8 Weeks to Better Health

I am now 6 weeks into an 8 week program which was prescribed to me by a Doctor in Malaysia.  It has not been easy, but it has yielded incredible results in every area of my life.  Not just physically but also spiritually.  Discipline is good for the soul!

My blood sugar is completely normal for the first time in 5 years.  I have lost 13 pounds.  I have better mental focus and my energy level is better than it was when I was 18 years old.  In the gym, I can lift heavier weights and my heart rate doesn't soar at a slow pace anymore.  My skin is better, my hair and nails are better, I feel great!

My situation was that I am diabetic and I have a pretty bad tendency towards gout.

First of all, I went not low carb, but zero carb.  I have not touched a potato, rice, pasta or bread in 6 weeks.  The whole idea is to shock my pancreas into functioning better.  Once this program is done, my carb intake will be much more careful and carbs will be no more than 20% of my diet.

Second, I cut back on soda and even on coffee.  Moderation is good and I was drinking way to much of that stuff.

Third, I exercise 5 or 6 days a week.  Usually at a gym but sometimes just by going for a walk or joining in a round of golf without using a golf cart, etc.  At the gym, I do a combination of 45 minutes cardio and 30 minutes of various forms of strength training.

Fourth, I juice.  It started off by a friend of mine giving me a bottle of their concoction of garlic juice, ginger juice, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar in equal parts with some honey put in to combat the strong taste.  I took just 2 or 3 tablespoons a day.  I purged for the first 3 days, but the result was incredible.  And another benefit is that vampires won't come near me!  Hahahaha.  The garlic is strong.  Since then, I found that if I add parsley and celery into the mix with the garlic, that the offensive odor is greatly diminished.

So now that I got set up with my own slow pressed juicer (that is important that it is a slow juicer - I went for the Coway Juicepresso - in the States at Amazon, in the Philippines at S&R), I am actually doing a much better tasting blend that I drink by the glass full which still includes the lemon, garlic and ginger but also radish, celery, bitter gourd, carrot & cucumber, sometimes even a green apple.  I take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar separately.  And we don't waste the pulp.  My wife uses the carrot in her now famous carrot cake (which I don't eat).  We put the other juiced pulp in sauces (like pasta sauce) or even in meatloaf.  Some of it we just eat raw as a salad and add some sweet vinegar.  Juicing really does the body good!

Fifth is not new.  I have been taking MaxOne by Max International for over a year now it was, is, and will continue to be the most important part of my health regimen.  The quality of my life went way up when all my aches and pains fell away from taking Max, which naturally increases my bodies production of glutathione.  My Dad doesn't have arthritis anymore from taking MaxOne and his varicose veins all but disappeared.  My Mom claims that the MaxOne has been the biggest key to getting her health situation under control.  They also have Cellgevity and GXL which do the same thing and even more, but I personally cannot take them because of my gout problem and there are ingredients in the other two products which trigger it.  Max products are high priced.  About $60 per month but since I have referred others, it is free for me.  In the Philippines, to get the best service & price, visit my friend Cindy's web site at www.maxgxlphilippines.com.  In other countries or to do more research, visit the official site at www.max.com

Sixth, I have switched from cheap quality, mass-produced vitamins bought in places like Wal-mart and Trader Joes with good vitamins.  After making the switch, I immediately experienced a huge difference to the point that I consider all of the other vitamins garbage now.  In researching the issue, I have found that those cheap vitamins can actually harm your body.  What I found is that we need to take vitamins that are taken specifically from foods.  For instance, a good vitamin C will come from something like an Acerola Cherry.  Non-synthetic is the best.  There are expensive ones and there are some medium priced ones.  Some of the Multi-level company vitamins are super good like Amway's Nutrilite Double-X.  There is nothing better than that one, but my missionary budget doesn't allow me to spend like that.  If you can afford Double-X, then do it.  Usana also makes some very good vitamins.  But the multi-vitamin that I now take isn't too bad in price.  Just $15 for a 1 month supply and that is 2 a day when the recommended dose is just 1 a day.  This taken with the MaxOne (which helps my body to absorb the other things much better), has helped me a great deal.  I also take a good Krill Oil (better than standard fish or salmon oil) and extra Vitamin B.  For good prices and great service on better quality vitamins in the USA, try www.iHerb.com.  In the Philippines, ask Cindy at www.maxgxlphilippines.com and she can help you to get good imported Vitamins at fair prices.

Seventh, again not different, I don't take sugar at all if it can be helped. 

I have not gone hungry at all.  As a matter of fact, I eat all the meat and veggies that I would ever want.  (thank the Lord I don't have high cholesterol)   Every now and then, I do kind of feel like I will go crazy if I don't get some sweets.  My remedy is the Valor brand (from Spain) of chocolate bar which has less than 1 gram of sugar because it is with dark chocolate and with Stevia sweetener (better than the synthetic stuff).  Just one or two squares with coffee is very satisfying!

I am not recommending my regimen to you specifically, but I am letting you know what is working for me.  What I do recommend is that you talk to your health professional and do research based on your medical history and condition and then make the appropriate change so that you, like me, will live your life to the length of your days that God intends and that they will be quality days.

May the Lord lead you into better health!  Be wise!  :-)