How Digestive Enzymes Have Helped Me

            So far, I have been able to figure out my health issues with the help and guidance of my naturopath Mariola Livernoche and my chiropractor, Dr. Jean Luc Flipo. I have learned so much from them.

            Recently, I noticed that one of the problems I have been trying to solve was not going away. From time to time I get these terrible attacks. They consisted of severe gas and bloating, it feels like an outrageous pressure pushing down inside of me. I found this strange because I had been eliminating gluten, dairy and nuts (which also stopped my migraines) and that was supposed to stop my attacks, but it didn’t seem to be doing the trick. This then led me to the conclusion that I must not be digesting my food like a normal person, which is not a surprise since I’ve had stomach issues my entire life.

            I decided to try and solve this problem another way, by getting really strict on my enzymes. Doctors tell us that we loose enzymes as we age as well as the more stress we have, which is a problem for me since I’m caring for my mother that has Alzheimer’s. Therefore, I started taking my enzymes, to replace the ones that I had been losing, and with my first bite of food suddenly everything would calm down

            There are many kinds of enzymes on the market but I just tried to figure it out myself, I took more at first and then readjusted. Sometimes I open the capsule and spread it over my food, which works even better. I will go into further detail about enzymes in my next blog.

            We have to change the way we eat and take care of ourselves, more than before. The world will continue to have an increasing amount of toxins, but it’s up to us to eliminate the amount that goes into our bodies.

Other Tips & Tricks

•            Lemmon and hot water rectifies everything to make you more alkaline.
•            Apple cider vinegar before a big meal helps digest.

Listen to your body; it's talking to you

Lately I have been getting migraines quite frequently and I’ve been trying to pinpoint the cause, but it’s not easy. I decided I needed to go over my diet. I realized maybe it could be something as slight as the aged cheese that I have been eating because I am gluten and lactose intolerant. Sometimes a solution to one problem could cause a problem. It happens to be I was right, aged cheese had been the trigger to my migraines. I cut out all cheese and later found out that nuts were also the problem. I thought I could eat aged cheese because easier to digest but I was wrong.

Wow! I went from waking up with migraines every morning, to none. I realized my body is talking to me! You really need to listen to your body. You can help yourself before going to the doctor to get prescriptions. I never thought in the past that I would go this route, but it sure works for me and I want to share it to many others who suffer.

Dr. Oz offers a great and easy gluten diagnosis. Click on the following link to find out what foods may bother you: www.doctoroz.com/article/gluten-symptom-tracker He gives you a list of high FODMAP foods, which is the food you will give up for 10 days to see if you could be given the new gluten diagnosis. Chances are if you are gluten intolerant, you have other intolerances too.

All this to say, no matter what the problem is, you have to search for the answer yourself first, most of the time you can find it on your own. The only migraines I cannot stop are when I am very stressed out. So I try to find a way to meditate and keep calm. My father used to meditate a lot and now I know why.