I wish I knew then what I know now!
Dear 18 year old me,
In
7 years time you will be diagnosed with M.S, an auto-immune disease that will
greatly affect you and those you love. It’s not one thing that causes it, it’s
everything! So here are a few tips of things that I have
learnt along my journey that will prevent this from occurring.
*The world today is quite toxic, you must do all you can to
remove toxins from your body. They are coming to you in the form of the food
you eat, the air you breathe, the water you drink, the things you put on your
skin and even your toxic thoughts.
*Please note that your often occurring farting is NOT ok
just because you have 3 older brothers but a warning sign that something wrong
is going on inside your gut. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine 2000
years ago said “All chronic disease
begins in the gut”
*So PLEASE investigate foods that you are intolerant to.
Even though they may be ok for someone else, they are causing inflammation in
YOUR gut. I’ll save you the trouble.....for
you its gluten and dairy!
*Please take note of the other warning signs, i.e.: the acne
you’ve just developed especially as you never had it in your early teens when
others did- another sign of inflammation in your body. The little pot belly you’ve always had- it’s
not just cause Mum has it too- It’s inflammation!
*I want you to get your mercury fillings removed that you
had put in as a child; every time you chew toxic mercury vapour is released
into your body. There is a strict protocol for the disposal of mercury into the
environment but apparently it’s ok to put it in to people’s mouths!
*Please buy a water filter. The chlorine they put in the
water to kill bacteria will also kill the good bacteria in your gut,
imperatively needed for digestion. Not to mention the added fluoride in our
water that is causing an iodine deficiency and your thyroid to slow.
*Don’t play with plastic toys and especially don’t put them
in your mouth (hang on- your too old for toys, but I had to put that in to make
it relevant to my blog!) Most plastic toys are made from non- renewable
petroleum that contains many chemicals including arsenic, lead, bromine,
chlorine, BPA, mercury and phthalates. If you don’t play with toys anymore be
mindful of the amount of plastic you are exposed to. Packaged foods, receipts and
food storage to name just a few.
*Pay attention to the things you are putting on your skin
and using to cleaning your house (not that you have one yet) All of the
products you are currently using contain chemicals. On average a woman puts 500
chemicals on her body per day through all her body care products! Recent
research has classified that two chemicals commonly found in beauty products-
parabens and phthalates as obesogens, meaning they promote fat storage in the
body (remember phthalates in toys- hello chubby bubby!) MSG and fructose also
have this same effect (rampant in processed foods these days) which brings me
to the next tip.
*Just eat REAL food- not packaged, denatured chemically
altered, low fat, high carb CRAP. Investigate into the Primal diet (It’s not a
fad yet) But hey, it’s only been around for about 2 million years. It’s the way
your paleolithic ancestors ate and they didn’t get M.S (or Alzheimer’s or
cancer for that matter). Eat as organically as much as you can afford at each
stage of your life. Eating organic grass fed meat is specifically important as
grain-fed cattle are toxic! Your body stores toxins in your fat (hello muffin
top) so the more toxins you ingest the more fat that will follow! Fat does not
make you fat Jane- toxins do!
*Take note: DO NOT go running around like a headless chook,
doing one thing only whilst thinking of the next task. It will only cause your
adrenals to be exhausted. It is not your god given right as a woman to
multi-task! Your future husband will break his leg 6 weeks before the wedding!
You will run on adrenaline for weeks, working full time, organizing a wedding,
and taking care of your beloved invalid. SLOW DOWN- this is just further depleting
your adrenals, where cortisol is made, a hormone needed to calm the
inflammation down consequently there because you’re living off low fat yogurt
crap and exercising heaps too loose a few kilos for the wedding. Is there any
wonder that you will suffer from you first M.S attack on your honeymoon!
*Quit your Interior design course half way through. You don’t have to finish it just because you
don’t like anything to get the better of you. It’s ok to reassess your life and
take a different direction. You won’t enjoy decorating other people’s houses in
the end anyway!
*So, find your life purpose! Hang on maybe you ARE supposed
to get M.S so you can research all this stuff and spread the word to your
family and friends?!
*The most important lesson that I have learnt is to be kind
to yourself! If you talked to your friends the way you talk to yourself then
you wouldn’t have any!! You would never
expect as much from them as you do yourself. YOU are the MOST important person
in YOUR life (have you ever noticed that in EVERYTHING you do, you’re there?!)
Love from 33 year old me. Xx
I certainly don't have MS, but since turning 30 I've found alot of these problems myself too! The endless amounts of chemicals BLEACHING my face to get rid of my acne, the pain in my stomach, my addiction to artificial sweeteners and fructose, my sudden allergies to sunscreen....but on the bright side....finally finding out who I am and what I want out of life and what I was put on this planet to do!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your story, it's powerful and so relevant to everyone struggling with their health in some way.