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Fasting for Weight Loss & Psoriasis Healing
by YoungLady

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  • Ready to test the aminoacids solution for cravings   by  YoungLady     18 y     4,676       3 Messages Shown       Blog: Fasting for Weight Loss & Psoriasis Healing
    I went to the mall today to buy yet another suit for my internship, and I also bought the essential aminoacids mentioned in the "cravings" article. I bought L-glutamine (for sweets and starch cravings), L-tyrosine (for mental and physical energy, and thyroid hormone), and 5HTP--a form of tryptophan (precursor of serotonin, the "feel good" neurotransmitter), which the store did not have.

    I can't wait to test them tomorrow. I don't want to bet on their effectiveness before I actually take them, but I have a strong intuitive feeling that the cravings I have been having since I was about 14, as well as my thyroid imbalance, have something to do with certain nutritional deficiencies. And the article about these essential aminoacids and their effect on mental well-being seemed to describe exactly my symptoms.

    I remember that the time I started to gain weight (which was around 13 years old) coincided with my readings about the benefits of vegetarian diets and my switching from a mostly meat diet (I remember enjoying meat as a child) to a mostly vegetarian one. I never liked dairy products and have always avoided them (milk, cheese, etc.)

    I don't want to blame my weight gain on that switch to a mostly vegetarian diet, because it might have also been triggered by puberty and all the hormonal changes. But I can't help wondering if eliminating meat caused a deficiency--such as aminoacids--that resulted in weught gain, cravings for sweets/white flour, and a slight hypothyroidism.

    I'm also a blood type 0, and while when I first heard of "eat right for your type" I discarded it as junk science, I now can't help wondering if there might be something to it--especially as I've never liked dairy or salads, and like I said, I enjoyed meat as a child, and didn't really care for starches or bread.

    In the past few days I've also started to search for related info and found quite a lot about people on vegetarian/vegan raw diets (such as the Hallelujah diet), and how it caused them health problems that went away once they added some animal protein, at the same time still eating mostly raw plant foods. And how many people can't stay on these diets long-term, and feel weak even though they eat nuts, avocados, seeds, etc. On the other hand, some people indeed thrive on these diets. So maybe we are truly different and supposed to eat differently.

    I, for one, would like to be able to thrive on a raw vegan diet, because I love animals and disagree with the way they are treated before they are slaughtered to be consumed. I would love to be able to eat some salad and fruit and be happy. But I have been trying to do that for over 8 years, and during all this time I've repeatedly found myself angry at my lack of "will power" and at my giving in to my carbs cravings. As I've already said, I knew that all the info I was reading explained that animal food is bad and raw plant food is good. But I simply couldn't apply this information to my diet. The only time I thrived was that summer when I ate mostly fruit, but it is known that a fruitarian diet causes problems in the long run. [However, fruits (in addition to animal protein) are recommended for blood type 0.]

    So I'm beginning to wonder whether this really is a case of aminoacid deficiency causing all these "vicious circle" problems, and not allowing me to thrive on a vegan diet. I guess I will find out once I start the "test". Looking forward to the first craving tomorrow! (Never thought I'd say this...)

    I'm also almost sure that I have Candida problems, especially because in these past years I've been eating a lot of refined carbs and sweets. So I'll be taking probiotics regularly.
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    • Amino acids Guinea pig too   by  #42412     18 y     3,189
      Hi
      After your post about the Amino Acids article, I decided to try it too.
      I bought Glutamine, Tyrosine, Taurine, GABA, and 5HTP.
      The only one I couldn't buy at our local GNC was Pheylanine.

      I started by taking 1 of each every day. Glutamine and Tyrosine (I think) in the morning, Taurine and 5HTP (I think) at Noon and GABA at night to help me wind down and relax.

      After the first day I started having pretty constant diarrea. So I slacked off of them. I have to say, though, that first couple days I felt much more alert and awake in the afternoons. I've been having a real problem with muddy foggy brain and sleepy in the afternoons. I really feel like I can barely hold my head up most days and I get plenty of regular sleep.

      The Aminos did seem to help the sleepy afternoons but I've quit taking them because of the diarrea. Maybe if I can narrow it down to just one of the pills and eliminate that one. Keep up the great posts, I would love to hear your experiences with Amino Acids.

      I've also always had suspicions that Psoriasis is partly due to brain chemical imbalances since most people I've known who develop it usually suffer a traumatic event prior. I personally suffer from stress-induced eczema and the only cure is to eliminate the stress causing it (which has at times been school, abusive relationship, etc.) After the stress was eliminated the eczema cleared up, despite visits to the dermatologist and various creams and lotions. I think these ailments require a total mind-body treatment that may include Amino Acids to help with appropriate production of brain chemicals.

      Any thoughts?
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      • Re: Amino acids Guinea pig too   by  YoungLady     18 y     3,220
        Hi,

        Thanks for sharing your "experiment"! It seems very weird that amino acids would cause diarrhea, especially as they are sometimes used for treating diarrhea! I did a bit of side effects research online and could find nothing about this, there are very few side effects for amino acids known, and only for huge doses.

        Maybe you could try taking them again one at a time, and see if you can identify which one caused your diarrhea. Or maybe it was something else that day that might have been the cause?

        If your main problem is sleepiness and "brain fog", definitely start with tyrosine. Then add glutamine for cravings, and then the rest in whatever order you prefer.

        Sleepinedd, lack of energy are effects of an imbalance in both the adrenals and the thyroid. From what I've read the adrenals react very quickly to stress, and if they fail, it usually leads to a thyroid imbalance. You might want to read the book "Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled? : A 3-Step Program to: Beat Hormone Havoc, Restore Thyroid, Adrenal, and Reproductive Balance, and Feel Better Fast!", I read most of it while browsing in the book store, it was so interesting I couldn't stop until I read all they had to say. It explains these issues very well, and in great detail. I didn't actually write down their plan as it seemed a bit too complicated, but reading that book was enlightening.

        As for psoriasis and brain imbalances, it's definitely a possibility, but it's probably more indirect, because not all people who suffer traumas get psoriasis. And then once it appears it doesn't go away, even if the stress is eliminated. It's well known that emotional stress causes negative effects, but it isn't known how is exactly that happens, so until someone makes a clear connection we can only speculate on the exact triggers of diseases such as psoriasis and eczema.

        And as skin diseases are usually greatly improved by diet, the aminos can help a lot when one is starting to eat healthier.

        Let me know how your amino experiment goes!
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