Have not posted for a long while! I feel so good I am able to get back to all the tasks which became impossible or caused me to need at least two days of recovery. More to follow.....
It Is Possible To Recover From Arthritis!
Blog Archive
- 06/05 - 06/12 (1)
- 03/06 - 03/13 (1)
- 02/06 - 02/13 (1)
- 01/30 - 02/06 (1)
- 01/09 - 01/16 (1)
- 12/19 - 12/26 (1)
- 12/05 - 12/12 (2)
- 11/28 - 12/05 (2)
- 11/14 - 11/21 (3)
- 11/07 - 11/14 (2)
- 10/31 - 11/07 (3)
- 10/24 - 10/31 (1)
- 10/17 - 10/24 (3)
- 10/10 - 10/17 (2)
- 10/03 - 10/10 (2)
- 09/26 - 10/03 (2)
- 09/19 - 09/26 (3)
- 09/12 - 09/19 (4)
- 09/05 - 09/12 (2)
- 08/29 - 09/05 (1)
- 08/22 - 08/29 (2)
- 08/15 - 08/22 (2)
- 08/08 - 08/15 (1)
Jun 5, 2011
Mar 8, 2011
Arthritis, Raw Food
The mostly raw food and whole grain diet is working well. I can even have something sweet and not pay for it in pounds the next day! Once you retrain the brain that meat and dairy are not necessary to survive (I was raised on the meat and potato lifestyle along with fresh veggies and a salad at every dinner) it all feels good and you really won't miss it.
I still cook for my family and make sure that I am not starving while cooking by having a cup of coffee or snack on raw food while cooking. In fact I still use half & half in my coffee. I avoid all processed foods, MSG and aspartame. They cause inflammation along with hydrogenated and enriched products.
On a few occasions I have had the organic beef from my freezer and keep it at about 4 oz. per serving, lean chicken and turkey. Ground beef with taco seasoning has resulted in puffy hands the following morning. Probably MSG due to the fact that I had grabbed something at Taco Johns etc.
When I get the excess weight off I will most likely eat meat a few times a week, because I love a good steak! However, my attitude toward food is making a change for the better. I am more interested in trying whatever I can lay hands on in the produce section and find a way to prepare it. My family is also getting more adventurous with new foods.
There has been a slight re-occurrence of Arthritis so I am taking the Minocyline 3 times per week at night. The book mentions this happening, everyone is different so you just keep retreating until it stops coming back.
Overall I am so thankful that I found this book along with www.roadback.org. There is just no way to put into words how much better life is when you feel good enough to get out of bed and take on the day knowing that it is now possible to achieve goals of all kinds rather than hope to get through the day in survival mode. It's the difference between life and death, existing and living, reasonable happiness and constant depression.
Leaving the darkness of endless doctor appointments and stepping into the light of my normal life. How refreshing it is to know that I don't have a cupboard full of prescriptions that worked for awhile. Afraid to throw them away just in case...
No longer having to adapt my life and activities to the encroaching disability that is Arthritis.
Start you own journey, you won't regret it. I am here to support any way I can so feel free to email me at the contact if you like.
I still cook for my family and make sure that I am not starving while cooking by having a cup of coffee or snack on raw food while cooking. In fact I still use half & half in my coffee. I avoid all processed foods, MSG and aspartame. They cause inflammation along with hydrogenated and enriched products.
On a few occasions I have had the organic beef from my freezer and keep it at about 4 oz. per serving, lean chicken and turkey. Ground beef with taco seasoning has resulted in puffy hands the following morning. Probably MSG due to the fact that I had grabbed something at Taco Johns etc.
When I get the excess weight off I will most likely eat meat a few times a week, because I love a good steak! However, my attitude toward food is making a change for the better. I am more interested in trying whatever I can lay hands on in the produce section and find a way to prepare it. My family is also getting more adventurous with new foods.
There has been a slight re-occurrence of Arthritis so I am taking the Minocyline 3 times per week at night. The book mentions this happening, everyone is different so you just keep retreating until it stops coming back.
Overall I am so thankful that I found this book along with www.roadback.org. There is just no way to put into words how much better life is when you feel good enough to get out of bed and take on the day knowing that it is now possible to achieve goals of all kinds rather than hope to get through the day in survival mode. It's the difference between life and death, existing and living, reasonable happiness and constant depression.
Leaving the darkness of endless doctor appointments and stepping into the light of my normal life. How refreshing it is to know that I don't have a cupboard full of prescriptions that worked for awhile. Afraid to throw them away just in case...
No longer having to adapt my life and activities to the encroaching disability that is Arthritis.
Start you own journey, you won't regret it. I am here to support any way I can so feel free to email me at the contact if you like.
Feb 8, 2011
RA, Raw Food, Diet
Here is a wealth of knowledge concerning degenerative diseases and how they can be cured with the right diet. I have stopped playing around and decided that I can live without meat and dairy long enough to give fresh food a chance to completely recover my health.
I have needed to take the anti-biotics three times per week. The stiffness, swelling and fatigue started coming back. Most noticably in the morning upon waking I had that old familiar feeling of exhaustion even though I spent 7-8 hours sleeping.
I learned quite a few years ago that when pain becomes part of your bodies system. It deals with it while you are sleeping, hence we grind and clinch our teeth. Therefore, they crack and need root canals along with expensive crowns. My parents taught me well about oral hygiene and I practiced it! Yet, until a dentist five years ago suggested that my cracked teeth were related to pain I never knew the cause.
I have no end of apreciation for professionals who take the time to educate themselves in matters related to their profession, such as teeth/jaw pain or jaw pain/neck. These guys aren't going to make any money from referring their clients to another healthcare provider. They just want you to get better!
We all have skills and God given talents that we can apply to helping others. Even if it is your profession, give it away to those who need you... it may be that no one else in your field will offer the help.
Back to the diet:
I have taken out dairy and meat for a day or so and I feel better. Joints don't swell, no stiffness, fatigue etc. So I just going to do it! Check out the Gerson Institute. Charlotte Gerson's father Max Gerson, MD figured out how to cure TB in 1928 with diet. He later cured cancer and his daughter had dedicated her life to continuing his work.
After all Dr. Gerson was buddies with the physician who figured out that if a doctor washed his hands in between delivering babies women would stop dying from infection. Of course, he was laughed at... then.
Dr. Gerson, also laughed at. If your income depended upon expensive "therapies" for cancer, RA, MS,Lupus and pretty much all degenerative disease that plagues and eventually kills people only after their bank account is empty..... wouldn't you do everything in you POWER to discredit the threat to your wallet?
I have needed to take the anti-biotics three times per week. The stiffness, swelling and fatigue started coming back. Most noticably in the morning upon waking I had that old familiar feeling of exhaustion even though I spent 7-8 hours sleeping.
I learned quite a few years ago that when pain becomes part of your bodies system. It deals with it while you are sleeping, hence we grind and clinch our teeth. Therefore, they crack and need root canals along with expensive crowns. My parents taught me well about oral hygiene and I practiced it! Yet, until a dentist five years ago suggested that my cracked teeth were related to pain I never knew the cause.
I have no end of apreciation for professionals who take the time to educate themselves in matters related to their profession, such as teeth/jaw pain or jaw pain/neck. These guys aren't going to make any money from referring their clients to another healthcare provider. They just want you to get better!
We all have skills and God given talents that we can apply to helping others. Even if it is your profession, give it away to those who need you... it may be that no one else in your field will offer the help.
Back to the diet:
I have taken out dairy and meat for a day or so and I feel better. Joints don't swell, no stiffness, fatigue etc. So I just going to do it! Check out the Gerson Institute. Charlotte Gerson's father Max Gerson, MD figured out how to cure TB in 1928 with diet. He later cured cancer and his daughter had dedicated her life to continuing his work.
After all Dr. Gerson was buddies with the physician who figured out that if a doctor washed his hands in between delivering babies women would stop dying from infection. Of course, he was laughed at... then.
Dr. Gerson, also laughed at. If your income depended upon expensive "therapies" for cancer, RA, MS,Lupus and pretty much all degenerative disease that plagues and eventually kills people only after their bank account is empty..... wouldn't you do everything in you POWER to discredit the threat to your wallet?
Feb 3, 2011
Arthritis, Weight Loss
So I find myself 5' 3/4" inches tall and 197 lbs! Almost as wide as tall. I have been toying with a raw food diet to get this weight off, but with a freezer full of delectible organic Angus beef I have put it off.
I have now completed the first 24 hours of raw food, plus half & half in my coffee and have lost 2.8 lbs. That's pretty amazing. I walked for an hour on my treadmill, not out of the ordinary for me. Going to continue because I felt good when I woke up this morning! Starting the day with a six month old Golden Retriever who has immediate energy upon rising I need to feel good.
The Arthritis symptoms are still non-existent. I did go back to 1 capsule of 100 mg. Mynocyline 3 times per week (this week). I was starting to feel tired and a little achy and stiff. The book states that recurrence can happen and the remedy is to go back on the antibiotics until the symptoms disappear. Every case is different and you just learn when you need to re-treat yourself until the need to re-treat is no longer necessary.
Netflix is a wealth of information concerning food, farming health. The documentaries are contemporary and will educate you about the future of our food supply. Here is my list of must see titles:
The Future of Food
The Beautiful Truth
Babies
You won't regret watching these documentaries.
I have now completed the first 24 hours of raw food, plus half & half in my coffee and have lost 2.8 lbs. That's pretty amazing. I walked for an hour on my treadmill, not out of the ordinary for me. Going to continue because I felt good when I woke up this morning! Starting the day with a six month old Golden Retriever who has immediate energy upon rising I need to feel good.
The Arthritis symptoms are still non-existent. I did go back to 1 capsule of 100 mg. Mynocyline 3 times per week (this week). I was starting to feel tired and a little achy and stiff. The book states that recurrence can happen and the remedy is to go back on the antibiotics until the symptoms disappear. Every case is different and you just learn when you need to re-treat yourself until the need to re-treat is no longer necessary.
Netflix is a wealth of information concerning food, farming health. The documentaries are contemporary and will educate you about the future of our food supply. Here is my list of must see titles:
The Future of Food
The Beautiful Truth
Babies
You won't regret watching these documentaries.
Jan 13, 2011
Artificial Sweetners, Diet Changes
Two days ago I decision to take some things out of my diet permanently. Artificial sweeteners and all forms of MSG. Now that the arthritis has been conquered I have realized that more changes need to be make to be more healthy and energetic. Until recently I held the opinion that Sweet & Low must not be dangerous since all the elder members of my extended family used it and none were diagnosed with cancer. Having just watched "The Beautiful Truth" on Netflix and finally absorbing information that has been out there concerning food additives and artificial sweeteners; I must test a new way of using food for body fuel and seek the best fuel available.
Watch this documentary and you will be amazed at the possibilities of food.
Watch this documentary and you will be amazed at the possibilities of food.
Dec 22, 2010
Arthritis Recovery
Feeling great! Starting to Zumba with my girls to get the weight off which I have accumulated over the past months. Still taking 100mg of Mynocycline twice a day until my skin is clear and then will stop. All symptoms of Arthritis are gone, I think for good but will continue to post any changes and updates.
If you haven't started you recovery from Arthritis don't wait another day. Your life is waiting for you!
If you haven't started you recovery from Arthritis don't wait another day. Your life is waiting for you!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)