Hi there I'm Susan from New Zealand. I hope I am writing this in the correct place as I am not to familiar with forums like this. I am 54 years young have 4 grown children and have been interested in Nutrition & Lifestyle for many years now. I started my interest off in Personal Training while my children were in school and progressed into studying with Paul Chek and become HLC Level 3 (Holistic Lifestyle Coaching) focusing more on nutrition than exercise now. I now have my own business Feel Alive Inside Ltd where I pass on what I have learnt to others, but very obviously am still learning myself.
My background has been drug/alcohol/food addictions into learning and then helping others in the area's that I need the most ongoing help. I am also studying my Qigong teachers training and practise flower essence theraphy which I give to clients to help them with any challenges they need to move through.
I became aware of Ray Peat today through East/West Healing and the works of Josh Rubin. I have just finished reading Josh and Jeanne's Metabolic Blueprint and through my own challenging area's in my health history I keep searching for the answers to correct my own Health. Through this book I noticed alot of reference of course to Dr Ray peat and here I am hoping to understand and gain more clarity of my own health so I in turn may help others. I have only just started taking my temperature on rising in the morning and then after foods that I consume. My basic temp in the morning is 36.3 - 7 and this pretty much stays around this level even after consuming foods i.e. good broths, coconut oil etc. I have no idea what this indicates and was hoping that I could gain some insight on this from all of you more enlightened beings:) Please. I have as I mentioned had in my lifetime a history of drug and alcohol, sugar abuse and my body although not overweight tends to always look as if I hold onto fluid in the abdominal region especially after eating. My diet includes alot of bone broths and gelatin which I have recently added plus more above ground vege's ie kale spinach medical nettle leeks onions which of course aren't above ground. I have only cooked with coconut oil and ghee from organic grass feed cows so I pretty much have good additions to my diet I have believed. I very seldom have potatoes I do eat the odd carrots and the list goes on. I self tested for candida recently through a saliva test and was lead to believe that there was more of them than me, horrified to say. So did the no sugar/root vegetables etc and introduced many homeopathic remedies plus colan cleansing which has helped significantly. I can't help but feel however that maybe there is something else driving all of this. Would really appreciate any thoughts. I add that although I am 54, nearly 55 I still get my period most months, I don't suffer from PMT though I did in my early years, I still have the odd glass of red wine I enjoy but apart from that I'm clean with my diet. I live in a pretty isolated part of NZ where not great access to doctors etc so love to keep myself healthy from the foods I consume instead of doctors visits and hope to keep it that way. Hoping this is enough of an insight for someone to offer some feedback. I appreciate you for that and am thanking you in advance. Susan.
My background has been drug/alcohol/food addictions into learning and then helping others in the area's that I need the most ongoing help. I am also studying my Qigong teachers training and practise flower essence theraphy which I give to clients to help them with any challenges they need to move through.
I became aware of Ray Peat today through East/West Healing and the works of Josh Rubin. I have just finished reading Josh and Jeanne's Metabolic Blueprint and through my own challenging area's in my health history I keep searching for the answers to correct my own Health. Through this book I noticed alot of reference of course to Dr Ray peat and here I am hoping to understand and gain more clarity of my own health so I in turn may help others. I have only just started taking my temperature on rising in the morning and then after foods that I consume. My basic temp in the morning is 36.3 - 7 and this pretty much stays around this level even after consuming foods i.e. good broths, coconut oil etc. I have no idea what this indicates and was hoping that I could gain some insight on this from all of you more enlightened beings:) Please. I have as I mentioned had in my lifetime a history of drug and alcohol, sugar abuse and my body although not overweight tends to always look as if I hold onto fluid in the abdominal region especially after eating. My diet includes alot of bone broths and gelatin which I have recently added plus more above ground vege's ie kale spinach medical nettle leeks onions which of course aren't above ground. I have only cooked with coconut oil and ghee from organic grass feed cows so I pretty much have good additions to my diet I have believed. I very seldom have potatoes I do eat the odd carrots and the list goes on. I self tested for candida recently through a saliva test and was lead to believe that there was more of them than me, horrified to say. So did the no sugar/root vegetables etc and introduced many homeopathic remedies plus colan cleansing which has helped significantly. I can't help but feel however that maybe there is something else driving all of this. Would really appreciate any thoughts. I add that although I am 54, nearly 55 I still get my period most months, I don't suffer from PMT though I did in my early years, I still have the odd glass of red wine I enjoy but apart from that I'm clean with my diet. I live in a pretty isolated part of NZ where not great access to doctors etc so love to keep myself healthy from the foods I consume instead of doctors visits and hope to keep it that way. Hoping this is enough of an insight for someone to offer some feedback. I appreciate you for that and am thanking you in advance. Susan.