Martin’s Health Issues and Frustrations with Healthcare Advice Martin had heartburn “every single day.” Looking back, he is a little frustrated with the healthcare advice that he was receiving at the time, noting that “My doctor prescribed me Prilosec and never asked me what I ate!? Prilosec didn’t do anything.” Importance of Diet and Lifestyle in Healthcare When he
At the age of fourteen in the late sixties I became self-conscious of my weight. This was the time when models like Twiggy were popular, fashion and TV made us aware of how fabulous it is to be slim and so trendy. I had to sew my own clothes and copied the short dress styles. I looked cool and that’s
From Medication To Meat: Alberto’s Journey To Health At 40 years of age, Alberto suffered from ulcerative colitis for half of his adult life and was on every medication imaginable with very limited success. At times the pain he experienced was unbearable: 5 to 10 minutes of feeling normal, then excruciating abdominal pain causing him to double over with cramps.
Patricia’s Health Struggles At 68 years old, Patricia has been on the carnivore diet for 3 1/2 months. Her diet consists primarily of beef, salt, suet, water, and organ supplements such as liver, bone marrow, thymus, and bovine cartilage, with occasional egg yolks. As a young adult, she had lots of fatigue, had to take lots of naps,
I’m from the Philippines, and I’m 46 years old. I don’t follow any diet. I go by instinct, mostly. I would just realize later on that whatever I was already eating out of instinct was actually a thing. Vegetarian, raw vegan, zero carbs, paleo keto PKD, and raw primal — were labels I would learn after the fact. From
Coping With Ankylosing Spondylitis Over 20 years ago, Noah was “unofficially diagnosed” with ankylosing spondylitis, an autoimmune disease causing arthritis in the spine. As the disease progresses, people end up walking in the shape of a candy cane. Noah says that the disease is very painful and debilitating. He started to get the stooped-over posture and tried to stand
Thomas’ Early Struggles with Autism, Dyslexia, Arthritis, and Psoriasis Thomas’ problems began at an early age: “I have been autistic and dyslexic my whole life, but I was not diagnosed as being autistic until I was an adult. By the time I was about 44-45, I had arthritis in my neck, hands, lower back, and feet. I also
I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) in 2005 at the age of 29. The diagnosis came after a steady decline in my digestive health through my late 20’s. My symptoms were 5-10 uncontrollable bowel movements per day, bloody stools, pain weight loss and lethargy. I was treated with immunosuppressant medication that helped manage my condition but brought with it
Black Box Warnings for Fluoroquinolones by FDA “November 2017 marked the start of a serious decline in health for me through a series of unfortunate events. I experienced a severe adverse reaction to an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone class. What makes this toxicity different from an allergy is that even when you stop using the medication, your symptoms
I’m 33 years old. A dedicated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner for 12 years. I had been suffering from gallbladder attacks from the age of 17 no matter what fruits or vegetables I ate, or other changes in diet. Currently 2 months into eggs, bacon, and steak on a daily basis and ZERO gallbladder/digestive side effects. Also limited to no joint
