Appreciating Our Symptoms: Symptoms At The Moment of Transition (WAS: How do I get enough protein?)

[Guest guest]

Susanne,

 

May I suggest this to you: that your symptoms are real, that they were NEVER

cleared out, not even a little bit, but rather that they were buried, NUMBED

out, by the other way(s) of eating and of living.

 

I assure you that what you are experiencing has zero to do with what you

NEED to eat (protein or otherwise) and everything to do with what you have

STOPPED EATING. For the first step into health, from the perspective of

diet, is to stop poisoning ourselves. The raw food is actually quite

secondary; You could eat nothing at all and move forward even more quickly

than you presently are. (And with stronger symptoms for a bit, too!)

 

When we eat more simply, when eat in ways that hydrate and oxygenate every

part of our body, when we lighten the load upon our digestive process, we

free up an enormous amount of energy. And we peel away our armor, our

numbness. And sometimes, all that we have never worked through, all that we

have never resolved from our past comes roaring into the foreground.

 

One perspective, standing in a place where the focus is upon symptoms, would

conclude that " it just is not going well " . And so you say here. But another

perspective, standing in a place where we clearly distinguish cause from

effect, problem from symptom, might conclude that you have just begun to

open before yourself the opportunity of a lifetime.

 

Right this very moment, as I type this message. I have a dear friend and

companion in Path of Health Community who has FINALLY reached the point,

just within the past few days, where she can eat 100% raw with ease and

grace. And she is MISERABLE!!! So miserable, in fact, that she even called

me up just to tell me about it and set her own mind (and perhaps her

husband's mind) at ease. Honestly, I told her, in her situation, to expect

to continue to feel miserable for a few more days. And after that, if she

continues on her present course, she may not ever experience another

so-called " migraine " headache again. I imagine she will post on this fairly

soon, when she feels ready.

 

Yesterday I shared the two stories, one my own, the other told by Smokey

Santillo, describing similar, short-term misery. Did you happen to read

these? They are in post #35539 in the group archive.

 

The only way to clean up a mess is to clean up that mess. You can do it

quickly or slowly, well or poorly. Now you have started upon a course that

allows you to do it quickly and with excellence. Choose the straightest

path, choose excellence. choose life.

 

I SO encourage you to listen to the free audio program, offered by the Path

of Health Community, entitled " Messages From Within: Exploring Symptoms and

Sense " and available at http://snipurl.com/two_minds. Open a whole new

worldview before yourself ... it's there for you to receive, if you will.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

susanneca799 [susanne]

Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:56 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] How do I get enough protein?

 

I am still trying to figure out what the right diet is for ME. For this

whole week I have really been trying to eat A LOT less meat and A LOT more

raw food. It just is not going well. When I was eating moderate amount of

meat and A LOT of raw vegetables, that went great. I just feel like I am

not getting ehough protein. Suddenly I am having a return of all my old

symptoms that had completely cleared on the low carb, high protein diet like

anxiety, depression, mood swings, feeling really hyper, etc. My blood sugar

has to be spiking and dropping off the charts. I have been eating sprouts

and greens which supposedly have protein, but I do not think that they have

enough. None of this stuff happens when I eat meat or fish at each meal

even in small amounts. Any suggestions on what I should do would be greatly

appreciated. For fruits I have only been eating strawberries and

raspberries which are low in sugar so that can't be causing it. All of the

juicing has been with low sugar greens and other vegetables. Is there

something I can do to stop these symptoms or could this maybe not be the

right path for me?

 

Thanks, Susanne

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> I am still trying to figure out what the right diet is for ME.

 

This is actually very normal. Don't be alarmed! :-) And the meat you

ingested was never your friend. How much fat are you eating? Erica

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this post Elchanan. It was simply **beautiful**. I feel the

truth of it in my core.

Katya.

 

 

 

 

 

> May I suggest this to you: that your symptoms are real, that they

were NEVER

> cleared out, not even a little bit, but rather that they were

buried, NUMBED

> out, by the other way(s) of eating and of living.