MY JUICING PROGRESS UPDATE. Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association summer newsletter 2014

MY JUICING PROGRESS UPDATE

Further to my ‘juicing epiphany’ being printed at the beginning of last year, here is an update as to my progress.

It is now 18 months 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 100% diagnosis free but I am certainly back on the path to well being!

Having lived with the diffuse systemic sclerosis and Raynaud’s 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 desperate 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 18 months, which I have had by being mindful to my diet and the extra nutrition requirements demanded 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 the little tasks are not as daunting as they used to be.

My constant desire to ‘feel good’ again, spurs me on with my dedicated daily routine for well being.

A typical day for me is: juice of a 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 my internal candida – a result of 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 salmon or a vegetarian option 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 I turned 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 article was written for The Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Association summer newsletter 2014.  

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Passion ~ Dr Wayne Dyer

Passion ~ Dr Wayne Dyer

“Here’s a concept you won’t want to forget:

passion always trumps excuses.

Keep in mind that when I use the word passion, I’m not referring to the romantic notions that this concept conjures.

Instead, I’m equating it to a vigorous kind of enthusiasm that you feel deep within you and that isn’t easy to explain or define.

This kind of passion propels you in a direction that seems motivated by a force beyond your control.

It’s the inner excitement of being on the right path, doing what feels good to you, and what you know you were meant to do.

It’s my contention that the mere presence of passion within you is all you need to fulfill your dreams.

Remember that God is in no need of excuses, ever.

The creative Divine Spirit is able to manifest anything it contemplates, and you and I are the results of its contemplating itself into material form.

Thus, when we have an emotional reaction that feels like overwhelming passion for what we’re contemplating, we’re experiencing the God within us…and nothing can hold us back.

Passion is a feeling that tells you:

This is the right thing to do.

Nothing can stand in my way.

It doesn’t matter what anyone else says.

This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored.

I’m going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy.

When you’re enthusiastic, nothing seems difficult. 

When you have passion, there are no risks: family dramas become meaningless, money isn’t an issue, you know that you have the strength and the smarts, and the rules laid down by others have no bearing on you whatsoever.

That’s because you’re answering your calling — and the you who is doing the answering is the highest part of you, or the God within.

The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive.

And when it’s aligned with Spirit, treat it as a miracle, doing everything you can to hold on to it.

I feel this way about the creation of my books.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

My life is consumed by the passion I feel for what I’m doing — yet I know that as long as I feel this, I’m experiencing the God within.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences.

I’m willing and I’m eager, and not just about my writing — I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

If you have passion, there is no need for excuses, because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with.

Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.”

~ Dr Wayne Dyer

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