A naturopath once said to me, “Inflammation is the cause of most known diseases and ailments. We could prevent almost all of them.” I really wanted to believe her. Who doesn’t want to believe that cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, Fibromyalgia and Alzheimer’s are easily prevented? Well, it’s hung about in my brain for quite some time now. When I read this article by Dr. Dwight Lundell, M.D. a western medicine heart surgeon, I suddenly felt compelled, and a wee bit embarrassed that I didn’t take the information and run prior to this article, to share.
If you do one thing for yourself today, please read this. If you won’t do it for yourself, please think about someone you know who you couldn’t bear to lose. PLEASE! Share it on Facebook, Tweet, Blog about it. When I started this low carb diet, I noticed HUGE changes almost immediately. My hands weren’t swollen, my face didn’t look puffy, my joints didn’t ache, I have fewer migraines and my blood pressure went down. My blood pressure wasn’t even considered high, though I knew 125/80 was high for my body. I’m at 110/70 now, just about all the time, sometimes less.
My body is ahead of schedule healing from my surgery and I honestly believe my diet changes have made a huge difference. The PT guy was a bit flustered that I could bend my leg equal to my right, and straighten within two degrees of my other. “You don’t really need me,” he said. “Come in once a week for the next two weeks, then we’ll see where we are.”
Here’s the full link to the article, and I’m asking you to read it. Please. Read More At http://www.getholistichealth.com/40505/world-renown-heart-surgeon-speaks-out-on-what-really-causes-heart-disease/
Here’s to our health!!
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September 24, 2014 at 4:09 pm
my life changed when I began to cut processed carbs and basically became mindful about ‘clean’ eating… I do have sugar issues but I try hard everyday to limit my intake, some days/weeks I’m good, sometimes not 🙂 but yes I totally hear you and agree xxx
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September 24, 2014 at 4:11 pm
It’s amazing how different our health is when we stop eating what’s convenient and think about what we’re doing to our bodies. I know that gluten was a severe problem for me. I can imagine the insides of my veins being torn up! Zoinks. Thanks for reading CJ!! You’re the best.
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September 25, 2014 at 8:27 am
you know, for me… after a WEEK… ONE week i could feel a MAJOR difference in how i felt… zero carbs, zero gluten for a week and i knew that that is where my biggest problems lie. I am not gluent intolerant, but i guess ‘gluten sensitive’ is a better description. I dont buy gluten free substitutions (urgh), i just dont eat stuff like bread, pasta, cakes, biscuits etc i do miss them and i do have, but a bit here and biscuit there and i havent had issues, but generally i just dont have it and i havent felt better EVER! I make GF muffins but i do it all with natural fresh unprocessed ingredients and its all good 🙂
I LOVED this post… thank you!
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September 25, 2014 at 10:57 pm
I hear that a lot! You might be intolerant, or maybe sensitive at least? My hands are all broken out right now and I’m not sure where I got the gluten. Grrrr !
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September 24, 2014 at 9:17 pm
We stick to a high fat, low carb, no sugar diet as much as possible. A local surgeon is big on this and the whole inflammation thing: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Fettke-No-Fructose/393958287365295
I feel so much better since I changed the way I eat too. Great post.
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September 24, 2014 at 9:23 pm
Yay! I’m glad you’re going that route. I will check out his page and follow him on FB. It just makes more sense to me. Thanks for the validation and I’m glad you enjoyed.
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October 2, 2014 at 12:13 am
Love the post.
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