Cure's or Band-aids

As I child and teen I had countless "unknown" Illnesses. From a young age my body could not handle milk, cheese or ice cream. I was sent to be allergy tested and found I am allergic to nothing! I has procedures and cameras with no results. I had high white cells counts that my doctor informed my mother, could cause death yet no reason for the onset nor the departure of what ever it was that ailed my body. At 15 I was told I shall never have children and will be plagued with many illnesses in my life due to a condition which has no known cure. Everything added up to be allergic to something but never knowing what that something was. Until today I am unsure of exactly what that may have been. For many years I continued life unaware of my intake and was sick on and off. I went through my early twenties engaged and having four miscarriages, now sure the doctors were right, I would never carry a child to full term. In 2006 I started to believe that maybe the food I was taking in may have something to do with it, I had no idea how deep that rabbit hole would be.

I started with deciding that soda was not in my best interest just for calorie sake, and cut it out of my diet. For a while that was my only change but I felt better. In 2007 I went through a lot of life changes and ended up in a new career. I had worked for a very wealth family for some time as a personal care attendant for their 94 yr old mother. While working for this very health conscious family I paid close attention to everything they did from what they ate to how they spoke. I learnt many things about them, and noticed how different their food choices were to my own families. I started slowly in 2008 changing my habits. In the very beginning it was slow, and sporadic. I no longer ate white bread, or bleached flour, I drank water more then anything else in my day, I allowed myself time to acclimate to a new change before adding more to it. My choice to fill my plate more so with vegetables and fruits seemed to have a large shift in my energy levels. It also improved my mood dramatically. In 2009 I had the shock of a life time, I was again pregnant! My new boyfriend was vegetarian and had a very different diet from my own. During my pregnancy I ate only his food, which was hard sometimes as I was eating things I had never experienced before. To our amazement on November 8th, 2009 our son was born healthy and happy.

Since this experience and the amazing shift in my body's well being, we have since cut out many things. We no longer eat microwaved food. That was an interesting lesson learning how to heat things that had only even been thrown in a microwave before, but with this change came more energy and more care for what we put in our bodies. We do our best to eat organic, we have not had fast food in years. We feel better then we have in a long while, we both seem to be much healthier. The process was long for we choose to take it one step at a time, our newest adventure is our juicer! Coming off the main stream diet was hard at times, and I still have urges for old habits from time to time. Actually a few months ago I followed that urge and went to a fast food place after a year or more without having such things. I was so sick to my stomach after not enjoying that meal, that since then I don't have an urge for such foods. 

For the last year we have been reformatting our diets to be a cure for our moods, energy level, and overall health. It has been an interesting journey and as our bodies feel more and more healthy we are excited for each new change. I am no longer on any form of medication, no longer sick to my stomach on an almost daily basis, have reduced headaches, have more energy for my day and feel excited to continue growing and expanding my awareness of the benefits of natures gifts.  Baby steps are wonderful, they get you somewhere!