Adrenal Boost: Completed!

I've been awfully quiet about my recent challenge.

A little over a month ago, I decided I needed to recharge my adrenal glands.

After one aborted attempt, I restarted a month ago, and with the exception of one dinner party, a couple french fries, and a half-inch sliver of banana cream pie on Labor Day, I've been pretty consistent with my efforts.

I have to say... I really FEEL a difference!  I tested my saliva pH before starting and periodically throughout the last month and it has also consistently been more basic.  But the biggest differences I've noticed has been my energy, my sleep quality, sinuses clearer than I ever thought possible, and the fact that despite the scale barely budging, my clothes are fitting better.  And every time I cheated, I FELT the difference as well... I'd feel tired, slow, and hit an afternoon lag that just wasn't there when I was avoiding sugar, wheat, caffeine, alcohol, and fried foods.  I'm curious to see how my body changes now that I have added dairy back in, but I can say without a doubt that I notice negative shifts in my energy level and mood when I consume wheat and sugar.  And it is immediate!  I've also noticed how heavy and congested my digestive tract feels when I eat too much red meat (an observation I've never made before...).  Oatmeal also seems to slow me down a bit...

Why do I tell you all this?

I can't promise that you will have the same experience I had, but I'd love for you to try this experiment for yourself and report back to me what you noticed.  Be an alien in your own body and see how your food affects your moods, body functions, and energy level.  Awareness leads to knowledge and knowledge is power!  Let me know what you discover... 

An increase in rice sensitivities??

I met up with some colleagues recently and they were discussing the increase in rice sensitivities in their patients.  They were discussing the possible reasons for this... Genetically modified foods?  A new pesticide?  Vaccines?  And I couldn't help but pipe up.

"Perhaps it's due to overexposure."

We become allergic to things we are overexposed to.  Foods we eat constantly, chemicals we're always around... And with so many of their patients avoiding wheat and dairy due to sensitivities (caused, again, by overexposure), what are they turning to? Rice milk, rice cream, rice flour, rice cakes and plain cooked rice...  More overexposure, new substance!  I wouldn't be surprised if the next thing to pop up is coconut, hemp, and all the other alternative grains like spelt, millet, and quinoa.  Humans are creatures of habit... often, when we find something that works, we keep going back to the same thing.  Cavemen couldn't do this since they had to eat what was available an in season.  Actually, up until the past 50 years or so, no one could do this because it just wasn't readily available.  Grocery stores have definitely changed with the times.

The real lesson we need to learn is to address current sensitivities to lesson the toxic load, and eat a VARIED diet!  "Everything in moderation;" even the "healthy" stuff. 

What foods do you find yourself eating constantly?