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6months ago, I had a diet of all red meat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner(organic red meat - Trader Joe's) to raise my ferritin level. I have had a time holding magnesium ever since. The symptoms are hair loss, insomnia, racing heart especially after meals(especially after meals high in electrolytes/minerals such as potassium, iodine, calcium - any mineral besides magnesium), racing heart in early am.
The only hint of what is going on is my 24 urines. All blood tests come back normal. After the crazy diet of all meat, I started eating normal with normal amounts of dairy/meat protein in my diet. However, I continued to suffer from low magnesium symptoms and my 24 urines showed high loss of mag., cortisol, and protein.
I discovered recently that not eating meat/dairy protein brought on less symptoms.
I recently I did another urine cortisol/magnesium/protein since switching to all vegan and not meat/dairy protein. I noticed my urine getting clearer the longer I ate vegan and then on my last 24 urine, my magnesium was not being lost anymore in my urine and my cortisol was within normal levels. I believe the meat/dairy in my diet made me feel worse and was causing some stressors. When I first went vegan, all I could eat was beans and bread, but have been able to eat more variety of fruits/veggies since going vegan - another sign that the meat/dairy was giving me undue stress. My protein 24 urine is still slightly elevated, but much less than when I was eating meat.
I also have high DHEA in blood and saliva. I know high DHEA is a response to stress, so maybe the stress of the meat eating caused this?
24 URINE LABS:
On 11/28/08(vegan) collection: **Meat/Dairy diet Collections:
Creatinine 1.2(.8-1.8) g/24hr **10/14 was 1.3
Calcium unable to calculate due to low calcium result mg/24hr **8/2 was 101 50-150mg/24hr is low average
Magnesium unable to calculate due to low magnesium result mg/24hr **8/2 was 187.2 (73-122 mg/24h) **10/14 241.5
Protein 341 (42-225) mg/24hr **On 8/2 was 360 **10/14 was 455
Catecholamines Frac,
Epinephrine Ur 9.0(0.0-20) ug/24h
Norepinephrine Ur 34 (15-80) ug/24h
Dopamine Ur 164 (65-400) ug/24h
Cortisol Free 24 hr 22(3.5-45) ug/24h **8/2 was 96 **10/14 was 97
5HIAA 5.3(<=6.0) mg/24h
Methanephrines Fract.
Metanephrines 62
Normetanephrine 136
Total Urine Metanephrines 198(156-561 Normotensive) ug/24h
Aldosterone 24 Ur 7.9 (2.0-20) ug/24h **8/2 was 9.7
Can anyone tell me what is going on? Does it take time away from meat/dairy protein to detox from an excessive meat protein diet? have I damaged something for good or will I be able to eat normal again? My kidney doc and endo. don't know why I feel better on vegan diet right now.
The only hint of what is going on is my 24 urines. All blood tests come back normal. After the crazy diet of all meat, I started eating normal with normal amounts of dairy/meat protein in my diet. However, I continued to suffer from low magnesium symptoms and my 24 urines showed high loss of mag., cortisol, and protein.
I discovered recently that not eating meat/dairy protein brought on less symptoms.
I recently I did another urine cortisol/magnesium/protein since switching to all vegan and not meat/dairy protein. I noticed my urine getting clearer the longer I ate vegan and then on my last 24 urine, my magnesium was not being lost anymore in my urine and my cortisol was within normal levels. I believe the meat/dairy in my diet made me feel worse and was causing some stressors. When I first went vegan, all I could eat was beans and bread, but have been able to eat more variety of fruits/veggies since going vegan - another sign that the meat/dairy was giving me undue stress. My protein 24 urine is still slightly elevated, but much less than when I was eating meat.
I also have high DHEA in blood and saliva. I know high DHEA is a response to stress, so maybe the stress of the meat eating caused this?
24 URINE LABS:
On 11/28/08(vegan) collection: **Meat/Dairy diet Collections:
Creatinine 1.2(.8-1.8) g/24hr **10/14 was 1.3
Calcium unable to calculate due to low calcium result mg/24hr **8/2 was 101 50-150mg/24hr is low average
Magnesium unable to calculate due to low magnesium result mg/24hr **8/2 was 187.2 (73-122 mg/24h) **10/14 241.5
Protein 341 (42-225) mg/24hr **On 8/2 was 360 **10/14 was 455
Catecholamines Frac,
Epinephrine Ur 9.0(0.0-20) ug/24h
Norepinephrine Ur 34 (15-80) ug/24h
Dopamine Ur 164 (65-400) ug/24h
Cortisol Free 24 hr 22(3.5-45) ug/24h **8/2 was 96 **10/14 was 97
5HIAA 5.3(<=6.0) mg/24h
Methanephrines Fract.
Metanephrines 62
Normetanephrine 136
Total Urine Metanephrines 198(156-561 Normotensive) ug/24h
Aldosterone 24 Ur 7.9 (2.0-20) ug/24h **8/2 was 9.7
Can anyone tell me what is going on? Does it take time away from meat/dairy protein to detox from an excessive meat protein diet? have I damaged something for good or will I be able to eat normal again? My kidney doc and endo. don't know why I feel better on vegan diet right now.