Amusing effects of correcting nutritional deficiencies
(Updated April 2023.) I’ve found that repleting certain vitamins and minerals can have weird effects on your mind and body.
Year: 2019
Scary leg pain resolved with calcium
(Updated April 2023.) Before my gluten-freedom (which commenced April 4, 1998) I became aware of a constant, aching bone pain in my legs that didn’t seem to be a tissue or a muscle or a joint thing. It was most noticeable when doing the dishes or standing in line at the airport.
Another early nutritional therapy success: hypoglycemia
(Updated April 2023.) I had this for years without knowing what it was. At its worst, I had to eat every 45 minutes or my brain would do that revving/screaming/wheels spinning thing (silently, I mean; I’m pretty sure no one else could hear it).
My very first nutritional therapy success: carpal tunnel syndrome
(Updated April 2023.) One of my first experiments in nutritional therapy, and one of the most straightforward, was directed at that bane of the data entry worker, carpal tunnel syndrome.
Successes and failures treating chemical sensitivities
(Updated July 2022.) I first noticed that I was reacting to some chemical substances around 2002, when I developed splitting headaches from paint used in my apartment, even the low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) stuff.
