Raw Food Diet

[Guest guest]

I found this testimonial on a raw food site and thought I'd pass it

on. I've been eating raw food since last October. I started out

mixing cooked and raw and went totally raw in January. I'm getting

better all the time.

Success and Testimonials

These folks have benefited greatly from a live food diet and now

they're ready to share their experience and inspire you!

I had been a distance runner since Jr. High School and enjoyed

working out 3 - 4 per week at whatever gym I was living close to at

the time. In 1997 I began to experience some numbness in half of my

left hand, half my left foot and my lower leg. This happened for a

period of 60 days or so and did not affecting my running ability. I

figured it was a pinched nerve or something and ignored it until it

went away. 2 years later I noticed I was tiring easily, and while

running I would veer off to the left and stumble quite a bit. The

weakness in my left leg grew steadily worse until the point that I

walked with a limp and had a difficult time going up stairs. I went

to the doctor and was referred to a neurologist, who made the

diagnosis of Progressive MS after my initial MRI. I left the Dr.'s

office with a handful of prescriptions, which I later found out left

me with some very serious side effects. Drugs or not, the disease

progressed to where I lost bowel and bladder control, became

severely fatigued, had a left arm and hand that were weakened to the

point where I could no longer hold a coffee cup, brain fog, and some

numbness. That time in my life was devastating. I began to lose

faith in doctors as I tried to find one that could help me, and I

was prescribed more and more drugs. I felt myself falling into a

deeper depression with the more medical Drs. I had contact with. All

I ever heard was the word " incurable " and " progressive " .

When I realized I was getting worse, even seeing some of the best MS

specialists in this State, I desperately began searching the

internet for folks around the world who had overcome serious

illnesses, specifically MS, since I was told there was no cure. The

only folks I found were ones who had made a dramatic change in their

diet and lifestyle, going back to eating the natural foods that our

bodies were designed to digest. I read Grace's book, " A Way

Out " , along with everything I could pick up or send for regarding

detoxing, the raw food lifestyle, and natural healing. I began my

healing journey by buying a juicer, growing wheatgrass, and going

cold turkey from all meats, dairy, and processed and cooked foods.

It's been 3 years and 11 months that I have faithfully (NO

cheating!) stayed on my diet of 100% raw fruits and vegetables and

juices--all organic. The only " cooked " food I consume is an

occasional cup of organic green tea. I drink steamed distilled water

that I brew myself, and occasionally drink homemade colloidal

silver. Within a few weeks of being on this diet, my fatigue and

brain fog disappeared, all numbness was eliminated except for a

small area on the palm of my right hand(now it comes and goes), and

I regained bowel and bladder control in about 60 days. I was able to

hold a coffee cup and the strength returned to my left arm. I have

not taken so much as an aspirin during this time. My hair, skin, and

nails look beautiful, and dentist said he has never seen my teeth

and gums look so healthy. I used to be a person who bruised easily,

but I've noticed my legs and arms no longer have 20-30 bruises on

them. My menstrual cycle has involved no PMS, cramping, or

blemishes. I have noticed an emotional calmness I have never

experienced in the past, and a significant mental alertness and

memory capacity. I have experienced two MRI's in the past 2 years

that showed no active or new lesions and that my disease is in

remission. I guess I already knew this... I now think MRI's are

unnatural and wouldn't have another one. I have no fear of cancer,

arthritis, or any other degenerative disease as long as I continue

with the raw food lifestyle. I wouldn't give this diet up for

anything!

Blessings,

P.S. Last night I was thinking about the letter I sent you

yesterday, and felt it would be important to add that it has taken

me 4 years to achieve the healing I have experienced thus far. I'm

certain it took my body much longer to get to the point where my

nerves began to degenerate and I experienced such a steady decline.

The payoff is great if folks are willing to remain on the raw food

diet for a number years and then stay on the diet to remain healthy.

My ND had reminded me that without the diet change I would have

declined to such a predictable degree, I would probably need a care-

taker to get through the day. All the drugs currently available to

treat the dis-ease MS are intended to slow it down. I wanted it to

stop. The raw, organic food diet put me in remission where I have

stayed to this day, and can feel other slow improvements all the

time.

P.P.S. One last thing, I have not experienced a cold or the flu in

years now, and cannot even remember what either felt like. I used to

get them all the time, especially if my husband got sick.

During " flu season " I'm usually the only one at work on a steady

basis--it never seems to get passed to me. I have come to believe if

our bodies are healthy enough, germs and viruses don't have a chance

to get a foothold. Boy, I wish I had known this years ago!