Please be kind… I know this is a polarizing topic.
Hitting 3 years on keto this weekend! My rheumatoid arthritis is…sleeping. I’m med-free, but it takes less and less to spike inflammation.
Over the 3 years, I’ve become less and less tolerant of both carbohydrates and spices. When I started, I felt amazing on 50g carbs of veg and berries and put hot sauce on everything. It was so easy! About 18 months ago, I started carnivore to recover from a postpartum flare. Lately, even 25g carbs or some chili flakes cause RA flares. Also, constant diarrhea/constipation, magnesium deficiency caused peripheral neuropathy, LDL tripled, gained 20 lb, etc… it hasn’t been a carefree 18 months of “just eat the meat!”
Why is my immune and digestive system getting MORE reactive? That doesn’t seem like root cause healing.
Is it the microbiome? Indigo Nili (YouTube and blog) fixed her SIBO using the Davis Supergut protocol of l. Reuteri cultured dairy and recently got off keto altogether after 12 years. I never heard of such a thing before…anyone else have experience of getting healed enough to tolerate a less restricted diet?
Does anyone have theories why the immune and digestive system can get more reactive instead of healing? Please don’t bite me…I am NOT trying to start a keto v carnivore war, just looking for light at the end of a tunnel that seems to be narrowing.