INTRODUCTION
Like many people I thought I could abuse my body by eating what I wanted, when I wanted and as much as I wanted. It is amazing how you can be so busy with life that you let life pass you by. At one point I woke up and realized I weighed in at 335 pounds, so I dieted and exercised my way to 225 pounds. A few years later I found myself back up to 365 pounds. I again started exercising semi-regularly, cut out sodas and started eating healthier, but not healthy. I dropped 80 pounds over the course of around a year. Then I had a stroke.
Talk about a life-changing wake-up call. The stroke affected my right side – speech, chewing, bowels, loss of right arm and leg function, and many inner body functions. I felt like my life was nothing more than surviving day to day, sleeping and eating. Using the restroom, if I could make it in time, was like potty training all over again. I could only sit for a short time before needing to lie down and could not fix my own meals or even get a glass of water. Sleeping more than an hour at a time was a great blessing. As stubborn as I am, I tried to push myself. Some things leave you helpless. No matter how much you try it is out of your control. The simple fact is I had lost my strength, much of my movement and essentially my freedom and independence.
Two years have gone by since the stroke occurred. I thank God for what I can do. I’ve come a long way, but have further to go to make a full recovery.
When I was in the hospital I was informed that I was diabetic, had high cholesterol and high blood pressure (208/120). They immediately put me on medication and quickly told me what I should and shouldn’t eat. Interestingly, the meals they fed me didn’t match their advice. After 5 days at the hospital, losing more abilities than when I arrived, they finally released me over threats I would simply check myself out. My first visit with a doctor outside the hospital, while writing slip after slip of prescription drugs, the doctor asked how I felt having to take medications the rest of my life.
Shocked, I asked what he meant. He basically replied that it was unlikely I would ever totally control my high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and that diabetes would be with me for the rest of my life. I told him that he better get ready to start reducing my prescription medications, because I wouldn’t be on them forever. I knew it was possible to overcome any adversity. Eating properly and exercising to the best of my limited ability, I began to show him that I was serious. I admit it was very slow going.
Ten months later I had the opportunity to participate in a stroke study at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the Physical Therapy masters students. With their help, I was eating well and walking 40 minutes twice a day. My bad cholesterol became a thing of the past, but the high blood pressure and diabetes still plagued me and my good cholesterol was too low.
Nobody I knew in medicine had an answer. My college degree is in Sports Medicine. I was pre-med at one time and studied molecular biology, physiology and other medical courses. I aced through the classes. But I didn’t know the answer and none of my professors or doctors had an answer. I spent a good nine months spending much of my time looking at studies, research, medical information and my blood test results. I hadn’t lost an ounce in over a year, even with exercise and a reduced calorie diet. That should have done it. I was just tired of the answer that the stroke had affected minor systems in my body that were preventing me from full recovery and weight loss.
I came across a book that said I could cure my diabetes. I saved up, bought it, reviewed it, researched every study mentioned, studied more and then finally tried a version of it that I could live with. Within 1½ months of trying my cure for diabetes program my good cholesterol had risen, my blood pressure was normal at 120/70 (that’s less than my best physical peak when I was young) and I did not need any medicine for diabetes. I gained about 15 pounds when I first started the diet, and then dropped weight for a net loss of 10 pounds – I gained muscle and bone density and flushed away fat. The doctor couldn’t believe it.
I recommend following this program for 90 days and then making a lifetime commitment to eating healthy. I actually stopped after I didn’t need any more medication. I haven’t gained any weight, but I haven’t lost any either, and my blood work continues to show I am healthy. Since starting to write this book to share with all the people asking me what I did, I have started strictly following my own advice again and dropped 5 pounds the first week. Maybe this is the true weight loss answer we’ve all been looking forward to finding.
This book has been written for all those people who have been asking me for information on how I accomplished curing my diseases so quickly. That statement kind of bothers me. I did not heal myself. God gave me a body that was wondrously and fearfully made that was able to heal because I followed the rules He originally set forth for healthy bodies. You can follow some simple steps I have tried to set out here so that your body can heal according to the marvelous work God performed in making you.
I have written background information on pH balances, nutrition, oxygen, water, etc to give you the reasons for what I did and why you should do something similar. I have included charts and tables in the back to help also. I hope the information is written so it is easily understood and helps you. I have experienced the affects firsthand and know it works.