recoveryafterstroke.com<\/a> and you can watch those five modules and interact with me in the comments section. So that you can get a bit of an understanding of how I went about functional medicine.<\/p>\nBill Gasiamis 6:44
\nAnd perhaps I can give you more ideas about the things that you don’t know that you need to know about nutrition that you should seek a functional medical expert out for. And that you should ask, once again, it’s my opinion, and it’s what I went through, it’s not what I would recommend.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 7:00
\nAnd if you’re going to do anything regarding your nutrition, during recovery from anything, please consult a healthcare professional, whether it’s a doctor, or a qualified and trained nutritionist, or a functional medical expert so that they can guide you better.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 7:18
\nBut I did put together these five interviews with a nutritionist and a personal trainer, where we discussed why we should avoid those five foods. And those five foods we called the fun five. And they included caffeine, dairy, alcohol, sugar, and gluten.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 7:40
\nAnd removing those foods out of your diet is a big deal. But you can do it. And it’s not something that you should do all in one go. You shouldn’t just go cold turkey in all of those in one go because you’re going to really struggle with wondering what you can eat.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 7:56
\nAnd there goes the dog in the background. And I did that over three or four years, I slowly but gradually decrease the amount of dairy, caffeine, sugar, alcohol and gluten that I was consuming, and I became a much healthier version of myself.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 8:13
\nAnd the most important thing is that it helped to decrease the the effects of fatigue. And the things that I took out first, which really made a massive difference on how I experienced fatigue was sugar and gluten.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 8:29
\nSo all gluten that came in wheat based products, whether it’s pasta, or bread. So that really made a massive difference on how I experienced fatigue. And then that really decreased inflammation and helped me get more active and become more able to do more things more quickly.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 8:50
\nSo functional medicine is a really important part of recovery from stroke. And if you are going through a stroke, and you want to know more about it, get in touch with me. But if you want to get in touch with a functional medical practitioner, you can seek out one of them from your local area, just make sure that they are highly professional, and that they’ve got a great reputation in their field.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 9:19
\nAnd they’re not supporting the conglomerate and selling you a diet that is all about you know fast foods and packaged foods, and all that type of stuff. But if they’re any good, that won’t be that kind of thing anyway.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 9:33
\nSo as far as I’m concerned, functional medicine is an amazing tool. And most of what you’ll learn from functional medicine is stuff that you can do at home and stuff that doesn’t have to cost anything extra.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 9:46
\nNow some of the other things that functional medicine will do is they’ll do some blood tests and they read the results a little bit differently than how a medical doctor might read the blood results.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 9:57
\nUsually a functional medical doctor will take a different view on what is normal blood results as opposed to what are results that need to have something done about them. And those normal results, usually normal results that doctors consider normal because the majority of the people who they get blood results for are sick people.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 10:28
\nAnd when they compare your blood results with sick people, and your “in the normal range” in the middle of the range, or at the top of the bell curve, that could potentially be a little bit inaccurate as to what is exactly going on for you.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 10:47
\nNow, if you want more information about what that means, let me know get in touch, ask me a question on messenger, or direct message me wherever you see this video. And I could give you a little bit more information. But basically, the average results of a sick population going to doctors and getting blood tests is not the way to gauge whether or not your blood tests are normal, and whether you’re in the normal range.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 11:15
\nAnd functional medical doctors, professionals, practitioners will look at those results with a different perspective and a different point of view. And they may find answers to questions that doctors haven’t been able to answer. So use them in conjunction with your medical professional.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 11:33
\nAnd I think it is necessary for you to use as many tools as possible to help heal in your stroke journey and not to take anything for granted. And that’s what I did. So I’m nearly nine years post stroke now, and I’m going strong.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 11:55
\nOf course I have some deficits that most people can’t see, but I still experience. And I think stroke recovery is a ongoing journey. I was 37 at the time. And I’m 46 now so we are still recovering from stroke and we are still looking for ways to improve and get better and better.<\/p>\n
Bill Gasiamis 12:17
\nAnd I’m looking forward to the next nine years or more. Thanks for watching and thanks for listening. And if you want to learn more about Recovery After Stroke my Instagram page and me go to recoveryafterstroke.com where you can listen to some podcasts, download a course. Get coaching for help to get you going on the path to recovery after stroke. I’m Bill Gasiamis. Thanks for watching.<\/p>\n