Laura said:
...One thing I do notice, though, is a persistent "fear of fat" in some people that is almost worse than fear of flying or fear of smoking! What's more, by eating low fat for so many years - whether by choice or just because that's how food is done nowadays - the liver goes quiet and getting it cranked back up and online WHILE also detoxing all the build-up in the body from years of the liver being sluggish, can be quite uncomfortable!
If our bodies were clean and non-toxic and all other things were equal, we could probably listen to them but since they aren't, we often have to suffer discomfort to get to that clean state.
There is also the possibility of stored toxins in body fat that are released when the fat is released and used. I remember this from when I lost 85 pounds in 9 months by calorie restriction, 7-8 years ago. They produce their own symptoms, and they must certainly affect the liver. The effects should, however, be reduced when losing weight slowly.
I have not been able to keep up with this thread, let alone all the new reading, because of work. My approach is a little different anyway, though, in that I am trying to quiet down a gut that has caused me problems for as long as I can remember. I don't have any specific material to guide me in dealing with "mild" autistic spectrum issues. What I have read has focused on gluten and dairy, which I gave up long ago, and on supplements. I haven't tried
every suggested supplement but since most of the ones I have tried have either had no effect or a negative effect, I don't see much point in continuing down that path.
I succeeded in stopping the fermentation symtoms by eliminating most veggies, and I dropped my carbs to 15-20 grams/day in the process. I eliminated sweet potatoes, reduced onions, and increased eggs and meat to compensate. I drink green tea with no sweetener. Now I see I need to reduce garlic a bit too. I am also backing off on fat a little because I can see (when I have a bowel movement) that I am not digesting it all, even with the added bile salts, and
that can lead to another kind of fermentation.
I am a little puzzled by all the interest in the keto sticks. I guess I have just read too much about conventional medicine's use of "measures" to measure things that don't really tell you what you need to know. I can tell much just by how I feel in the morning, and I don't mean feeling well or sick. I take in everything I can sense. The two measurements I do follow are my hunger level (generally no hunger) and weight (dropping slowly).
There obviously were issues with some of the advice offered in the "tips" articles. I have a bit of an issue with "don't listen to your body." I do listen closely, but with "tuning" that I have refined over time. Actually, it is our
minds that do most of the "talking," not our bodies, looking for excuses to quit and go be like everybody else again, and go back to being good "food" as well.