A week of gentle detox

I've decided to do a week of gentle detox. I really want to clean out my liver, gallbladder and general gut so I can be tolerating more foods and improving my digestion. 

As of tomorrow I'll be doing GAPS intro diet. So- broth, cooked veggies, slow cooked meats, fats off the meat, ghee, sea salt, lemon & ginger tea. I don't want to be eating a TONNE of meat. I've been on GAPS for 2 years now and my meat requirements have dropped, yet I over-eat it just because I can. I haven't got any ferments going at the moment so it'll just be the Custom Probiotics 11-strain in the AM. I have a habit of over-eating and feeling really stuffed after a meal, so I'm going to try be more 'intuitive', and have 3 meals a day and maybe 2 if I am working (I don't like eating at work because it's stressful to eat in a busy environment). Intro foods fill you up quickly because of all the liquid in the broth. 

I lost ghee about a year ago due to oxidative stress in the gut, but today I had about a tablespoon at once and didn't get that nasty headache. I'm actually 100% certain I'll be able to tolerate it fully soon, if I'm not already.

I'll also be aiming to do at least 4 pro-b enema's and 4 epsom salt baths. Supps will be 1 tsp cod liver oil, 1 tsp butter oil and 2 caps of fish oil a day. 

The first thing I want to try out of this detox is cauliflower. My fructmal got worse with the oxalate problem and I lost a lot of veggies! 

Well, a lot has changed since my last post. My supplement experiement has gone down the drain- I couldn't tolerate anything! Back to Dr. Natasha's view on minimal supplements. I got thinking (not sure why I didn't think of this sooner) about what made me heal when I was doing best on GAPS. LOTS of good fats (tallow and ghee mainly), low starch/low ox veggies veggies (no pumpkin or peas but I think rutabaga will be ok since it doesn't kick up cravings/binges), eating 3x a day and not snacking, and moderate meat intake. Then I think back to this one day I had a few months ago where my eyes were so white and bright and my skin was clear, everyone was looking at me differently- like I was a different person! I was happy and cheerful too. I had just made a great batch of turnip kraut and was having some with every meal. I have no doubt that's what it was. I haven't had kraut in a long time.

I cannot tell if I am in better or worse condition than before the supplement experiment. I know I continued to dump without the supplements. It seems the supplements were stopping the dumping in a way and creating more oxidative stress. Anyway I am glad to say I am back at GAPS intro diet which is kind of like my 'safe house'. No supplements except for oils (vit E, CLO and fish oils) for a week, having meat broth and veggies every day. It is warm here atm so if I get the organic veggies on Saturday to make the kraut, it should be ready by next week.

Oh and the fluid retention is a TONNE better. Bloating not so much, but I'm not expecting that problem to go away any time soon. I have some chopped up kabocha from yesterday that I will have today but after that no pumpkin until I can do ghee confidently again. I won't be doing kabocha either I don't think, but butternut squash first since I've always digested it better.