so, i had to sleep it off a bit more this afternoon, but i've surprised myself - it's not the fibre, after all. it's something in the first bowl. i'll flip it around tonight and add the pasta in plain (and just hold the rest) and see if that holds. then, i'll add the rest in piece by piece.

but, i've developed some beeturia in urine for the first time, suggesting i've picked up an iron deficiency.

anemia is something people have suspected of me since i was young, but nobody's ever been able to prove it. doctors keep testing me, and keep clearing me. and, i was eating beets before for weeks without much of a concern.

if you look through my diet, i'm clearly getting enough iron in bulk terms - if i eat everything. but i'm not.

something that might be true is that i was getting enough iron when i started with this, before i started skipping meals. so, there was no beeturia in the urine, at first. but, i've had difficulty consuming such a sheer amount of food, and it's let to skipped meals and an iron deficiency.

so, should i take iron pills?

no - i need to find a more efficient method to consume the root vegetables so it isn't filling me up too much and crowding out the nutrients.