barefooter
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My journey into health research started around 4 years ago when I was convinced the vegan diet was the healthiest and I followed it strictly for six months. I later found I had believed a ton of lies, but I can never deny that I felt better than almost any point in my life during those six months away from animal products. Maybe it was a good detox coming off a SAD diet, or maybe I had a huge psychological boost from doing something I believed in. When I was vegan my anxiety and depression were greatly diminished, and I felt a sense of calm and optimism about life. I also slept very well and had lots of energy.
Over the following years, going WAPF and then paleo, I never again found this same happiness. I figured it was just life circumstances, but since starting Peat two weeks ago, I'm beginning to think it was diet. I'm already beginning to feel that same sense of inner peace and optimism about life, and I'm sleeping better than I have in years. I realize the vegan diet would have been a disaster in the long run, but I'm wondering what commonalities it has with Peat that may have made me feel so much better. The two I'm immediately thinking of are high carb intake and low tryptophan. I should also note that I ate about as healthy as you can as a vegan--cooked all my own meals, lots of fruit, soaked grains/beans (mostly rice/lentils), cooked vegetables, good fats, etc.
Over the following years, going WAPF and then paleo, I never again found this same happiness. I figured it was just life circumstances, but since starting Peat two weeks ago, I'm beginning to think it was diet. I'm already beginning to feel that same sense of inner peace and optimism about life, and I'm sleeping better than I have in years. I realize the vegan diet would have been a disaster in the long run, but I'm wondering what commonalities it has with Peat that may have made me feel so much better. The two I'm immediately thinking of are high carb intake and low tryptophan. I should also note that I ate about as healthy as you can as a vegan--cooked all my own meals, lots of fruit, soaked grains/beans (mostly rice/lentils), cooked vegetables, good fats, etc.