Brain energy

[dave1307]

My main symptom that I have is brain energy. I seem to have very similar symptoms that old people do such as poor memory, not able to concentrate well, not able to focus well. But I'm only 25. I'm starting to wonder why this is the case. My diet is really great, so nothing to improve there basically. I take glycerine, and it might help a little bit. It's just weird to have these symptoms when so young. There has to be a more specific cause, like toxicity of flouride or something like that. I've had heavy metals tested and I've done a fair amount of chelation, the brain energy hasn't seemed to improve. If anyone has an ideas let me know. I am close with my naturopathic doctor fyi so I have a doctor who is supervising my health.

[Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych), P]

I wonder whether the following program could be of assistance.

Finding your Allergies

Most people find the cause of their problems with this program. See how you go an let me know how you go?

[dave1307]

Thanks for that. But I have been avoiding food I am allergic too for about 10-11 months now. I did a blood test for food sensitivities and found all kinds of food I was sensitive to. Back then when I first started the avoidance, I would get very noticeable reactions when I accidentally ate a sensitive food, e.g. gluten or black/white pepper. Now if I test a food my reaction is much less but still there. Maybe my tired brain is a symptom of my gastrointestinal tract still in the healing process.

[Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych), P]

I know from experience from clients that tolerance to allergies and food sensitivities varies over time. Thus it may be a matter of degree of tolerance. But this won't help you if you continue to feel lousy. The best is to keep in contact with your nutritional therapist

[dave1307]

Thanks, yes that is what I will do, it is great to have a good doctor to talk to. I can her my doctor lots of questions and she is glad because naturopathic type doctors seem to be trained more about being teachers to their patients so their patients are more involved in the process.

[Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych), P]

Fundamentally, when you talk about brain energy, you really are talking about glucose as the main source of brain energy. Glucose needs to be converted to adenosine triphosphate to deliver the energy.

The point is how long have you been on the hypoglycemic diet?

If you have been using drugs in the past it may take some time for the brain receptors to be repaired.

[dave1307]

I've been on the hypoglycemic diet for 13 months or so. I used some drugs in the past, but have not in the past 13 months.

[dave1307]

A new hypothesis for me is that maybe I'm not getting enough carbohydrates to have the brain energy that my brain needs, the glucose. For instance, yesterday I decided to eat one extra serving of my organic corn grits. So that increased the total carbs to about 120 grams. I think it actually gave my brain some more energy, and I had less anxiety the rest of the day, especially in my classes. This would probably mean that my body did not need to produce as much of adrenaline to cover the lack of glucose. So I will test this out some more, if it turns out to help me, then I will need to determine what amount of complex carbs I need, such as is 120 grams sufficient for me, or would 150 grams be even better? I do eat some complex carbs at other parts of the day, but they are low carb vegetables like broccoli, I would typically eat ~20 grams of carbs from broccoli for example.

[studentofthegame]

dave how did you find your doctor? are you finding it expensive?

[dave1307]

Aug 27, 2011 20:48:17 GMT 10 studentofthegame said:

dave how did you find your doctor? are you finding it expensive?

I went to a dietician at my university, and she recommend my my current physician, because I asked my dietician where I could get a blood test for food allergies.

In the U.S., you can use this link to find these type of physicians. You just use the "find a doctor" tab.

www.naturopathic.org/


I know that you're in the UK studentofthegame, so I'm not very sure how you find a good doctor over there. But I know they are over there. Maybe try contacting paulo on the other forum, who lives in the UK and has been greatly helped by doctors over there. Otherwise, you could try to ask around your area, google stuff, and maybe try to get a recommendation from someone that might know about this stuff. It is good to get a recommendation, because all doctors are not equal of course. And an experienced doctor is better than a novice of course.

[dave1307]

And yeah it is expensive. Luckily I have a way of paying for it. THe more complicated your health issue is, the more expensive it can be. But there are ways to do it cheaper. The best way to go is to try to figure out what test might be helpful for you at the moment, or what service, and then take it one step at a time. Also, healthy food choices is a good way to go, because you're gonna eat anyway of course.

[studentofthegame]

thanks, i will give paulo a shout and see if he's got any suggestions.

[studentofthegame]

now that you are getting your nutrition under control dave have you looked at other areas such as meditation as a source of brain energy?

having read shapeshifter you'll know about Geoff Thompsons writings on not only physical food but 'brain food' - information being the main source of food for the brain. what you watch on TV, listen to, what you read, who you talk to, all brain food, and you should be vigilant about what you let on to your hard drive as it were. it should be positive, inspiring, informative stuff. not the doom and gloom of the news, not negative gossip, pornography in all its forms, etc.

positive thinking and internal dialogue as well, fresh un-polluted air, and of course daily physical exercise.

[dave1307]

Thanks, I have done meditation, though sometimes I go for a while without doing it. I actually don't watch tv, I watch movies though cause I really like movies. I read good stuff, and listen to good music. One thing that I probably need to do more of is talk to good people. I can feel pretty isolated sometimes because of my food allergies/restrictions, because I can't go eat at restaurants, or just go eat out with people. I've come to really understand how eating is such a social activity. If you cut out eating as a social activity for whatever reason, then you really have lost a big chunk of social opportunities.

[studentofthegame]

yeah i know what u mean. eating is pretty social.

my problem with eating is i eat way too much junk food, i actually crave the stuff. i'm also having trouble staying on track with the hypoglycemic diet. generally speaking my diet is much better than it was a year ago but i want to nail the diet 100%.

i don't know if it's related to the brain energy issue, perhaps it is, but my problem is that i have no energy through the day until the evening. when i wake up i ache like i've had the flu or something. i might start a new thread with more specifics.

on the meditation - i'm nowhere near being able to sit and meditate, i find meditation happens for me when i'm driving or riding with someone else but it's something i'm working on. from what i understand it's something that needs to be consistent, 30 mins every day, same with exercise, to see the real benefits.