Vegan Diet for CFS/FMS - Day 6

Well, I don't want to get my hopes up prematurely, but I think I may actually be feeling a bit better.  I think I have a little more energy than usual.  Since my last post, I've spoken to more people who have seen the documentary film "Forks Over Knives" and were also inspired to "go Vegan".  They also reported feeling better than they ever had.  Of course, none of them were suffering from chronic illnesses that I'm aware of but just the fact that a change in diet could have such a profound effect on one's general well-being is so exciting.

My conscience is so much clearer now too.  I gave up eating meat quite a few years ago but still ate fish and dairy.  I always felt guilty, since I knew of the tortured lives chickens and dairy cows endure, never seeing the light of day or breathing fresh air.  I love the taste of fish, so I always rationalized eating it by thinking that since fish lived in their natural habitat and basically led a normal life up till the time they were killed, they weren't nearly as inhumanely treated as other farm animals.

I never had a rationale for eating dairy, I guess I was just lazy and simply avoided thinking about it.  Anyway, I didn't mean to get on my animal rights soap box since it's not really relevant to the topic.

I'm displaying the link for the film "Forks Over Knives" here again because I highly recommend watching it.  I think it can be very helpful if not life-changing.

Plant Based Diet for ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia?

I recently viewed the documentary film Forks Over Knives.  I'd been seriously considering a vegan diet for some time but hadn't been motivated enough to actually start.  I haven't eaten meat for many years but I always ate fish and dairy products.  This film was so inspiring that I haven't eaten a morsel of animal based food since watching it.  I'm already on day three of a completely vegan diet.

Anyone who's read previous posts in this blog knows that I've tried at least three different diets as well as countless medications, supplements, etc, in an attempt to get some relief from, or even a cure for my debilitating ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.  So far I've had little to no results in the more than two years I've been suffering with these diseases.  So now, I'm hoping, once again, that this will be my "holy grail".

Forks Over Knives is an excellent film that I think could really change your life.  It's amazing how profoundly healing a plant based diet was for some of the subjects in the film.  Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn go into scientific detail on why animal based foods are detrimental to your body and how plant based foods can actually stop and even reverse damage to your heart and other organs.  In my opinion, they prove that eating animals is not good for you as well as being (unknowingly) unethical and inhumane.  I loved the film and recommend everyone watch it.

Yesterday, while walking home from the market, I met a friend who knows I haven't been well and she asked how I was feeling.  I told her that I was hanging in there but was still feeling pretty bad.  I then briefly summarised my experiences since I had last seen her.  She said she could completely identify with not feeling well, then went on to tell me how she'd been having bad headaches and that she and her husband had finally decided to start a vegan diet, hoping to feel better.  I couldn't believe the irony of meeting her and having this discussion only two days after my having seen the film.  She went on to say that she and her husband had never felt better, that her headaches had gone away and that both of them had lost weight.  It must be a sign...maybe I'm actually on the right track this time. 

I'll continue updating as my latest battle with ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia continues.