Okay,
I am being forced to eat the way you suggest because my inner ear problem is so bad that I am having bad attacks of Meniere's.
With just a little research you can see that excess salt and sugar intake is what causes this type of reaction in the body, for a person with inner ear problems. So if you want to not have it happen to you as much, then do what's suggested by doctors and myself and reduce your salt and sugar.
The problem is that sodium content is so high in almost everything...processed.
So stop eating processed things.
Parsley supplements are doing nicely as a substitute for diuretics to prevent salt reabsorption into the system, but diet change is an absolute necessity.
You don't need diuretics. They're bad for you even if they're natural, because they take water from your tissues. The body can expel excess water on its own without the help of parsley supplements.
You know that diuretics aren't recommended for people with your condition? If you want to prevent salt reabsorption, lower your levels of salt intake so that you don't have to worry about it. Your tissues should retain fluid, as that's healthy. If they don't, you are dehydrated and are in risk of shock (hypoperfusion).
Do you eat the way you suggest? If so, do you do all this cooking yourself?
I do when I can. It's hard, because I have been living at my parent's house without a job for this last part of the summer. When I get back to school, in a week, I will begin a lot of health experiments on myself including eating entirely the way I recommend. I will do all the cooking by myself then...although it's not that much. Just make a couple loaves of bread every once in a while...making fruit smoothies...have a bowl of mixed nuts...have produce to just munch on...use a slow cooker...stir frying...
It's all pretty simple stuff, and the more raw produce you eat, the healthier you will be. That requires no cooking.
I am absolutely overcome by the amount of preservatives in everything I have eaten in the past. I am eating fresh fruits as a snack, thank God it is summer. I am going to go explore the whole foods store today, but if you have some secret to eating healthy that doesn't take half the day to prepare, I would like to know what it is.
Like I said bake a couple loaves of bread in advance. Bake them with organic flours bought at the whole foods store. Barley, rye, wheat and oat are all good (unless you have some sort of food allergy). Don't be afraid to use ingredients suggested in good bread recipes just because they may not be pure foods...like baking soda, sugar or whatever else. A great bread with a bit of "bad" stuff in it is better than an okay bread that's absolutely pure.
Food should be about enjoyment. Do you enjoy eating pizza? Then make your own pizza using organic ingredients. I think this is what you're talking about when you say it takes like half a day. Then you have a few choices...
1) Make a lot of food one day and refrigerate it for leftover meals.
2) Keep it simple. Just have your homemade organic bread with organic avacados and tomatoes. Maybe have an organic apple on the side. It will be a great lunch time meal that takes like 5 minutes to make.
3) Slow cookers are great. Throw anything in there and see how it turns out. You can make light soups, hearty soups, cassarole type things, primarily meat based dishes...it'll all taste pretty dang good. Just don't add a bunch of salt. Get over it. The way most people eat is by pouring the salt on, so they can stimulate their taste buds but most are overstimulating. After a while of being off of salt, you'll experience much greater tastes. Things that used to taste boring will be great.
What do you eat on a typical day?
Oatmeal and brown sugar is good for breakfast. A fruit smoothie is good, or fried eggs and toast is good. Experiment with these, and choose whatever makes you feel good.
For lunch, it depends on if I'm wanting something hearty or something light. That usually depends on the breakfast I ate. If I want something light I'll go with the suggestion I gave you about the avacado/tomato sandwich. Or whip up some real mayo and mix it with leftover chicken pieces and sprinkle some black pepper on that. If I want something hearty, then maybe some type of beef soup is good. Chicken soup is good, especially when you use the bones when you make the stock.
Dinner, I've been noticing, has been becoming lighter for me. You should eat whatever makes you feel satisfied until you go to bed. When you're about to sleep you shouldn't be hungry, and you shouldn't feel like you have food in you either.
Overall advice with diet: follow how your body feels, and keep what you eat pure and real, as well as enjoyable. A good cookbook I just recently got is "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. It's mostly simple recipes that seem like they'd work well.
Personally, I avoid pork and any weird kinds of creatures. I also avoid soy products. Your diet should be "normal"...not low fat, low carb, or low protein...nor high any of those.
Avoid alcohol and any other kind of drug. Don't drink coffee or tea. Don't take tons of vitamins. Don't take natural therapy type things, like licorice root or whatever other weird thing is out there.
Not about diet...
I'd like to add that you should do dry brushing twice a day: after you wake up and after you get home from work or whatever you do. Brush towards your heart starting at your toes, fingers and crown. Make sure you brush it well enough, so that you're getting a good flow of blood to the surface of the skin. Don't just rush through it. Here's what the brush you should use looks like:
I hope you're also doing physical exercise. If not, order
this and do it twice a day in addition to the brushing. It's a near perfect workout, and I use it as a base fitness practice as well as in addition to other things.
I take back my advice for salt baths, for obvious reasons. You don't need excess salt. But make sure that your pores are being cleansed each day. The dry brushing should help with this, but use a soap that doesn't stick to your body. Your skin shouldn't have any residue left on it. "Tom's natural soaps" do a good job at this, and I use them.
Note that I'm not some hippy. Far from it. I'm a medic in the military and I'm going to school to become an athletic trainer. The things I'm suggesting work. They have nothing to do with being some new age trend, and have everything to do with how the body functions. How to make it function more efficiently...as well as effectively.
The proof is in the pudding. Give it a good try and let me know if you see any results. Positive or negative.