Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Meeso
I am curious, though what you mean by "Ending up in the floor at Baskin-Robbins." Do you mean that you craved ice cream, gave in, and literally passed out from it?
|
That was a figure of speech, sort of. I didn't actually pass out in an ice cream shop. What I meant is I know what it is to get uncontrollable cravings, yield to them and suffer unpleasant consequences.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Meeso
Do you think that giving in to a craving for, say, chicken, could produce a similar response? How does one know if one will get sick from a bit of butter, like your patient, or if something like butter is "the problem" and whether it is early enough in treatment to impede progress?
|
First of all, thanks for the compliments. I'd like to point out that I'm not a doctor, I never had any patients, and I don't give "treatment". That being said, the answers you seek are learned through trial and error. There are so many variables involved that it's not possible to give a single correct response.
When you get cravings try to satisfy them with the "next best thing" if possible. Like, you want a steak
sooooooooo bad, see if some organic beef broth will do it for you. (I once contracted amoebic dysentery - bloody diarrhea with mucus, too weak to stand, the whole shebang - and although I couldn't eat, I kept dreaming about eating steak. I told my friend who was a TCM practitioner and he said, for goodness' sake, have some beef! So I had a friend bring me a can of broth, drank it, and then I felt much, much better almost immediately. This was in about my 7th or 8th year of MB. I had never before craved beef during those years but enjoyed the smell of it being cooked.)
We are free to take any food. The wise way to do it is with awareness of how it will affect us and acceptance of the consequences. The food is not to blame for how we feel. We are responsible because we choose what to eat (and drink), when we eat it, how much of it we eat, how we prepare it and what else we eat along with it.
In the beginning, trust what you learn from those with more macrobiotic experience than you have, and trust what your own body tells you. Learn to distinguish between pathological cravings ("I want") and genuine messages from the body which say "I
need". And be honest with yourself! We
never need ice cream or sugar! Especially not with uterine fibroids!!!
Those fibroids are painful and will be made worse by extreme foods. The less you take of refined sugar and animal protein, the better, but if your body says it has to have some chicken, have some chicken broth.
When you're questioning whether or not something is going to help or harm you, take a little of it, and then pay attention to whether your pain is greater or smaller the next day.
As to herbs, I can put you in contact with a long-time macrobiotic Chinese herbalist. Send me a PM if you're interested. The person I'm talking about is VERY good and WILL be able to help you.