My Health

For those of you that know me and see me on a regular basis, you know how sick I was. I wasn't able to leave the house for a solid month, and had 3 more months where I could barely get off of the couch. I was tired, I was nauseous 24/7, I was vomiting everyday, my digestive system was totally out of wack, my body pain was severe, my skin was burning and tingling, I had headaches, etc etc etc. I also made a list of the things that have ailed me all of my life: ear infections, vomiting constantly as a child, poly cystic ovary syndrome, prediabetes, serious digestive problems, weight issues, and more.

The first thing I want to say in my next paragraph, is that I do not hate doctors. I hate how doctor's are trained. Medical schools are funded by pharmaceutical companies. This explains why less than 50% (that is being generous) of doctors in the United States do not receive adequate nutrition education. If you are seriously injured in an accident, your chances of surviving trauma are better here than in any other country in the world. But as far as our health, they are trained to find a pharmaceutical to sell us to make the symptoms go away, but never dealing with the underlying cause. IF WE DO NOT FIX THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY! What a nice lead in to my next thoughts...

I have been going to conventional doctors for as long as I can remember. I have taken more medications than I can list.

- I had an extremely severe headache for a year. In that year, I spent thousands of spinal taps, cat scans, blood work, pain killers, anti inflammatories, etc. Doctors never found the cause. I was never asked what I ate.

- I had a Mirena IUD for birth control. If you have ever seen a commercial for Mirena, you have heard all of the nasty side effects. I had almost ALL of them! I gained 40 lbs in 2 months, I had acne everywhere (I have always had near perfect skin), I had cysts all over my ovaries (including 2 the size of grapefruits), I couldn't control my blood sugar, I was severely depressed, I had labor and contraction pains because my body was trying to get the IUD out! I had it removed and the cysts went away, my blood sugar went back to normal, I lost 10 lbs, my moods improved, and my skin cleared up. Maybe we shouldn't screw with our hormones, eh?

- I have had poor digestion, without fail, my whole life. I have talked to many many people about their digestion. I am not afraid to say that the gross majority are sick. Why do we think that diarrhea is ok??!!?? Why do we continue to feel bad and have poor bowel function??!! Do we even realize that we are all putting us on the right track for Chron's disease, IBS, severely lowered immune function, severely impaired nutrition absorption, colitis??!! WE ARE CREATING THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR DISEASE!! I'm happy to report that my digestive system is the best that it has ever been in my life. I had no idea that it could be this functioning. Oh yeah, and every doctor that I have ever seen for my stomach and digestive problems has just prescribed me medicine. I partly blame myself for continuously buying into the hype, wasting my money, and for not taking care of my body. (oh yeah, doctors never asked what I was eating at the time).

- I had precancerous cells on my cervix, which I had surgery and took meds for. (no questions on diet... sugar feeds cancer, maybe they should have told me that then).

- I had a 6mm kidney stone which resulted in 5 hospitals and 2 surgeries. I was given dilaudid every hour for 6 days straight, they sent me home with serious withdrawls and morphine. Nice.

- I was diagnosed with arthritis in my spine. I'm 31 guys. And guess what? Yep, more meds! (no questions on my diet. there are many many ways to help inflammation with nutrition instead of medications).

- I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. More meds and more doctors.

My medical issues just keep going, and I don't want to lose my crowd, so I'll continue.

When I finally was down for the count, I stumbled upon what might have been making me so sick! Sugar. Sorry guys, it's true. Sugar is a major enemy. It was suggested to me that I look into Dr. Crook. His website, theyeastconnectin.com, literally saved my life. I had systemic candida. I'm going to say something that is going to make some people angry with me. Here goes...

*The great majority of doctors will not diagnose a person with systemic candida. Why, you ask?? Because they can not fix it with pharmaceuticals. It is treated with your diet.*

I made a huge decision. I ended my three decade long relationship with conventional medicine. I changed what I put in my mouth. Enough was enough. I put all of my energy into educating myself on candida albicans and how it affects the body. I found out that I had to literally starve the candida that had overgrown and gotten into my bloodstream. I stopped eating sugar, which feeds candida, and cancer as well, for 6 weeks. It was an excruciating 6 weeks. This girl used to love her sugar! But after never feeling really good in my life, 6 weeks was minor.

** I am now off all of my medications. My pain level is decreasing daily (and is already 90% better). I do not take ANY over the counter medications. I have stopped contraceptives that mess with my hormones. Oh yeah, and I lost 30lbs... all by taking sugar out of my diet for 6 weeks.**

This post was inspired by an old friend of my sisters. She just posted on her facebook something to the tune of her kids turning down sweets. WOOOHOOOOO!! That is wonderful! Parents really have no idea how much harm they are doing with the levels of sugar that they are feeding their children. I don't blame the parents!! I blame education. I just finished my first nutrition course. Watch my blogs for more information. But seriously folks, it's time to make a change. We are creating disease for ourselves and our children. We are literally feeding our disease.

I am now attending The Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. I am working towards a degree in holistic nutrition and herbalism. I have met, and continue to meet people every week that are getting rid of their diabetes, fibromyalgia, ms, arthritis, obesity, heart disease, CANCER, and more simply with nutrition. I have a friend who was diagnosed with lupis 3 years ago. There is no cure for lupis. She was looking at a life of pharmaceuticals. She decided that that wasn't good enough. She dug deep enough, and guess what?!?! She doesn't have lupis at all!! She has celiac disease! She was being told she was going to deteriorate and eventually die from a disease that she didn't have! Now, she just has to avoid gluten and she is feeling better everyday as she heals. We like that diagnosis better. :) Our bodies absolutely have the capacity to heal without toxic medications. And... ALL pharmaceuticals are liver toxic. No exceptions.

Things to explore:

-Doug Kaufmann believes that most, if not all disease is caused by fungus.

-Nancy Appleton, PhD will seriously open your eyes about sugar and your health, including
allergies!

Stay tuned for 140 reasons how sugar is ruining your health..