Hi All,
I had good success with MRC last year, but since then I had a pretty severe health condition and I'm trying to figure out if it had anything to do with the HNS drinks before I try going back on the diet. After being off the diet for a few months I began having heart palpitations and then chest pressure so intense that I ended up going to the ER. The palpitations continued for a few months accompanied by the most extreme fatigue imaginable. I could barely lift myself out of bed and I was extremely dizzy and light headed. My memory was horrible. It felt like extreme anemia, but I wasn't anemic. Western medicine said I checked out fine, but my acupuncturist said my adrenals were shot and deficient kidney chi can cause heart palps. With a very healthy diet and acupuncture, I got better after a couple months.
The only two things that were new that I can see as possible causes were:
1) I was working 12 hour shifts caregiving a few days a week and not getting a full 8 hours sleep some nights for a couple months (I only got 6-7 and I function better on 8). The work I was doing was not grueling by any means. I sat watching tv most of the time with short bursts of taking care of my client.
2) Some of the HNS have aspartame in them and most have sucralose. I later researched and found that sucralose can hurt kidney function which depletes adrenals and can contribute to the symptoms I was having. Aspartame is well known for being dangerous and also causes many of the symptoms I was having. I tried to not drink the HNS with aspartame, but one or two of my favorites had that in it, I later realized.
So my reason for posting this is not to scare people off or start a debate about anything. I'm bummed that the program worked so well for me, yet I'm scared to get back on it. What I'd like to hear is if anyone else on here has had these problems since being on the diet. I felt wonderful on the diet (probably because I was get more veggies than ever before in my life - lol) ... But it was a few months later, after I got off the diet that this happened. Prior to the diet I have never had a heart problem or felt that horrible. Did any of you have any weird health issues after the diet? I feel like if no one else did, then maybe it was just my life circumstance at that time....
Thanks so much for your time.