I think there's something to this Virgin diet

Hi Everyone,

For the last month I've been doing what's called the Virgin diet. The name of the diet comes from JJ Virgin who is a nutritionist/physical therapist. I watched her speak on public television and what she said made a lot of sense.

She recommends that people who suffer with inflammation/arthritis and weight gain and bloating cut out seven foods from their diets for 3 weeks then introduce them one at a time to see how you feel.

So I cut out corn, gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts, sugar including artificial sweeteners, and eggs. Sure enough, after several days I saw I was less bloated by the time evening came around and my pain was lessened. I've been sleeping better though I still have to take my sleep supplements and be careful of how much I do during the day.

I'll be reintroducing some of these seven foods one at a time. I began yesterday. I had an egg for supper with my salad. The discomfort started in my upper stomach area and last night I had a lot more trouble sleeping due to the burning painful feeling in my body. One round of sleep supplements was not enough. I had to take a second round. I only had 4 hours of sleep.

Here's a link to the Virgin diet:

http://magazine.foxnews.com/food-wellness/virgin-diet-lose-7-pounds-7-days

Let me know what you think.

I started the Virgin diet beginning of August. I followed the diet and started feeling better right away. I have not taken meds for either headaches of heartburn since I started the diet. I lost 8 lbs with eating a ton of (allowable) food. Weight loss was not my goal -- control of Fibro pain was. I did not realize how good I felt until I reintroduced Gluten and woke up with back and leg pain just like my old Fibro pain. I was shocked how dramatic the change was. It is not an easy diet but I had no problems sticking to the diet because I felt so good. I will stay Gluten free and have investigated more about it and think it is worth trying. I tried eggs last week and started belching and heartburn. Next week i do a trial of Dairy (I do miss my cheese).
"Almost medfree" -are you still on the diet? Outcomes? I talked to my Dr about the diet and we are going to try to very gradually taper my Gabapentin (once I am done with reintroduction of problem foods.)