Far be it from me to attempt to force the "diet" that has worked for me on the rest of the world, but in my case, anyway, it can mean the difference between living a pseudo-normal life from 6:00 am to 9:30 pm, including some work, lifting weights, and running, and putzing around like some bored old man three times my age.

Anyway, I avoid certain foods like the plague, namely starch (all grains, beans, starchy veggies), sugar (even fruits, although I can tolerate small amounts of berries), processed foods, and nuts, which each bring their own set of symptoms. In addition, I DO eat LOTS of eggs, e.g., about half a dozen per day, lots of lower-mercury fish (about 1 serving per day), raw butter and virgin coconut oil, and plenty of cultured vegetables or raw goat milk kefir. Most significantly, perhaps, is my desperate need for grass-fed red meat; I usually eat between 1/2 and 1 pound every day, rare.

If this sounds like a plug for a high-protein diet like Atkins, try to see it more as a high-fat, low-carb attempt at detoxing the biliary sludge and rejuvinating the damaged cells without compromising my fragile gut ecology.

Again, I have no reason to assume this would work for everybody, much less even be financially feasible, but it is the ONLY diet I can eat and maintain a healthy weight, not feel nauseous or too fatigued, and minimize inflammation levels. When I try eating just about anything else, even many so-called "healthy" foods, I immediately slip back into the cycle of pain, fatigue, brain fog, and depression.