The Elimination

In 2011 I began to suffer from severe gastric problems including ulcers.

The pain and effects on some days was debilitating and embarrassing. I underwent every medical test possible, eliminated gluten from my diet and felt some minor benefits. The problem was that although I felt a little better, I still could not lose any weight. Gluten free food is expensive and tastes like crap for the most part, unless you have the time to bake at home and experiment.

After several consultations with gastro specialists and surgeons, I was scheduled for surgery early 2012 to deal with my severe ulcer. The ulcer was located just below my pyloric sphincter. There was going to be a long recovery and an enormous amount of side effects during this recovery.

As the surgery date moved closer, I got more apprehensive. Part of the pre-op was for me to meet with a nutritionist at the hospital to discuss how I will eat following the surgery. Liquids, pureed, strained foods, ensuring that I get enough protein each day.....well the whole thing freaked me out!

However, this wonderful nutritionist opened my eyes to a world of information that I had not learned before. We discussed how it might be possible to repair my ulcer and eliminate my discomfort by simply changing my diet.

She focused on PH and Alkalinity instead of calories and fat. This made perfect sense! After 1 month of following a more alkaline diet, I began to feel amazing. Not 100% but still amazing.

The next step was to complete an elimination process to weed out which foods specifically were causing me pain. I followed Whole Life Nutrition's elimination diet then slowly added one type of food back at a time.

This was unbelievable! Foods such as broccoli, cucumber, green peppers made my stomach ache. Sugars such as maple syrup, honey, and agave syrup gave me migraines, and I was amazed at how I could feel my blood sugar spiking and then crashing. This was when I first started listening and paying attention to what my own body was telling me. This would forever change my life.