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My Tactics For Success
Articles on this site reflect the
experiences of my wife, Angie. The info below is the result
of my interviewing her, and then posting the interview with the
corresponding resources and links on this site. We hope this helps
you conduct your own research on your unique path to wellness.
Please enjoy! Daniel.
- Healthy House In Moderation
- The Body Internal Environment
- Fight or Flight Changes Your Body
Chemistry
Daniel: "You've gone through some very
difficult stuff with allergies and environmental illness. Talk about
your experiences."
Angie: "Wow. This is a big area. I would
say that the doctors nearly destroyed my life with their "treatments"
for these diseases. Thank God I finally found different
approaches that actually made a real and positive difference!
I started having allergy shots as a child
right up into my teens. I don't remember this doing any good, and I had
chronic congestion, sore throats, and other allergy symptoms. I
just wonder what impact all these injections had on my long term
health. My health began to "crash" around 1986. Then maybe 13
years ago I got diagnosed with environmental illness. This can
be simply described as an allergy to the world and an inability to
handle normal levels of toxins. Following the medical advice I
received is where I
think the most harm was done to my health.
I was taught to alter my life completely in order to
"take the toxic load off my body". In other words, I was
made into a "bubble girl". For
example, I was told to wear a mask when I went out in order to avoid all
toxins and allergens, to avoid public places, to avoid all foods I was allergic to (which was
most foods), to purify my home air, to avoid any product with a
fragrance, and the list goes on. We
actually built a new "environmentally safe" home. We spent enormous
amounts of money.
OK, at this point I consider some changes in
moderation to be helpful,
but what this strategy did was make me far more sensitive, weaker and sicker. I now
believe that when
you put yourself in a pure environment, instead of getting better and
more able to tolerate the normal things in the world, it often causes
an increase in
sensitivity to the slightest toxins or allergens.
My reactions became more severe and very frightening. I had to become
more isolated to avoid bringing on these dangerous reactions. I became more sick and allergic to more foods and
every day environmental things. I became far more sensitive to the
slightest thing, and became more and more unable to deal with the
normal things in the world without having severe, terrifying
reactions. I became incredibly weak, and had some very bad new
problems develop. This was a terrible time for me, and for you
(Daniel).
I want to add that I never met anyone else who
took this path that got well. I'm not saying it's not possible
as I'm not a doctor,
but everyone I met who took the advice of these doctors and tried to
live in a totally pure environment just seemed to become worse, and
ultimately became trapped in this "bubble world".
I went through many types of treatments. I went to a
clinic in Dallas and was tested and given allergy shots to take home
with me. They made me severely worse. I would also say that it did not
seem to help others I've met either. One person did seem
to get some mild temporary relief, but most did not. Then the
one who stuck with it had to keep doing it for years. She had to
keep going back to the doctor to be retested as her doses would change
as her condition continuously altered. She was dependant on the injections
and constantly in the doctors office being retested.
I also went through a detox sauna program, tried IV
vitamins and many of the other strategies being recommended to me at
the time. I took gamma globulin shots. I only ate the small group
of foods I was shown to not have allergies to, and I rotated my foods.
I became vegetarian. I did colonics, clay and psyllium husk, B-12
injections, fasting, juicing. Nothing helped. Most of this made me worse.
More sensitive, more weak.
Ultimately, I have to share that it was through the
help of a place called Pleasant Valley Ministries that I was able to
break out of my bubble and regain some health. It's a long
story, but they were able to get some amazing insight into the root
causes of allergies and how to reverse it. I have completely changed my opinion on dealing
with allergies. It's well worth a call to Pleasant Valley to get
info on what they can do to help. It does not matter what
religion you practice, as you do not have to be Christian to
apply their information and for it to work. (Click
here for Pleasant Valley Ministries books and website link).
I know many, many people who recovered completely from
environmental illness and allergies through the information and teachings of these
folks. Several of those people I know were near death when they came to
that place for help. Many were chemically injured. I made
some huge progress overcoming the environmental illness through their
insights and help."
Daniel: "Clearly, your life has changed for the
better, and you are making progress now for the first time. Tell me
about what you're doing."
Angie: "In combination with applying what I've
learned through Pleasant Valley, I am doing some other things as well.
Healthy House In Moderation
A healthy house is a part of healthy living, but I
believe you can go overboard, make yourself more sensitive to the
normal things in the world, drive yourself crazy, live in fear (which
will hurt your health) and drive everyone else crazy. Still,
there are some very practical things to consider, and with a balanced
attitude I find some tactics to be healthful and practical.
I personally try to keep the chemicals down to a
minimum in my house, while not going overboard with the need for
perfect purity. The home should be a place where we do try to
create a healthy environment which is restful for the body, but
it's my feeling that if you go to the extreme with this stuff it can
backfire. I found that by taking it in moderation I've done better. I
keep the toxins and allergens to a minimum without making myself so
secluded that my body becomes more shocked and sensitive to everyday
things. We'll include some books and sites on the
allergy
resource page.
Here are just a few things that I choose to do as
part of my own healthy
choices:
- cleaning air vents.
- using a good air filter in my home air system.
- using unscented products on my body and in my
home whenever it's practical and obtainable.
- Non-toxic pest control.
- Non-toxic cleansers whenever possible.
- Keeping a clean environment.
- Avoiding the use of fragranced products in my own home,
and on my body. (I try not to be obsessive with this as I don't want
to move back into being a bubble girl. For example, I will use
whatever soap is available when I'm out of the house.)
- Keeping my bedroom environmentally clean so that
I can rest my body at night. This includes excluding particle
board furniture which has formaldehyde and other chemicals in it, using dust mite protective sheets and pillow
covers, etc.
- Water purification for drinking, cooking and
bathing.
The Body Internal Environment
I do believe that allergies can have multi-level causes within the
body, mind and spirit. I don't feel you can neglect any of the
three aspects and expect to see great improvement. I believe in
attacking all three issues when dealing with any health situation.
That being said, within the physical body, there
can be parasites, candida, leaky gut, liver congestion, etc. I would
say that the plan on the web page called
"my current wellness plan" deals
with overcoming many of the possible root causes of allergies.
It's my opinion that just treating the symptoms of allergies by shots,
pills, elimination diets, etc., is not a healthy long term strategy. I
believe in getting at the root cause whenever possible.
I went to so many doctors and they had
me going from product to product and procedure to procedure, without
putting it all together in a way that made sense. I see that
many others are having that problem now.
My current wellness plan
was the result of my researching and determining what areas I needed
to hit, what order to do it in, and what products I preferred to use.
Many
folks seem to have a great deal of success with just doing the
colon cleansing followed by the
Hulda Clark style liver cleanses found on
www.curezone.com So not
everyone needs to do every last thing. Each person is different and
must find their own plan.
Fight or Flight Changes Your Body
Chemistry
There is a physical state in the body
called "fight or flight". When there is anxiety, even if we are not
aware of it, it sets off all kinds of chemical reactions in the body
to make it ready to fight or run. In many, many people, living
with anxiety is a normal state. We may not even be aware of it,
because we don't know what it feels like to be without it. Fight
or flight can cause the body to have all kinds of troubles, including
interrupting our natural ability to detox properly, as well as
allergies.
Not only do the fight or flight chemicals we release do harm
eventually, but systems in our bodies are neglected and not fed, as
the body is putting it's resources elsewhere. So what results
are problems like leaky gut, poor digestion, etc. For example,
the lining of the stomach is continually regenerating in a healthy
person. A person in chronic fight or flight doesn't get the blood and the bodies resources in the gut where it needs to go. Leaky
gut can develop.
Often folks who have had a trauma in
their lives live with a continuous underlying anxiety. Frankly,
this is a high stress world and most of us are walking around with
less peace than is good for our health. Unless we find a way to deal
with it in peace, we can expect some wear and tear on our bodies.
This can also block success with even the best health treatments.
I would like to share that I have
invested a great deal of energy and time into working on coming into
peace with God, others and myself. I have found that in addition
to the obvious benefits, like a happier life, I seem to have much more
success when I apply health strategies. I have far fewer bad
reactions, and more progress. I shared some of what has worked
for me on the "Spiritual
and emotional aspects of healing" web page. "
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resources, articles and helpful products for allergies click here.
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