If you're hitting a wall you're likely just not getting enough calories, so eat more fruit - I'd say load up on nuts/seeds/avocados, but I know personally that too much fat is detrimental :/ If you get enough calories you should be getting enough protein. We don't really need THAT much - where I get mine from is simply enough fruit and veg. Lately I have added some soaked buckwheat, and a bit of cooked quinoa (though I am not gonna eat it after tonight - I feel too bloated having cooked carbs). You should get B12 injections if you have a hard time metabolizing it. You can easily get more protein by eating hemp, beans, etc - you don't have to be 100% raw. If she is insisting you eat animal products I would look for another naturopath.
I am actually going to see a naturopath in a couple weeks - I want to get bloodwork done, yeah. I do struggle with a couple of things on my diet, and I have been all over the place with it the last couple years - trying to stay low-fat but then binging either on fats/salt or cooked carbs, and I have had awful skin rashiness which I hate, so now I am going to give up salt and see how that goes, maybe it's my problem. I have also started getting UTIs again, but I think that is mostly because my sex life has returned and also I got ONE, which of course was treated with antibiotics, which wipes out the immune system, and of course I am susceptible to more - this is the main reason I am going to see someone, cuz I don't want to be on antibiotics all the time, and I am not willing to give up my awesome sex life.
Also I figured out I have PMDD (extreme PMS issues) and am wondering if salt is the culprit. Anyway, I am always fiddling with things to see how I feel best. :) I do take a B12 supplement and make sure I get Vit D in the winter, whether it be from a tanning bed (sparingly) or going to a hot place!
I'll be sharing my results when I know what's going on :) I don't have a protein issue, I'm sure, as I eat like a maniac and I lift heavy boxes of books all day.
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Date: 2013-05-26 07:27 am (UTC)If you get enough calories you should be getting enough protein. We don't really need THAT much - where I get mine from is simply enough fruit and veg. Lately I have added some soaked buckwheat, and a bit of cooked quinoa (though I am not gonna eat it after tonight - I feel too bloated having cooked carbs).
You should get B12 injections if you have a hard time metabolizing it. You can easily get more protein by eating hemp, beans, etc - you don't have to be 100% raw. If she is insisting you eat animal products I would look for another naturopath.
I am actually going to see a naturopath in a couple weeks - I want to get bloodwork done, yeah. I do struggle with a couple of things on my diet, and I have been all over the place with it the last couple years - trying to stay low-fat but then binging either on fats/salt or cooked carbs, and I have had awful skin rashiness which I hate, so now I am going to give up salt and see how that goes, maybe it's my problem. I have also started getting UTIs again, but I think that is mostly because my sex life has returned and also I got ONE, which of course was treated with antibiotics, which wipes out the immune system, and of course I am susceptible to more - this is the main reason I am going to see someone, cuz I don't want to be on antibiotics all the time, and I am not willing to give up my awesome sex life.
Also I figured out I have PMDD (extreme PMS issues) and am wondering if salt is the culprit. Anyway, I am always fiddling with things to see how I feel best. :) I do take a B12 supplement and make sure I get Vit D in the winter, whether it be from a tanning bed (sparingly) or going to a hot place!
I'll be sharing my results when I know what's going on :) I don't have a protein issue, I'm sure, as I eat like a maniac and I lift heavy boxes of books all day.