15 years ago I became very ill with Mononucleosis. I know this is a common thing that many people experience and they recover just fine. However, it ravaged my immune system and my health was never the same again. I kept going to Medical Doctors, trying desperately to seek help. For several years, not one single Doctor could tell me what was wrong with me or provide any help or solutions. The strange thing is that they all just kept prescribing antibiotics to me. As a result: I got sicker and sicker.

Finally, after a series of very negative experiences with a handful of M.D.'s, I gave up on it. It was clear to me that none of the doctors I saw had the slightest clue how to help me. I decided right then and there that the only one who could heal me was myself. And my researching quest began. This is when I began to delve deeply into Holistic & Alternative healing. I started out with all kinds of herbal medicines, teas, tinctures & pills, as well as homeopathic remedies & supplements.

Then, I expanded my repertoire and tried just about everything holistic I thought might help. As the years went on I was incorporating full Body-Mind-Spirit healing techniques of every kind. I spent months in a foreign country in Asia on several long meditation courses. I was convinced that clearing out my mind would, in turn, help to heal my body. I recieved and practiced numerous forms of energetic healing, bodywork and a number of other natural healing modalities. With every new remedy or practice I tried, my health got better and better by leaps and bounds. I was greatly improved by 75%. But none of it cured me 100% of ALL my 15 years worth of chronic ailments. The most noticeable and persistent of these were:

Chronic fatigue
Chronic sinus infections
Headaches
Muscle spasms & joint pain
Mood Swings:
Depression, anxiety & irritability

These chronic symptoms sometimes remained persistent to a certain degree. So finally, I did an intense detox and organ cleanse. At the same time I decided to go 100% raw in my eating habits. Within the first 3 weeks of trying this new approach ALL of my remaining chronic symptoms were 99% cured. I had so much energy I felt like I was 12 years old again. And I couldn't remember the last time I had felt so young and energized. My symptoms remain gone. The only time they reappear is when I eat certain foods:

Heavily cooked or processed foods
Anything with unsprouted wheat or processed grains
Refined sugars
Dairy

One bad meal will make all my symptoms appear sometimes immediately, within hours, or overnight. It only takes one day of raw food cleansing to make them all go away again.I am fully convinced of the power of raw, vegan food and am dedicated for life. What a blessing to have found it!

Last Edited on 27-Apr-2008 11:32 AM