My Healing Journey | Let thy food be thy medicine Part 2
Continued from Let thy food be thy medicine Part 1 At first, the idea that I could turn my health around, was just that. An idea. A hope. I didn't really have a plan. My mother did something quite revolutionary. I was diagnosed with rheumatic fever at age 9, three doctors all said I'd be on penicillin (antibiotics) and 6 adult strength aspirin daily: until age 18, or age 33, or indefinitely, depending on the doctor. After 3 years of this medical regimen at age 12, one day my
My Healing Journey | Let thy food be thy medicine Part 1
Once I hit the proverbial rock-bottom after almost destroying my health with years of bad choices, unhealthy foods, drugs and alcohol to numb emotional pain to the point of becoming suicidal, I looked for ways to turn my health around. I read many books on the subject, and by a series of coincidences was introduced to macrobiotics. I taught myself how to cook from books published by the Kushi Institute, and one day decided to go and learn from them directly. I spent almost 2
