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Posted 11-06-2007 at 04:58 AM by billzant
I have always taken some concern over my diet - for many years being vegetarian. Where I live it is not easy to be vegetarian so I gave that up. At the same time before I retired (18months ago) I was an international schoolteacher, and it was not so easy establsihing healthy shopping patterns. So my doet slipped a bit; my major culprits were coffee and sugar, and cheese.

In my job I was very strressed inwardly, often sending bullets down to my digestive system. Although this never led to serious illness, I recognised weariness in my digestion and pressure in that region that led to stress days off. But now I am retired stress is a memory.

I have lost weight but reached a stage where I was still overweight yet eating less and less.

Just before I visited Bangkok I woke up with an appalling taste of bile in my mouth, and whilst travelling developed a migraine. These prompted me to go to a Natural Medicine Centre where the doctor declared GERD, and went through a diet that I later discovered was more or less macrobiotic - meat or fish once a day. i did a 10-day fast and have now been doing the diet for just over a week.

I have no local source of advice although I do have a local organic food shop

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    I am on a macrobiotic diet. I'm looking to meet with others on this diet to share recipes, discuss the lifestyle and compare notes. I've recently visited the Kushi Institue in Mass. & met with a counselor to discuss my health issues. I love this diet.
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