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Hi @kathleen1314. Sorry just responding with rougher last few days having respite help that wears me out yet so appreciate!🙃 I have alarms set to help assure I eat every couple of hours and start with my decaf coffee sprinkle turmeric and spirulina and stevia with of course no sugar whip cream🤣, then about 10am boiled egg (shell keeps from histamine build up and just grab/peel) topped with plant based mayo, next maybe mini kind bar or mozzarella cheese stick dip in tolerated sauce/spread, daily mid afternoon stove top small pan popcorn kernels in olive oil to just grab small bowl not deprived feeling and help regulate day to day, next maybe couple ounces cream cheese topped with tolerated spread/sauce or ? again for variety, evening easiest small plain greek yogurt with protein powder and sprinkle stevia or if better day small covered pan heat 15 min. frozen chicken tenderloin with at end added frozen broccoli or asparagus with tolerated butter or plant based mayo and thawed wild blueberries. For sweet tooth apple or zero sugar tapioca/rice/chocolate pudding. I have sleep issues now too so also do thawed turkey link just before bed if feel extra “help” needed assure sleep for rested next day🙃 Hope this helped on your quickest healing journey🌈
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Than you so much for the information. So you are working to keep small meals and protein oriented?
Suggestion on the sleep issues; check your iron levels; seems that even a normal but low iron level can affect sleep. You have to have a certain level to produce the byproducts needed to maintain sleep. I don't have those links close to hand but I found the info with a google search in the past.
Also, would you consider going on the Inspire Covid site and leaving some posts; I think this would be so helpful to many of them.
Thank you so much!
Ok, just got my iron levels back and asked AI to give me the ranges that are needed for good sleep here is what it said:
"For good sleep, especially if you have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) or fatigue, ideal iron levels often mean a Ferritin above 50-100 ng/mL and Transferrin Saturation (TSAT) above 20%, indicating sufficient iron stores and transport; while standard ranges exist, optimal values for sleep are often higher than basic "normal" and should be discussed with a doctor, as low iron can disrupt sleep, but too much can also be harmful."
A supplement that is tied to deeper sleep is pregnenolone; many women use this as their HRT because pregnenolone pulls some major body levers that affect hormone production. I tried pregnenolone and loved the deeper sleep and the side effect for me of carving away adominal fat, probably because it pulled the testosterone lever. But I could not continue pregnenolone because it caused palpitations and anxiety for me. Still there are lots of people including my husband and my hormone doctor who do well on the supplement.