After being vegan for almost ten years, I can honestly say my diet has helped -- but it is my level of activity that keeps me healthy, not the diet alone.
Be careful not to buy into the notion that diet is a cure in of itself. Eat what you feel leaves you with energy enough to stay active. Make notes on what amounts and kinds of foods make you feel tired. You can eventually figure out your entire lifestyle just by listening to your body.
See my comment to drleo, above. I've suddenly shifted into an exercise-is-difficult-to-come-by regime.
I've also just started with a new physician, who's decided that I need to both Cut Down On My Reflux Medicine AND Cut Carbs Out Of My Diet -- hence the surly food-related post. If he's talkin' sugars, fine; if he's telling me to eliminate high0fiber starches AND my proton-pump inhibitors, he'll be able to see just what effect it's having on my digestion by looking through the hole my stomach will eat in itself.
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Date: 2011-10-12 04:27 pm (UTC)Be careful not to buy into the notion that diet is a cure in of itself. Eat what you feel leaves you with energy enough to stay active. Make notes on what amounts and kinds of foods make you feel tired. You can eventually figure out your entire lifestyle just by listening to your body.
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Date: 2011-10-12 11:26 pm (UTC)I've also just started with a new physician, who's decided that I need to both Cut Down On My Reflux Medicine AND Cut Carbs Out Of My Diet -- hence the surly food-related post. If he's talkin' sugars, fine; if he's telling me to eliminate high0fiber starches AND my proton-pump inhibitors, he'll be able to see just what effect it's having on my digestion by looking through the hole my stomach will eat in itself.