'Food Matters' Film

[MCC]

Has anyone watched it? I'm going to see it tonight. I thought it may be relevant as it's all about how our diet and lifestyle affects our health: http://www.foodmatters.tv/

[elephant]

Lets us know Mandy how the show went. If there is something we should be doing let us know.

[Sangye]

Sounds great. I'll try to watch online but I have a poopy internet connection.

I did get ruffled by the last comment "It's a choice. You don't have to be sick." Not entirely--I did everything right and still got Wegs. Still, it's true that many preventable illnesses are clearly a result of poor diet and other lifestyle choices. All the good things I did for years have kept me from having other major problems.

[elephant]

Make's me wonder if we are ( all us who have wegener's disease) have a unknown allergy.
I just got done eating oatmeal cookie with whole wheat and chocolate chip cookies. Oh I did have cake and ice cream today too. OINK! OINK!

[jola57]

well I'll trump you with 2 brownies, 1/4 bag cheezies (first time for over 5 years), 1 sml bottle of coke, 1/2 vanilla slice, and trying to be good, 1/2 an orange. You were saying Sangye? LOL

[Sangye]

ROTFL-- my point exactly...

Elephant, the crux of what many of them are saying isn't about allergies, it's about massive nutritional deficiency and toxicity. Processed foods are so dangerous. When you restore proper nutrients and detoxify the body, many incurable diseases are cured and most diseases of Western civilization are also cured (and prevented).

One of the methods discussed in the film is the Gerson Therapy which has been around since about 1940. I followed many aspects of the Gerson treatment for many years--amazing stuff. In fact, a couple weeks ago I emailed one of the naturopathic physicians who works for them to ask if a child I know with stage IV cancer might benefit. I knew this doctor many years ago in Arizona. We got talking via email and I filled her in on the Wegs. I explained all about it, thinking she'd never remember it from school. Incredibly, her MOM had Wegs 30 yrs ago. They only used pred (no ctx) and she lived 4-5 years. She said her parents owned a gas station and her mom used to pump gas. She felt that was the cause of her Wegs.

Because of our conversation, I've been thinking more about how to do aspects of the Gerson treatment that 1) are doable for me (energy and expense) and 2) won't interfere with the drugs, etc... or cause other problems (like detoxing). I'm clearly deficient in nutrients, having eaten poorly since starting treatment (due to pred cravings, prolonged nausea, financial problems, etc...). Everyone who eats a Western diet is nutritionally deficient. The Gerson program isn't about supplements it's about getting nutrients from food. I believe toxins were the cause of my Wegs and dumping in chemo and all these other toxic drugs has only deepened the toxicity. But I can't deal with detoxing at this time-- unsafe to do it without a physician's supervision and too many unknowns with my current treatment.

We'll see. I believe that things show up in life for a reason. The contact with the doctor, Mandy posting about this movie-- I'm rolling it around in my head.