Hey Y'all....sorry it's taken be so long to post....been busy with work (it's all so cool though).
I did PUB this morning...I think I'm about ready to up the weights again....woo hoo!
Sorry to hear the grumpies are going around with you all. I hear ya! I had them last week, so glad they are gone now.
The nutrional consult was very interesting. The highlights:
1. my body fat percentage is 23% ! She said that is good for someone my age (44) and that I'm in the fitness category. I was happy with 23%....I don't think I've seen many of those in her practice. You can see the categories here:
http://www.thedietchannel.com/Body-Fat-Percentage-For-Women.htm
I've also lost yet another pound in the last month or so, so I'm 2 lbs under my goal. So what I'm doing continues to generate good results.
Now onto the nutrition and the less than stellar news. Yes I was very skeered of finding info on my blood about this. Here I thought I was doing good, well, I am but there's room for improvement. It's amazing what she can see in a drop of blood!
1. I have "collapsed" cells (they look like targets).....I need more fish oils. One fish oil pill a day isn't cutting it....need to up to 3. I knew that but didn't know why!
2. I have varying red blood cells shapes. For the most part they are good and not sticky (they don't glob together which would signal bigger digestion issues), but there are signs of not getting enough B vitamins and that the cells are not in a state to absorb the nutrients. SO, she has me on probiotics because if we fix the cells being able to absorb the nutrients then the B vitamins I currently get may get into the cell. She said right now we could throw all the B vitamins in my system but the cells would not absorb. These are the probiotics I'm taking:
http://www.thegreenherb.com/fos.htm ( I swear the powder tastes like a communion wafer when I put it in my mouth).
3. Some signs that I need more VEGETABLES! ARG! Not too bad though, so we are waiting until I'm thru with my current multivitamin and then I will take hers that has a multi AND antioxidents for the lack of veggies.
4. Signs of yeast.....ugh....questioned me on the fact that my food journal didn't have much sweets and wondered why she saw it (uh, I lied a bit...whoops! Who would have thought that a little-1" square piece of cake for 2 days and 8 M&M's for 1 day would matter so much!) She caught me in my lie! So, probiotics will help there too, and then if that doesn't help there are other things we can do. She said the yogurt I'm eating isn't helping as the sugar in it (I get the lowest one) cancels out the good bacteria. I need to reduce my sugar, but I really don't consume that much! It hides in lots of stuff....so, I guess I need to watch the yogurt. Mine has 14 grams sugar,,,,,she told me that for every 4 grams is 1 tsp of sugar. YIKES! Oh and sugar can show up as a yeast infection, bladder infection, etc...I've never had those. Said dry skin and dry patches especially on back of upper arms are signs of yeast. Don't have that either. Said the probiotics will help here too.
5. And now the embarassing part....I have some parasites in my blood. I guess everyone can have them and fights them off, but I show a few in my one itty bitty drop of blood. Said it could be from the stress (naw, I haven't been under any stress, right?) So it's a wait and see approach there. It's just a bit embarrassing....parasites?!?@?
Another interesting thing to note is that she said as we age it's hard for the cells to maintain their good health and that is where taking probiotics help. You need them more as you age. If our cells could stay at their optimium forever we would never age.
That's the best I can explain everything in layman's terms. It was very interesting, I just wish I could remember more!
Oh and one more thing, the fish oils also help with brain clarity, memory, and cell health.
I do personals another day! Hope this wasn't too long of a read!
