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Originally Posted by kjbrown92  Just had my physical. They had the bloodwork and EVERYTHING they tested was normal. My cholesterol was 175 with good high and low bad (and I haven't taken my fish oil in about a month). My alkaline phosphatase was normal for the first time in two years. He asked about water retention and I mentioned that no matter how loose my socks are (I wear DH's), I still get the lines from the elastic, and he looked and said that I was retaining some but did I eat a lot of salt.... well, I don't have any processed foods but I do add sea salt to things (and actually DH always says I don't use enough salt). I do like Utz potato chips though! And I thought the salt was good for the adrenal fatigue. So now I'm wondering if I should limit my salt intake or not to bother (my bp was 90/70).
I read "Good Food, Bad Food" can't remember who it was by, but then I traded it on paperbackswap.com. Now I wish I had it. I swear there was something on there about cholesterol being about inflammation. And I'm wondering if by removing the bad foods and taking the magnesium and the turmeric and the ginger, if my inflammation is now down, and that's why my cholesterol is down, when it's been elevated (220, with high bad and low good) since I was 20 years old.
Is the 4000iu of Vitamin D what is helping my alkaline phosphatase be normal? Because it was still low even when I was on 2000iu/day. Even though the doctors said that was fine to be low.
And I just ate a huge handful of chocolate chips because... they were there. Go ahead. Slap my wrist.
I was reading about capsaicin in a book the other day and how it's a pain reliever. But it's also a nightshade which should be considered an anti-inflammatory. How can it be both and does the good outweigh the bad or vice versa?
Just updating this so it's all in one place.
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I thought there was something about cholesterol being a response to inflammation, so that's cool that it's at a pretty good level without the fish oil. I wouldn't be surprised if cutting out the other problematic foods was a big part of that. Yay!
With BP of 90/60, I'd keep up with the salt and think of a different reason for your water retention. Or, well, that's a kidney function, right? And yours are somewhat off, so I'd see it as a symptom rather than a problem.
Have you ever looked into TCM? I bet it would have a lot to say about strengthening kidney/adrenals--they're considered functionally together, IIRC, in TCM. Probably nasty-tasting herbs and maybe some odd vegetables. That doesn't make it sound good, but I like TCM.
Bad on the chocolate chips! You want to keep doing so good, it sounds like you've done a lot of good things.
I don't know anything about alkaline phosphatase or what, exactly, regulates it. And I think the capsaicin needs to be weighed individually. I think some folks aren't bothered by nightshades, but clearly some do find them inflammatory, so I'm guessing it's sorta individual. ... Wait, did you mean to write that it's inflammatory or anti-inflammatory above? Because I'd think the pain reliever would be anti-inflammatory, but some people find nightshades inflammatory, I'm guessing it wouldn't be good for them.
But overall, this sounds good, right? It sounds like you're doing a good combo of things to support your body? Cause that's the impression I got.
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