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I'm feeling much better this morning. It was the B vitamin I took yesterday that undoubtably wore me down a bit. Yesterday was an OK day but could have been better if I hadn't taken that B vitamin.

This morning I'm thinking why start adding many new questional foods on the 20th. Instead I should wait, stick with the diet and grow stronger and possibly entirely well I like to think that nightshade is the answer, but garlic/onions and carrot family could be the cause of my health problems. If I grew healthier and stronger, when I test those questionable foods I'd likely notice better any negative effects. I've about talked myself into waiting and sticking with the current diet.

Left foot continues to do question well despite all the exercising/jogging I'm doing. Eating nightshade likely is the cause of those left food pains. tongue looks quite well and healthy. Skin looks good. Weight was likely around 171 to 172lbs. that was nice to see as I'm eating two meals a day now.
 
It has been a wonder, active day. I've been working away, and this time I'm not all that worn out. Lovely. It is so wonderful to not feel fatigued.

this morning at the store I bought some carrot juice. That will be my next food to test. I say as I learned the new natural multi B vitamin I plan to take has carrot in it. Taking these supplements has no doubt helped me greatly. And I believe the new natural low dose B vitamin will be of help, so long as it doesn't make me sick to my stomach naturally.

I can make a good case that carrot family is my problem. There is circumstantial evidence but overall i doubt it. More likely nightshade or onions and garlic are my trouble makers. I can think of several times where I ate a nightshade family member and became sick. Nothing comes to mind when it comes to the carrot family. But naturally it needs to be tested and I'll do that after the 20th.

Stomach doing great. Citus continues to not look to be my problem though I do experience some minor issues from citrus. Skin looks healthy. Appearance is healthy. Hair continues to look healthier. Tongue looks good and healthy. Left foot does not hurt. I did some light weight lifting and have walked abt 14 miles today.
 
Doing aliright this morning. Stomach doing well. Energy levels ok. I had some muscle cramping but figure that is due to eating to much chocolate of late. I'll stop the chocolate eating. Energy levels alright. Tongue looked good. Strength could be better but I have worked out hard of late, and did some pushups yesterday. I'll keep with avoiding grains, nightshade family, spices, and carrot family.
 
Not my best of days. I've been on the tired side. I'm going to blame the pinto beans for the tiredness. Beans are high in fiber and I was afraid they might wear me out. Fiber also makes me feel cold or colder and i felt that way today, cold.

Outide of that though I've done well. The stomach is doing well. That is most important of course. Also I took that other natural vitamin that only has 25% of a host of B vitamins. It also has carrot in it. No problems noticed. If anything it perked me up a bit.

Being as worn out as I have been today I ate 3 meals. I don't do that to often. tomorrow I might fast. I plan to also add carrot juice to my diet tomorrow.
 
This morning I drank some carrot juice. So far I'm feeling good. no stomach issues noticed. I'll likely fast today and see how that goes. I also took another one of those new natural low dose multi vitamins. It doesn't seem to bother me. It isn't like the high dose multi vitamin I was taking that sometimes left me feeling lousy. At the moment my energy levels are so so. Strenght is the same, so so. tongue looks great. Fingers crossed today turns out to be a good day.
 
I've been tired and fatigued today but I can function. It isn't much fun being fatigued but I have lots of experience dealing with. I'm not sure of the cause. It might be the new vitmain I began taking, or the carrot juice drunk, to much exercise, or my guess the beans and the high fiber from the beans is the culperate. The good news, the gut is doing great. I have been entirely well going to the bathroom.

That's the thing I keep thinking. there are any number of things that can cause me fatigue - synthetic multi vitamins, to much fiber, to much exercise, cold weather, hot weather, etc. there seems to be one main thing though that causes the severe stomach diarrhea problem. that seems to be a food allergy or food toxin. I'm guessing the nightshade family. To much fiber can cause the stomach problem but in a different way. Eating to much cheese can be a stomach upsetter also.

I'm fasting today. I only have eaten breakfast. Fingers crossed I'm not ill with the fasting laxative effect in the morning due to drinking carrot juice.
 
I fasted yesterday and so far no fasting laxative effect. I did start drinking carrot juice. So far it is looking good. I'll like do similar to carrot juice testing as I did with citrus testing. I'll conduct the testing for a week or more.

So far my energy levels seems alright. I am concerned about the new multi natural vitamin I started taking. It might tire me out later this morning. If that happens today I'll stop taking it.

My appearance is healthy. Skin looks good. Strength is not bad. Stomach is doing well.
 
I'm doing better today but I remain more fatigued, worn out that wished. I'll removed the new multi vitamin from my diet. For the week I'll just taken the natural supplements that are not listing vitamins on them. They don't seem to cause me issues. I'll see if the good energy returns. Gut doing quite well. It has to be at least a month since I was last sick significantly. I'll keep avoiding spices, and nighthade, along with grains.
 
Doing well so far this morning. I didn't take a multi vitamin this morning. I'll see if that helps. Stomach doing well. I'm likely to fast today. Fingers crossed I'm well, not experiencing the fasting laxative effect. i'm still drinking carrot juice. So far it does not appear to be causing me trouble, but much more time is needed.
 
I remain tired, fatigued some this morning. I remembered another likely problem for upsetting the stomach. Of late I've been eating cashews as snacks. I'll stop doing that. Some cashews is good and fine by the stomach but do remember that snacking on cashews has caused problems in the past. I imagine this feeling will go away soon. Since I have a dental appointment on Thursday I'm going to stop drinking carrot juice just in case it is a trouble maker for the stomach. It doesn't seem to be but better to be safe. I'll resume drhinking carrot juice on Friday. Carrot juice would have more fiber in it that might also be a problem.
 
I ended up eating lunch, and I took one of those made in Japan high vitamin b tablets. And I feel much better. I'm not overly energetic this afternoon but I'm more energetic than i had been hte previous 3 days. Probably what has caused the fatigue has been snacking on cashew nuts to much, and eating to much fiber overall.

This is how I get myself in trouble though. If this recent bout of fatigue continues I'll become frustrated and look to change my diet, try another idea. Overall though the gut is doing great. No significant problems with the gut. the worst has been some minor cramping. Nothing new there.
 

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