Kalidasa
The article I wrote the other day about the unfortunate woman who died from practically living on Coca Cola brought a lot of comments and emails. It also made me remember how I almost did the same thing to myself, but in a different way. So, I thought I’d tell you my story.
I already wrote a little about how junk food almost killed me, but didn’t tell the whole story. I reveal this now in the hopes that more people will take the needed steps to insure full health and vitality. It is possible to heal from even the worst conditions, as long as there hasn’t been too much damage. I’m a living example.
When I was young and very strong I did construction for a living. I used to work so hard you wouldn’t believe it. I don’t even believe it! A very strong body with lots of energy.
I had great digestion too, I could eat anything with no problem. And, I did! Being young, strong and ignorant I would indulge myself with treats all the time. The junk I ate!
There was stress too. The demands of physical labor, driving around all the time in a big metropolitan area, dealing with customers, not having work, family etc. All these stress factors added up and eventually I started having problems with frequent digestion problems and diarrhea.
One day the diarrhea stopped and was replaced with some pretty severe gut pain. I had trouble eating because of it. But, still didn’t think a lot about it.
That lasted for a few days and went away. Six months later it came back worse than before. This time it didn’t go away. I couldn’t eat when there was pain, so I started losing weight. I’d go for two or three days without eating before the pain went away. A few hours after eating the pain came back. I was eating maybe once every two or three days.
The really dumb thing is that I thought the only things my body could handle were chicken and noodles. For my one meal I’d eat a chicken breast and a bowl of noodles, wheat of course.
One day I went to pick something up that was never a problem before, but this time it took significant effort. I had spent so much time not eating that my body had lost muscle mass. I finally went for acupuncture.
They were two friends of mine, a couple both acupuncturists, he was an MD as well. They gave me herbs and needles, but nothing much about diet. No cold or raw foods is all they really said, a standard for Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The problem was a blockage in the intestines, so the pain was incredible. My doctor friend finally told me, after failing to heal the problem with acupuncture, to go see a doctor about it. The doctors couldn’t help me either since every time I went in to see them for some test the symptoms weren’t there. That the thing about doctors, they can’t do much until things are super critical.
I had a girlfriend at the time, a very intelligent woman. She sat in a bookstore and diagnosed me as having Crohn’s disease. It took the doctors another three months and half a dozen tests to finally come up with the same conclusion. By then the damage in my gut was pretty severe. I had lost a lot of weight and couldn’t do much at all except eat my bowl of noodles every few days.
After trying some really powerful medications that didn’t help, the doctors finally decided I needed surgery to repair the damage. Some of the gut was so damaged that part of it had to be removed. Fortunately, there was plenty left for normal function.
Before that they put me on intravenous feeding. Not eating for a month before surgery was the first pain free time I had in over eight months.
I was in the hospital for two weeks before I could finally eat again. That’s six weeks or so without eating or drinking anything. When I was able to eat the doctors encouraged me to eat “lots of carbs” to gain back some weight. One doctor even made sure I had a big slice of carrot cake, one of my favorites.
Turns out wheat was the biggest contributor to the inflammation that caused the blockage in the first place.
After surgery they sent me to the GI specialist, an older doctor who had been specializing for many years. He told me, “there is nothing you can or cannot eat that will make any difference in your condition whatsoever. Take these pills and you’ll be fine.” I remember his wrong words well.
A couple of weeks after I got out of the hospital I reconnected with a friend who had been living abroad for several years. He had started practicing natural healing and checked to see what was going on with me.
He did muscle testing to find what I was allergic to. At first his tests didn’t work, the medication was blocking what he did. He tried again a few days later after being off the meds.
He had boxes of vials that each had different substances in them. He first tested whole boxes to narrow it down, then the individual vials. I remember when he got this one vial out, as he was bringing it near I knew that was the one, whatever that is, is causing my problem. It was wheat!
For the next few weeks I didn’t take the medication and avoided wheat, and everything was fine! One day I saw some carrot cake that I just had to have. A few hours later I had the exact same symptoms I had before surgery! That was it, I didn’t eat wheat again for a year and a half.
It was a couple of months after my friend found my allergy to wheat that I met my mentor, Dr. G. I couldn’t afford to get treatments from him, but I learned his methods by observing him with hundreds of clients. I applied his methods to myself and eventually was able to even eat wheat again.
I’ll never eat more than just a little wheat or sugar, and very rarely at that. In fact, I don’t eat much grain at all. For a couple of years I was completely off all grains.
I made it through my ordeal. So many people aren’t so lucky. My real luck was finding a mentor who taught me how to eat in a way that gave me my health back. That’s part of why I write about health, so many people don’t have access to the kind information I was graced to receive.
I’ve also written a few books. Self Adjusting Technique, for how to adjust your back so you don’t have to rely on a doctor for a pain free back, an adrenal fatigue book since most health issues start with the adrenals (mine was also very related to the adrenals, but this is already pretty long), a free book on back health and a couple of yoga classes in Kindle format including Yoga for Back Pain. I’m working on more too, stay tuned!
A big message I have for people is to take control of your health. What is taught in the media is mostly propaganda to sell something. Even the government isn’t really looking out for your health. (A big political discussion here I don’t want to go into!) Go out and learn what is true, and find out what works for you. Be healthy and live a long, healthy and active life!
My story is exactly like yours! I thought I was eating ‘healthy’ with lots of whole grains, but I had the intestinal pain (it’s hard to imagine that constant pain if you haven’t had it). I thought it was appendicitis, but doctors couldn’t find anything wrong and sent me home. It was so bad that I just stopped eating, and, in a couple of days, it went away. I slowly added foods back, and when I got to wheat, ouch! I eliminated all grains and also went low carb for a couple of years, and did all the things I could find to heal my gut. I feel SO much better. BTW I had an allergy test, but DIDN’T test allergic to wheat, but I’m certainly sensitive!
@Lynn You were so much smarter than I was! Congratulations on finding the problem so quickly. You easily could have gone through the months of pain and surgery that I did. Way to go!
K – On another note, my 23 year old son cannot eat any raw fruits or veggies. They itch his throat (food allergy). Therefore, he eats cooked veggies and canned fruits. Questions: Is he getting a lot less fiber and vitamins/nutrition this way? Is there a good way to introduce raw veggies or fruit slowly to overcome this condition? He cannot even eat raw lettuce unless it is covered in dressing, then it is iffy.
Susan
@Susan, that’s a strange one that I haven’t heard before. It sounds like it’s the enzymes he’s allergic to. The only technique I know that will likely help him is an Applied Kinesiology technique for clearing allergies. It works incredibly well. It is something I can probably do over the phone if you’d like to schedule a phone session for him. It would take a few sessions, but would likely still be only an hour or less.
I just bought your book, and am wondering about the adrenal glands and late Stage Lyme disease, which I have. I was diagnosed 3 years ago and was on antibiotics for two years. By looking at my symptoms, which came on so gradually, I can pinpoint my exposure to somewhere between 1981-1988.
I suspect the spirocetes /bacteria can get into organs, since they can lay dormant, and encapsulate also.
I wonder if you’ve had any experience with Late Stage Lyme? Will treating the adrenals help heal the Lyme disease? My testing showed positive for Lyme, my CD-57 was 22, my vitamin D level was 9, and I was anemic.. (My doctor remarked that I was barely a carbon-based life form…..and I felt like something not much livelier than a puddle. LOL)
I’m better than I was, but still get infections easily, such as cellulitis, pneumonia, and sinus infections. (I’ve had all three of these since Mar.27, and have gone through 2 rounds of antibiotics and am still sick.) I’ve developed a sensitivity to wheat, and cannot eat potatoes or rice without gaining weight immediately.(sometimes 5 lbs. in one day.)
I would appreciate any advice . I know from reading your book that I should see my acupuncturist. I’m trying to get used to Truvia, although that tastes like licorice to me.
First of all, thank you for sharing your story and your advice! I suffer from a few chronic conditions with IBS being one of them. I was beginning to think the extreme fatigue, moodiness, new aches/pains, and stomach issues were just all in my head. And then I began to do some self research of my symptoms and discovered I am suffering from 90% of the listed symptoms for adrenal fatigue as well as failing the pupil test.
My question to you is have you helped anyone who suffers adrenal fatigue as well as fighting with food addiction (sweets especially!)?
I forgot to mention I also have ankylosing spondylitis.
Hate to gross you all out with this. Using colon irrigation is what made any cramps go away for me. An impacted colon affects the liver, which relates to adrenal issues as well. Helps with many other things like nutrition uptake, but cramping is the main one.
A friend of mine whose been an Osteopath/Chiropracter for 30 years, has diagnosed so many ailments/conditions using muscle testing, where GP’s never get anywhere near to a result. His mantra is using food/nutrition as a medication. Not talking about diet following here, it might be say, half a teaspoon of lemon juice once a week for instance, along with small dosages of other vitamins & minerals.
@ Becky, Lyme’s is very difficult to heal. The main thing is to eliminate heavy metals. Chlorella for three to six months followed by cilantro tincture is the best method for those with Lyme’s. Take the chlorella too because it causes the metals to leave the body.
The best treatment for AF with Lyme’s is probably the supplements rather than the herbs though I’ve seen herbs used successfully. MediHerb echinacea is probably a good idea to help prevent the secondary infections you are getting.
Another very helpful treatment is to take the supplements you need for glutathione. This is individual. And, you can’t take glutathione directly because it won’t survive the digestive tract, only the nutrients that make it up will work. Or, you can use Apex Energeticx Supper Oxicell. I can help you find the nutrients you need for glutathione on the phone if you like.
@ Denise, yes, AF and sugar addiction often come together. There are a few things you can do about it. More protein, fermented vegetables (sour kraut is a good one) and B vitamins are some good ones. Cold turkey is the easiest even though it feels like the hardest. The first three to five days are the hardest, after a month the cravings are usually gone completely.
Spondylitis is also treatable though a bit more complex with some individual considerations.
@John, you are very lucky to have such a friend. So much can be done with just diet and a few supplements.
Unfortunately for me the blockage I had was before the colon, so irrigation never helped. Sure to help someone though, so thanks!
Kalidasa,
Thank you for answering my question 🙂
I am working on adding protein to each meal and though it is freaking me out into anxiety (!!!) I will go cold turkey on sugar. I can’t take the pain and fatigue any longer 🙁
Have a lovely day ~*~
My best to you in your determination. I look forward to hearing how it goes. Just remember, after five days you’ll be over the worst of it.
Thanks, though I’m not looking forward to these next few days!! I’ve tried many times before and always caved around day 3…so weak!
Tell your friends, it really helps to have a public commitment and they can give you support. Also, get rid if EVERYTHING in the house, car, desk etc. that would tempt you.
Hello Kalidasa,
I am a 53 yo male still struggling with facial acne since I was 12. Had chest, back and arm over the years but that has all gone away as an adult as you would expect. I have tried many treatments, chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopath solutions, but my face remains a big issue? My mother had bad acne, but went away in her 20’s, other relatives had it too, but all stopped as adults. Thoughts? Also, do you offer any guarantee of results for your services???
THANKS!
@Mike, Acne often has to do with the wrong bacteria in the gut, and a food that either feeds it or is an allergen. The elimination diet is one of the best things you could do, after three weeks you are sure to see a difference. You can mostly insure that by eating fermented foods in conjunction with eliminating all grains, dairy, sugar and trans fate.
It’s hard to guarantee something like a phone session. But, if you follow the above advice you will probably get what you need though there could be a different imbalance causing the problem. Other possibilities include toxicity, liver issues, kidney issues and hormone imbalances.