02/12/2022
Lessons in a complex healing journey:
Struggling with dysautonomia for many months can be awful, but lowering your baseline cortisol in the morning with meditation is the number one way to help your body cope with it.
NOT supplements and esp not fat soluble b vitamins.
Yes, b1 can help with symptoms but get it in Whole Foods form ! Pork and asparagus have the most b1 out of any food.
I currently haven’t been exercising due to :
Benfotiamine fat soluble synthetic b1(do NOT take this stuff)
Why? Paradoxical reaction. Feeling fatigue, low blood pressure, and depersonalization.
Not moving as much are making my calorie needs much lower.
So, here’s my breakfast today:
Juice, oysters, sauerkraut, one egg yolk, olives !
Still haven’t supplemented but I’m honestly tempted to since I’m experiencing numbness and almost complete loss of smell and taste. (Might supplement b12 and omega 3)
Other ways to improve b12 absorption:
Digestive bitters like :
Lemon
Ginger plus salt
Apple cider vinegar
Dandelion root
Dandelion leaves
Bitter greens and veggies
How? These foods elevate gastric juices which can improve production of intrinsic factor, a key glycoprotein that without which we do not absorb b12.
I noticed early on last year I couldn’t digest meats the same.
Now, I am trying to support my intrinsic factor pathway naturally.
The juice recipe is as follows :
Carrot
Cabbage
Celery
Lemon
Kale