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Since Keith mentioned related matters, here's something that definitely 
won't be the sort of thing you'd expect to hear on here.

My g/f has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and one possible thing that might 
help that is diet, and the diet we are undertaking is the Paleolithic 
diet, which basically means eat the diet you have evolved to eat. 
Pre-agriculture. So it's basically, meat, fish, eggs, nuts, veg (but not 
starchy veg like potatoes) and fruit, and herbs/spices. Nothing 
processed, no grains or legumes. Except we don't eat meat, so there's 
lots of fish.

Sounds boring, but with good quality foods (we've always bought organic, 
and are lucky enough to live in a fishing town) the food is actually 
genuinely fantastic.

I'm also a runner, and, two weeks into this diet, I have had issues with 
stamina, since there's little carbohydrate there. I think I've resolved 
that with dried apricots and bananas.

Other than that I feel fantastic. Specifically, I feel like I'm really 
here and I'm more open to what's going on around me. Prior to this we 
didn't eat a bad diet, so I imagine the transition from a poor diet to 
this would be even more marked.

I've had two practices recently, and both times my drumming's been much 
improved, and my interaction with other band members and willingness to 
try something new on the spur of the moment has increased.

I noticed this, but at the last practice, the other band members noticed 
it too.

So maybe drumming is like a sport, you kinda need your body and mind to 
be all sorted out.

I've lost weight too.

Not sure how it'll pan out long-term, but this has improved my drumming 
more than practicing my paradiddles.

I'm not selling anything, just thought I'd share.

HTH
J

John Allsopp wrote:
>
> My g/f has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and one possible
> thing that might help that is diet, and the diet we are
> undertaking is the Paleolithic diet, which basically
> means eat the diet you have evolved to eat.

My sister-in-law is an FM sufferer, which comes under the same umbrella, 
so - with your permission - I'd like to forward your tips onto her!

I've always believed diet and lifestyle play a large part in the management 
of such a condition and was only talking about this exact topic to my 
partner the other evening.  So I'm very interested to read a post that sort 
of shows up my theory as something tangible too.

> I've had two practices recently, and both times my drumming's
> been much improved, and my interaction with other band
> members and willingness to try something new on the spur
> of the moment has increased.

She has already expressed an interest in drumming so maybe I can keep 
encouraging her to tinker with it as an exercise regime?  :-)

Congratulations on your marked progress and thanks for posting it here.

Regards,
Cat Lake

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CAT LAKE (Percussionist) wrote:
> John Allsopp wrote:
>  >
>  > My g/f has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and one possible
>  > thing that might help that is diet, and the diet we are
>  > undertaking is the Paleolithic diet, which basically
>  > means eat the diet you have evolved to eat.
> 
> My sister-in-law is an FM sufferer, which comes under the same umbrella,
> so - with your permission - I'd like to forward your tips onto her!

Sure does, and yes, of course

> I've always believed diet and lifestyle play a large part in the management
> of such a condition and was only talking about this exact topic to my
> partner the other evening. So I'm very interested to read a post that sort
> of shows up my theory as something tangible too.

Aye. My g/f has a baseline activity level of about 1.25 hours a day, and 
we think that's improved. She's also started losing weight, as opposed 
to gaining it, so she's happier with that.

>  > I've had two practices recently, and both times my drumming's
>  > been much improved, and my interaction with other band
>  > members and willingness to try something new on the spur
>  > of the moment has increased.
> 
> She has already expressed an interest in drumming so maybe I can keep
> encouraging her to tinker with it as an exercise regime? :-)

Maybe, the graded exercise thing works for some but not for others, but 
yes, if it works it works. Exercise is why I got into kit drumming in 
the first place.

> Congratulations on your marked progress and thanks for posting it here.
> Regards,
> Cat Lake

My pleasure, thanks for responding.

Cheers
J

John Allsopp wrote:
> CAT LAKE (Percussionist) wrote:
>  > John Allsopp wrote:
>  > >
>  > > My g/f has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and one possible
>  > > thing that might help that is diet, and the diet we are
>  > > undertaking is the Paleolithic diet, which basically
>  > > means eat the diet you have evolved to eat.
>  >
>  > My sister-in-law is an FM sufferer, which comes under the same umbrella,
>  > so - with your permission - I'd like to forward your tips onto her!

Oh, and, without wishing to take this group down a whole other avenue 
and not wishing to self-promote (I'm not), I  blogged about it in more 
detail here:

http://www.johnallsopp.co.uk/blog200802.php#paleoDrum
<http://www.johnallsopp.co.uk/blog200802.php#paleoDrum>

If you scroll down from there there are another couple of mentions, 
especially the last entry about rabbits.

Cheers
J