Yadda Wata Mace Ta Karya Matar Meth Kuma Ta Samu Lafiya

Wadatacce

• Susan: Kafin
• Hankali Mai Haske Yana Shiga Zamanin Duhu
• Susan: Bayan
• Sake Gudanarwa Don Kyau
• Susan: Yanzu
• Dokar No-Flour-ko-Sugar
• Abinci da Yawan
• Bayar Da Ita
• Bita don

Susan Peirce Thompson ta shiga cikin shekaru 26 na rayuwarta fiye da yawancin mutane za su taɓa fuskanta a duk tsawon rayuwarsu: miyagun ƙwayoyi, jarabar abinci, ƙyamar son kai, karuwanci, ficewa daga makarantar sakandare, da rashin matsuguni.

Amma duk da haka lokacin da muka yi magana da Susan ta wayar tarho, farin cikinta da kuzarin ta sun fito sarari, muryarta tana walƙiya. Lokacin da muka tambayi yadda take, sai ta ce "fabulous." A yau, Susan tana da digirin digirgir a cikin kwakwalwa da kimiyyar fahimi, ita ce ta mallaki kasuwancin asarar nauyi mai nasara, ta kasance mai tsabta da hankali tsawon shekaru 20, kuma ta tashi daga girman 16 zuwa girman hudu. Idan kuna tunanin "Waye, menene?" sannan ku shirya don asirin bayan nasarar Susan da tafiya mai wahala da dole ta jure don isa can.

Susan: Kafin

Hankali Mai Haske Yana Shiga Zamanin Duhu

Susan ta girma a wata kyakkyawar unguwa a San Francisco, inda ta fi son girki kuma ta yi fice a makaranta. Amma kamar yadda za ta koya daga baya, an haɗa kwakwalwar ta don jaraba, kuma a ƙuruciyar ta jarabar ta abinci ce. "Nauyin nawa ya azabtar da ni. Ni kadai ce [ba tare da] abokai da yawa ba," in ji ta. "Ina da waɗannan awanni bayan makaranta da kaina, wanda abinci ya zama abokin tafiyata, farin ciki na, shirina." Lokacin tana da shekaru 12, Susan tayi kiba.

Lokacin da Susan ke da shekaru 14, ta gano "mafi kyawun tsarin abinci koyaushe": kwayoyi. Ta bayyana kwarewarta ta farko game da namomin kaza, tafiyarta na tsawon dare, kuma a sakamakon haka, yadda ta yi asarar fam bakwai a rana ɗaya. Namomin kaza sune ƙofar ta ga miyagun kwayoyi, waɗanda suka fara da methamphetamine.

"Crystal meth shine mafi kyawun maganin rage cin abinci da aka taɓa samu, sannan hodar iblis ce, sannan ta fasa hodar iblis," in ji Susan. "Na bar makarantar sakandare. Ina rage nauyi, kuma tare da crystal meth na yi sirara. Ina da hankali. Na kona rayuwata a kasa."

Har sai da ta bar makarantar sakandare, Susan ta kasance ɗalibi kai tsaye, amma ƙwayoyi da jaraba sun sami mafi kyawunta. Lokacin da take da shekaru 20, tana zaune ne daga "wani otal mai fashewa" a San Francisco a matsayin yarinya mai kira.

"Na gangara zuwa ƙasa mara kyau," in ji ta. "Ni karuwa ce da aka aske gashin kaina da gashin goge. Zan fita in yi aiki, in sami dala dubu a cikin dare.. Susan ta ce za ta sha sigari na tsawon kwanaki. "Rayuwata kenan. Wannan kenan."

A watan Agusta na 1994, wani ɗan haske ya bayyana. Ta tuna daidai kwanan wata da lokacin a bayyane. "Ya kasance karfe 10 na safe a ranar Talata. Na sami lokaci mai fadi, bayyananne, lokacin da na fahimci halin da nake ciki, ko wanene ni, menene na zama," in ji ta. "An gudanar da shi a wurin a cikin dakatarwar motsin rai kuma ya bambanta da abin da nake fata da kaina, rayuwar da nake fatan samu. Ina so in je Harvard."

Susan ta san dole ne ta dauki mataki nan take. "Sakon da na ji a wannan lokacin a bayyane yake kuma mai nuni daya ce: 'Idan ba ka tashi ka tashi daga nan a yanzu ba, wannan shi ne duk abin da za ka kasance.'" Ta nemi mafaka a wurin. gidan aboki, ta tsabtace kanta, ta fara dawo da kanta kan hanya.

Wani mai neman aure ya tambaye ta ranar da ba ta saba da al'ada ba kuma ya kai ta wani taron shirye-shirye na matakai 12 a cikin ginshiki na Grace Cathedral, kuma kamar yadda Susan ta ce, "mutumin ya zama gurgu amma an fara ni a tafiyata. " Tun ranar bata sha barasa ko kwaya ba.

Susan: Bayan

"Na san zan yi nauyi da zarar na daina yin fasa, kuma na yi," in ji Susan. "Na yi biris da baya, kuma ya dawo daidai rigmarole na abinci: pints na ice cream da daddare, tukwane na taliya, rayuwa ta hanyar abinci mai sauri, buri, hankula, [da] fita a tsakiya na dare zuwa kantin kayan miya. "

Susan ta gane tsarin nan da nan. "A wannan lokacin ina cikin shirye-shiryen matakai 12, kuma na san ina amfani da abinci azaman magani; Ina iya gani a sarari kamar rana," in ji ta. "An yi amfani da kwakwalwata don jaraba. A wannan lokacin, masu karɓa na dopamine sun yi kyau sosai daga cocaine, crystal meth, da fasa. Ina buƙatar gyara kuma sukari shine abin da ke akwai."

Dangantakarta da abinci ta sha banban sosai a wannan lokacin a rayuwarta fiye da yadda take a lokacin tana karama, tana hidimar cin abinci da yawa daga kicin din danginta. "Na isa inda nake cin abinci hawaye na bin fuskata. Ba na son zama Susan tare da batun abinci; Na dade da zama [ta]."

Susan ta san dole ne ta sami ƙarin koyo game da kwakwalwar ɗan adam - da kuma kwakwalwar ta musamman - don samun tushen sha'awar ta na jaraba. Zai zama kawai mafita ga yaƙi na shekaru da yawa tare da abinci, kiba, da raunin kai. Ta ba da kanta ta hanyar karatun boko, a ƙarshe ta zama ƙwararriyar ƙwararriyar ƙwararriyar ƙwararrayar ƙwararrakin cuta tare da digiri daga UC Berkeley, Jami'ar Rochester, da UNSW a Sydney, inda ta yi aikin digiri na uku. Ta sadaukar da aikinta na ilimi don nazarin kwakwalwa da tasirin abinci a kansa.

Sake Gudanarwa Don Kyau

Ta bayyana cewa tunanin "komai cikin daidaituwa" ba ra'ayi ɗaya bane. Ta kwatanta kwadayin abincin ta da wanda ke da emphysema daga shan taba. Ba za ku gaya wa mutumin ya ɗauki “shirin daidaita nikotin” ba - kuna gaya musu su daina shan sigari. "Abinci a zahiri yana ba da ransa sosai ga ƙirar ƙi. Akwai 'yanci a kauracewa."

Susan ta sha saduwa da mutane suna cewa, "To, dole ne ku ci don ku rayu!" Don haka Susan ta ce, "Dole ne ku ci don ku rayu, amma ba lallai ne ku ci donuts don rayuwa ba." Ta hanyar iliminta, gogewa, da ilimin kwakwalwa, a shirye take ta canza rayuwarta don mafi kyau kuma ta sami ikon sarrafa alaƙar ta da cin abinci.

Bayan ta sami Addinin Bahaushe, Susan ta juya zuwa tunani. Yanzu tana yin tunani na mintuna 30 kowace safiya a zaman wani ɓangare na al'adarta ta yau da kullun. Wani lokaci mai canza rayuwa ya zo mata wata safiya, "Ranar ce na ƙidaya a matsayin farkon nasarar da nake da ita yanzu tare da abinci," in ji ta. "Kalaman 'layi mai haske cin abinci' ya zo min."

Menene layin Susan masu haske? Akwai hudu: babu gari, babu sukari, kawai cin abinci a abinci, da sarrafa yawa. Ta kasance tana manne da shi tsawon shekaru 13 kuma ta kiyaye girmanta-huɗu na jikin don wannan adadin lokaci. "Mutane suna ɗauka cewa tabbas mutane suna yin bakin ciki idan sun yi ƙoƙari sosai, amma galibi ba ya dorewa; mutane galibi suna dawo da shi." Amma ba ta ci riba ba, ko fam guda. Ga yadda.

Susan: Yanzu

Dokar No-Flour-ko-Sugar

"Lambar farko ba sukari bane, har abada," in ji ta. "Ba na shan sigari kuma ban sha barasa ba kuma ban ci sukari ba. Wannan ya bayyana min layi." Sauti mai tsanani, daidai? Amma yana da ma'ana gabaɗaya ga masanin kimiyyar jijiyoyin jini kamar Susan. "Sugar magani ce, kuma kwakwalwata ta fassara shi da magani; daya yayi yawa, kuma dubu baya isa."

Idan barin sukari gaba ɗaya kuma yana jin sauti na dindindin, yi ta'aziyya cikin nasarar Susan. Ta ba mu labari game da yadda ta daskarar da burodin burodi don ranar haihuwar 'yarta a filin wasa, kuma lokacin da ta sami dusar ƙanƙara a hannunta, ta ji kamar "spackle" ko "filastik," ba abinci ba. Ba ta da jaraba don lasa ƙanƙara daga hannayen ta, saboda ba ta da daɗi a gare ta, kuma ta yi tafiya tsawon filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a wurin shakatawa don isa wurin da za ta iya wanke hannayen ta. Haka kuma ta kan yi wa ’yan’uwanta tuwo a kowace safiya ta faransa, kafin ta juya ta yi wa kanta kwanon hatsi. Tana gaba ɗaya kuma gaba ɗaya tana da iko yanzu.

"Lambar ta biyu ba gari ba ce. Na yi ƙoƙarin barin sukari ba tare da barin gari ba, amma ba zato ba tsammani na lura da abincina na kunshe da ƙari na chow mein, potstickers, quesadillas, taliya, burodi." Masanin kimiyyar jijiyoyin jini a Susan ya kuma gane wani abin koyi a nan. "Gari ya bugi [kwakwalwa] kamar yadda sukari ke yi kuma yana shafe masu karɓar dopamine." Abin da wannan ke nufi, a sauƙaƙe, shine kwakwalwar ku ba za ta sami alamun dakatar da cin abinci ba, saboda tsarin ladar ku baya aiki yadda yakamata (wannan shine abin da ke faruwa da kwayoyi, shima - kwakwalwar ku ta zama mai sharaɗi kuma a ƙarshe ba za ku iya ba tsaya).

"Sugar da gari tamkar magungunan fararen foda ne; kamar jaruma, kamar hodar iblis. Muna ɗaukar ainihin abin shuka kuma muna tsaftace shi kuma mu tsarkake shi cikin foda mai kyau; tsari ɗaya ne."

Abinci da Yawan

"Abinci uku a rana ba tare da komai ba," in ji Susan. "Ni babban mai sha'awar babu abun ciye-ciye, har abada. Akwai kyawawan dalilai da yawa a kan hakan."

Sanarwar da Susan ta ce "Ƙarfin son zuciya ba ta da sauƙi." "Idan kai mutum ne wanda ke da matsala game da nauyin ku ko abincin ku kuma kuna gwagwarmaya da shi koyaushe, yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi wahalar shawo kan." Ta bayyana cewa muna yin daruruwan zaɓuɓɓukan da suka shafi abinci a kowace rana kuma "ba za ku taɓa cin nasara ba idan cin abincinku ya ci gaba da zama a cikin zaɓin. Idan kuna ƙoƙarin yin zaɓin da ya dace kowace rana, kun mutu cikin ruwa. "

Don haka tana sarrafa abincin ta atomatik kamar yadda take sarrafa haƙoran haƙora. "Bayyana shi sosai lokacin da kuke cin abinci da lokacin da ba ku ci ba." Tana da oatmeal da berries tare da flax na ƙasa da goro da safe. Za ta sami burger veggie tare da ganyayen soya da ɗan man kwakwa da babban apple don abincin rana. A wajen dinner tana cin gasasshen kifi, brussels sprouts, da babban salatin da man flax, balsamic vinegar, da yisti mai gina jiki.

Bayan sarrafa waɗannan abincin da kuma cin abinci kawai, Susan ta tsaya tsayin daka don aunawa da auna adadi tare da ma'aunin abinci na dijital ko tsarin "faranti ɗaya, babu daƙiƙa". Wannan gabaɗayan sarrafa kansa yana hana ta yin tunanin abinci, ba tare da barin wurin kuskure ba.

Bayar Da Ita

Wannan epiphany na zuzzurfan tunani Susan ya kasance game da "cin layi mai haske" ya zo tare da abin da ta kira saƙo bayyananne don rubuta littafi. "Na yi mamakin yadda wahala da addu'o'in rashin jin dadi na miliyoyin mutane da suka makale suna ƙoƙarin rage kiba."

Ta kasance a shirye ta raba gwaninta, ilimi, da ilimin canza rayuwa tare da duniya. "Na kasance farfesa a fannin ilimin kwaleji, yanzu na zama mataimakin farfesa na kwakwalwa da ilimin kimiya a Jami'ar Rochester; Ina koyar da kwalejin kwaleji a kan ilimin halin ɗabi'a; Na ɗauki nauyin mutane miliyan goma akan mataki 12 shirye -shirye don jarabar abinci; Na taimaka wa mutane da yawa don rage nauyi da rage shi. Na san tsarin da ya yi aiki wanda ya shafi waɗannan layin masu haske. "

Susan ta ƙarfafa kanta kuma ta canza halin da take ciki don zama mashahurin malami kuma masanin kimiyya, mai mallakar kasuwanci mai nasara, mata, da uwa, abin da take alfahari da shi. A yanzu tana taimaka wa wasu da kasuwancinta, wanda ake kira Bright Line Eating, ta amfani da hanyoyin da ke tattare da jijiyoyin jini don taimakawa mutane su rage kiba, karya tsarin jaraba, da kasancewa cikin koshin lafiya. Ya zuwa yanzu ta kai kusan rabin mutane miliyan a duniya. Littafinta, Cin Abinci Mai Kyau: Kimiyyar Rayuwa Mai Farin Ciki, Mai kauri, da Kyauta ya fito a ranar 21 ga Maris kuma zai ba da tarihin kowane irin tafiya da yadda za ku iya amfani da shi a rayuwar ku.

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