issie Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I found a video on the Mediterranean diet and some statistics that this type "diet" can bring. Interesting what a high fat diet does to blood flow. It's not that long ---but, very interesting.Since I'm on a very low fat diet and whole food vegan diet - it will be interesting to see what time brings. Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbyw Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Issie- I've been wondering how you're doing with the gastrocrom(?) and the new diet. Any improvement?Abby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Issie- I've been wondering how you're doing with the gastrocrom(?) and the new diet. Any improvement?AbbyYes, lots of improvements. Some very subtle. I'm keeping the thread where I told about what I'm doing up to date on my improvements. (New Doctor, New Ideas) I'm extemely happy with the progress so far. It will be very interesting to see what a few more months will do for me.Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichGotsPots Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I watched him on pbs he is good. I'm going a special diet I did back in 2006 that healed me. I poor tons of olive oil on my salads. Organic and unfiltered and add some coconut oil and grape seed oil too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I watched him on pbs he is good. I'm going a special diet I did back in 2006 that healed me. I poor tons of olive oil on my salads. Organic and unfiltered and add some coconut oil and grape seed oil too Ha! Rich ----you didn't watch the video! The exact opposite of what he says. And the exact opposite of what I'm doing - except for the veggies. Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichGotsPots Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Issie, the reason I'm doing the opposite is because i'm not a pure hyperadrenic like you. I have more hypotension then hypertension. But either way I only eat raw vegetables on my new diet, which is not at all the normal american diet or close to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 The low fat thing - has very little to do with what type of POTS I have ----I'm not thinking that fat has a whole lot of influence over our blood pressure - unless it clogs our veins up and causes heart disease and a stroke. Video is pretty interesting. What we thought was healthy may not be.Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzysillyak Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hi issie,I didn't watch the video yet, , but I just wanted to quickly comment that one thing they typicallyleave out when discussing the mediterranean diet is the yogurt, typically homemade, these peopleeat with lunch and dinner. I'm not sure what other fermented foods they eat.Fwiw, I cooked like this for several years in my late teens and early 20's. I didn't know it at the time but I'm a DQ2, gluten intolerant, so of course this diet didn't help me. I was hyper and moody at the same time. I can onlyimagine what eating all that wheat did to me.I've recently backed of most oils, esp when cooking, and my digestion is better. But for full disclosue,I'm also on Creon for low elastace, my gallbladder is mia and I'm a celiac. I was eating a lot of these successfullyfrom 2008-2011 tho. Maybe h pylori and parasites damaged my gut last year so that's why I can't handle these now. Heck if I know.Tc .. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Dairy is one thing my doc does NOT want me to do. Any thing from an animal is a NO. So, no problems there. Dairy is one thing that if there are autoimmune issues - you are usually told to avoid. I'm also to stay away from wheat and gluten. The arginine in wheat is why my doc thinks people have a reaction to wheat - even if not celiac. For some reason arginine affects adversely those with the protozoa that I have.Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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