I have a long history of health issues. Changing my diet was a big part of overcoming them. One of the things I did: I researched vitamin deficiencies based on the symptoms I had and then researched what the best chemical form was and what other supplements needed to be taken with it and so on.
For example, I had started going grey in my early thirties and found that PABA deficiency and adrenal stress are two things known to promote grey hair. I treated the grey hair as a symptom of an underlying problem. I have less grey hair than I had ten years ago. I also suffered RLS (restless leg syndrome) for years and read some article at some point indicating that it could be due to iron and b-complex deficiency. For many years, any time I got RLS, I would take b-complex and then if that didn't resolve it I would follow up thirty minutes later with iron. Treating my RLS symptomatically began resolving more serious problems by addressing the underlying root causes and at the age 40 I suddenly began having regular menstrual periods for the first time in my life because I stopped being severely anemic. I had never been told there was a real problem with me having irregular periods. It was "normal" for my family, no big. Well, turns out "normal for my family" isn't actually proof of no problem.
I also tried taking things out of my diet that, by observation, appeared to be causing me issues and then researched after the fact why that might be so as to better understand it. One thing I eliminated early on was peanut oil. Turns out it is very pro-inflammatory and my main medical issue has a very significant inflammatory component.
I no longer take boatloads of supplements. I have figured out what foods support good health for me and what foods are a serious problem given my medical condition. I make sure I routinely get adequate quantities of those foods that meet my needs well and fairly stringently avoid those foods that cause problems and keep a keen eye on limiting foods that are tolerable but not ideal (as too much of such foods do start causing issues after a while). I got off a long list of drugs and I now also do a lot of walking for exercise. I have the best quality of life in terms of my health that I've ever had.
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I have a long history of health issues. Changing my diet was a big part of overcoming them. One of the things I did: I researched vitamin deficiencies based on the symptoms I had and then researched what the best chemical form was and what other supplements needed to be taken with it and so on.
For example, I had started going grey in my early thirties and found that PABA deficiency and adrenal stress are two things known to promote grey hair. I treated the grey hair as a symptom of an underlying problem. I have less grey hair than I had ten years ago. I also suffered RLS (restless leg syndrome) for years and read some article at some point indicating that it could be due to iron and b-complex deficiency. For many years, any time I got RLS, I would take b-complex and then if that didn't resolve it I would follow up thirty minutes later with iron. Treating my RLS symptomatically began resolving more serious problems by addressing the underlying root causes and at the age 40 I suddenly began having regular menstrual periods for the first time in my life because I stopped being severely anemic. I had never been told there was a real problem with me having irregular periods. It was "normal" for my family, no big. Well, turns out "normal for my family" isn't actually proof of no problem.
I also tried taking things out of my diet that, by observation, appeared to be causing me issues and then researched after the fact why that might be so as to better understand it. One thing I eliminated early on was peanut oil. Turns out it is very pro-inflammatory and my main medical issue has a very significant inflammatory component.
I no longer take boatloads of supplements. I have figured out what foods support good health for me and what foods are a serious problem given my medical condition. I make sure I routinely get adequate quantities of those foods that meet my needs well and fairly stringently avoid those foods that cause problems and keep a keen eye on limiting foods that are tolerable but not ideal (as too much of such foods do start causing issues after a while). I got off a long list of drugs and I now also do a lot of walking for exercise. I have the best quality of life in terms of my health that I've ever had.