What Symptoms to Expect When You Improve Your Diet
Perhaps the greatest misunderstanding in the field of nutrition is the failure to understand and interpret the symptoms and changes which follow the beginning of a better nutritional plan. By ingesting higher quality foods, the body begins a process called “retracing”. The initial focus is on eliminating the waste and toxins deposited in the tissues. However, the process creates symptoms which are often miss- interpreted.
For example; a person stops consuming coffee or chocolate and experiences headaches and a general let down. The body begins discarding toxins (caffeine or theobromine) by removing them from the tissues and transporting them through the bloodstream. However, before toxins are passed, through elimination, they register in our consciousness as pain, in other words as a headache. These same toxins also stimulate the heart to beat more rapidly, thus producing a feeling of exhilaration. The letdown is due to the slower action of the heart, which produces a depressed state of mind.
The symptoms experiences during “retracing” are part of a healing process. They are not deficiencies. Do not treat then with stimulants or drugs. These symptoms are constructive even though unpleasant at the moment. Don’t try to cure the cure.
The symptoms will vary according to the materials being discarded, the condition of the organs involved in the elimination, and the amount of available energy. They can include:
- Fatigue/ Sluggishness
- Nervousness
- Irritability
- Depression
- Frequent urination
- Headaches
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- Fevers/ Chills
- Colds
- Skin eruption
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Etc, etc
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Rest and sleep is essential for recovering from symptoms more quickly. Understand that the body is becoming healthier by eliminating waste and toxins; had they remained trapped in the tissues, eventually they would have brought about illness and disease, thus causing greater pain and suffering.
Finally don’t expect to improve your diet, and feel better and better everyday, until you reach perfection. For example, you may begin eating better and start feeling better. After some time, you experience a symptom such as nausea, or diarrhea. After a day you feel even better than before and so it goes for awhile. Than you suddenly develop a cold with chills and lose your appetite. Without the use of drugs, you recover from these symptoms and suddenly feel great. This well being continues for a time until you break into a rash. The rash flares up, but finally disappears. And suddenly you feel better than you’ve felt in years. As the body becomes pure, each reaction becomes milder and shorter in duration; followed by longer and longer periods of feeling better than ever before, until you reach a plateau of optimal health.
Ask Dr. Maria Papasodaro, your Naturopathic Doctor how to reach optimal health and begin your journey to wellness.
Dr. Maria Papasodaro, ND
A Healing Place: 247 Main St. North, Brampton
(905) 459-4385
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