Hi Glen,
I've been successfully on the P.T.diet since early March. Admittingly I haven't had raw liver lately ( its on order and taking a long time!)But I'm finding I'm eating between meals alot; usually nuts; especially Walnuts and sometimes cheese.(Its been good in one way as I've put on a few needed lbs in weight.) But I have felt my energy down and not sleeping as well.
Would you please look at my eating regime and see what you think?!
It's generally like this;
Filet steak and mushrooms fried in butter. Spinach salad with advacado, a little tomato, cheese and olive oil.
Sardines(I add olive oil to them and salt) or Scallops fried in butter. With salad of Spinach, walnuts, advacado, raw cheese and olive oil.
Chicken thighs with 1 advacado and olive oil.
I take Brewers Yeast, a multi, calcium/mag.,flaxseed oil, cod liver oil and ester c.
I'm so grateful not to have migraines anymore:) But I have been getting a sinus type headache, do you think I could be eating too much cheese( it has been a joy to eat cheese again, as in the old days it would trigger a migraine!)
Thanks so much,
Sally
22 sympathetic. 31 balanced. 45 parasympathetic. 41 slow oxidation. 58 fast oxidation.
Sally,
Your post is in the recipe forum and should be up in the Metabolic Type forum. You sound like a protein type. If you repost there, Glen will see your post and respond.
In my opinion your purines might be too low. So the only changes I would suggest you try for a day or two is eat your sardines for breakfast (or some liver fried up and served over raw spinach) and see how long you go without hungar. If that works, then you have to look at other higher purine foods to eat for breakfast and lunch. Worse case try eating a can of sardines for both breakfast and lunch and see how you do. It's only for a day or two to test the increase in purine level.
A steak, a chicken thigh etc. will carry me for dinner but not for breakfast. Even for lunch I need another good purine hit or I get hungary in an hour. Also I can tell because I don't have that "full" or totally satisfied feeling after the meal.
RE: cheese...I don't think you're eating too much cheese.
I would drop the tomatoe if possible.
Now it will be really interesting to read Glen's official response in ouor Protein forum.
Cheers,
Suzanne
Thanks so much Suzanne:)
I've been blessed reading your posts too since I've been on the forums.
I appreciate you!...Sally
Sally... THANK YOU!!!
Now we'll see what the resident genius Glen has to say.
Cheers.............. Suzanne
Hi Suzanne,
Since you look quite experienced and reliable, could you please tell me a sample eating regime on a typical day that works for you?
What do you typically eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
Just to give me some ideas/tips?
I also think I'm having too few purines, as I still eat a lot, need more than a snack and I feel full just if I eat at least 10 - 12 oz red meat or even more if it's poultry (dark meat) at each meal.
Unluckily I cannot eat cheese but I'm getting many (probably too many) nuts...
Thanks a million.
Ale
Maeko