12.19.07
Diet changed for a month – Great results!
The diet change had gone very well. The fatigue I suffered from in the afternoons went, I was able to work until 18:00 without problems, my weight dropped a little further and my sinuses had a major detox, resulting in my “Panda Eyes” getting much lighter.
Peter explained that it’s the toxic byproducts from digesting some foods that have probably been causing me problems. It sounds like this may have been building up for many years. The body wraps these toxins in fat and deposits them in a number of locations, for example around the eyes. I’ve got a batch of tests pending to back up the conclusions drawn so far and check some other potential problem areas.
Peter also said that I’d have to eat some more of the problem foods to prove that the improvements were down to their absence from my diet and not other factors. Once all of the problems were known my diet would be reconstructed. With that in mind, when my wife offered me some soup that evening that contained 8% potato I ate it. The next day I felt like rubbish. I wasn’t as bad as before, but it wasn’t a good creative day either.
While waiting for an evening conference call on Tuesday I had a search on the web for a more definitive list of the foods in the group. To my surprise I’d been eating more items from the group than I’d previously thought. Summarizing what I’ve found on Wikipedia and other sites:
“The highly toxic and hallucinogenic belladonna, also known as deadly nightshade has a few close cousins in it’s Solanaceae family: The Jimson weed, mandrake, tomato, tomatillo, tobacco, bell peppers, potato, eggplant, petunia and capsicum (paprika, chile pepper)”
Up until the diet change tomato, potato and paprika or chile pepper were regularly part of my evening meals. At the team dinner that evening the roast potatoes remained on the plate.
My advice to others with long term fatigue? See a Nutritionist before you see your GP!