MY JUICING PROGRESS
Further to my ‘juicing epiphany’ being printed
at the beginning of last year, here is an update as to my progress.
It is now 15months since I started on my
juicing routine and changing my diet to raw fruits and vegetables, and I feel
sooooo much better.
I am not yet diagnosis free but I am certainly
back on the path to well being ! Having lived with the diffuse systemic
sclerosis and raynauds diagnosis since 1997, along with years of
immunosuppressants, steroids and antibiotics, my GI system had almost gone into
lock down, accompanied with the constant lethargy and tiredness, my body felt
so heavy and clothes had to be baggy and loose, prompting a juicer purchase as
a last resort.
I noticed a difference within the first few
days of drinking the vitamin packed fresh juices, which I documented in my last
article. I am now delighted to share the amazing results over the last 15
months, which I have had by being mindful to my diet and the extra nutrition
requirements caused by the disease.
I have reduced my acid attacks by avoiding
certain trigger foods as well as I have reduced my constant bloated feeling by
cutting out starch (bread / pasta / rice / potatoes), caffeine, milk, alcohol
and meat.
At first this was quite difficult – changing my
dietary habits, but the desire to feel better, kept me going.
I still indulge in a few ‘naughty’ treats, as I
can not imagine a life without cake, but all in all I am more disciplined with
the food I am putting into my body, and can see and feel the results on a daily
basis.
I feel brighter as well as lighter and little
tasks are not as daunting as they used to be.
A typical day for me is: juice of squeezed half
lemon with warm boiled water to start. I then go and indulge in my mermaid duties
to moisturise my skin, warm my joints and kick start my circulation.
I will then have a bowl of unsweetened muesli
with almond milk and half a banana. At lunch time I will juice ¼ grapefruit, 1
orange, 1 inch thick slice of pineapple and strawberries or blueberries, and
then mix this juice with ½ banana and organic natural yoghurt to make a
smoothie.
I use the yoghurt to neutralise the acid from
the vitamin c packed juice as well as to control the internal candida, further
to years of antibiotic consumption.
Mid afternoon I will juice pineapple, 2 golden
and delicious apples (they are the juiciest), cucumber, ½ lime, and then mix
this juice with 1tspoon of spirulina, 1tspoon of wheatgrass and a probiotic
capsule.
Then later on for my evening meal I will have
something (a couple of days a week, salmon) with steamed vegetables or a fresh
salad including avocado a few times a week.
Not only have I noticed a welcome increase in
my energy, but an improvement in my skin elasticity and an improvement in my
pain management.
I was hoping to be at the world congress in
Rome, but unfortunately my Raynaud’s symptoms remain a challenge, and so I had
to stay at home in my eskimo outfit !
I hope my experience can help anyone else who
may be feeling as I did, before turning my kitchen into a mini pharmacy.
I have written my personal experience survival
guide where I include in more detail as to my day to day routine.
This can be found on my blog at
cosmicfairy444.blogspot.co.uk 18th March 2014
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