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Rather be Healthy Primarily my journey on the Ann Boroch Protocol but also on safe dentistry.

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05/11/2022

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05/11/2022

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19/05/2022

More than!!!

In life there are some people, no... a lot of people that often want to do something but don't, they stop because they have a suitcase full of excuses, it might be the " it just wasn't right for me" or the " I've tried everything but it just didn't work" or "It's too hard" or the old faithful "I just don't like doing it".
In reality those people will never truly get what they want, they just tell themselves and anyone that asks that they couldn't get whatever it was because they've tried everything but its simply not possible, so they accept what they have is as good as it gets.
I can't live like that...
There are things that I would like to happen, they're not obviously achievable but the way I see it is that if it's not worked, if I've been knocked down or backwards I have to suck it up, take it on the chin and try again.
Just look at anything that's been done in the past, they didn't just happen...
There are things nowadays that when considered to what was normal a hundred years ago seem absolutely incredible, just look at transport in general and the quality of millions of developments that today we just take for granted.
A thousand mistakes or failed attempts have happened but perseverance is key.
I'm not saying that our efforts are on a par with the Einstein's of the past but we have to genuinely try and not give in just because we stumbled.
Thinking back to when this protocol was developed.
Ann made mistakes..
Janet made mistakes and was in pain.
I've made mistakes and I'm in pain 24/7..
Martha has made mistakes, but what we haven't done is make excuses and give up.
You, yes You...
Have to adopt the attitude of "I will succeed".
Believe in what you're doing, believe in yourself.
Tens of thousands have failed... why ? because of the suitcase I mentioned earlier, but guess what? Thousands HAVE succeeded because they refused to accept defeat.
I see myself, and you should too as being the difference that will make a difference, and then TELL YOURSELF.

" I am more than Enough"...

16/05/2022

It's not that!!! It's this..

There is a big difference in the importance of choices we make if a person is healthy or unhealthy.
For the majority it's simply down to one thing or the other...do I like it or not..?
Sadly its a little more complicated when you are one of the people like myself that has an illness the medical fraternity have all chosen to accept the catorization of being "incurable"... so when all of the so called experts.... HA!!!
have given up, its so much harder to remain firm in your belief that there must be a way, surely the continuation of being alive has got to be more than just "existing".
Getting back to choices, having an illness, a serious life debilitating illness
like MS and always having the option of "do I accept defeat" and just exist in pain, frustration, humiliation and solitude or do I make the choice of No !!! I'm not giving up!!! I'm going to keep trying...

When you've made that choice, you have to be strong and committed to make choices you don't like. I would love to have a pizza or Big Mac or ice cream occasionally but I know it would have serious implications, it would jeopardise my longterm plan to heal my body. So the choice of do I like and want it or not doesn't matter...
It's not that, it's this..
Will it help or hinder me in my quest to Live again...

30/04/2022

Everyone gets knocked down...

I was diagnosed with one of the so called "incurables" back in February of 2004, only 2 years previously I'd moved from England, got married, to an American woman, was working in the computer s/w industry and taken out a massive mortgage on a far too big for two and my wife's cats house in Castle Rock in the beautiful state of Colorado.
As you can imagine, the news cut me to the bone, prior to my attempted sleep and during the many waking hours I genuinely felt like swallowing a bottle full of sleeping pills and downing them with a quart of Jack Daniels.. That didn't happen of course and when I finally came to my senses as the sun shine highlighted the incredible Rocky Mountains a few miles away I changed my attitude from "oh poor me" to "okay, time to kick butt" and search for a genuine answer, a tough job knowing the pharmaceutical giants said they'd already tried to no avail.
I think having the attitude inherited from my mum, R.I.P. who'd survived every atrocity inflicted on her during WW11 that I've been able to cope with the many, many disappointments incurred while attempting therapy after therapy after operation that didn't work.
I must admit that I was so close to giving up before being told about Ann Boroch and her amazing protocol.
I am over four years into the ABP and if it wasn't for the horrendously painful accident which has seriously damaged my knees, taken the majority of my leg strength and has kept me in bed for 25 months, I'm as weak generally as a drunken pensioner.... oh yes I am a pensioner, not touched any alcohol since a glass of wine at Sunday lunch 5 years ago but yes very weak in comparison to my former self.
Over the years, the experience and knowledge I've gained through various sports and work I've realised that doing anything in life, especially something more than a little challenging can be tough, in fact not just tough but damn hard and demoralising, but if the end result is what you really want, then getting knocked down is always a possibility but as the boxing coach said, everyone gets knocked down, but it's...
Winners that get back up...

25/04/2022

A lot closer...

As we all get older, we tend to use the excuse of " well it happens to everyone as we age, there's nothing we can do about that"... yes thats partly true, as in time and tide wait for no man, or woman of course. But ageing should mean... more experienced and capable of making better choices, not lots more weight, more wrinkles and food induced sickness.
Yes of course there are far more tasty foods nowadays than in previous decades and its so much more convenient to just wolf some "fastfood" down while on the way to or from work or after because the kids need feeding. But the more we indulge and give in to our yearning tastebuds, the more those with "pure profits" on their agenda will continue to make and advertise fast or faster nutrionless crap ladled with hundreds of unpronounceable additives that do nothing good to our body.
Over the past twenty or so years I've tried to become more aware of the dangers in processed foods in general. I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, prior to MS I would definitely have a Big Mac occasionally or another non compliant food, but it was only now and then, it wasn't my staple diet.
I was the Client Service Director for the world leading authority in biological dentistry and body chemistry rebalancing so was fortunate to meet several other leaders in the field of nutrition and "Natural health"... not the synthetic and chemically reduced symptoms and temporally healthy advocates..
When I was diagnosed with MS back in 2004, I was initially quite despondent especially after being told that everything would go downhill from that moment on. But being the type of guy I am, I saw that statement as a bit of a challenge... okay the world health experts all say the same, that MS is incurable and "you'll never beat it"... Ha!!! I'm from Liverpool, my mum, God rest her soul was born in Berlin, so I'm half German as well so the neurologist saying that to me was like a dare, go on.. I dare you to beat MS..
Challenge accepted...
Eighteen years later, still no pharmaceutical drugs and still optimistic, I've not beaten it yet, but I'm definitely well on the way to doing it, thanks to the ABP.
As I've said before, the only obvious symptom I have now is weakness, quite an issue for me knowing how physically active I was, but... total healing from this hideous disease hasn't happened but let me say this in all honesty.
I'm definitely a lot closer than they expected...

23/04/2022

It's simple..

In some ways I look at life in general in a different way than most other people, but more specifically its health that I tend to have a very different opinion of.
Prior to being diagnosed with what the neurologist told me was incurable, a disease called multiple sclerosis I'd been what most people would term an extreme sportsman, I'll not go into them all now but trust me, 99.9% of people wouldn't do them. So because I also had and have a great interest in nutrition and as Hippocrates said "Let food be your medicine" I refused to take the pharmaceutical drugs recommended by the neurologist.... looking back to that day which was in February 2004 I had some stern words said to me, but, that didn't change my opinion and to this day I'm still pharmaceutical drug free.
I've mentioned that I have tried numerous different ways to beat this hideous disease, some helped a little, including a full dental revision with the late Dr Hal Huggins who was my boss, I've also had CCSVI, Bee venom therapy and many others. It wasn't until my eyes were opened to a genuinely true way of healing the body by following the Ann Boroch Protocol did I embark on my healing journey.
If it wasn't for a fall 25 months ago I truly believe that my healing would be complete, but its only muscle weakness that is an obvious problem now.
There are a couple of "Compliant" supplements that I've added specifically to strengthen my immune system and build muscle which I'll talk about in another post but rest assured they are compliant.
So going back to the heading, there are numerous diseases that specialists... actually that should say paid for by the pharmaceutical industry specialists to give a biased opinion, in reality if they were honest they'd say that it's simply
It's not in our best financial interest to find an answer...

13/04/2022

You'll never get there!!!

Multiple Sclerosis is one of many diseases that the pharmaceutical industry has deemed to be incurable, notice I didn't say it is incurable its just that big pharma have convinced the medical profession in the western world that it is...
What they should say is that its not a financially viable option for them to genuinely find a cure. Most health problems can be cured, in the main the condition hasn't consciously been created by man but it most definitely has been exacerbated by the consumption or use of certain foods, drinks or other things put into the body.
It's become "the norm" for people to go to the doctors and ask for a pill, its expected that "a pill" will ease the pain, most people don't want to hear about or they ignore advice to stop eating or drinking or smoking whatever it is that's exacerbating the health problem that's been a problem for many years, anyway I'll stop with my rant..
Back to the hideous disease racking my body with pain and ruining my life for the past eighteen years.. 18 flipping years. There are several reasons why this disease takes up residence in someone's body but apparently the so called experts in the field of western medicine fail to acknowledge any.
Over the last 18 years I've done a great deal of research into the reasons.
I was a director for the world leading authority in biological dentistry who also had MS... Dr. Hal Huggins.
There are books and numerous papers scientifically proving the dangers and detrimental effects of Mercury which is the most toxic none radioactive substance on earth but amazingly is the largest component of amalgam fillings.
Another is the top four vertebrae in the spine being knocked out of alignment, I've had treatment which definitely helped.... N.U.C.C.A.
Also Dr Paolo Zamboni completely cured his wife with MS using a surgical technique he developed called CCSVI..or Chronic Cebral Spinal Venous Insufficiency.
There obviously is serious money involved getting to where one of the above can be done by a qualified practitioner and the appropriate treatment and recovery etc.
Which leads me to what I'm doing now Ann Boroch complely healed herself using a lifestyle change called the Ann Boroch Protocol.. ABP..
No money involved other than buying a book, reading it properly and following her instructions.
I've actually tried all of the above including many others however its the ABP that I believe will be my healer.
The protocol isn't easy but it's not difficult if you know what you truly want, you just have to focus and be committed to getting your life back.
So tell yourself that you can and you will do what's necessary and remember these words.
You'll never get there if you give up..

01/04/2022

Learning...

Back in September 2017 when I initially started on the protocol, I was happy about my knowledge and previous experience which had kept me gluten free for many years, at that time no more than 4 gms of sugar passed my lips per day, so in my mind starting and following the ABP would be a "piece of cake", not literally of course.
I think a big problem for many "Brits" and European starters is that Ann Boroch was American so the foods she wrote abou, be it compliant and non compliant can be confusing, in some ways I could relate to most as I lived in the beautiful state of Colorado for eleven years.
But even so, I made mistakes which after an appropriate wrist slapping from....you know who, I quickly made changes.
It's so easy to make silly mistakes especially during that ever so critical initial three months.
Get that right and the remaining four years plus are relatively straightforward.
As the first three then six months pass, the options to incorporate what was to be totally avoided will change slightly.
Obviously Corn, mushroom, peas and potato will always be absolute No No's but as you will see in the lists, things will change.
What never fails to frustrate me is why a very basic food product in tins or packs will almost always have multiple additions
More often than not you'll find a lot of salt and sugar. The salt often dehydrating you making you drink more to quench your thirst if its a soft drink, the sugar to mask the taste.
Sticking to the 90 day diet is possibly too strict for some people as you progress, but a lot will depend on You personally, your MS condition and personal circumstances as in friends and family around you.
At the end of the day please think hard about possible adjustments, read labels....properly and don't be fooled by the self promoting garbage that's spewed out by food manufacturers. Now that it's commonly understood that Sugar is Toxic they will attempt to mislead you at every opportunity.
And remember that Ann... r.i.p. Janet, myself (Stefan) and Martha have nothing to gain, there's no hidden agenda, we genuinely want to help, as does all the support team.
Never be afraid to ask questions however trvial it may seem, we've all been where you are..
You are going through a learning curve.
There are too many foods, especially processed foods that seem good on the surface but as I said, when scouring the labels a multitude of sins are revealed.
Be strong and focused..
Good look on your journey to a new life...

Stefan..

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