Re: Thanks - some details and a question

A few more details

Current:

- Diet ~ 80 % organic, including chicken, wild fish
- Little to no dairy
- Trying to cut down on starches
- Taking bio-id T-3 for hypothyroid, also iodine
- Use amino acids for stress
- No sodas but weak black tea ~ 2 cups/day
- No alcohol, red meat, etc.


- Diagnosed many yrs ago with CFS, Fibro, and MCS. Most overt symptoms have resolved. Long history of anxiety and stress, now much improved
- Recent u/s showed fatty liver. Also high triglycerides. High metals on urine test
- I had a habit of eating starchy foods which for quick energy. I assume this might have led to the high triglycerides?
- Still quite fatigued several days/week – not debilitating, but quite fatigued after a full day of even sedentary work.
- Have had a lot of trouble with hypoglycemia. It’s been tough to stick with any type of juicing for long. I can now do some green juices with some apple/carrot at times. Recently doc said insulin-resistant but not Type II diabetic.
- I used to be a bit stocky “pear “ type body, now totally an apple with recent weight gain. Could stand to lose at least 60 lbs. I’m a pretty light eater, so go figure. Assuming this may come from stress and starchy food, hormones? The weight is really uncomfortable and limits my activity.


My main concerns would be healing liver, triglycerides, weight loss, and adrenals. [And winning the lottery, but I digress....]


Question: Is Ashwaganda still OK if you may have high cortisol?
My sense of the adrenal situation: At the worst of my CFS, symptoms indicated pretty bad adrenal stress, but no test results. I feel much improved now. BUT, I recently took a saliva cortisol test (understand these may not be so accurate) on a day when I was extremely relaxed. Results showed high cortisol throughout the day. I’m a bit concerned about the high readings given my significant weight gain, hi tryglycerides, etc. Even when I am relaxed, sometimes I have the sense of heart pounding a bit, increased breathing, pulse, etc. I also am having a lot of short-term memory blanks – I assume stress and/or hormone related (this feels totally different from the brain fog during the worst of the CFS)

Just to start, here's what I was thinking: 30 days of IF 1 & 2, two each kidney and liver cleanses. Cayenne. Get up to speed with regular ce’s, juicing, etc. What do you think?

Many blessings and thanks, I appreciate your time and advice!
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