My illness had me going to a nutritional counsellor.
I recently found out that I had a rare genetic disorder.
I didn’t even know we had this in our family, and it scared me a little.
I knew I had come from a family of obese persons. I just thought it was the way we were built. You can’t imagine how I felt when I was told it really was something that ‘ran’ in our family. It was a genetic disorder that caused every carb we consumed to turn into fat. I had heard about the KETO diet, but even that didn’t work for me. The doctor suggested that I go to a nutritional counsellor or was also a physician. He wanted me to get my diet under control and find out what foods I could eat still be healthy. I found out it wasn’t just carbs, but certain proteins also caused my system to behavior differently. Plant-based proteins weren’t being digested properly and I had to go with lean meat proteins. Whereas some people needed fish oils, the nutritional counsellor told me that my body couldn’t digest the complex protein that came from fish. I was really glad when the nutritionist told me that I would be okay with lean steak and chicken, but I had to let the fish go until we could find the proper proteins and carb balance for my body. The good thing was that I no longer needed to count calories. My body ate up the calories faster than most. I’m hoping that once my nutritional counsellor helps me to find the proper combination of carbs and proteins, I’ll finally be able to wear a dress for more than cover up.