@Brian: I started seeing a nutritionist for digestive and energy issues a few months ago after years or seeing doctors and specialists who couldn’t help me. My nutritionist was able to diagnose one of my problems during the consultation, recommend some supplements, and I was feeling better within a week.

Many people (doctors and myself included) view a nutritionist as just someone to give recipe ideas and tell you that you’re not eating enough vegetables. The reality is that they are trained to understand the connections between food and health issues, and recognize that a large majority of problems (not just digestive issues) are caused by food allergies and inbalances of “flora” (good vs. bad bacteria) in the digestive system.

Several of my issues had to do with not having enough “good” bacteria in my system, causing the bad bacteria and yeast to grow unchecked. You can lose good bacteria from antibiotics, radiation/chemo, etc. When the bad bacteria and yeast take over, they cause gas and cramping when you eat, and release toxins as a byproduct. Taking a supplement of the good, and acidophilis to kill of the yeast worked for me.

I had no idea! You seemed so perky and full of energy when I met you at Unseminar5.

Thanks so much for sharing and your tips. I’ve struggled with uneven energy for years too, after a very bad case of complete burnout which may have been made worse by previous chemotherapy etc. (and from which it took me several years to recover — and finding a doctor who finally did all the tests and helped me reassemble my whole hormonal system that had been completely fried.

At the time I was employed, and now I’m self-employed, getting very worried about what to do when my energy is just not up to speed. And while I’m a walking encyclopedia on stress management, or at least on coping with stressful situations, I am still concerned about the toll the ups and downs are taking — and worried about re-triggering that adrenal fatigue etc.

I really need to start getting more help with my business.

One of the things that has helped me enormously though has been quantum touch energy work, which I learned how to do mostly to help myself (and boy did it ever), and then became certified in as well. I do it almost every day.

You can check it out here: http://www.quantumtouch.com

Not necessarily to replace what you’re doing, but to complement it.

Email me for more specific tips if you like

Elisabeth

P.S.: I do have a similar instant fatigue reaction, but only to eating carbs (i think, and maybe dairy). It’s almost uncanny. Eating Sashimi with greens –> energy. Eating sushi (incl. rice) –> zzzz

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@Beth and the others whose body seems to have problems processing the nutrients from their food:
- I recently read (probably on mercola.com) that stress or eating fast interferes with the enzymes that you need to process food. Another good reason to do away with stress!
- If your intestines don’t work well you may have insufficient good bacteriae in your intestines. Antibiotics can do that to you. Taking probiotics does wonders for some people.

The way you described how you have been feeling in your opening paragraph is exactly how I have felt for most of the past several years. I was diagnosed with severe fibromyalgia as well as a few other things. I too was told that for whatever reason my body doesn’t seem to process the nutrients from the foods that I eat. I have tried supplements in various forms such as liquid and pills as well as other things and still haven’t had results. I haven’t had the finances to get food testing done to see about allergies and sensitivities so right now I am trying to notice how I feel after I eat different foods. In the past couple days of doing this I haven’t felt good after any foods I eaten, whether they are considered healthy or not.

If you have any successes in your journey towards health please share them with your readers. I am starting my own internet business soon which will be about personal development, health, and creating a life that is truly worth living. Although I have permanent nerve damage (whole body neuropathy that is not related to diabetes) and other health issues that aren’t going away and so am unable to work at a regular job outside the home, I feel that I can do an internet business since I can work on it in spurts at the times I am feeling best whether it be morning,afternoon,evening,or middle of the night and outsource help to VAs and such as well.

I have seen some improvements in my health since I began researching in earnest, and completely got over the severe depression and low self-esteem I had due to feeling worthless at not being able to do much. I now am able to do more, am less sedentary, am eating better, and most importantly, am happy. I have gone from being on narcotics for my excruciating pain and other prescription medicines to just a milder painkiller. I have not given up hope that someday I will feel much better than I do now and be even more active, but until then I no longer have put my life on hold and stayed bedridden.

I want to share the things that have helped with others, continue my research on my life journey to getting even healthier, and use the money I earn from my new business to help as many people and causes as I can for the rest of my life. I want to volunteer in person as well. That keeps me motivated as there are always people in the world who have it far worse than we do. To alleviate some of their pain and suffering is truly meaningful.In giving, we truly receive so much.

I am so sorry to hear how you have been feeling. I do wish you healthier days ahead and thank you for sharing with us.