Here's food for thought. Isn't it a bit strange that since the World War II our food, the way in which it has been processed and treated with insecticides, preservatives and god knows what has all been readily available practically anywhere in the world and we now have worldwide bowel and digestive problems which grow with each passing generation.I wonder - has this just come about through the ignorance of not being aware of what we now ingest on a daily basis or could this have been done deliberately?No wonder we are all apathetic. Could it have something to do with being slowly poisoned every time we eat.
I believe that inner ear (or high frequency) hearing loss is caused by some kind of reaction to the food we eat. Whether this reaction is caused by the foods themselves or whether it is some kinds of bodily dysfunction has yet to be determined. I know that within thirty minutes of eating anything I will feel this reaction going on around the back of my head (where the inner ear is situated). Depending on what I eat will depend on how severe this reaction will be so I have tried various diets and medicines to try and minimise this reaction and so produce a sustainable hearing gain.
Many of us believe that we understand what a healthy diet is but I don't believe that what the doctors tells us is healthy is as healthy as they say it is. I have tried to follow their advise in the past and I could only sustain it for a short period of time before I would end up binging on all the foods (like sweets and chocolates) that I'd cut out.
The conclusions I've drawn from my experimentations with food and diet over the last eighteen months is that sugar (the cane or beat variety) actually plays a very important part in our diet but doctors don't recognise this. When you read a food label and it tells you the sugar content that includes all the natural sugar the product contains as well as the cane or beat variety but you can't tell how much of which it contains. (please see my front page for more details). I now believe that we need to eat between 5g and 20g of sugar (that's the cane or beat variety) with every meal - depending on how much we eat. This is something you will need to monitor for yourself. The best way to do this is to take your blood sugar levels regularly two hours after you eat. If your blood sugar levels are between 4.5 and 5.5 (British measurements) then you got the quantity right.
It is already understood that too much of any kind of food will cause some kind of reaction in your body, whether this is making you overweight, feel tired, give you diarrhoea, make you feel sick etc. So the first thing to understand is what exactly a healthy diet is. Below is a chart of the doctors recommended daily amounts that we should eat to be healthy: -
Foods such as fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, dairy etc all have a nutritional value. I have compiled a e-book showing the values of all the commonly available foods to make understanding this easier. For example:-
All foods listed in this e-book contain natural sugars. Other natural sugars listed on foods are glucose, fructose syrup, honey, Xylitol and any other sweeteners listed on the label.
Food labels do not list how much cane or beat sugar is in a product, only how much sugar in the carbohydrates there are. Not all products have cane or beat sugar in so you will need to look at the 'Ingredients' list to see if it's listed. This will help you to determine how much sugar you wish to add to your meal or eat in some other form. For example, if you were to cook a meal of Birds Eye Beef Burgers, Chips and Peas then there isn't any cane or beat sugar in this at all. Therefore I would recommend that you add between 15g-20g of sugar to this. You can either add this by eating a sugary pudding, eating chocolates or sweets or simply eat it raw! One teaspoon of sugar equals about 5g to give you a better idea of measurements. I've found that eating about 10g of sugar to every 150g of other foods works well. Please remember however that too much of any food is bad for you therefore eating lot's of sweets and chocolates with each meal will also increase your fat intake. I would recommend that you either find a way to put it in your meal, put in in a drink (like tea or coffee) or eat it raw.
Alternatively you could look nutritional values up yourself individually by going to such websites as http://www.acaloriecounter.com/search/ which will give a value list for each food you enter in the search box.
It is also important to eat and drink everything in one sitting and leave and hour and half to two hours between each meal before eating again. You want to eat everything together and try not to leave a big space of time between your main meal and your pudding or example - this too can cause a bigger reaction. If your sugar levels are still higher than 5.5 after and hour and a half to two hours after and you don't feel like eating anything else I find often find a cup of tea (or coffee) or even a tea spoon of sugar will bring it back down. Tea or coffee contain natural sugars (unless you add sugar to them) so these are good to bring your blood sugar levels down if you think you've eaten too much sugar. Obviously if you think you've not eaten enough and eaten alot of natural sugars then you need to add some cane or beat sugar to counter-act it. Drinking water in between meals is good and won't have any effect of your blood sugar levels.
Since starting on this diet I've found I feel less tired, the reaction I get when I eat is also less (though it doesn't go completely) and I can control my blood sugar levels without the use of insulin. I continue to take 10g of steroids twice a day which I find helps to reduce the aches and pains I feel and I've also noticed that exercising can help you feel better too. I'm hoping it won't be too long before the hearing follows!
If you have any questions or wish to ask me anything at at please contact me on dawnshearingnow@yahoo.co.uk or dawnshearingnow@googlemail.com and I'll be happy to help :-)
