Another thing about my SWAMI

I can't remember a time I felt so lost as when I discovered my genotype. It was completely different from my AB diet (which had already helped me out a ton) so it didn't make any sense to me that AB beneficial foods were suddenly avoids and avoids were superfood. I felt like everything I invested my time and money into had been a waste and this diet was a joke. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know what to eat so I just ate whatever I wanted. Huge mistake.

However, I did feel like I was starting to be able to tell what foods my body could handle or not despite what my diet at the time said. Almost magically, my SWAMI diet nailed it. I got specific information about my body's strengths and weaknesses when it comes to fighting disease and illnesses and the listed avoids made sense to me. Although I felt like my SWAMI diet was more restrictive, I knew it would be worth itm and it has been.

So this is what I think.

I have a twin sister with MS. It is natural for us (and others) to compare in personality, looks and how MS has effected us. People are horrible. They actually ask us who is worse, why, how that makes us feel. I hate it. While MS has barely affected her, I've been hit hard. While feelings of jealousy are natural in twin relationships, I have yet to be convinced its been as bad in another relationship as it has ours, on my part anyway. As far as I know, my sister could have no idea how I felt all those times I was confined to my bed while she was going on dates every night, the year she got to go to school while I was in was I was left at home to wonder if my health would ever actually improve or how she could drive for so many years before me just because no one trusted my health was good enough. Missing out on so much killed me and it still does.

People always asked and I always wondered why. I never understood how we could be identical twins yet our health so different. I hated it, absolutely. 22 years later, I figured it out.

Once I actually sat down to read my SWAMI profile, everything fit. I'm an explorer, and my SWAMI talks alot about my sensitives to the environment. It is so dead on, I can't believe it, it just makes sense, I've always been sensitive to changes happening around me, as big as my parents divorce or as small as the weather changing while my sister has not at all. My first bad attack with MS was when my parents got separated and each one after that happened during a pretty big change in my life. A lot of people say that MS is an environmental disease but no one knows for sure. I don't know whether it is or not but I do know that the environment plays a pretty big role in the changes and advancement of the disease.

I know I've already said this but I'm so grateful for this diet, I finally feel like I have a handle on MS, if things are getting worse, I know that if I eat better, things will turn around. I know this diet isn't just a fad or a theory, I really believe there is truth behind it.

I waited for a day my health would be as good as hers or better. While I'm following my diet faithfully, she could care less. Needless to say, we're nearly tied.

SWAMI

I followed the B diet until I found out I was an AB. I followed the AB diet until I found out I was a non secretor. I followed the explorer diet until I got my SWAMI. I've been on four diets in four months. Each has helped me in different ways and I really do feel so amazing but also confused. I am grateful that I didn't know I was an AB non secretor at first because then I would probably have done this cold turkey... adjusting to it would have been a pretty big struggle for me. Easing into the BTD/GTD has been the best for me. But now, I forget what food is on what diet, I invested so much of my time memorizing my new diet each time it changed I sort of don't know where to start. I'm back home for a few weeks and my mom is following the A diet which helps a ton. My mom is awesome, if I didn't have her support, I don't know that I would be able to be so good at this.

Today I made ghee for the first time, next time I'll use salted butter and remember not to stir it while the butter is melting. I also made soup off all of my beneficial beans, I didn't know if it was actually good just because I was hungry till my sister confirmed it as such. Our friend let my mom and I come and pick raspberries this morning, apparently they are tired of taking care of their garden. We got ten pounds of raspberries, easily. Superfood! I eat so many fruits and vegtables these days, it is not even funny. I'm pretty sure that contributes to my feeling awesome.