On Nov 03, 2008, at 2:25 pm, Kristina K. Carlton wrote:

> For a while some of you here were eating just one meal a day. Is  
> anybody
> still doing that? I am considering doing it myself but am concerned  
> since I
> have adrenal fatigue. I have read it's important to eat nlt than 10  
> AM and
> eat several times throughout the day when adrenal issues are  
> present. Any
> thoughts on this?

Hi Kristina

I ate one meal a day for years, and during that time my symptoms of  
adrenal damage have improved.  Someone with a more  serious disorder  
may not have so much luck.  Lately (last few months) I've been eating  
every other day, with great results.  I was worried about causing my  
adrenal function to regress, but actually I feel better.  I'm still in  
the process of moving to strict ADF, right now I manage it for a bit,  
then eat a on few fasting days.  But over time it's getting better and  
better.

I think what it comes down to is (a) whether the stress of fasting is  
greater that the stress that was previously caused by food intolerance  
and (b) whether you have enough reserves to cope with fasting.  I  
suspect (a) is highly unlikely, and (b) is not a risk unless you are  
quite close to Addison's disease anyway.  In other words, my own  
experience is that fasting isn't as stressful as you might think.   
It's more mental than physical (I call it the  
OHMYGODIFIDONTHAVETHREEMEALSADAYIWILLSTARVEANDDIE panic syndrome.)


> I have also been reading that a diet high in saturated fat and low  
> in fiber
> will contribute to estrogen dominance and therefore hormonal  
> imbalance -
> which I have. Any truth to this or is this due to the fact that most  
> people
> also eat high carb and highly processed and refined foods along with  
> high
> saturated fats?

Sounds like BS to me.  I eat loads of animal fat and look how macho I  
am!  Hmm, time for another lemon and ginger tea, I think...

Ashley