@Lizb Schnaubert gives plenty of useful information which I have to take time to understand before I begin to use the information to make my own blend. I hope you give it enough time for the information to sink in before you begin to apply it.
I wasn't rushing but I managed to put myself in a hole wrongly applying what I learned in a moment of clumsy oversight. And that was what caused me a year of dealing with the issue of the ensuing bronchitis that eventually led to my nadir of heart failure. I learned that lesson and subsequently used the book to heel myself of my bronchitis.
So, I cannot stress enough the need for caution, especially in making sure all T's are crossed and I's dotted before proceeding. I consider myself thorough but despite that I still fell through the cracks.
But overall, because I learned a lot from personally having a lung issue and how it relates to developing edema leading to my heart failure, the insight it gave me was an education I value. I especially relish the part where I overcame hopelessness in fearing I would not get my lungs back to turning the tide back to healing and recovery to my former robust lung state. My lungs have always been strong and I have high endurance and can swim underwater for long stretches, and I back where I used to be.
With the right technique, many things that appear insurmountable just simply are easy to overcome. I have gotten used to doctors saying it's genetic and impossible like it's written in stone, and dismissing their loser attitude and training in favor of Ray Peat's belief in the wisdom of the body.
I hope you can be hopeful and positive in a way that isn't shaped by Jewish aphorisms so predominant in the western culture. Yes, I'm talking real hope instead of false pallative hope.
