Hello everybody,
Here's a little background of my eating so you know where I'm coming from, I'll try to keep it short.
I was raised on a healthier version of SAD diet and was a pretty strong child, although not perfectly healthy, frequent throat infections, lot of antibiotics treatment. During college years I ate a lot of junk accompanied by ample quantities of beer. After getting almost clinically obese, I realized I needed to change something and after reading the China study, decided to become vegan. I was a vegan on and off for about two years, still drinking a lot of beer, and managed to lose a lot of weight and then I got a massive wake up call - psoriasis. I've suffered all my life from some form of candida and I think psoriasis is heavily connected to it as well. After googling a little, I saw many promises of clearing psoriasis effortlessly with raw vegan diet.
I transitioned to it cold turkey, starting with a fast and cleansing program. Patches began improving immediately and I was exhilarated. I was eating fairly high fat raw vegan diet for 2 months, with occasional raw salmon. My condition was improving but it seemed to go so slow and plateauing often. I then read about the 80-10-10 raw vegan approach, reasoning that the candida cause is fat and not sugar. I was willing to give it a try and did it for about 10 days, and sure enough I got almost completely clear of psoriasis in such a short time! I was counting calories so I could meet my needs and I wasn't feeling hungry, just unsatisfied and fed up with fruit. I started craving fatty foods like crazy, but I didn't crave junk or cooked meals, I started craving raw red meat and was totally salivating at the idea of it.
So I decided to listen to my body and incorporate some raw animal products into my diet. I also read the lipase enzymes are doing wonders for psoriasis and people used to treat it with raw butter. With no quality meat available on a short notice, I started incorporating raw goat milk. I have a neighbor with two wonderful grass-fed goats and I get the milk while it's still warm right after milking them
On the first day I drank half a quart (half a liter) of it and the very next day my skin was visibly better. I got in contact with local hunters and will be buying some local venison meat from people I know and trust, the only thing is, it will have been frozen, is that good enough? I know I can get totally fresh meat when somebody makes a kill hunting, but they don't hunt often so it can be a month or more until then. I also have access to fresh wild fish (my father used to be a fisherman and he can hook me up).
My dilemma is the fat % in the diet. After having such great success with high carb low fat, I'm afraid that upping my fat intake will cause my healing to stop. I do eat mono meals, so I don't mix carbs and fats. It's summer here and it still makes a lot of sense to have fruits in season as a staple of my diet and maybe transition into a higher fat diet in the winter. What are your thoughts on this? I've been reading a lot and there are convincing arguments for both high fat/low carb and high carb/low fat approach, but I would like to find a moderate ratio between carbs and fats, does anybody else have some experience with this?
Other than healing my psoriasis, my goals are improving my immune system, enhancing overall health and get my sixpack showing (last few pounds to lose).
Thanks for taking the time to read this long post and for your comments.
Cheers!
