Raw Food – Part 2
And the adventure continues – at least for a while. Sufficed to say, the experiences I described with my initial foray into raw food continued and so did my satisfaction with the regime. I was raw for two weeks plus and committed to keeping it up because I love how I feel physically. Gas and a whole lot of other things we don’t discuss in polite company reduced or went away completely! What’s more, I have had some (hormonal?) spots and discolouration flare up around my chin. Raw food has completely alleviated that to the point a friend commented on the change.
Eating Raw – Raw Food
I have to tell you about my latest adventure. As you know I am, and always have been, very interested in all aspects of health. Perhaps it was growing up with an invalid and oodles of chronic illnesses that did it? I have always been interested in health, healing, nutrition and people taking control of their own lives. And when we combine health and self determination my ears really prick up!
My version of health and self determination is my practice. I am a homoeopath who incorporates EFT and NLP as appropriate. I encourage clients to understand what is ‘going on for them’ because in my world view, illness is always a symptom of something else. Homeopathy is brilliant for ‘getting underneath’ and treating the whole person. So for me homeopathy is a big part of healthy self determination.
Even I’m Amazed
No secret I am a homeopath and it’s no secret that lots of folks out there don’t understand or agree with modalities like homeopathy. You know what? DON’T CARE!!! I am sooooo over being brow beaten by people who haven’t got the faintest idea about homeopathy. These same people then presume to tell me – not ask – but TELL me why homoeopathy is a sham and by association so am I. And I am officially over trying to reason with or just inviting people to think about homoeopathy or any other form of ‘alternate‘ healing. We are all adults and as such have the right to make our own choices – knock yourself out! Just leave me alone – OK? I respect your choices – offer me the same courtesy.
The reason for this rant? Truthfully, I have had my doubts about homeopathy too occasionally. And no not because it does not work – it has never let me down… Rather it’s in those moments when I am designing a presentation on homeopathy and I think about how ‘science’ does not support the modality. We are all so hypnotised by materialism. I think most us who work outside the mainstream have occasional doubts – and why not? We are constantly ridiculed, questioned, forced to defend ourselves and our work in a way those in the mainstream have never even dreamed of. And why would they? They are the mainstream, accepted ‘understood’… Anyway, every now and again I have my not so secret doubts and then a lesson appears. I have to say that after this latest lesson I have renewed respect for the power of this modality.
The Price of Health
As you probably know by now I am a big advocate of people taking charge of their own health. I was actually thinking about promoting a product “Healing Kitchen” that I absolutely believe in as a cornerstone of good health but it is a bit pricey. With that statement I found myself asking ‘what price is health?‘ and ‘What does it cost to be sick?“ As some of you may know we do a lot of pro-bono work because we believe in making our services accessible to everyone. And it comes to a point where we do so much pro bone work we have to stop and actually earn some money… anyway – so I am thinking about how we ‘cost‘ our health on the basis of what things cost and then I get this email:
It’s Time to Declare Your Health Independence
If the current health care debate has anything to teach us, it’s that it’s going to be more expensive in the future to get sick. Much more. On the other hand, it will pay you handsomely to keep yourself and your family well. Insurance premiums are already rising. They’ve doubled since 2000 — and one California provider is preparing customers for an immediate 39% premium hike. One US city now bills $300 for a 911 call (expect this idea to spread).
Just in case you need extra motivation to start taking better care of yourself and your family, here are some scary statistics on the high price of illness these days
- 62.1% of bankruptcies in the US are medically-related
- 50% of all home foreclosure are caused by medical problems
- 37% of Americans pay more than $2,000 for medical bills out of pocket each year
- 30% of workers lose two or more weeks of work because of illness annually
- 46.6 million Americans have no health insurance
- 14,000 workers are losing insurance coverage every day because of unemployment
Meanwhile, Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic (with nearly 30 million Americans already diagnosed and perhaps 10 million walking around not knowing they have it). Cancer is now the nation’s leading killer, striking 1-out-of-2 sometime in our lives. And heart attacks still claim 500,000 of us every year. These are not good survival odds.
These are some seriously scary stats…
Here are 7 Simple Ways to Keep Out of Medical Debt (why not call it – ways to save your life and some money to enjoy it with???)
Numerous studies show that the majority of the health problems that send us to the doctor and the hospital are almost entirely preventable by making a few simple lifestyle changes…
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