Therapeutic
I find that what happened to me is that I'd done a lot of talk therapy in the past and sometimes felt like it was super helpful and cathartic, and other times felt like I was, in a way, opening the same old wounds again and just re-exposing them. And when I changed my diet, if something came up for me that was, you know, difficult emotionally, and I went to talk therapy, then it was like a knot was untied.
Integration
I still take supplements sometimes. I realized that, periodically, I would sometimes have symptoms that were consistent with being short on B6 and zinc. I think that was because I was having coffee and tea. I periodically take a methylated-B multivitamin, a separate B6 addition in the P5P form, which is more bioavailable, and some zinc, and that just prevents those symptoms from coming on. L-theanine is very commonly used for sleep, and I've used that to improve my sleep.
Nutritional
I eat a variety of foods, mainly carnivore, or carnivore adjacent. So, my favorite staples are ground beef and beef tallow, usually with some kind of herb, spice, or flavoring, but I'm increasingly trying to minimize the amount of spices I use for my gut and autoimmune health. And meat, fish, shellfish, eggs, beef, lamb fat, and non-dairy. These are my staples. And sometimes I'll have some vegetables. Sometimes I'll maybe even have some low-carb fruit, but that's pretty rare. I've just found that over time, I've felt better and better being closer and closer to non-dairy carnivore. And I've tried different iterations of this.
Ketosis
I've tested blood ketone meters like Keto Mojo, which I think is brilliant. It's really the gold standard and Ace Track, which is not currently available, but is one of the breath meters, which is really good. And there are all sorts of different ways that I've found to measure different biomarkers to help me either with accountability and adherence or actually optimizing for those numbers.
