Basic diet principles for CFS recovery | Everyday Alex 147

[@JacquiQ]

I have tried all sorts for diet and nothing seems to make much difference except cutting out sugar. I cut out sugar 5 months ago, no cookies, cakes, chocolate etc...and I did notice less inflammation in my shoulder muscles now and mood is stabilised much more, i guess as my blood sugar is more stabilised. My stomach is so bad at digesting I now have to eat a soft food diet with no spice, no sour, not even too much salt, nothing too crunchy like hard nuts. Cut out alcohol years ago., No drugs , no smoking etc...still so ill.

[@djVania08]

Zucchini has 10x LESS calories than pasta (100g zucchini 20kCal, 100g wheat pasta spaghetti 200kcal). So the expression of "similar amount calories" cannot be further from truth. When I started to restrict my diet, I certainly didn't put enough attention to calorie intake and was probably long time under recommended calorie intake for my height. I definitely don't want put the lady in a spot, just wanted to point that out because it's very important to eat enough!

[@lucyroberts3073]

Agreed, as the parent of a child recovering from an Eating Disorder I’m super aware of calorie counts and the statement about equivalence rang massive alarm bells for me too. In calorie terms it is just not possible to eat enough courgette to make up for pasta. The rest of the video was a really helpful overview with some sensible reminders. Thank you.

[@ForViewingOnly]

I also agree. Years ago I ended up with an eating disorder when trying to improve my CFS (‘orthorexia’, which was almost unheard of when I had it, but it’s much more common now that unusual diets are being advocated online). It’s important to get enough calories, and it’s not a good thing to be scared of food.

[@charcoal8]

I came off wheat and after 2 weeks the pain was dramatically less. That was just over 9 years ago now. Never going back. 👍

[@marcushezekiah6627]

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[@ottokash3761]

@Marcus Hezekiah Definitely, have been watching on instaflixxer for since december myself =)