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tags: [journal, diet, gemini, publish, index]
title: Dairy Denial and Complexities of Diet
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# tl;dr

I have to drop dairy.

Pork ribs, or bacon, or sauce is also a problem.

# Dairy

Dairy isn't safe for me.

I get aching bones when I've had too much dairy.  The weeks where I had a
little bit here and there, it seemed okay.  But if I make tacos, I get achy
bones for a day or two.  The taco are ground meat, topped with shredded cheddar
and sour cream, wrapped in a mozzarella shell.  Lots of dairy, and lots of
delicious.  But then the next day I wake up with pain that feels like it's in
my spine.

I had also found a very simple ice cream desert (egg yolk and heavy cream) that
was fairly pleasing to the palette.  I think I have to cut that out, too.  It's
too easy to overdo it.  I also worry about the effects it might be having that
I'm not noticing.

I'm fine when I've gone weeks without dairy, but then I think, maybe small
amounts would be okay, and then I overdo it.  I need to stop being in denial
and just not consume it any more.  Given so few meal options, it was nice to
have for variety.  But maybe there's some other lesson in here that I'm
missing.  Why am I seeking out this variety?  I had no problem with the flavor
of Soylent when I would consume while traveling, years ago.  Maybe it's just
the sugar/sweetness that pulls me back to dairy.  Soylent was plenty sweet, so
of course I wouldn't need to seek anything outside of that to satisfy the
craving for sweet things. Maybe it's a more subtle problem of reward-seeking
behavior and I'm not doing enough, other rewarding things right now.

# Why is this so hard?

I continue to avoid plants in general.  It takes a really long time to figure
out if a food is safe as it seems to take weeks for any given thing to build up
enough to have a negative effect.  Even if it was a food I assumed was safe
before, it takes time to notice inflammation-related symptoms unless they
culminate into a larger more obvious and often times painful effect.  It's such
a subtle thing.  For years I'd experience pain here and there that I thought
was part of getting older, but no, if I avoid plants (*sigh*, and apparently
dairy) I can be absolutely pain free.  So at even a hint of pain, I know to pay
attention.  And that's just the pain symptoms!  Memory, recall, and emotional
effects are also hints that there's a problem.

# Symptoms on Dairy

Memory and recall may also be impacted by dairy.  I don't know why they would
be.  Maybe it's due to too many carbs, or the raw sugar, I don't know the
mechanism.  I just know that after doing a month of pure carnivore, my ability
to focus, recall details, and task switch without dropping details is
absolutely at its peak.  And then within hours and lasting for days after
consuming dairy, I have interference in recall and focus.

# Ribs, bacon, or sauce…

Another complication popped up.  I had been fine with regards to gout as long
as I avoided fish.  Specifically, sardines.  I was eating a fair amount of
bacon each week, seeminly with no problems.  I had ribs twice one week -- they
were on sale, and that no-sugar-added *Sweet Baby Ray's* Sweet and Spicy sauce
is a nice change from eating just chuck steaks, chicken, eggs, and bacon all
the time.  Except the day after I consumed rack number two of the ribs I woke
up with a touch of gout in my right foot.

It was very mild.  I ate a handful of frozen blueberries and it was entirely
gone before bedtime.  I don't even think I ate enough blueberries to cause
sugar cravings.  But it's still a concern.  I hadn't been paying very close
attention to the quantities of anything that I was eating.  I *think* I was
consuming ribs once or twice a month before this without issue, but I don't
know how much bacon I was having at the same time.

# So, now what?

I guess I'll leave dairy and pork out of my diet for the next month.  That
doesn't leave me with a lot of food options, but it beats the alternative.

And while I'm at it, I don't know if it was the dairy, the unexpected heat, or
the sauce, but I started getting some acne.  I'll avoid the sauce, and just go
back to using salt on everything until that clears up, too.


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