How This Nurse Overcame Chronic Illnesses with Raw Foods
By Jessica at 7 December, 2008, 5:50 pm
If you’ve been hearing more lately about a raw food diet and wondering what it is or if it’s right for you, here are a few reasons why you should consider it.
First of all I went on a raw food diet more than nine years ago after a breast cancer diagnosis. I had multiple ailments including fibromyalgia, arthritis, GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic sinus infections, insomnia, headaches, pain, aching muscles and joints, celiac disease, canker sores, chronic gum infections and much more. In my desire to cure myself and feel better, I started eating raw foods. I soon started eating 100% raw foods and I had never felt better. I turned down chemo, radiation, surgery, etc. But here are some reasons for you to consider.
1. Raw foods, also called living foods, have thousand of phytonutrients including vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, antioxidants and much more and thousands that haven’t been identified yet. These nutrients are virtually non-existent in cooked foods. Heating food to 108 degrees or more will surely kill or damage the fragile nutrients and damage enzymes. Pasteurization alone will harm many of the vital nutrients.
2. Many people besides me report they have tons of energy, lose weight and need less sleep. I know I’m bursting with energy all day long and well into the evening. I only need five hours of sleep a night. Prior to eating raw foods I slept nine hours a night.
3. Many people besides me have reported they no longer suffer from a variety of ailments. Many of them including myself never get sick. I haven’t had a cold or flu since I started eating raw foods.
4. I don’t take any medications or drugs and have no need for them. I haven’t had any meds since before I started on my raw food diet. Others report the same experience. Because I no longer suffer from diseases and ailments there is no need for drugs. Many report they have reversed their type 2 diabetes and have done so in the first month and no longer take diabetes medications.
5. Depression seems to disappear and energy abounds. The fact that the body is now loaded with missing nutrients, there is no malnutrition which may be partly responsible for mood changes, depression and various emotional ailments. Coping abilities improve. One is better able to cope with the daily stresses that are a natural part of living.
So if you’re thinking about improving your health and are sick and tired of being sick and tired or find you’re taking on new health problems, think about what has happened to me and try eating predominately raw foods for a month or so and see how you feel. No you don’t have to give up everything right away if you don’t want to. Replace what you can and stop eating anything that you’re indifferent about and you know is not healthy. You can do it. No supplements to buy either – just a natural approach – eating raw foods. To this day I still feel fantastic every day and you can do it to.
About the Author: Helen Hecker
For my raw food diet cure and secrets – how I used it to help cure my breast cancer, arthritis, fibromyalgia, acid reflux-digestive, sleep issues, headaches, pain, weight loss, etc. see a nurse/raw food expert’s http://www.RawFoodDietCure.com and my easy raw food recipes http://www.RecipesRaw.com
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