I’ve been spending last week and this week recovering from a lack of probiotics. I’ve been sick to my stomach and having weird symptoms as far back as May. It hit me in full Memorial Day weekend in the form of bad acid reflux, which snowballed into more symptoms including bloating and nausea. I had no idea what it was, but I was getting kinda concerned partway into June. Tried everything I knew of to get relief. Then one of my cousins told me it could be due to a lack of probiotics. I cut out practically all dairy products from my diet back in 2022 after discovering I’m now lactose intolerant. Never knew anything about eating alternatives to keep probiotics in my system since all the research never said anything about that part. I feel like it's something I should have known but didn't. My cousin's husband gets sick a lot due to a lack of probiotics since he also cut out diary. It's worse if you have allergies/sinus drainage. Both together can make you really sick. And I've been having a lot of bad sinus drainage since spring.
Long story short. I started eating some non-dairy yogurt mid-last week with the hope that the lack of probiotics is what my problem was. I had tried everything else, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I kid you not. I started seeing (and feeling) an improvement after eating only two or three cups. And I have been feeling SO much better this week! (Praise God!) Feels so good to be able to eat normally again without feeling sick. I also feel better overall. Feel more alert and energetic. Feel more like myself. I was able to get a lot of cleaning done that I should have done two weeks ago. Got some fanfic writing done too.
Kicking off summer vacation this weekend. Suddenly got the urge to listen to some old school Newsong tunes. ‘Red Letter Day’ popped into my head while doing cleaning yesterday, so I had to listen to it again. Man, it’s been too long!
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