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I know you've been doing a ton of work to better your health and gut, Koopa. I think and hope that your gut will be better and more accepting of foods that may have once been offensive. I know that both of the brands of ORACs we've purchased have quite a few ingreds I would've been really scared of a few weeks ago but n=1, right? I'm pretty thin and can't afford to lose any weight. I've noticed on multiple exercise sites that I can avoid muscle/weight loss in fasting periods by supplementing with BCAA's. I was doing that for a while, worked really well, body-composition-wise, but found out that they were keeping me in constant flares. I try to follow the paleo approach rec of 3 big meals plus one snack in between. Again, I'm not really sure if it specifically hurts or helps but it looked at the time like the easiest approach of the ones I'd looked over.
I've added about 300-500mg, once daily of magnesium citrate(i dion't think it's the ideal form but it's what I have) for the last few days. I say that bcuz I'm not sure if it's the Mag that's helping or the pstarch routine kicking in but I feel great! I'm getting deep, rested sleeps. 7-10 hrs straight. I was only sleeping max 6 hrs before waking due to pain for the past couple months. I don't think my enbrel is working anymore as it seems any time I slip on my health regimen, I flare. Maybe it would hurt more? I'm scared to drop it. My dreams have been more vivid than they have been for years.(meant to be a sign of RS working and I think means that I'm reaching a deeper sleep state?) I have gone from a BM once every three days, to one or two bristol 4's per day. One negative is that my gassiness hasn't subsided at all. The last two or three days have been virtually pain free as well. I've been attempting to hone in on suitable levels and durations of various exercises and stretching. I'm trying to routinely manage my levels of stress. Tons of walking, slowly riding my bike for groceries etc.
I hope I don't sound like I'm boasting or bragging. I'm just trying to let you know how I'm feeling, what's helped and see if any of these strategies effected anybody else for better or worse?
Glad to hear that your stomach is better! That's awesome that it's the pstarch and not the veggies! From all the articles we've been reading, 3 tbs of pstarch is roughly the desired eventual dosage anyways.