[Elishiva]

I'm Elishiva and I'm 47. I've had abuse in my life from the time I was five, from parents siblings friends etc, till when I was 38, when I finally got away from my abusive husband. Well right from the start I used food as a comforter. My earliest memory, in fact, is of me waking up when I was about 2 and my parents were not in the house but there was a hostess cupcake by my pillow! I remember crying and crying and gobbling up that cupcake and going back to sleep.

Anyway the abuse that I have caused my body over the years of overeating has created sickness upon sickness from diabetes, to severe arthritis, leaky gut, constipation issues, headaches, foggy brain, fybromyalgia, etc etc etc, you name it. I also had a stroke in 2007. And now, little by little, I'm learning just what I need to do in order to reverse some of these health issues, but the more I learn the more frustrated I become.

I have learned that all of the issues that I have could benefit from either decreasing or getting totally rid of certain types of foods. I've been gluten free for about a year now, but I just learned that I have not been wheat free. (Do you know wheat is in just about everything???) I've just recently learned about how a low oxalate diet will help with gout and such, which seems to be a bad problem I'm suffering from at the moment.

But the low oxalate allowed foods are like total opposite from the low glycemic list that will help with diabetes. Also the low oxalate isn't the same as the low alkaline food list and neither is the glycemic list too close to the low alkaline or the low oxalate. And both of them allow wheat which I can't have. OIY!

What'd I'd really like to do is fast and pray, but I'm too scared to fast! My body needs food like every 3 hours so that I don't get 'too shaky' etc...ugh.

I know my body needs a good cleaning out and a fresh start. I just don't know how to do that. Does anyone have any advice on how to do a good cleanse, and get a fresh start?

Anyway, that's about the long and the short of it.

Can anyone relate?

[ItsMyTurn]

Welcome! I am so sorry to hear of your struggles. Afraid I can't offer much in way of the food you can/are allowed to eat, but I can offer encouragement for you to beat your demons and reach your goals! I can relate to abuse, but was able to remove myself while still at a fairly young age... however food was not my comfort - I gained a TON from the stress levels hurting my body though...which I am sure you can also relate to. I do hope you have found a peaceful place to be at for yourself and I wish you a ton of success with your new journey you are now on track for Keep us posted!