Introduction to Self Care and Self Education. My Story.

I am reposting this from 2008

A few of years ago a friend tells me about a guy who is going to speak here in town about self care and self education. Sounds real interesting, so I go along and listen and see. I hear this guy speak about whole foods, self care and self education. I like what I hear, it sort of fits well with my thinking. He sure is a smart guy even if he looks like a cowboy, his name is Don Tolman. I meet him briefly and decide to go to his BootCamp.

I go there, this guy really does knows his stuff. We talk some more and I come back home. I'm going to do this juice cleanse, fourteen days, only juice, no other food. Problem, I don't have a juicer. Have to wait, too busy anyway.

Come to another introductory night, this guy must have been studying hard since last time, he makes more sense than ever........ After the talk I meet up with him again, we talk some more. We're like old buddies. Again I go to BootCamp. There is stuff there this time that wasn't there last time, I'm sure. Come back home, I'm really going to do this juice cleanse this time. Finally get a cold press juicer and begin the juice cleanse.

The same day I start I have a series of blood tests and leave all medications to go stale! ........ But wait, I need to back up a bit. Two years prior to all this I suffered an acute heart attack, you know one of those that sixty percent of people don't survive. I knew just enough to be able to recognise the signs and get to hospital real quick. Like I had two stents in my heart within an hour and a half of the first symptoms. Five days later I leave the coronary care unit and come home with instructions to be rigorous with my pharmasuitikill medisins, five different tablets to take for the rest of my life was the message. Also low fat, low salt, low sugar. Didn't realise that low salt leads to the debilitating effects of poor sleep patterns .... Just for starters .... Amazing that, the first thing they do in Hospital is put a catheter in your arm and pour salty water into your blood......... Did I miss something?

OK, I'm into this juice cleanse, (CABALA Juice), haven't taken a tablet since day one. Fourteen days later, I'm feeling real good, do the clay and seeds bit, and the next day, ... well .... that's a whole lot better. Find I've released some weight, in fact about ten percent of my body weight.

I stay with the juice, at least one and a quarter litres a day and start eating some raw fruit and vegetables. This isn't too bad, I know what I'm going to be eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That for me is low stress, few choices, not having to figure out the daily meal ritual of industrialised processed empty food. 

Two months after I start the cleanse I have another series of blood tests, time to go see the cardiologist again. You guessed it, lipids down, cholesterol down, LDL down, HDL up, blood sugar down. All parameters within the recommended range, and all achieved without the benefit of pharmasuitikill drugs and their insidious other effects..... Blood pressure normal, heart rate normal, blood condition excellent. The cardiologist warns me that I must take the drugs as this is what the protocols call for otherwise I'll die. There is a warning sticker on statin drug boxes which say do not eat grapefruit while taking this medication... um er poison. Well I'm eating one to two medium sized grapefruit each day including as much of the white as I can. So here I am some years later, still alive, standing and healthier... and no drugs!! Did I miss something? .....

Now I rarely get tired in the late afternoon and I can sleep soundly for six to eight hours. I'm saving myself an inordinate amount of time and money each month by not having doctors visits for prescriptions, prescription fees at the pharmacy and I'm saving the Health Benefits Scheme countless thousands of dollars per year. The fruit and vegetables I juice and eat each day cost me less than what I used to spend on breakfast. Further, I'm saving myself the long term debilitating effects of pharmasuitikill drugs by taking control of my own health care.

Has my investment been worth it?....... You bet it has, just for the self care. Add in the inspirational self education and you have an exceptional package.

Where to from here. I would recommend you consider implementing a raw whole food diet or at the very least a modified one ...... with minimal cooked food.... and I invite you to join me in taking control of your own health.

If you are not able to make it on your own or you feel you would like some assistance then send me an email........ gjward@graemeward.com  ....with the topic raw whole foods and I'll be glad to help.
That is a surefire way to get started on the road to self care, self education and taking control of your own life.
In the pursuit health and happiness, love and kindness. Graeme