INTRODUCTION
I have been on the keto diet for 8 weeks. I have lost 20 pounds and weight loss was not my goal.
I began the keto diet so that I could use the computer mouse for more than 30 minutes without needing to stop due to pain. I can now use the computer mouse for hours without any pain. So that goal was met.
Along this journey, I discovered that according to ot the many videos on Youtube by Dr. Berg the pains in my right shoulder and the right side of my neck indicate what he calls a fatty liver. The keto diet plus the intermediate fasting has been not only removing fat from my belly and bottom but also from my liver.
Here is a tour of my Amazon Wish List.
My pants fit more loosely and I needed a better cushion for my desk chair.
Using these items will help me over the hump of this keto diet transition that has caused the detoxing and healing of my liver.
I offer this to you for your best prayers.
I hope that God will provide a sponsor for these items.
My shipping address is embedded in the prioritized Wish List.
Besides helping me by reading this you becoming aware of valuable health care options. These might help you or a family member in the future. These are natural and each one is reasonably affordable.
Using products like these kept me healthy over the decades so that I did not need to visit a doctor but about one time per 4 to 5 years.
Due to my complex and ongoing symptoms as well as my exhausted funds I am appealing for sponsors.
At the following link, the items are presented in relative priority. Yet in this message, I have grouped them by kinds to make it easier to understand.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3H7G9454ZEHE2?type=wishlist&filter=unpurchased&sort=priority
Some of the items described in the following might not be on the prioritized list link before because they have already been sponsored. Already 2 have been sponsored. That is why below each description I also included a link directly to the product in case you want to consider it for yourself of a family member after it was sponsored for me.
Some of these prices might have changed by a few cents.
BREATHING
BED WEDGE PILLOW
The bed wedge pillow will raise head more than 7 inches higher than my hips. That gentle slope will allow gravity to help my sinuses to drain as I sleep. Then I will not wake in the middle of the night with a dry mouth because I could not breathe through my nose for my sinuses was all stuffed up.
(Note that a bed wedge has been used to help those with acid reflux in case you or someone you know has that challenge.)
Relax Home Life 7.5 Inch Bed Wedge Pillow
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FINTS4M/
$39.87
(Thankfully this was already sponsored as this was sent out. I have used it for several nights and I have slept much better.)
SALT INHALER
The salt inhaler will be used day and night to help me keep breathing. The standard saline mist inhaler I have used for decades is not nearly as effective as it was. My doctor said I can use this as many times as needed each day.
Natural Solution Ceramic Pink Salt Inhaler
$16.83
VITAMIN C
The vitamin C capsules have helped me during greatly these weeks on the keto diet. I am almost out as I send out this tour of the Wish List.
Viva Naturals Premium Non-GMO Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids & Rose Hips
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C6C3GCY/
$19.99
RASH
YERBA PRIMA BENTONITE CLAY
When the keto rash has surfaced I take a sip of this and it has gone away faster than lotions, Tea Tree Oil or other options I tried. I have consumed one and a half bottles of this so far. This product has helped me many times over the decades when I needed to generally detox.
Yerba Prima Bentonite Great Plains
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MC66VOO/
$19.29
CONSTIPATION
PSYLLIUM HUSK POWDER
There has been mild constipation with the keto diet. Dr. Berg recommends eating large salads daily and that would prevent constipation. When I first started the keto diet I ate salads. But with my full dentures, it took much chewing for each bite. So I quit eating salads. I have taken chia seeds in water and that has helped. But I am running low on my chai seeds supply. I recall that psyllium husk powder in water helped me remain regular in the past.
Viva Naturals Organic Psyllium Husk Powder
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011QGTRG4/
$16.83
EYES
SYSTANE COMPLETE EYE DROPS
These particular eye drops were recommended by an eye doctor. Each day I need to use eye drops several times. The gunk stopped gathering all over my eyelashes all day due to the use of Zaditor eye drops. But there are hard sand-like deposits on the outside corners often.
(Also I use a Sabre Eye Wash Adapter in a squeeze bottle a few times each day and night.)
Systane Complete Eye Drops
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FL5BZ6M/
$17.24
Sabre Eye Wash Adapter
https://www.amazon.com/SABRE-Eye-Wash-Adapter-Contaminants/dp/B01AT3LOD4/
I have this and the price is $9.99
KETO DIET and LIVER DETOX
ELECTROLYTES, LIVER CLEANSE, B-2, CHOLINE and INOSITOL
During the past weeks I have watched dozens of videos by Dr. Berg and these seem to be the items he would most highly recommend for the symptoms I have been manifesting. These will speed up and smooth out the detoxing of my liver.
I visited my doctor on August 28, 2019 and she had some recommendations that are included here.
(For your possible future reference these are cheaper on Vitacost https://www.vitacost.com/ but they do not offer a Wish List like Amazon. Also, there are formulas that may be better targeted for keto-related matters at his online store https://shop.drberg.com/ but they are more expensive.)
Liver Cleanse Detox & Repair Formula – 22 Herbs Support Supplement
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FVQHUDC/
$20.95
Keto Electrolyte Supplement
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KBD1MGS/
$17.99
Ultra High Strength Tart Cherry Capsules -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V6YRW7N/
$14.97
Turmeric Curcumin with Bioperine
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DBTFO98/
$18.87
Now Vitamin B-2
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGSH1Q/
$4.33
Nature's Way Choline and Inositol
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002S4PC3G/
$11.32
BREATHE
Germ Guardian AC4825 22” 3-in-1 True HEPA Filter Air Purifier for Home
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VGIGVY/
$84.99
JAW
COLLAGEN
This does not directly relate to the keto diet and liver detox but it might. After a few weeks into the keto diet, I was eating. I bit down on some regular soft food. Then I heard a kind of a church or pop. I felt a pain near my right ear at the joint of my jaw. It was a little sore that day and for the next few days. The minors pains came and went. When I opened my mouth to yawn or for a big bite of food the pain restarted. There were times when I was reading and long after I had eaten that that part of my jaw suddenly brought sharp pains. I went to Youtube to find acupressure massages and that relieved the pains. I just wonder if all these other issues in my body limit the ability and speed of my body to repair that minor injury. I feel anxious that if it is not completely healed soon it could get worse. And my online research pointed to this collagen powder as a way to help my body heal itself.
Premium Multi Collagen Peptides Capsules (Types I,II,III,V,X)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6T3CML/
$26.32
ERGONOMICS
SEAT CUSHION and ARMREST MOUSE PAD
The keto diet has removed my belly fat so that my pants fit more loosely. Thankfully I have an elastic belt to keep them on. Yet also it seems that fat was removed from my skinny bottom. Sitting at my desk chair got uncomfortable unlike before. I bought an inflatable donut and that has helped some.
My intention in focusing on this Wish List and getting me back to optimal health is so that I can best focus on the preparations for an online ministry to serve international college students starting this fall. Thankfully my initial aim to stop the pains in my right hand, wrist, and forearm has happened. When I began that part of my body hurt after 30 minutes so that I had to stop for a long time. These days I can go for hours without needing to stop due to that part of my body. But I need to stop due to pain on my bottom. Therefore the top quality orthopedic cushion is on the list.
The armrest mousepad was found during my research for ergonomic aids. This will help me not need to lean forward as much when researching online. Note that I already spend many hours doing online research and that time will increase as I prepare and lead the online ministry.
J-Tech Digital Wireless Ergonomic Vertical USB Mouse
$35.95
Ergonomic Armrest Mouse Pad Holder
$44.88
RESULTS
I began this keto diet journey due to the pains in my right hand, wrist, and forearm as I used the computer mouse. As I began I needed to stop about every 20 to 30 minutes due to the pains. These days I can go for hours using the computer mouse. That is needed for me to create and lead an online ministry for international college students starting this fall.
I had chronic pains in my right shoulder and the right side of my neck from the time I lived in the homeless shelter until I started the keto diet. Dr. Berg teaches that it is from fatty liver. I have not had those pains.
Before the keto diet, I felt heartburn a few times a week. I put a box of baking soda with a plastic spoon in it by my reading chair and by my computer. I knew that just masked the symptoms and did not address the cause of my heartburn But since being on the keto diet I have not needed to take any baking soda.
Before the keto diet, my belly stuck out. I have lost that belly fat and my pants are much looser. Also, it is more uncomfortable to sit in my desk chair because I lost weight from my bottom.
Before the keto diet, my energy level fluctuated during the day and night. But since then my energy has been steady.
Before the keto diet, I took 2 to 6 Pepto-bismal tablets a week and 1 to 3 Gas X tablets. I carried them in my pants pocket in case I needed them anytime. But since starting I have taken none.
Before the keto diet, I took 2 to 6 Pepto-bismal tablets a week and 1 to 3 Gas X tablets. I carried them in my pants pocket in case I needed them anytime. But since starting I have taken none.
My greatest need for decades has been to focus better. Since being on the keto diet I think more clearly and there is less brain fog during the week. I can concentrate longer.
As I stick with the guidelines of what to eat and what to avoid as well as the intermediate fasting I do not feel hungry.
LIVER
A few people have recommended that I get off the keto diet due to the odd symptoms that come and go. While these have been unpleasant I believe they too will pass.
If I abandoned the keto diet then all the benefits listed previously would be reversed in a matter of weeks. That is not appealing.
I really believe that God used the pains in my right hand, wrist, and forearm to guide me to this diet that not only greatly decreased the inflammation but also made me aware that my liver needed to be detoxed and healed.
My sinuses are messed up in ways they never had been in all my life.
I still need to use drops in my eyes several times a day. And wash them with water several times a day.
The skin rash comes and goes on different parts of my body.
I have recently remembered that before I lived at the homeless shelter for 3 years. But during that season I contacted the charity hospital every few months for pills to help with my respiration and creams to help skin rashes.
I had shared a huge warehouse bedroom with 100 men as well as a large common bathroom like in a high school with them. The cafeteria was shared with the women and children. It was not the most sanitary place in the city.
That is when I gained the 25 pounds thank to the cheap food served there.
Then I walked 3 to 5 miles a day on the downtown sidewalks right next to the exhaust fumes of the cars, trucks, and busses.
I always carried Ibuprofen and I took 400 to 1200 mg a day to cope with the stress. I was told that much is very hard on the liver.
So my best thinking says that during those 3 years I was gaining weight while weakening my liver. I was exposed to exhaust fumes and untold germs, viruses and other stuff in the homeless shelter. That led to a fatty liver that made my right shoulder and neck sore then and for 2 years later.
Months ago the pains in my right hand, wrist, and forearm started and slowly get worse. I investigated the options. I did not want to become dependent on pain pills or creams for the rest of my life. I did not want to lean on a glove to support my wrist forever. So the best alternative was to change my diet to decrease inflammation. That led me to the keto diet and Dr. Berg.
His videos led me to understand that the pains in my right shoulder and neck were from a fatty liver. He suggested various nutritional supplements to help the liver detox and to deal with the keto rash.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3H7G9454ZEHE2?type=wishlist&filter=unpurchased&sort=priority
OPTIONS
Maybe this list is too overwhelming for you to pick as an option you can send me an Amazon gift card I promise I will use on this wish list
GFM
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