Re: change the subject line ...

[Guest guest]

when appropriate please ... it would make searching the

archives much easier too ...

peace,

-bec

Oliviavdw@... wrote:

> From: Oliviavdw@...

>

> Hi Glenna and everyone

>

> I have a question - it will probably sound a bit silly but I thought I would

> ask it anyway!

>

> Your midday rest - do you meditate, sleep, stare into space or what - and how

> long for? I am curious to know what you do!

>

> Best wishes

>

> Olivia

>

> In a message dated 12/23/99 1:25:59 AM GMT Standard Time,

> rtg@... writes:

>

> << Olivia asked if anyone knew how long it takes the Swank program to kick in.

> I understand that most patients likely will see the majority of improvement

> at around the 3 year mark. I improved much more rapidly than that (I had

> improvements beginning within a month and probably had most of my

> improvements within a year), but I wonder if my relatively rapid

> improvement was partially because I also identified and avoided food

> allergens (which isn't part of Swank's program) while doing the Swank

> program, and perhaps that enabled me to improve more quickly. I've also

> done some additional things, like avoid wheat, milk, and sugar (even though

> I wasn't " allergic " to them), have IM B12 shots, drink 64 oz. of water per

> day, eat lots of raw, organic veggies/juice, take misc. supplements and do

> moderate exercise every day. I guess I haven't been very scientific in my

> approach, because I can't say exactly WHAT of the things that I did caused

> my significant improvement, but then again, I just wanted to get well, not

> conduct an experiment. It's my feeling, however, that biggies for me were

> avoiding food allergens, sticking to a low sat fat diet and reducing

> stress/ " mid day rest " . The B12 shots (which I still have weekly) really

> reduced my fatigue. (I'm still working on how to get my body to process B12

> itself, so that I won't need the weekly injections). I'd like to mention

> that stress reduction and mid day rest (in addition to low sat fat diet)

> are very important parts of the Swank program.

>

> Take care,

> Glenna >>

>

> > .

>