June 2023 is my celebration month for going one full year without supplements.
A year ago, I was visiting my family in very sad occasion of my dad’s death trying to put my mother ( 83 years old ) in a nursing home for Alzheimer elders.
The visit took a huge turn when I managed to take my mum off her medication, change her diet to a low carb diet, do some coaching and she just… woke up! She was gone for a while and we got her back.
She was taking endless medication and tens of supplements. She had this weekly pill box with morning, lunch and dinner and it was full. She wasn’t able to take her medication so my dad would arrange this box every week for her.
If you have such a box, keep reading.
You see, I was never keen on medication but I used to believe in supplements until I met mum’s geriatric. I took her off two of her medications and he took her off… all the rest and me shocked, I asked him.
What do you think about supplements?
He looked at me in a loving kind face and said “Ronit, do you really think that a synthetic tablet is a substitute to the real thing? your body knows how to measure what you need and in which combination to absorb it, do you think you can do it with tablets?”
He told me to simply use food as medication.
To be honest, I was shocked. I was a fan of vitamin C for all health issues and he said, just eat an “orange”. ( He did give my mum a list of what to eat and it was simply a low carb diet)
We left his room and my mum didn’t touch any medication, any supplements and I have decided to join her.
Mum went back to her conscious self within a month. She went back to cooking, talking, creating and even back to her expressing care and love towards us..
She is not in a nursing home for Alzheimer elders and a year since, she is still on this side of the concious life.
I went back to Australia with a promise to give myself a year of no supplements, which I did.
How do I conclude this year?
Good experiment.
1. It is heathier. I was healthy the whole year. ( Even though lots of people around were sick and some of them were very sick)
2. It is a good starting point to check how new suplements affect me. Trying one thing at a time.
3. It is cheaper ( Just count the expenses of your supplements and see that they cost more than eating healthy)
4. The mind is not in a state of ” sickness”. When you take medication/ suplements/ drugs you are sending a message to your body that it is not doing a “good job”. Treat your body that way and don’t be surprised why your body doesn’t cooperate with you.
5. And most importantly, it feels good to be in control over my body and mind and without “crutches”. I felt FREE.
This weekend, on Sunday 18th of June 2023, I am running a face to face workshop with @Whole Food Revolution team, Nelum Dharmapriya and Deb Finucane for people who wish to get rid of their pill box.
Nelum is a GP, Deb is a Nurse and I address the emotional side of achieving health.
It is an amazing day that starts you in the process of achieving health. ( loosing weight is just a bonus). It includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea and it is a feast following our food guidelines. It has more than 6 main meals options, 6 Salads and 6 type of cooked vegetables and several options for healthy desserts. ( and you’ll get a workbook with all the recipes of the food you try)
Register today as places are limited.
We love this workshop to be intimate so we can address all health issues the participants have.
If you know anyone who needs to get rid of his/her pill box, send this to them.
Wishing you all healthy body and healthy mind
Ronit
