was feeling weirdly tired and sad and wanting to scroll on twitter forever and then i remembered i ate a bag of chips (cooked in seed oils) today as an experiment
motherfucker welp that’s my experimental result
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I’ve narrowed down to like four meals. I didn’t want to believe in the diet-everything-else connection but became too obvious as I got more sensitive to things
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it’s incredibly inconvenient for going out with friends and stuff but i feel so much better now. i only really have 2 meals, hoping to expand my repertoire soon 😅
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15 years ago I would have thought you were part of a bullshit lefty conspiracy theory but I've since experienced similar amazing physical/mental health changes by controlling what I eat. For me gluten, dairy, and nuts (unfortunately) are the enemy. Pho is good for casual dining.
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cutting gluten and dairy have been big for me too. i cut out seeds and nuts as an experiment a few months ago (b/c grimhood mentioned it) and unsure what the effects were but eating pistachios recently felt bad so i stopped again
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Pistachios/macadamias have least impact on me but I rarely partake. Nuts tend to trigger migraine but not every time. Egg too (I'm meat-eating vegan). Gluten is inflammatory in many ways incl making joints swell. Dairy gives ambient pain, esp back/neck. Peanuts make me swell.
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I think that talking about it to give perspective is helpful but I think there's also unknown body chemistry that plays a role so everyone has to be an empiricist too. Stress also exacerbates ime.
For me totally worth it. I feel better now than in my 20s, have nicer skin too.
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yeah, god only knows how specific gut issues or gut flora compositions affect things too, and who knows what else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ no substitute for personal experimentation here, for sure. and stress exacerbates for me too!