Re: Question on health problems

December 12, 2007

I have no advice for you , but look forward to the wealth of advice you will get from the members on this site. I will however, be thinking of you and hoping that you can figure it all out. Perhaps it would help to list what you are eating on a daily basis, a sample day to help others understand exactly what could be causing your symptoms? I hope you get the answers you need.

Question on health problems

Dear friends,I would like to ask about some health problems I currently have. I started mb about two years ago. I think I am doing mb quiteproperly, although one never really knows. Well, I have plenty mbbooks and know I really find tasty my brown rice. There is no problemfor me to eat miso soup with rice for breakfast, etc. Of course, Iconsume no dairy products, sugar or meat. I don't eat a lot of fruit,just one apple each two or three days... well, I really don't see anywrong I am doing with standard mb. Maybe the only thing I do sometimesis to drink dark coffee (without sugar), one or two cups per week, I'dsay. I started mb because I had a lot of health problems, and I have founda great relief in all of them. However, some of them come back withoutany apparent reason. Specifically:1. I am getting fatter. There is no problem with it yet. After my mbdiet I changed from being

really fat to being really thin. But now Ihave gained about 10% of weight without any apparent reason. There isno problem with it, because I am still far from being fat again, but Icannot understand how my rice + beans which made me so thin are nowmaking me fat again.2. I am very cold. I find relief in miso soup, but sometimes it islike the internal heat of my body is off. This can be objectivelymeasured with a thermometer. 3. I don't feel as energized as I was before with my mb diet. I feellazy, weak. 4. The pace of my intestines have also slowed. I am sorry to say thisbut the smelling of my depositions is not as nice as it was. I wasastonished about how much mb changed this smelling, from the usual oneto something which... well, 'good' is not exactly the right word... Isuppose those of you really in mb know what I am talking about. Knowthis smell have changed for worse. 5.

I have started again to have some cognitive problems. Not as strongas they were before mb, but they have started to be here again. Theyare most apparent in meditation. I cultivate mindfulness in every daylife quite seriously and I see very clearly how my attention switchesoff without apparent reason. This is difficult to explain but, if anyof you are in this, you will also know what I am talking about. 6. My sexual drive... mmm... what's that?So I wonder what is happening. All these problems (with some others)made me come to mb, after visiting many doctors without any success.They seemed to be hypothyroidism, but after many tests hypo wasdiscarded. Mb seemed to be a nice solution, but now it seems thatthere is something wrong which even my beloved brown rice is notsolving. Clearly, from a mb point of view they are symptoms of a veryyin condition. But I really don't see my diet to be yin. Where

thisyin come from?The only thing that has occurred to me is that maybe I am suffering asort of intoxication. I have an appointment to remove mercury amalgamsin my teeth, but I consider this as a blind (and expensive!) shoot.Maybe the only thing that can be done is acceptation of the fact thatmy health is bad and learn to live with it. However... well, it wouldbe nice to still have some good years ahead!Sorry if this message is too long or messy. Any ideas will be verywelcome. Best regards,

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December 12, 2007

Thank you very much for your answer, .

Well, today I ate:

Breakfast: Soup made with onions, carrots, a little olive oil and

wakame plus a soup spoon of hatcho miso diluyed after with the soup.

To this I added plenty of kamut (normally I add plenty of brown rice,

kamut is exceptional).

Lunch: Brown rice with gomasio. A cup of coffee (without sugar or

milk). Coffee is an extra that normally I permit to myself twice per

week (but it would not be a problem to quit).

Dinner: Probably some chick peas cooked also with some kombu, onions

cabbage and carrots plus brown rice and some olive oil. Probably I

will add also some hatcho miso diluyed in hot water, to be drinked aside.

This is more or less my standard diet. Some days I take oat for

breakfast. Also lentilles (or azukis) with brown rice for lunch or

dinner. Often I also eat rice cookies. Some nights I add some fish

(for example, sardines). I would say 2/3 times per week. Then I add an

apple to compensate the extra yang.

I also eat some broccoli sometimes.

This sort of diet has worked nicely for around two years. When I felt

better I added some extras, like a rice cookie with amasake or tahini

with miso as a dessert, but when things worsens like now I tend to be

more strict.

Warmest regards,

>

> I have no advice for you , but look forward to the wealth of

advice you will get from the members on this site. I will however, be

thinking of you and hoping that you can figure it all out. Perhaps it

would help to list what you are eating on a daily basis, a sample day

to help others understand exactly what could be causing your symptoms?

I hope you get the answers you need.

>

> Question on health problems

>

> Dear friends,

>

> I would like to ask about some health problems I currently have.

> I started mb about two years ago. I think I am doing mb quite

> properly, although one never really knows. Well, I have plenty mb

> books and know I really find tasty my brown rice. There is no problem

> for me to eat miso soup with rice for breakfast, etc. Of course, I

> consume no dairy products, sugar or meat. I don't eat a lot of fruit,

> just one apple each two or three days... well, I really don't see any

> wrong I am doing with standard mb. Maybe the only thing I do sometimes

> is to drink dark coffee (without sugar), one or two cups per week, I'd

> say.

>

> I started mb because I had a lot of health problems, and I have found

> a great relief in all of them. However, some of them come back without

> any apparent reason. Specifically:

>

> 1. I am getting fatter. There is no problem with it yet. After my mb

> diet I changed from being really fat to being really thin. But now I

> have gained about 10% of weight without any apparent reason. There is

> no problem with it, because I am still far from being fat again, but I

> cannot understand how my rice + beans which made me so thin are now

> making me fat again.

>

> 2. I am very cold. I find relief in miso soup, but sometimes it is

> like the internal heat of my body is off. This can be objectively

> measured with a thermometer.

>

> 3. I don't feel as energized as I was before with my mb diet. I feel

> lazy, weak.

>

> 4. The pace of my intestines have also slowed. I am sorry to say this

> but the smelling of my depositions is not as nice as it was. I was

> astonished about how much mb changed this smelling, from the usual one

> to something which... well, 'good' is not exactly the right word... I

> suppose those of you really in mb know what I am talking about. Know

> this smell have changed for worse.

>

> 5. I have started again to have some cognitive problems. Not as strong

> as they were before mb, but they have started to be here again. They

> are most apparent in meditation. I cultivate mindfulness in every day

> life quite seriously and I see very clearly how my attention switches

> off without apparent reason. This is difficult to explain but, if any

> of you are in this, you will also know what I am talking about.

>

> 6. My sexual drive... mmm... what's that?

>

> So I wonder what is happening. All these problems (with some others)

> made me come to mb, after visiting many doctors without any success.

> They seemed to be hypothyroidism, but after many tests hypo was

> discarded. Mb seemed to be a nice solution, but now it seems that

> there is something wrong which even my beloved brown rice is not

> solving. Clearly, from a mb point of view they are symptoms of a very

> yin condition. But I really don't see my diet to be yin. Where this

> yin come from?

>

> The only thing that has occurred to me is that maybe I am suffering a

> sort of intoxication. I have an appointment to remove mercury amalgams

> in my teeth, but I consider this as a blind (and expensive!) shoot.

> Maybe the only thing that can be done is acceptation of the fact that

> my health is bad and learn to live with it. However... well, it would

> be nice to still have some good years ahead!

>

> Sorry if this message is too long or messy. Any ideas will be very

> welcome.

>

> Best regards,

>

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December 12, 2007

Hey

I am far from an expert I will just tell you what I have heard. You may be in a

slump and

need to alter some things in your diet perhaps change the grains around, or add

different

combinations like half brown rice with half spelt berries or something like

that. Even 1/4

something else too. Verne Varona's Cancer fighting foods book (he later

admitted this

wasn't the best title idea) has some cool combos.

Another thing about gaining weight. You say you lost a LOT of weight, perhaps

you lost

too much and now your body is settling in to try and maintain what should be

your healthy

weight?

Many mainstream folk freak when their loved ones (who have cancer) start a macro

diet

and lose a ton of weight. They fear the cancer person is too thin and getting

worse and

will not be able to fight off the illness. Apparently what's really happening

is the body is

shedding the crap (that is the technical term, lol).

Your funk probably is also that you are eating the same thing all the time

When I was pregnant Lino told me to make sure to eat a different grain and stuff

each day

so that I made a child that wasn't boring. Apparently it worked.

Where do you live? What do you eat?

I hope this helps if just a little.

Reggie