12.10.07
Food Fight!
The title of this post works on a couple of levels.
I’d like to get all the people who say food has no impact on fatigue on one side of a room, the ones that accept it can on another and a pile of cream pies on a table in the middle. I’d get out of their way and let the fun begin, everyone needs a good laugh every now and then.
Then there’s the fight within.
I’ve been talking to Peter Cox, he’s a Nutritionist. I have known issues with caffeine, aspirin and Edam cheese, the cheese and aspirin problem goes back 30 years. It turns out aspirin is in the same food group as tomatoes, potatoes, chilli, aubergines and capsicums. My wife and I were cooking with at least one, but normally two, sometimes three of these every day. Apparently it’s possible to have a reaction to food as long as 72 hours after ingestion, by which time it’s off your list of possible causes. As the reaction isn’t sudden and severe enough to make you realise it’s food you and any doctors you consult look to other causes.
“Food is only fuel ” I was told by one of them. But I’m realising that for me it has to be some of the many right kinds of food, and none of the bad foods. Fill your petrol tank with diesel and how far do you get off the forecourt? Not far. What if the mix was 80% petrol? Maybe the engine runs but not at full performance. It looks like my body’s been fighting against these foods for some years with energy from good food being expended to fight the bad. If your body’s a temple mine’s been a battle ground, eventually getting so worn out that combined with some stress I’d become open to the virus that triggered the disease of the lymph nodes and everything that followed.
I’ve been off those foods for a couple of weeks now. Through a lack of cereal in the house I’ve also not had cows milk. I’ve also been eating foods spread out during the day to see how I react to them. Pink Lady apples are now on my list too, although I’m fine with many others.
The last few days have been so much better. I still get a bit tired in the afternoons but not as bad as before and the mental fog has reduced. At last I think I’ve turned a corner and see daylight at the end of the tunnel.
The change in diet combined with all the walking I do has had other unexpected benefits too. My sinuses are not as bad and my weight has dropped to 13 stone 3 and the wife can see signs of a six pack. I’ve not been this light in 26 years!