How do you define healthy living?
To me healthy living is limiting the amount of chemicals and toxins I take into my body by remaining informed, and using products that come from nature. I know that this is a journey, and that taking even small steps will make a big impact on my health.
Was there a turning point in your life that made you decide to be healthier?
When I was 19 I decided to stop eating red meat. One day I ate a fast food hamburger, and felt violently ill. Since that day I made the choice to no longer eat red meat, and about a year later I stopped eating pork.
It was a personal choice, and honestly I was never a really big meat-eater so it was fairly easy for me. I would never dare to tell anyone what they should eat because I know I don't want anyone telling me what to eat. Food is personal. I just want to be as healthy as I can, so that my body performs optimally.
To me healthy living is limiting the amount of chemicals and toxins I take into my body by remaining informed, and using products that come from nature. I know that this is a journey, and that taking even small steps will make a big impact on my health.
Was there a turning point in your life that made you decide to be healthier?
When I was 19 I decided to stop eating red meat. One day I ate a fast food hamburger, and felt violently ill. Since that day I made the choice to no longer eat red meat, and about a year later I stopped eating pork.
It was a personal choice, and honestly I was never a really big meat-eater so it was fairly easy for me. I would never dare to tell anyone what they should eat because I know I don't want anyone telling me what to eat. Food is personal. I just want to be as healthy as I can, so that my body performs optimally.
What one piece of knowledge would you like to share with others?
Try to stay out of the medicine loop. When I was in Namibia in the Peace Corps they forced us to take these anti-malaria pills daily. They made me nauseous and I hated them, but I thought I would probably hate having malaria worse.
While taking them I got ill, so they put me on some antibiotics, which made me even more sick. In fact, they made me so sick that I had to undergo a colonoscopy. Having to be admitted into the hospital and undergoing a procedure scared me to death. I just wanted to be well again.
When I got back to the U.S. I was still suffering from major stomach pains, so I went to the doctor. She informed me that I had an ulcer. [What!] I learned that ulcers are not caused by stress, but by a bacteria, and that I would need to be put on a 14-day course of antibiotics that I had to take 3 times a day. It was insane, but I did it.
Being on antibiotics that long wrecked my body's chemistry and I kept getting infections (of the beastly yeastly variety). I spent so much money on cures, but to no avail. Then I found GSE! Grapefruit Seed Extract and it was life changing. You just squeeze it into water or juice, and it clears up your whole system.
Natural medicine finally got me out of the medicine loop, and I am a believer in the power of nature's gifts over anything man-made!
What is the one natural product you couldn't live without?
If I had to choose just one, it would be coconut oil. It is delicious and multipurpose. I just wrote a whole article about it. Check it out!
What piece of advice would you give to your 20 year old self?
I would give her this quote from Desiderata:
"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
Anything else?
Our health is our greatest gift. I know this is true because I saw my mother's body fail her. Her spirit was so strong, but despite that her body gave up on her. Take your health seriously and treat your body and your spirit with love.
Try to stay out of the medicine loop. When I was in Namibia in the Peace Corps they forced us to take these anti-malaria pills daily. They made me nauseous and I hated them, but I thought I would probably hate having malaria worse.
While taking them I got ill, so they put me on some antibiotics, which made me even more sick. In fact, they made me so sick that I had to undergo a colonoscopy. Having to be admitted into the hospital and undergoing a procedure scared me to death. I just wanted to be well again.
When I got back to the U.S. I was still suffering from major stomach pains, so I went to the doctor. She informed me that I had an ulcer. [What!] I learned that ulcers are not caused by stress, but by a bacteria, and that I would need to be put on a 14-day course of antibiotics that I had to take 3 times a day. It was insane, but I did it.
Being on antibiotics that long wrecked my body's chemistry and I kept getting infections (of the beastly yeastly variety). I spent so much money on cures, but to no avail. Then I found GSE! Grapefruit Seed Extract and it was life changing. You just squeeze it into water or juice, and it clears up your whole system.
Natural medicine finally got me out of the medicine loop, and I am a believer in the power of nature's gifts over anything man-made!
What is the one natural product you couldn't live without?
If I had to choose just one, it would be coconut oil. It is delicious and multipurpose. I just wrote a whole article about it. Check it out!
What piece of advice would you give to your 20 year old self?
I would give her this quote from Desiderata:
"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
Anything else?
Our health is our greatest gift. I know this is true because I saw my mother's body fail her. Her spirit was so strong, but despite that her body gave up on her. Take your health seriously and treat your body and your spirit with love.
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