Deepa Nandy's Nutriguide

Hi, I had gone to Deepa Nandy’s Nutriguide after a...

Hi, I had gone to Deepa Nandy’s Nutriguide after a devastating diagnosis of a chronic inflammatory disease (autoimmune) called Ankylosing Spondylitis which had been causing me severe SI joint, ankle and feet pain for some months. Little did I know back then that this decision of mine to take her consultancy would help me more than any medication or doctor could. When I went to Deepa Mam it was due to the fact I was severely overweight (130 kg bodyweight, 43% body fat) and managing the symptoms of this flare-up required me to reduce my body fat. After my diagnosis in January my medications began a few weeks later, delayed due to some medical difficulties. Initially after some improvement the relief fell completely stagnant. This time in my life was so bad it was inexplicable. There were a good 3-4 months where I had to use a walking stick just to walk at home and a good amount of time I used a walker as well. Make note although I was overweight, I was into competitive powerlifting so this phase of my life was shattering my confidence. This tunnel seemed to have no light at the end of it or so I thought. After months of trying all sorts of medications to almost no avail so much so there was a time, I was popping 10-12 pills a day even after suffering from severe cramps all across due to them. Then after putting off the most beneficial thing for me, I decided to finally think outside of medicines and into my diet. I went to Deepa mam around end June for the first time since my predicament began. Keeping in mind till now I had looked into all possible avenues I could find online to improve my condition. After looking and assessing my condition she took some time. In about 2-3 days she came to me after researching and looking into multiple resources and figured out a diet for me. It was a low FODMAP diet which she figured out specialized for my condition. This led to cutting off of many foods which were causing my gut harm and aggravating my condition. These food items which I restricted were nowhere mentioned by my multiple doctors thus far. Me being a research student myself got me interested at this, from which I understood how fundamental my problem was and how remarkably Deepa Mam was able to obtain a connection between my condition and how a diet can help. Calling the diet helpful would not be enough to describe what it did to cure me and became like a light at the end of a long dark tunnel. My ESR and CRP (both inflationary parameters determining how active the disease is in me) dropped to almost half within 3 weeks which were not decreasing actually increasing after months of medication. The best part was I was not losing strength as my diet consisted of all required macro and micro nutrients but reduced my excess body fat at an accelerated rate with no loss in strength or muscles. From 130 kg and 43% body fat to 102 kg at 30% body fat all this from August to December just 5 months of following Deepa Mam’s diet. I was back doing all the physical activities I love got back a sense of self after loosing it due to my inability and inaction because of my condition. All these and a reduction in the dosage and requirement of various harmful medications given due to my condition by rheumatologists. From having to use assistance to do my daily tasks and a walker to just move around to being able to walk and stretch and get back slowly to do all the things I love and finally get back to college I would credit Deepa Mam for giving me my life back.