by Cynthia
I live a daily life-giving set of disciplines: Eating alive, healthy food in reasonable amounts; physical, mental, and spiritual exercise. When I cooperate the result is that I experience how God made our bodies to heal in extraordinary ways.
It has been three years since my gut bacteria was restored after engaging a diet based on the book, Breaking The Vicious Cycle (may no longer be in print, but is worth looking for). My body has been growing increasingly healthy, especially the normalization of my bowel functions. For three years now I have experienced a normal, functioning colon. No more gut pain, which is a huge relief after years of pain every time I ate and often for hours after. Eating has once again become a celebration to share in joy, which includes the menu planning, gathering, preparation, sharing of delicious meals of whole, organic, broad ranged foods. And yes, I do eat red meat (favorite is lamb), lots of chicken, some seafood, a huge variety of vegetables, mostly raw, and some fruit, also mostly raw. I don’t do drugs, alcohol, pop, or energy drinks. I take a few supplements and have 2 minor prescription drugs (liothyronine for my thyroid, and hormone creams). But hey, I am human and know how to binge. I occasionally pig out on potato chips, bread, ice-cream, chips and salsa. My healthy choices allows me some room.
I attribute my healthy changes to being the keys as to how I survived, then recovered from, COVID in January, 2020. My steady increase in healing from the severe fevers, incoherence and inability to breath allowed me to begin to participate in daily life within 3 weeks after the initial onset and continues.
When reading my previous posts (in this section) you will know that I have had life-long struggles with illnesses including fibromyalgia, Epstein Barr syndrome, osteoporosis, multiple chemical sensitivities, and more. I spent years searching for answers to my gradual loss of functioning. When I shared my anxiety I often heard myself labeled a hypochondriac. I also heard I just wanted attention or had an over-active imagination. I had a few years of struggle with anorexia and though a few people noticed I was terribly thin, again, trying to talk about it, or ask for help gave people permission to label, accuse, or dismiss me.
Because I believed that God’s intention was for healing I worked to co-labor in the process. That led to more specific personal encounters in events that only God could arrange, such as finding a book of healing in my mailbox (Back To Eden), which led me to follow some instructions to have immediate relief. As I studied through the years and trying various remedies, I continued to make healthy gains. There were significant breakthroughs, like when I bought my first Champion juicer and learned to supplement my diet with fresh vegetable juices that increased my energy and built more immunity. But mostly there were steady steps, such as: quitting processed foods, such as sugar; reading labels and eating things that only had one or two recognizable additions like salt, or vinegar; eating as many raw foods daily as possible – I ate a lot of salads, still do; growing sprouts as a significant daily food. I do not take antibiotics or medications in general, instead, I studied how to help my body heal naturally.
After all these years I am more certain God made our bodies to heal in extraordinary ways, but it requires our cooperation. When I eat alive, healthy food in reasonable amounts in concurrence with daily physical, mental, spiritual exercise my overall health improves.