or near so) livers don't suffer from allergies. Food allergies exist because of weak intestinal walls that allow undigested food particles to enter into the blood stream. The body cannot utilize these undigested food particles and thus sees them as invaders which creates allergic reactions. I would suggest you find a copy of " Stopping Inflammation - Relieving the Cause of Degenerative Diseases " by Appleton PhD and give it a good read. Now whether you work or not really is beside the point. The issue here is do you wish to regain your health and what are you willing to do about it? Nobody is going to do it for you. Not any doctor, not any medication, not even me. You have to make your own decisions and do the work yourself. I, and the rest of this group can point you in the right direction and give you lots of support. But the onus is on you Peta. Your choice. We are here to help if you need us. In health, Don Quai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hi Don, The idea of eating raw foods on a cold day does not appeal to me and would stick to steamed. I usually have toast for breakfast, rye bread not made with wheat, with soy margaring and it could have (depending on the day and mood), tasty cheese, leatherwood honey (tasmanian), vegemite, ginger marmalade, apricot jam, fig and honey jam or Peanut butter either on its own or with honey. I also have a cup of plunger coffee for breakfast, breakfast could be either 7.30 in the morning or near lunch-time depending on the day of the week and what jobs I am doing that week. Lunch is a salad roll with either roast chicken, roast turkey or curried egg. At work I drink a lot of fruit juice (without oranges in it as that sets me off) and water. At home I drink either water or tea whether it is black, green or earl grey depending on the mood. Dinner again depends on the day could be free range omeletes with vegetables and chips, pizza on friday nights (until we pick up my new bread maker next week as my last one wore out with continual work over a 6 year period) and will be making my own pizza dough again...pasta, rice dishes, but consists a majority of vegetarian based. I do not boil except for the rice, I do not fry except for the chips, I only toast bread otherwise most of my meals are steamed, cooked slowly in the frying pan (omeletes) or baked. I try to eat or drink yoghurt once a day and that is home-made, I don't drink milk except for the occassional milo at my saturday job when I need that chocolate fix, I don't smoke and only drink mainly red wine for the alcohol side of things. Peta --- Don Eitner <mysticalherbalist@...> wrote: --------------------------------- Peta Celleste wrote: > I would really like to know what is wrong with me as > all I want to do is sleep all the time. I also suffer > from headaches, sinusitis, hayfever, menorrhagia, > treated anaemia, treated hypothyroidism, IBS, slightly > overweight, bad toenails (like the fungus issue) and > just generally not wanting to do things. I eat three > meals a day, I don't smoke and have an occassional > glass of wine. I drink tea and coffee and plenty of > water, and that is another thing, I wake up a few > times in the night wanting to drink water or go to the > toilet. > > Any views would help and as we are approaching the > cold season here (autumn) I don't fancy doing a > cleansing diet as I work 7 hour days, 4 days a week > with hardly a break and toilet stops can be an issue > as well as any other symptoms of toxin removals. > Taking time off is also an issue as I work as a casual > and don't get paid for it, so something slow in > treatment is better than fast treatment. > > Peta > ===================================== Hi Peta, Well I am not certain we can answer that question with the info you have provided us so far. However, I am going to go out on a limb here and state that most likely your diet and/or lifestyle is doing you in. Not knowing either, completely, makes it very difficult to determine just where you are having the problems. Most likely it is your diet either current or past or both catching up with you. Do you eat any grains? Sugars (honey, molasses, processed sugars)? Do you use any dairy? Do you eat any cooked foods (fried, baked, broiled, toasted, nuked (microwaved)? Are you eating any flesh foods? From the sounds of your description I would venture to guess you have several things going on. 1) you have some food allergies that you may need to address. 2) you are consuming or have lots of sugary foods. 3) You are cooking (toasting, baking, broiling, roasting, frying) your foods thus making them toxic to your body. Dairy, sugars, and grain products are not good for the human body and are the major causes of food allergies. Also, you may be suffering from inflammation somewhere in your body which will raise the CRP (C-reactive proteins) levels of your blood. This can lead to a whole cascade of negative events within the body. Most people have inflammation in some areas of their body and are never aware of it. This is mostly caused by environmental factors and the food we eat or drink. Coffee and teas (not herbal teas that contain no caffeine) can really zap your adrenals which are tied into your thyroid. My opinion, which is not necessarily shared by anyone else on this list, is to change your diet to a 100% raw living foods diet. Cut out all coffee, teas, sugars, grains, meats. If you feel you must have something cooked then boil it or steam it. Any other form of cooking causes the formation of AGE's (advanced glycated end-products). This is where the sugars in the food bind and twist the proteins out of their normal shape (denaturing them) making them toxic to the body. It is also called the Maillard Reaction. Also, your medications can be causing you all sorts of problems as well, especially thyroid meds. IBS can be, and is usually caused by food allergies. Same with headaches and sinusitis. Hayfever usually means the liver is toxic as the liver cannot do its job properly. People with healthy, toxic free (or near so) livers don't suffer from allergies. Food allergies exist because of weak intestinal walls that allow undigested food particles to enter into the blood stream. The body cannot utilize these undigested food particles and thus sees them as invaders which creates allergic reactions. I would suggest you find a copy of " Stopping Inflammation - Relieving the Cause of Degenerative Diseases " by Appleton PhD and give it a good read. Now whether you work or not really is beside the point. The issue here is do you wish to regain your health and what are you willing to do about it? Nobody is going to do it for you. Not any doctor, not any medication, not even me. You have to make your own decisions and do the work yourself. I, and the rest of this group can point you in the right direction and give you lots of support. But the onus is on you Peta. Your choice. We are here to help if you need us. In health, Don Quai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Sorry Suzi, With the time zone difference there is usually a delay in responding and I had to work today.... I really can't fast for a couple of days as I work odd hours and if my job is high risk, I cannot afford to be un-allert on the job or I could put the company or myself at risk (I work in a high volume service station). I cannot take time off as I work as a casual (due to the income not on call, I am classed as a permanent casual) and if I take time off I wont get paid for it. Water I would say I drink about 3-5 300 ml glasses a day, then I drink juice (not containing oranges), tea (black, green, earl grey) coffee, yoghurt and sometimes smoothies made out of soy milk and fruit. I can't drink more water as I spend more time awake at night going to the toilet so I will not be doing that! I will have to check out the complete nutrition in the files and see what that is about. Peta --- Suzanne <suziesgoats@...> wrote: > Peta, > haven't heard back from you yet... but it really > sounds like your body is telling you it needs > help... water fasting for a few days, juice fasting, > > Do you eat mostly raw? or ..... > Add lemon to your drinking water.. how much are > you drinking (water)? > What kind of tea? How much coffee? > > Another thing to add to your diet is complete > nutrition (in the files) > Suzi > > Peta Celleste <petacelleste@...> wrote: > I would really like to know what is wrong with me > as > all I want to do is sleep all the time. I also > suffer > from headaches, sinusitis, hayfever, menorrhagia, > treated anaemia, treated hypothyroidism, IBS, > slightly > overweight, bad toenails (like the fungus issue) and > just generally not wanting to do things. I eat three > meals a day, I don't smoke and have an occassional > glass of wine. I drink tea and coffee and plenty of > water, and that is another thing, I wake up a few > times in the night wanting to drink water or go to > the > toilet. > > Any views would help and as we are approaching the > cold season here (autumn) I don't fancy doing a > cleansing diet as I work 7 hour days, 4 days a week > with hardly a break and toilet stops can be an issue > as well as any other symptoms of toxin removals. > Taking time off is also an issue as I work as a > casual > and don't get paid for it, so something slow in > treatment is better than fast treatment. > > Peta > > > > ___________________________________________________ > On 7 > Desperate Housewives: Sneak peeks, recaps and more. > http://www.7.com.au/desperate-housewives > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Check message 32825 in the message archives... You must of just missed it...Peta Celleste <petacelleste@...> wrote: P.S. SuzieThis is the only email I had received from you and ama bit confused by me not responding to you?Peta--- Suzanne wrote:> Peta,> haven't heard back from you yet... but it really> sounds like your body is telling you it needs> help... water fasting for a few days, juice fasting,> > Do you eat mostly raw? or .....> Add lemon to your drinking water.. how much are> you drinking (water)?> What kind of tea? How much coffee?> > Another thing to add to your diet is complete> nutrition (in the files)> Suzi> > Peta Celleste wrote:> I would really like to know what is wrong with me> as> all I want to do is sleep all the time. I also> suffer> from headaches, sinusitis, hayfever, menorrhagia,> treated anaemia, treated hypothyroidism, IBS,> slightly> overweight, bad toenails (like the fungus issue) and> just generally not wanting to do things. I eat three> meals a day, I don't smoke and have an occassional> glass of wine. I drink tea and coffee and plenty of> water, and that is another thing, I wake up a few> times in the night wanting to drink water or go to> the> toilet.> > Any views would help and as we are approaching the> cold season here (autumn) I don't fancy doing a> cleansing diet as I work 7 hour days, 4 days a week> with hardly a break and toilet stops can be an issue> as well as any other symptoms of toxin removals. > Taking time off is also an issue as I work as a> casual> and don't get paid for it, so something slow in> treatment is better than fast treatment.> > Peta> > > > ___________________________________________________ > On 7 > Desperate Housewives: Sneak peeks, recaps and more. > http://www.7.com.au/desperate-housewives > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Peta Celleste wrote: > Hi Don, > > The idea of eating raw foods on a cold day does not > appeal to me and would stick to steamed. > > I usually have toast for breakfast, rye bread not made > with wheat, with soy margaring and it could have > (depending on the day and mood), tasty cheese, > leatherwood honey (tasmanian), vegemite, ginger > marmalade, apricot jam, fig and honey jam or Peanut > butter either on its own or with honey. I also have a > cup of plunger coffee for breakfast, breakfast could > be either 7.30 in the morning or near lunch-time > depending on the day of the week and what jobs I am > doing that week. > > Lunch is a salad roll with either roast chicken, roast > turkey or curried egg. > > At work I drink a lot of fruit juice (without oranges > in it as that sets me off) and water. At home I drink > either water or tea whether it is black, green or earl > grey depending on the mood. > > Dinner again depends on the day could be free range > omeletes with vegetables and chips, pizza on friday > nights (until we pick up my new bread maker next week > as my last one wore out with continual work over a 6 > year period) and will be making my own pizza dough > again...pasta, rice dishes, but consists a majority of > vegetarian based. I do not boil except for the rice, > I do not fry except for the chips, I only toast bread > otherwise most of my meals are steamed, cooked slowly > in the frying pan (omeletes) or baked. I try to eat > or drink yoghurt once a day and that is home-made, I > don't drink milk except for the occassional milo at my > saturday job when I need that chocolate fix, I don't > smoke and only drink mainly red wine for the alcohol > side of things. > > Peta > ========================== Hi Peta, It is not an easy thing to overcome, this idea that we need hot foods when it is cold out. Quite difficult actually but not impossible. However, it is all choice, one we each get to make for ourselves. Looking at your diet I can see many items that are known allergens and could be exacerbating your problems. You must be aware that all of this did not just come from recent history but has been slowly developing since...well, since you were first conceived. It won't disappear in a day and may take many months or even longer, depending on you and the decisions that you make concerning your health. In health, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Peta, I see Don answered you - he is right... you did not get this way overnite... and it will take some to get the toxins out... are the juices you are drinking "real juice" on concentrated stuff? I would go to an herbal tea (like green tea) vs earl gray.. Limit yourself to a cup of coffee a day.. I would also eliminate the soy (but that is me)... Ok, you say you can't do a water or juice fast.. how about going on a raw diet for a week? Say one day fruits, the next veggies... or all fruits or veggies? I think you will begin to see a difference.. Also, adding real lemon to your water will help clear the mucous out of the body and will thus make you less tired from your sinuses, etc. I would also look into organic iron (in the files) . And definitely the complete nutrition. there are alot of recipes in the files to help you... or just grab some fruit or salads, et. SuziPeta Celleste <petacelleste@...> wrote: Sorry Suzi,With the time zone difference there is usually a delayin responding and I had to work today....I really can't fast for a couple of days as I work oddhours and if my job is high risk, I cannot afford tobe un-allert on the job or I could put the company ormyself at risk (I work in a high volume servicestation). I cannot take time off as I work as acasual (due to the income not on call, I am classed asa permanent casual) and if I take time off I wont getpaid for it.Water I would say I drink about 3-5 300 ml glasses aday, then I drink juice (not containing oranges), tea(black, green, earl grey) coffee, yoghurt andsometimes smoothies made out of soy milk and fruit. Ican't drink more water as I spend more time awake atnight going to the toilet so I will not be doing that! Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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