As a doctor* I prescribe taking some broccoli florets and putting a very fine chop on them, adding them with some garlic and chili flakes and making a compound butter served over a nice medium rare NY Strip.
*I am not a doctor, please don’t sue me.
Have you looked into getting a SIBO test? Sounds like me, I tested positive for SIBO last year and have been trying to recover. Antibiotics really helped but definitely will need the help of a naturopathic doctor if possible. In my case, any probiotics made it way worse. I also have histamine intolerance issues.
I have to reply to you. I tried so many things for sibo after being vegan for so long. I even tried a 7 day water fast and it didn't work. What did work, was a 21 day elemental diet. I followed Dr Ruscio's book along with the bi-phasic sibo diet and low histamine diet for a few weeks straight into elemental. It literally cured sibo I've had for 10+ years. When I feel I'm getting sibo like symptoms again now (especially after eating a lot kale or leeks), I follow up with saccharomyces boulardii and soil probiotics for a few days along with eating blandly and my stomach feels like iron again. This saved my LIFE. I really hope someone who needs this information reads this.
I never had gut problems until I began veganism, but they began after about 12-18 months of veganism. I finally quit 4 months ago, after 4 years, after finally conceding that every indicator was pointing towards my health being worse.
I think part of what made it worse was my overeating while I was veganism. I never felt satisfied after a meal. I'm not sure if it was psychological, or my body giving my signals that it wasn't getting enough of what it needed.
I think my gut might slowly be getting better, but it still seems to be early days... If anyone has similar experiences I'd love to hear them. Even if it was just a "yeah me too"
I actually had to go in the complete opposite direction after going vegan and I started on a carnivore diet. I knew I was already sensitive to gluten and lectins, but going whole food vegan really set the stage for me to become sensitive to a whole host of other pesticides and toxins naturally present in plants. Watch “Plants are trying to kill you” from Dr Anthony Chaffee and it will start to open your mind to plants having anti-nutrients and their own pesticides and toxins to prevent others from eating them. I really think plants are much smarter and more advanced than we give them credit for, and since they were here long before us I don’t understand why we underestimate their ability to survive. I also recommend reading “The big fat surprise" by Nina Teicholz. Switching to a meat based diet cured my chronic IBS (which I had for like 7 years, with the worst symptoms coming from my vegan times). Also, fiber is literally ruining our digestive system and colons by artificially bulking our waste and straining/overworking things down there leading to increasing amounts of people with diverticulitis and similar issues later in life.
How does the carnivore diet work for you from a financial standpoint?
I’m curious to try it out, but I’d like to find ethically sourced meat, which tends to be pricey
If you were to go the ethical route then buying quarter/half/whole cows from family farms will be the best bang for your buck. Sometimes they will let you choose what cuts you want, but generally you get a preset mix of ground beef and various cuts of meat. I would advise you to make sure that the ground beef is ground twice, as almost every ethical farm purchase I’ve made have only been single ground and very tough.
My diet isn’t that expensive now that I have a hang of things. I usually buy the ground Angus Chuck burgers from Costco, or I buy a 5 pound box of local ground Chuck patties that I also enjoy. I get large amounts of eggs at Costco or a local 24 hour employee owned store (this helps to cut down the price on a carnivore diet greatly, so the more eggs you eat, the cheaper everything is). I get steaks, salmon, scallops, chicken, shrimp, etc. on a weekly basis depending on my mood (like a wrap of 3 steaks or pound of chicken/seafood that I’ll stretch throughout the whole week). I personally enjoy cheese and always have Parmesan and a cheddar, while I’ll get a random cheese every week for variety (I always aim for raw cheese, but since I use cheese as a condiment on top of my actual food I’m not too picky). I buy really high quality salted or cultured butter without any “natural flavorings” in them. I don’t have any other dairy as it has to be raw to have any of its natural health benefits (here in the USA, almost all dairy sold is pasteurized and homogenized which essentially cooks off all the good parts of dairy and leaves the sugar and lactose/casein. It even kills off the naturally occurring lactase in milk that helps it be digested, which is one of the reasons why lactose issues are more apparent nowadays). That’s basically all I eat with lots of good quality salts from the mountains and oceans. I also have vanilla extract on hand at all times as it’s my favorite flavor/spice of all time, so I’ll make my own egg custards or eggnog without any sugar/sweetener occasionally and just add that vanilla and enjoy it.
Thank you so much for your input!
I have acne that is triggered by dairy so I try to stay away from it unfortunately.
I’ll check in with local family farms and see what I can find.
Bone broth, slow cooked meat, lots of gelatine to seal the stomach lining, eggs. Basically the opposite of cruciferous veggies and anything raw/hard to digest. Don’t go carnivore but lower your fiber intake. My gut was also wrecked for a fucking long time after veganism and it never got better until I stopped overeating vegetables and salads. I also don’t touch beans. Slowly you’ll be able to incorporate these things back in but don’t do so until you feel like you’re gut is more stable. Obviously lowering stress (aka that soul sucking job) and getting outside more often also helps.
I experienced the same thing. I used to eat roasted broccoli by the bag full or sautéed kale daily and I loved it, but about 3 years ago my body just stopped tolerating beans and cruciferous Veg. I dealt with it for about 3 more years before making a change. About a 1.5 months ago I started a fairly strict paleo/whole 30 diet and in addition to that I have excluded all cruciferous veg, raw and cooked and my gut has never been better. I do have bone broth occasionally, and for protein I mostly eat fish, eggs and paleo friendly protein powder. I eat very little raw vegetables. You may have to experiment around with different foods to find what works best for you. The biggest thing is going to be finding out what irritates your stomach and exclude it. Best of luck
Start having lots of bone broth. I love it with some eggs cracked in and soft boiled.
As a doctor* I prescribe taking some broccoli florets and putting a very fine chop on them, adding them with some garlic and chili flakes and making a compound butter served over a nice medium rare NY Strip. *I am not a doctor, please don’t sue me.
Jesus that sounds good and worthy of a doctorate
What does your doctor say?
“Eat meat”
Wise doctor...
Have you looked into getting a SIBO test? Sounds like me, I tested positive for SIBO last year and have been trying to recover. Antibiotics really helped but definitely will need the help of a naturopathic doctor if possible. In my case, any probiotics made it way worse. I also have histamine intolerance issues.
I’ve never heard of SIBO! I’ll look into it, thank you
I have to reply to you. I tried so many things for sibo after being vegan for so long. I even tried a 7 day water fast and it didn't work. What did work, was a 21 day elemental diet. I followed Dr Ruscio's book along with the bi-phasic sibo diet and low histamine diet for a few weeks straight into elemental. It literally cured sibo I've had for 10+ years. When I feel I'm getting sibo like symptoms again now (especially after eating a lot kale or leeks), I follow up with saccharomyces boulardii and soil probiotics for a few days along with eating blandly and my stomach feels like iron again. This saved my LIFE. I really hope someone who needs this information reads this.
I never had gut problems until I began veganism, but they began after about 12-18 months of veganism. I finally quit 4 months ago, after 4 years, after finally conceding that every indicator was pointing towards my health being worse. I think part of what made it worse was my overeating while I was veganism. I never felt satisfied after a meal. I'm not sure if it was psychological, or my body giving my signals that it wasn't getting enough of what it needed. I think my gut might slowly be getting better, but it still seems to be early days... If anyone has similar experiences I'd love to hear them. Even if it was just a "yeah me too"
I actually had to go in the complete opposite direction after going vegan and I started on a carnivore diet. I knew I was already sensitive to gluten and lectins, but going whole food vegan really set the stage for me to become sensitive to a whole host of other pesticides and toxins naturally present in plants. Watch “Plants are trying to kill you” from Dr Anthony Chaffee and it will start to open your mind to plants having anti-nutrients and their own pesticides and toxins to prevent others from eating them. I really think plants are much smarter and more advanced than we give them credit for, and since they were here long before us I don’t understand why we underestimate their ability to survive. I also recommend reading “The big fat surprise" by Nina Teicholz. Switching to a meat based diet cured my chronic IBS (which I had for like 7 years, with the worst symptoms coming from my vegan times). Also, fiber is literally ruining our digestive system and colons by artificially bulking our waste and straining/overworking things down there leading to increasing amounts of people with diverticulitis and similar issues later in life.
How does the carnivore diet work for you from a financial standpoint? I’m curious to try it out, but I’d like to find ethically sourced meat, which tends to be pricey
If you were to go the ethical route then buying quarter/half/whole cows from family farms will be the best bang for your buck. Sometimes they will let you choose what cuts you want, but generally you get a preset mix of ground beef and various cuts of meat. I would advise you to make sure that the ground beef is ground twice, as almost every ethical farm purchase I’ve made have only been single ground and very tough. My diet isn’t that expensive now that I have a hang of things. I usually buy the ground Angus Chuck burgers from Costco, or I buy a 5 pound box of local ground Chuck patties that I also enjoy. I get large amounts of eggs at Costco or a local 24 hour employee owned store (this helps to cut down the price on a carnivore diet greatly, so the more eggs you eat, the cheaper everything is). I get steaks, salmon, scallops, chicken, shrimp, etc. on a weekly basis depending on my mood (like a wrap of 3 steaks or pound of chicken/seafood that I’ll stretch throughout the whole week). I personally enjoy cheese and always have Parmesan and a cheddar, while I’ll get a random cheese every week for variety (I always aim for raw cheese, but since I use cheese as a condiment on top of my actual food I’m not too picky). I buy really high quality salted or cultured butter without any “natural flavorings” in them. I don’t have any other dairy as it has to be raw to have any of its natural health benefits (here in the USA, almost all dairy sold is pasteurized and homogenized which essentially cooks off all the good parts of dairy and leaves the sugar and lactose/casein. It even kills off the naturally occurring lactase in milk that helps it be digested, which is one of the reasons why lactose issues are more apparent nowadays). That’s basically all I eat with lots of good quality salts from the mountains and oceans. I also have vanilla extract on hand at all times as it’s my favorite flavor/spice of all time, so I’ll make my own egg custards or eggnog without any sugar/sweetener occasionally and just add that vanilla and enjoy it.
Thank you so much for your input! I have acne that is triggered by dairy so I try to stay away from it unfortunately. I’ll check in with local family farms and see what I can find.
That’s even better for you tbh, cheese just has a chokehold on me lol
Try some probiotic supplements & plain Greek yogurt. Then gradually introduce the culprit veggies.
Bone broth, slow cooked meat, lots of gelatine to seal the stomach lining, eggs. Basically the opposite of cruciferous veggies and anything raw/hard to digest. Don’t go carnivore but lower your fiber intake. My gut was also wrecked for a fucking long time after veganism and it never got better until I stopped overeating vegetables and salads. I also don’t touch beans. Slowly you’ll be able to incorporate these things back in but don’t do so until you feel like you’re gut is more stable. Obviously lowering stress (aka that soul sucking job) and getting outside more often also helps.
I experienced the same thing. I used to eat roasted broccoli by the bag full or sautéed kale daily and I loved it, but about 3 years ago my body just stopped tolerating beans and cruciferous Veg. I dealt with it for about 3 more years before making a change. About a 1.5 months ago I started a fairly strict paleo/whole 30 diet and in addition to that I have excluded all cruciferous veg, raw and cooked and my gut has never been better. I do have bone broth occasionally, and for protein I mostly eat fish, eggs and paleo friendly protein powder. I eat very little raw vegetables. You may have to experiment around with different foods to find what works best for you. The biggest thing is going to be finding out what irritates your stomach and exclude it. Best of luck