Saw my gp today, she recommended an endoscopy to check out that nothing serious was gong on 'down there'.
This is recommended apparently due to possibilty of Barret's for people with regular heartburn like me, who have had it for over a year.
I will make an appt next week.
Have had some bad days lately but put it down to work stress. Stress really makes heartburn flare up.
Have not strayed from the diet this month except for a glass of champagne at a friend's birthday.
Hope everyone is going well out there in WFPB land
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Edited to add, my doc mentioned that I should take calcium supplements since I am a gal over 50 not eating any animal products.
When I got home I checked nutritionfacts.org and the conclusion of one of Dr Greger's videos was startling:
Of 1000 people studied on calcium supplements, the following effects was noted in the SUPPLEMENT group 14 heart attacks, 10 strokes and another 13 other cause death. Those impacts were attributed to the supplement group. PLUS there seems to be little to no evidence that bones are improved as a result of calcium supplements!
I then entered what I ate yesterday on cronometer.com (not something I normally do as it is too time consuming).
Yesterday I got 824 mg of calcium from my McDougall starch solution diet which is pretty damn good.
Just need to eat more kale and I will be spot on!
Other interesting results from the day's intake - Australians typically get 20-25g fibre per day, my count was 48g!!
No wonder my gut is so happy these days. Just the stomach that complains
No idea why I don't put on weight when I eat so much!
I ate 1800 calories and my basal calorie useage was calculated to be 1600 so theoretically I should be putting on weight.
But since losing 7 kilos (15 pounds) since the beginning of 2017 I have been stable at BMI 23.1 for the last 2 months.
I'd prefer to be BMI 22 but happy enough that I never have to count calories again
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