Re: nutrition to Lisa
From: Adaeze (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Aug 28 01:57:01 2005
Hi Lisa,
Please can u kindly email me a copy of your eating plan.I have stage IV
endo with chocolate cysts. I would really love to alter my diet to see
if there would be an improvement in my condition. I look forward to
hearing from you.
--
Adaeze
At Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Lisa wrote:
>
>Hela,
>
>Suffering from Endo for over 15 years now, I have tried everything. In
>my desperation, I turned to a holistic nutriotionist who practiced
>Eastern Medicine. She drastically modified my diet, it was VERY
>specific of what foods I could eat, what foods I couldn't and more
>importantly, the combination of foods I ate at the same time. I don't
>know how it works, but yes, I felt 200% better than I ever had with any
>other treatment.
>
>She required me to first detox my body. I was put on a detox program
>for three weeks and then transitioned to the diet. It is not "extreme"
>in any way. There are foods that I can't eat, but after 3 weeks I felt
>so much better, I began to eat to live not live to eat. I can't say
>enough about how it really changed what I was going through with the
>endo. Yes, it takes a little more time to prepare to eat, but well
>worth it.
>
>If you would like me to email you a copy of the eating plan, let me
>know.
>
>-Lisa
>
>At Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Hela wrote:
>>
>>Thank you Alyson,
>>I will try to not eat loads of raw food (what I do - thought it is good
>>for me) hopefully it will make a difference. I noticed that my pains
>>are much worse when I am cold, so it sounds like a good idea to eat and
>>drink warm things.
>>Thank you for advising the books abt nutrition and endo I will check it
>>out.
>>Hela
>>At Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Alyson wrote:
>>>
>>>Hela-
>>>I haven't used nutrition as my primary treatment, but have made some
>>>changes to my diet. I was seeing an accupuncturist for quite awhile and
>>>made some dietary changes based ontheir advice. They believe that for
>>>reproductive issues you should keep your body warm. No iced drinks, ice
>>>cream, raw foods (i.e. salads, raw veggies, etc), i drink a ginger tea
>>>which has calming properties. I did notice a difference in the
>>>frequency of my pain. I think its jkind of the same concept as using a
>>>heating pad to ease the pain. I also have cut fried foods and fatty
>>>foods out of my diet and have tried to eat all natural healthy meals
>>>(although I cheat from time to time!). I'm not sure how much difference
>>>it makes in the endo, but I feel better in general. The Endometriosis
>>>Association lists some books having to do with treating endo with
>>>nutririon by eliminating wheat and coffee among other things. You may
>>>want to check that out.
>>>Alyson
>>>
>>>At Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Hela wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hello, I would like to know, if somebody tried to heal through
>>>>nutrition. I underwent 2 operations and half year of hormonal treatment
>>>>and it did not help me at all, in fact I think it made things worse. And
>>>>so I thought maybe if I change my diet it would help, but I dont know
>>>>anybody who got treated through nutrition. it would be great to hear
>>>>from you, if you had any results in that area!
>>>>Best wishes to all!
>>>>(PS: I apologize for my English - it is not my first languge)
>>>>Hela
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