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Life Update

A little update on how I'm doing lately:   Since starting the new supplements and diet, I have been feeling a lot better for the most part. stress is so much more manageable. Things that normally would just break me down have been not as big a deal and not leaving such and impression emotionally or physically. It's hard to describe exactly, but there is a certain feeling I get that tells me when the stress is really going to take a toll on me, and I've only had that once or twice in the last month, which is a huge improvement. (Thank you, God!) I feel like I can actually just deal with stressful situations and they can be done...like a normal person. I think the supplements are very helpful but I've also been committed to deep breathing exercises to activate my parasympathetic nervous system and I feel like that has also been very good and calming and healing. When you body is subject to chronic stress, it can get "locked" into your sympathetic response sy

WhatIEat#31 (low lectin)

Cauli puree, half a baked sweet potato, lettuce, avocado mayo and turkey roll up. Baked sweet potato with coconut oil, cinnamon, & nutmeg. sautéed steak strips with kale and carrots. Carrot juice (which I don't think is actually low lectin). Baked sweet potato, half, with butter. Cauli puree topped with ground turkey. Asparagus with roasted garlic. "French Toast Mug Cake" is what I call this...sometimes I want a treat that's not chocolate. This was a cake flavored with vanilla extract, cinnamon and stevia and a tiny bit of coconut sugar (Sugar is not low lectin, but it was only a little) Scrambled egg bowl with spinach and avocado, and some paleo naan (like a tortilla) with Kerrygold cheese. I thought at first when I was starting this diet, and before reading the Plant Paradox diet book, that the Kerrygold brand products were ok, but I found out they aren't actually, due to coming from cows with a gene mutation that causes them to produce mil