Cocktail anyone????

Now, this may seem like an exaggerated picture, but when you stop and think about it so many people today have such a cocktail of medication to take daily it may as well replace a full meal. When I finished College in 1986 in the Social Work field, my first job was in a group home for mental health patients. I remember how these residents used to walk around like zombies all day and they would line up for their meds like clock work. I coudn't believe all of the pills that they had to take daily, plus the pills that they needed to take for side-effects. I was wondering back then, if these pills are so good for them, why do they have to take pills for side-effects???

Last week-end we had a sudden emergency with my 12 year old son...so we rushed him off to the local emergency room (where we received excellent care by the way...). During our short wait in the waiting area (there were maybe 20 people all together) at least 10 of them had ziploc bags with all of their toxic medications in them. Most of them were overweight, seemed out of breath, had a drained look in their eyes, they were pale and had trouble sitting comfortably. Now as I watched them it seemed like they were comparing notes with their neighbor (almost like a poker game, I'll raise you this one for that one...) as to who took more pills in a day and how it was all because of their genetics and that it was in the family....

Before I decided to do something about my love affair with food, I suffered from chronic acid reflux. My doctor prescribed a pill that I needed to take twice a day for the rest of my life "Zantac" without any further testing of my condition??This is the day that I decided to do something about my 195lb body.
This is when I hit bottom, this is when I realized that something had to be done on a permanent basis , not just a quick fix weight loss. As soon as I decided that I was going to lose the weight and keep it off, it was easy.

I exchanged my 5 large cups of coffee from Tim Horton's for 3 liters of filtered water daily (overnight my acid reflux was gone, vanished!!!)I had suffered with this for 6 months straight and the pain was becoming unbearable...I couldn't believe that the fix could be this easy...unbelievable!!

I started a routine of going to bed by 10pm and waking by 6am,  feeding my body great wholesome food (3 main meals and 3 snacks daily), I purchased all stainless steel and cast iron cooking pots, I grew a huge organic garden....and the list of changes goes on and on, all of this could only bring a better outcome in my life.

I had to look at myself in the mirror and face the truth that I had to choose the path that I was going to take in my life. I had to take control of my destiny, illness or health....I was the only one that could make that decision....yes it takes effort and determination but I have done it and lived it and I know that anyone that sets their mind to positive change in their lives can do it too...

You only have one life to live and only you can make the change to live your life to the fullest. Medications will only bring on weight gain, depression and make you feel numb....don't forget that doctors would be out of work if you knew that food and lifestyle change could help you heal your body...please think about that??

This is the video of a "Zyprexa Drug Rep whistle blower". What he has to say is very interesting.

Stay healthy....

Sylvie Thibert
The Health Nut!!!