I met a friend for lunch on Monday at a coffee shop. I had a delicious sandwich, without the bread of course. It was a grilled chicken breast topped with grilled bell peppers and tomatoes and topped with melted mozzarella cheese. It would have been all neutral for a Type O. When I got home and looked at the Menopause diet, I saw that the peppers and tomatoes were avoid; and mozzarella was neutral allowed infrequently. I feel like I'm starting over. I'm having to learn the rules again.

This afternoon I came home from school famished. I ate some pumpkin seed butter with carrots and rice cakes with ghee. Then I remembered to check the book. Pumpkin seeds and carrots, fortunately, have stayed the same. But ghee and rice cakes used to be neutral. Now ghee is beneficial, and rice cakes are infrequent neutrals.

When I first started the BTD, I asked "Why?" a lot. I wished the book explained why foods were classified in certain ways. As I followed the BTD, I saw it worked, and I came to trust the food lists. I didn't ask as many questions; I just stuck by the lists.

I find myself asking "Why?" again. Why are apples and grapes infrequent neutrals. Why did 7 types of mushrooms become beneficial? Then I ask myself a more important question. If the menopause diet works, and my dry, uncomfortable, painful tissues regain some of their moisture, will it be worth it. The answer to that question is a resounding yes!