Shay's Story

I have always respected my body by eating good fresh food, doing lots of exercise, having a minimum of less than healthy choices. When I retired, I got married, moved, and my son got married, all in 2014. The stress built up over and over. I thought our plan was marry July 4 after retiring June 7  and would be the rest of the summer in Ireland honeymooning and finishing research and interviews for my book on Irish Women. My husband decided out of the clear to announce he had set up four house looks in Madison to move there, this was our next summer plan that he said he didn't want to wait on. I reminded him I needed one month to decompress and distress from my teaching before doing anything. I needed four weeks getting the garden going for fresh summer and fall foods plus a steady stream of cozy books to unwind with. Taking this time away from me meant disaster, as he had learned but he pushed through pulling me with against all my no's. found his house that was not suitable for me but he bought it anyway. He wanted to remodel, I couldn't handle all that and  with all the pileup of stress, I suffered a left hemispheric brain bleed of unknown cause, leaving me paralyzed, unable to eat, speak, walk, dress, or bathe myself six weeks after moving in.

  On return home after six weeks in hospital, I was determined to recover and never again go through this. I was already Celiac for 25 years by then trying to understand why my health numbers deteriorated since being diagnosed. Throughout my 45 years, I never had any health issues. I needed to figure it out as medicals all thought "I don't know" was a valid answer. I worked on researching for answers on my own and consulting them when I discovered things. This is how I landed on Dr Furman's site when I saw he claimed to cure Celiac, which I was told could never happen. His studies on Nutrient density were new to me but made all the sense in the world. Why do American's not know this? Work colleagues made fun of me for my rainbow lunches while they all ate white, brown, and grey concoctions they considered food. Per my grandmothers training, I learned to eat seasonally my whole life. By preference, my exercise routine was daily one hour cardio, bike, jog, one hour weight resistance, upper/lower alternating days, 30 min-one  hour stretching, yoga, Pilates, tai chi because I felt better when I did this. My weight had never been an issue, my clothes always fit, still do. ten years later, I am independent, walking, shopping cooking, caring for myself and others, and more importantly working on finishing that book I had started. I credit Dr. Fuhrman’s Nutritarian diet and always ask "Will this  food or drink hurt to help me?"

I have been off blood Pressure pills for eight  years, numbers for cholesterols, thyroid, glucose all normal, weight stable, gut clean and healed, no gluten reactions, insomnia, fatigue gone.

 

 

 

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