I went to a pancake house with my husband and told the waitress I could only use olive oil or butter.  I ordered a veggie omlet- with spinich, brocolli, peppers, onion, and some mozerella cheeze on top.   Also for the side I had shredded potatoes fried. It was so huge I brought some home and- I got 4 meals out of it.  I also had decalf coffee.  I will go there again, I'm sure. 

I try to eat mostly whole foods, but for times when I just can't or need easier preparation or just want a "treat," I'm happy to have approved packaged foods on hand.  Since I started writing down all the IC-ok packaged foods I've found, I figure if we all started doing the same, we could cull our finds together for everyone's benefit.  When we're done I'll compile & send to Matia for updating her diet webpage. 

I have been on goldenseal )3 caps 2 times a day for almost 2 months now. My constipation has been getting worse.  I read online that if you take goldenseal for longer than 3 weeks you are in danger of overtoxicty.  It causes digestive issues, constipation, nervous excitement, hallucinations.  Has anyone had any negative experiences with taking Goldenseal long term?

I just got off the phone with Matia.  All along, I have been feeling best in the morning (sometimes pain free for a few hours) and worse at about 3-4pm in the afternoon.  I asked her why this happens?  I am usually at work and tired and hungry.  I get in the car and eat my large bag of veggies I pack every day (filled with 3 stalks celery, 1/2 of a pepper, cabbage, cucumber, and 10 leafs of romaine lettuce, and some spinich if I have it).

when i am super anxious/stressed (which is pretty much all the time lately), i tend to go to town on the carb snacks (which in my case are basically rice cakes and potato chips). but, if i find myself eating 2 or 3 rice cakes in a sitting or downing half a bag of chips, i try to balance it out by eating a protein within half hour of that splurge (usually, i will just scramble some egg whites cause that is fastest to make on the fly). now, is that soon enough to balance out the carbs i've ingested, or does the protein have to be eaten WITH the carb in order to balance out? anyone know?

has anyone taken sf722 and felt dizzy and out of it??....i tke drugs to sleep and i am uaully tired but this is a heavy head feelin and super tired and just lazy....like i am in another person's body...i looked it up and didnt see any posts of anyone feelin like this...would like to hear from others...

I just took a mid day nap for 1/2 hour and woke up with urethra burning and head ringing. I have a problem with insomnia, although getting much better.  Last night I slept 9 hours, woke up 3 times and went right back to sleep. 

  Six months ago, I had my first visit with Matia.  I took my husband and daughter for an appointment as well.  This week, I realized that my daughter's bowel problem has greatly improved.  My husband has had a chronic cough for two years and it went away!  I have a LONG way to go and am so encouraged.

Okay. I really need some good thoughts here guys. I’m really, really struggling. Ever since coming off my prescription meds (armour thyroid and effexor), I have really been in a horrid tailspin of both physical and emotional pain. I expected some of this, but not still after 1.5 months of being clean. By this point, the drugs are well out of my system, so I just don’t get it. I am quite literally a mess.