I had found myself being prescribed with yet another drug to take to address cholesterol and tri-glyceride counts plus diet and exercise; but which offered only partial successes. The normal gut issues I had been living with since my 20's were still here and my cycles of stomach discomfort (bloating) as well as my embarrassment of taking yet another pill - pushed me to look at alternatives.
My time with Simplistic-Wholistic started with a search for a nutritionist and I was lucky to find a professional looking website (key for me), with a clinical and holistic approach and made a call to get an initial consult. Within a few days I spent an hour with Gina, who professionally laid out a plan of 'treatment education' via a series of discussions. As the course continued, I must have sat there with my mouth open in astonishment such was the shaking to the ground of my existing 'dietary knowledge' - which in part is cultural and media based.
My tour of the dietary-world took around 3 1/2 months working with Gina, my dietary professor, to understand my own health issues derived from what we are told to accept as health-food. How wrong I was! And I have the success to confirm the' treatment' we devised. The iterative process of understanding, learning and treatment (all done with the flair of a management consultant) has changed my views on food types, the food pyramid, the contents of 'health foods' and the reasons why some food stuffs do what they do to us. One session where we discussed the lack of dietary issues in cultures around the world was truly mind blowing.
Within a month my bloating and seemingly allergic food reactions began to recede with the introduction of a number of key food types as well as an injection of food choices to enable me to restore my health. I now know the triggers of my complaint - and the best part is that I learned this with Gina rather than getting a diagnosis - hence reinforcing the learning experience and embedding the knowledge.
Many of us shop the aisles buying those special foods that we are led to believe will help with diet - what I did not realize; and have now experienced is a higher level of knowledge as to why a certain product may appear to have a health effect but instead is aggravating my system in order to clean-out without repair exsitng damage or even preventing further symptoms. So, quickly began the process of unraveling not only my own personal gut issues, but of my clinging to well-regarded dietary codes of behavior.
In my time, I have seen an end to my original 'concerns', via a systematic change to my eating beliefs, has encouraged me to shop, cook and enjoy food in revolutionary way. None of this is possible without my tour guide, Gina Reig.
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