Wow, pure leather soles means I will be grounded all the time?
That is big news to me.
I just happen to know a custom leather maker who makes pure leather shoes too.
Super expensive, but if you say they make you grounded all the time, then that is for me.
Take a deep breath and spend.

Real leather shoes with leather soles are much more affordable from reenactment sites. Staring at 25 Eur here for roman sandals that were also worn in the early middleages, and I have seen late medieval boots and flats for starting price 70 Eur a pair.
You can also make certain styles yourself easily.

Ah that is why I avoid it in the form of supplements. But I do eat some with food like seaweeds!

Raw Al
Maxbe you simply don't need supplements? I have made mostly positive experiences.
For example- I am always low on Vitamin D., (thyroid problema can contribute to that).
When I started taking a higher dose of Vitamin D. my hair loss at least reduced. It also reduced some more when I started DIM, Burdock root etc.
I can only imagine what a mess I would be, had I not decided to try the supplements.
My bodys function to regulate itself, seems impaired.
I still eat lots of honey and butter.

Jessica
My blood sugar seems to be stable. My hair loss is the same every day pretty much. There haven't been any ups and downs.
I don't feel hypo anymore, my body temp. is normal too.
I take a walk once a day (15-30mins) and at home I am pretty active because I am either power cleaning, holding a 12kg toddler, playing ball, hide and seek or chase him. I only get to sit down once he goes to bed.
 

A lot of Paleo dieters who do well report that their immune system calms down over time, including mine. Similarly, some, though not all, people with severe food allergies/intolerances reportedly have even had them completely resolve and find they can eat even the junkiest foods (not that I would recommend that) without noticeable reactions after undergoing helminthic therapy, which is supposed to calm down the immune system.

Interesting. So that might mean that my immune system is doing better now?
I think the detox might have helped with that. Given the issues with my thyroid/ liver/ gallbladder I think my body ha a hard time detoxing prior to that. The acne also seemed to be a sign of toxins piling up.

Da Boss88, Paleo Phil

Yes, there is so much contradicting information on carbs out there. And even more people that experience problems on a low carb diet, very often hair loss as well. These problems can't be ignored.

When I eat the way I want (but still Paleo) I will consume too many carbs to be low carb, because if available I will consume lots of fruits, a good amount of veggies and tubers. And probably less fat and meat. So maybe it is not natural for me. At least at the moment, considering I was still eating rice and potatoes a little over a year ago.

Interestingly, some people claim they eat a paleo diet, but feel better with potatoes, white rice and some raw dairy...I haven't looked into it much though.

On a side note, very weirdly I do not react to SAD foods anymore. I used to get severe reactions to most of the foods I avoided. But this weekend I ate some cake at my grandmothers birthday party and also had coffee and I had no problems whatsoever. This seems really weird to me...
Not that I want to eat this way now, I just find it weird.

Suoaei

I appreciate your advice, but I think you really did misunderstand what I wrote. Let me explain:

1. You seem to waver a lot between being sure and being very unsure of what is "right" for you to eat.

being fairly new to this diet still (1 yr), I simply experience trial and error. I test different things out and then decide if they are for me. Sometimes I simply not sure if they are or are not for me.

2. You doubt your own ability to recognize healthy foods and you are asking other people to tell you what is healthy

Of course, if I would leave it up to my senses, I would still be eating bread and pasta. Only through learning from "others", did I find out the science behind certain foods. I don't have all the studies and info available. And it is easier asking a specific question here.

3. When the doctor says your tests are abnormal, you become very afraid.

I seemed very afraid? This is what I wrote:

My doctor is quite concerned and might want to hospitalize me if my tests tonight come back high too....not sure what the danger is....
My question is: does anyone know if a liver/ body detox could be causing my levels to be high?

Someone said that is late stage of liver failure??? Wouldn't I be sick then? I also read of levels as high as 900, so I am sure they were wrong.

I doubted the danger and instead suspected my levels are high because of the detox. I also stated I don't feel sick and that I think they are wrong to say I am experiencing liver failure.
My mother actually got upset at me when I told her that because she thinks I am not cautious or afraid enough...

If these observations are correct, I have some advice that I hope is helpful for you: Take a deep breath, let it out, and smile! It's all going to be ok.
Research is good, but with all those conflicting studies out there, it can get confusing. Instead of reading a bunch of websites trying to solve a particular problem, I would recommend finding and reading the RAF books that are most popular here. Then you can have a deeper, more focused understanding of what a raw diet really means and how to be a successful raw food eater. When you find your healthy diet, proper weight, energy, and normal test results will follow.

Since I was experiencing a lot of symptoms, and diet and kicking back wasn't helping, I took action to find the root of the problem.
This way I have already greatly improved MOST of my problems...by researching "like crazy".
I find researching specific things more efficient than reading through book after book. Since I was trying to solve problems right now, I was not interested in other things for the moment.
Had I not researched I would probably still be eating low carb, which does not seem to be good for me at the moment, because when I stopped...my heart palpitations stopped, my chest pain got better, my fatigue lifted, my carpal tunnel and joint pains bettered and a little bit after that my thyroid and liver came back better.
Thanks to the herbs my PMS is almost gone...I went from extreme pains to an almost normal period with red blood instead of black goo, my acne, that was pretty severe for a little is also gone, and my hair loss at least lessened.

I would be in a horrible state right now, if I would not have figured some things out  . Doctors can be of help, but they did not figure this out for me.

I actually think it is good I did all this, because now I get to relax and feel good about what I have achieved through intense research and question asking.

You always have a choice about going to the hospital, taking medications, even scheduling appointments. You don't have to if you don't want to. A common opinion among raw foodies is that the hospital/meds should always be your absolute last resort, because they will make your situation worse in the long run.

Well, you don't know this, but before coming to this forum I quit my meds because I wanted to see how much I can heal naturally. I am not on medication right now. It was suggested to me numerous times (since 2.'12), and for various reasons I declined.
I also breastfeed a toddler. Another reason I have been avoiding medication. I personally would only go back on thyroid meds, if there was a risk of me causing more harm to my thyroid because I am not taking medication (I have the kind where my body attacks my thyroid).

It sounds like you already keep a food diary, which is great. It also sounds like you are paying close attention to how you feel after eating different types of food--also great.

If you are going to ask for really specific advice on the forum, I think it would be helpful if you give a very clear description of what you eat. You might even post some of your recent food diary entries. That way nobody will give advice based on false assumptions about what you do or don't eat.

I did on another thread and have made changes accordingly! (I cut out (organic) lunch meat f. ex.)

One more thing to watch out for: nobody can say what your exact needs are except you. And, your dietary needs can change very rapidly--you can have different needs in the morning than at night, in the summer compared to winter, on your menstrual cycle compared to the rest of the month, etc. This is why it's so important for you to get a book--or several books--devoted to teaching people how to listen properly to their bodies. ie, a RAF book.
If reading isn't your thing, maybe you can find a RAF health practitioner who you can work with one on one!

Doing so much research which requires reading, I guess you could say reading is my thing . Sadly I think it will be hard to find such a health practitioner here...

yes you should tell your doctor! milk thistle has an amazing cleansing action on the liver, and i would bet thats why your enzymes are high.  mine have come back high in the past, and i have actually really irritated my liver with lots of alcohol and binging on nut butters/olive oils in the past, you can heal your liver, its very very resilient!  do you eat any raw liver?

I haven't eaten any yet, but we found a good source.
My doctor said to keep taking milk thistle, he was fine with it.
What can olive oil do? I used to supplement with olive oil.

My levels a week ago:
P ANCA 1:60
X ANCA 1:60
Gamma GT 355+
GOT ASAT 338 ++
GPT ALAT 361 ++

Someone said that is late stage of liver failure??? Wouldn't I be sick then? I also read of levels as high as 900, so I am sure they were wrong.

Today my levels were much better. So no hospital for now We will test again in teo weeks.

Too much fruit causes me problems (fructose malabsorption)
I ate  the sweet potato cooked and unseasoned.

And yes I have tested out many different things to see what suits me best. Don't we all do that because we either read about it or had a good experience?

I think only very few people started eating RPd because they had a sudden instinct that told them to eat raw meat.
I decided to change my diet after reading about RPD.

And I do eat mostly cooked. While I know humans did not start out eating cooked foods, I grew up eating this way, and any abrupt changes seem to cause me problems.
Way back in time people would have never been faced with this obstacle.

Iguana

I wish I could see it like that! In my experience some things did not self heal when I left them alone. I tried to relax about my symptoms from Oct. to recently, and haven't really stressed about it. But now that things are getting worse instead of better I feel I need to look into this.
I don't even know what diet is good for me...I have problems on everything it seems.

I have a question for everyone regarding starches btw.:
I added sweet potato and carrots to raise my carbs a bit. My energy levels improved and I did not have hair loss for two days, which does not mean it will stop soon I, think. Just that there is some sort of reaction when raising carbs.
But now my problem is that sweet potato and carrot cause me extreme bloating. I look legit 7 months pregnant after eating them and it is painful bloating all the way up to under my chest. I might have had slight bloating from it last year, but nothing like that.
What would be bloat-free carb alternatives. I can only think of fruit but I was hoping here would be something less sweet?

Could switching to low carb have caused your problems?

That is one thing I am suspecting. I posted some things above regarding how low carb can affect the thyroid and hair.
I don't know how to reverse it though. I read one needs to eat an insane amount of carbs for a little until symptoms subside, but that sounds extreme.
If it is my thyroid, it would take time to regulate...that I don't have unless I want to continue feeling shitty for longer and go bald in the process...

Iguana
I agree, the only reason I ever looked into it was for weight gain, because I was hoping to gain a few pounds on Paleo when eating more carbs.
The way I was eating felt good to me, although my instincts are warped, because I crave a variety and naturally sweet foods (my son does too, he likes meat but wants a lot of fruits and sweet, flavorful  veggies, herbs and roots. He never had any standard food and we always offered plain.
I hated fruits prior to eating Paleo, that has changed. I also hardly ate meat and I like it much better now. Maybe my instincts will eventually start working.

Anyhow, going from high carb SAD to low carb Paleo within six months might have not been a good idea? Way back people would have never encountered the problem of transition, I assume their carbs levels varied a bit, nothing drastic, which was normal to their bodies and it did jot cause problems?

I have been reading about low carb paleo and thyroid like problems related to it and I wanted to know what everyone thinks:

Some people (a very small percentage of my clients) who jump into low carb from a very high carb diet will experience some thyroid-like side effects a few weeks or few months after switching such as fatigue, coldness in extremities, hair-loss or other problems.
In my experience, these clients are also ones who went low-carb for weight-loss reasons and often have an underlying hormone issue to begin with.
For a long time, I considered this slow-transition a problem, and was able to find some things (adding more natural salt into the diet, taking magnesium and gelatin, etc)  that made the transitions easier.

While these supplements do help the transition, and I’d recommend them anyway, a recent article by Dr. Cate Shanahan helped me understand why some individuals experience these thyroid like-symptoms after going low-carb for a while and explains why the slow-transition might actually be the best thing for these people.

Dr. Shanahan explains that advanced thyroid testing will often reveal that these individuals have an extremely elevated reverse T3 level (rT3) and at this point, most doctors will prescribe T3 and think that the problem is solved. Dr. Shanahan explains the rT3 has the opposite effect of regular T3 and essentially makes the body think it needs to hibernate and prepares for such (weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, etc).
She goes on to explain that this phenomenon is similar to bears before hibernation, and this drop in rT3 caused when berries and other readily available carbs disappear creates the fatigue needed for hibernation. Unfortunately, for those of us not interested in hibernation, this can be a problem.

If you are part of the group that suffers from severe carb flu when you remove carbs, or if you’ve gone low-carb for a while and then started to lose energy and gain weight, it’s possible that your rT3 is elevated.

Fortunately, while suddenly removing carbs shocks the system, doing it gradually often helps the system adjust. Dr. Shanahan recommends that patients who suffer from these symptoms go low-carb slowly beginning with breakfast and slowly reducing overall carbs over a period of time.

From what I’ve seen with my own clients, this can be helpful and necessary, especially for those who already have an underlying hormone struggle or who have a severe reaction to removing carbs.

Source: http://wellnessmama.com/4352/is-low-carb-healthy/

....
 they develop fatigue, sometimes accompanied by symptoms of low thyroid function including cold extremities, hair loss, and digestive problems. Only by consuming more carbs again can they reduce these symptoms.

Because their fatigue and other symptoms are classic for thyroid malfunction, many will get their levels tested,....



The reason low carbing triggers thyroid changes

In doing research on rT3, I ran into a fascinating article on a group of little-understood compounds called thyronamines (pronounced thigh-row-na-meens). The key to understanding rT3, and unlocking the relationship between carbohydrate consumption and thyroid function, may lie in these newly discovered compounds.

Thyronamines have powerful effects on energy metabolism

Studies performed in 2010 showed that injecting thryronamines into the belly cavity or brain tissues of experimental animals cause the following physiologic and behavior changes:

Impaired ability to utilize sugar as an energy source
Insulin resistance
Lowered basal body temperature
Weaker than normal heart contractions
A marked decline in activity (We can’t ask the lab animals, but presumably this would be induced by what we would describe as feelings of extreme fatigue)....

Source: http://drcate.com/going-low-carb-too-fast-may-trigger-thyroid-troubles-and-hormone-imbalance/

Could this be my problem? I checked my food diary (my fitness pal) and until September, when I felt great and had no PMS or hair loss (my periods were better then too), I was eating more carbs, mostly around 100 g, and more sugars from honey and fruits. My thyroid was doing fine too.

Then I got tired of carrots and sweet potato, and trying to gain weight with them, and so I stopped eating them abruptly.

Maybe after getting off of carbs from grains and pasta, it was too abrupt of a change to go on low carb paleo a half year later?

I am still breastfeeding and because it can take nutrients away from the mother I want to make sure I am getting enough nutrients and vitamins. I never had to take supplements before being pregnant, but now it seems diet is not enough.

It may be zinc, it may be biotin or folic acid, iron, vitamin d, i might benefit from gelatin and magnesium....it is hard to supplement so much, and even harder to have enough in your diet. I write a food journal with the help of an App. and I never seem to get enough nutrients and too much Vitamin A.

What else does your daughter eat? My son eats meat about once a day and fruits.