Is my diet too healthy?

Love2bone

I have just felt quite a sharp pain in my chest and then i felt a bit dizzy, not sure if the dizzy was because i thought i might be having a heart attack.

But it has just got me thinking that i may be over indulging in good food and it has done something bad to me?

Most of the food i have been eating this month is fruit, salad, chicken and fish and bit of fruit juice.

I didn't wake up until 4pm and about 2 hours later i had 3 chicken breasts, two pieces of cod, a quarter of cucumber, a tomato and pretty much a whole brown onion and a sweet potato. Then i had some kiwi fruit juice.

Why would this make me get a chest pain?

I am only 28 so don't think it is age. I have done a few sit ups this afteroon and push ups, so not sure if that is something to do with it.

Was a very sharp pain.

Moto2

Why would this make me get a chest pain?

acid? indigestion?

HappyMJ

Love2bone wrote: »

I have just felt quite a sharp pain in my chest and then i felt a bit dizzy, not sure if the dizzy was because i thought i might be having a heart attack.

But it has just got me thinking that i may be over indulging in good food and it has done something bad to me?

Most of the food i have been eating this month is fruit, salad, chicken and fish and bit of fruit juice.

I didn't wake up until 4pm and about 2 hours later i had 3 chicken breasts, two pieces of cod, a quarter of cucumber, a tomato and pretty much a whole brown onion and a sweet potato. Then i had some kiwi fruit juice.

Why would this make me get a chest pain?

I am only 28 so don't think it is age. I have done a few sit ups this afteroon and push ups, so not sure if that is something to do with it.

Was a very sharp pain.

Nothing wrong with that food at all.

Love2bone

I think i have worked it out, i have been doing a few burps and got a feeling it was trapped wind in my chest area?

It came about when i was gulping on some fruit juice and i thought it might be something to do with the juice.

I also thought it might be some sort of adverse effect of too much protein?

tomtontom

Love2bone wrote: »

I think i have worked it out, i have been doing a few burps and got a feeling it was trapped wind in my chest area?

It came about when i was gulping on some fruit juice and i thought it might be something to do with the juice.

I also thought it might be some sort of adverse effect of too much protein?

So nothing to do with the amount of acid you consume, and the amount of food in your last meal?

This has to be a wind up!

Love2bone

tomtontom wrote: »

So nothing to do with the amount of acid you consume, and the amount of food in your last meal?

This has to be a wind up!

So you think it was too much food in one go?

Not a wind up, i genuinely thought i was having a heart attack.

jenniewb

Love2bone wrote: »

So you think it was too much food in one go?

Not a wind up, i genuinely thought i was having a heart attack.

If that was in one go, consider how much protein you are eating. Our bodies cannot store protein and will be able to manage about 30grams of protein (that's not meat; it's protein. Eg 100g of tuna has around 25g of protein in and etc, work out how much protein that meal contained).


What your body cannot use it either stores or pees out. It's either a waste or a way to gain weight. Some think that the body simply turns protein into muscle; it doesn't work like that. Protein is required for the amino acids which the body can then use to make body muscle but it can only do so much at a time and cannot store what it has spare as protein.


There are some forms of protein which have potassium in. Too much potassium can affect your heart. Be careful if you are eating potassium rich foods, you only get one heart!
Also, foods rich in salt, foods high in sugar and drinking too much fluids can make you feel dizzy and in some cases also affect your heart.


Eat in moderation; a plate of food ideally has 1/3 fresh fruit and/or veg, 1/3 complex carbs (wholegrain pasta, brown rice, multigrain bread...etc) and 1/3 protein. Your source of protein should be the size of a deck of cards for one portion. If you eat little and often through the day and avoid bulk-eating everything in one go you may find your body manages a bit better.

heartbreak_star

Love2bone wrote: »

I think i have worked it out, i have been doing a few burps and got a feeling it was trapped wind in my chest area?

It came about when i was gulping on some fruit juice and i thought it might be something to do with the juice.

I also thought it might be some sort of adverse effect of too much protein?

Also stop gulping. Sip.

HBS x

Slinky

I got pains in my chest which felt like trapped wind, or a lump of something I couldn't fully swallow. It turned out to be a stomach ulcer, which was being aggravated by drinking fruit juice, too much caffeine (which gave me an irregular heartbeat) and not helped by the acid in the tinned tomatoes I was eating regularly also.


Once diagnosed, cutting down on the acidic food for a while and drinking decaf tea cured both problems.

Love2bone

jenniewb wrote: »

If that was in one go, consider how much protein you are eating. Our bodies cannot store protein and will be able to manage about 30grams of protein (that's not meat; it's protein. Eg 100g of tuna has around 25g of protein in and etc, work out how much protein that meal contained).


What your body cannot use it either stores or pees out. It's either a waste or a way to gain weight. Some think that the body simply turns protein into muscle; it doesn't work like that. Protein is required for the amino acids which the body can then use to make body muscle but it can only do so much at a time and cannot store what it has spare as protein.


There are some forms of protein which have potassium in. Too much potassium can affect your heart. Be careful if you are eating potassium rich foods, you only get one heart!
Also, foods rich in salt, foods high in sugar and drinking too much fluids can make you feel dizzy and in some cases also affect your heart.


Eat in moderation; a plate of food ideally has 1/3 fresh fruit and/or veg, 1/3 complex carbs (wholegrain pasta, brown rice, multigrain bread...etc) and 1/3 protein. Your source of protein should be the size of a deck of cards for one portion. If you eat little and often through the day and avoid bulk-eating everything in one go you may find your body manages a bit better.

Hi, thanks for the post. It was eaten in one go, lots of meat, sweet potato and salad. That was pretty much all i had to eat that day though. and maybe a bit of fruit later in the evening before bed.

I have read people arguing that the amount of protein you can take in varies and that there is no set figure, although i tend to think eating probably 100g worth of protein in one sitting is possibly not great. I seem to recall being up and down the stairs all night before bed, so i think i did pee it out.

I am not fat, my mom said i looked really thin today and told me not to get thinner. I was between 12 and 13 stone, not exactly fat but had a bit of a belly coming. I slimmed down to 11 stone (just weighed myself today for the first time in years). I am trying to work out if i have lost too much weight, i am in the region of 5ft 11"

Knowing how to maintain your body is difficult :rotfl:

Just had a pizza though, i have been famished all day and eaten healthy for weeks. I think sometimes my body tells me to eat junk or die :rotfl:

jenniewb

Love2bone wrote: »

Hi, thanks for the post. It was eaten in one go, lots of meat, sweet potato and salad. That was pretty much all i had to eat that day though. and maybe a bit of fruit later in the evening before bed.

I have read people arguing that the amount of protein you can take in varies and that there is no set figure, although i tend to think eating probably 100g worth of protein in one sitting is possibly not great. I seem to recall being up and down the stairs all night before bed, so i think i did pee it out.

I am not fat, my mom said i looked really thin today and told me not to get thinner. I was between 12 and 13 stone, not exactly fat but had a bit of a belly coming. I slimmed down to 11 stone (just weighed myself today for the first time in years). I am trying to work out if i have lost too much weight, i am in the region of 5ft 11"

Knowing how to maintain your body is difficult :rotfl:

Just had a pizza though, i have been famished all day and eaten healthy for weeks. I think sometimes my body tells me to eat junk or die :rotfl:

Sounds like your really trying to overall your diet -I'm sorry it came across as if I were thinking you were only eating healthily for weight loss- I'm so used to seeing and reading about people who go hell-bent for all the protein they can manage solely that they can lose weight, but there are so many problems with doing that, not least of all the long term effects on organs such as the kidneys for example that I just her alarm bells when I hear or see people focusing on the protein.


If you are worried about losing too much weight, you can get build-up drinks. Either you can buy these over the counter or you can get them on prescription if your GP is concerned about your weight (if you're unsure you can talk to a nurse or even call the 111 people to talk through stats and things). You can also create your own drinks by adding whey powders or other flavoured build-up powders (places like Holland and Barratt sell these). But to be honest it's far better to just eat a balanced diet and get used to the amount your body requires.


Don't let anyone tell you what is/isn't good for you if you don't feel OK with it. If you are struggling to stick to a holier-than-thou diet, it is OK to drop that every now and then and balance things out so you are eating what you want. There is a school of thought that says it's OK to eat healthily (holier-than-thou!) for 80% of the time and eat junk 20% of the time.


Many people use this rule of thumb and get by fine- remember that you only get one life and spending it feeling miserable because you feel you should or should not eat things that differ from how you'd want to eat and that you struggle with. How you feel actually also has an impact on your health, namely your energy levels and immune system so it's important to find something that works for you and that you feel OK with rather than going along with something that feels very difficult or depressing to do.


If you are looking for advice on your diet and are concerned about your weight, you can get that advice on referral from your GP, there is a wealth of information on various NHS websites too but please don't let it bog you down too much; it's your life, your body and you are the one that has to live with what's going on!