So have been running with the experiment of living without Gluten, Dairy, Nuts or Coffee just to get myself totally detoxed and level set to a completely healthy state. And so far the results have been fantastic… am able to go to bed earlier..sleep like a rock and wake up totally refreshed as opposed to being all grogged up from a food sensitivity hangover. Also, we’re talking about feeling this good while getting up at 4:30 AM .. Nice.
In addition, before starting this I wasn’t able to eat fruit without breaking out with a fever blister (aka cold sore..gross I know but facts are facts). It’s just the way my body reacted and my father has the same issue. Anyway, I now have a fresh orange first thing in the morning, then later in the day apples, bananas, pears you name it with no negative effects. So for the first time in my life I can eat fruit with no restrictions. Loving this!
Mentally, I’m experiencing incredible clarity and an enhanced ability to focus. And strangely, there are other things that may or may not be related..A greater organizational ability, an enhanced propensity to find the solution and implement it quickly (ie more results in less time) and an even a greater comfort level associated with intelligent risk taking. What is meant by this last item is that there seems to be a greater capability to weigh all the factors and therefore feel even better about “taking the leap” (probably because there’s a greater awareness of all that’s involved). On the less extreme side, this includes joining a few new Kayaking Groups (time is a valuable commodity so am very guarded about joining things)..on the more extreme side, there’s Mt. Rainier (the highest peak in the lower 48) and spring whitewater rafting calling.
So after a month it all looks good. Now the next question is, has anything been unnecessary eliminated? To find out, I’m adding things back one at a time to see it’s effects. Right now this involves caffeine. Seeing some positives as well as negatives so far and should have some conclusions by next week.