Re: why me?14yrs old with graves disease

Dear Elizabeth,

Graves Disease is one of the
many auto-immune diseases that did
not exist 60 years ago. Almost all
of the auto-immune diseases are a
result of our chemical-laden food,
drinks, personal products, and toxic
environment.

That's the bad news. The good news,
Elizabeth, is that if you make MAJOR
changes in what you eat and drink,
the Graves Disease will disappear.
You haven't had it for long, so it
doesn't have a strangle-hold on you
yet.

I'd be willing to bet that you eat
the Standard American Diet. Kids your age live on fast food, soft
drinks, processed foods, and absolute junk.

Did you know that people who drink
diet-soda, which is sweetened with
aspartame, have been mis-diagnosed
with Graves Disease? Once they gave
up canned soda and cleaned up their
diets, the symptoms disappeared.

I'm going to point you to a wonderful website that is full of
valuable information about Graves
Disease. But first, a few of my own
thoughts.

You've asked yourself, "Why me? Why
should I be hit with this terrible
disease when my life is just beginning?"

I truly believe, Elizabeth, that this disease is your body's way of
letting you know that you have to
significantly change your life.
Right now, the Graves Disease seems
like a Curse. But if you change
your eating regimen and heal yourself physically and emotionally,
when you're 21, the illness may
seem like a Blessing: A major TEST
that you had to confront and pass,
if you were to survive has a human
being.

Graves Disease can be triggered by
severe emotional pain. There's a
wonderful book on the upcoming website, LIVING WELL WITH AUTOIMUUNE
DISEASE, that will help you deal with the emotional stress.

But if I were your grandfather (I'm
63 and in radiant health), here's
what I'd suggest you do:

1) Stop eating all meat and processed food. Substitute canned
sardines, tuna, and salmon for the
meat. Stop drinking milk and eating
cheese. The only dairy product permitted is organic yogurt.

2) No canned soda. You should drink
only pure water and fresh juice.
Sounds boring, but it really isn't.

3) No fast food of any kind. And
nothing junky like chips.

4) Try to eat at least 70 percent
LIVING FOOD every day; living fruits
and vegetables. Your body needs the
nutrients in living foods. Make a
BIG salad every night -- an entire
meal in iself -- with rice, some
canned fish, and lots of fresh
veggies. Buy your greens from the
organic section of your supermarket.
Earthbound Farms has delicious salads that are ready to go.

5) Educate yourself about alternative health. Read postings
on the CureZone Forum. Buy a copy
of LESSONS FROM THE MIRACLE DOCTORS
by Dr. Jon Barron. It's the single
best book I know about keeping your
body healthy -- and it's not that
long.

I'll save some other suggestions for
a later posting. Here's the website
address of Dr. Joseph Mercola, one
of the superstars of alternative
medicine:

www.mercola.com

When the home-page comes up, click
on any of the current stories in
the left column. When one of them
pops up, you'll see a SEARCH slot
at the top. Type in Graves Disease.
Read at least the first four Google
articles on the left, Elizabeth.
Item #2 is the book I mentioned.

Good luck with self-education and
your self-healing. Trust your deep
intuition. You CAN and WILL be
healed of this vile disease, if
you're willing to do the things that
must be done. A Door is opening for
you, Elizabeth, and I hope you choose to walk through it.

Blessings,

Owen