The first thing I reinstated was XanGo, a juice made from the mangosteen fruit that grows in SouthEast Asia. When I was first diagnosed in 2004 a friend introduced me to this juice and to be quite honest drinking it 3 times each day made a big difference. Obviously coming back to England I didn’t have a penny to my name, so mum offered to buy a case of 4 bottles each month.
I take an ounce three times each day, a side effect of taking the juice is to totally relieve all symptoms of osteoarthritis in my knees. Not a bad side effect at all, I remember back in ‘04’ when I was very pleasantly surprised that not only was it making me feel better and easing the symptoms of MS but it completely eased the arthritis.
As the months passed on I was very lucky to qualify for disability so I found a great little place to live. Unlike living in Colorado I can afford to buy decent food and the supplements I have to take daily. Although I’m not able to get the blood tests I am in a far better place and don’t have the stress of worrying about if I can afford to pay my bills. It’s tight but I’m able to get the essential supplements and even try the occasional new vitamin or nutrient I’ve read about.
Being able to dedicate the time, of which I have quite a bit of free time now, I’m able to read a lot. Since meeting Dr.Huggins my attitude to life has changed. I know I never took good health for granted, I was sick before I met him, but he inspired me to read about the forerunners in what is mistakenly called “Alternative or Complementary medicine”. I say mistakenly because Allopathic medicine is driven by the pharmaceutical giants who encourage the use of drugs to address a symptom of the illness or disease we are suffering from. Alternative, Complementary medicine or Ayurvedic treatment has more of a holistic view and look at the cause then treat it. This way when treated correctly the health problem goes away…..permanently.
My research and studying proved to me the benefits of naturally occurring vitamins and nutrients and minerals so Magnesium, Potassium and Manganese to name a few became a staple in my life. I came across a book written by Carolyn Dean ND, MD. called “ The Magnesium Miracle”. What an amazing book that went into magnesium to a far greater degree than I’d seen before including research by Huggins and Levy et al.
Learning that magnesium was significantly influential for the body to function correctly was not a surprise but finding out that there are more than 800 systems, enzymes that need magnesium to actually work did shock me. She describes in depth how and why a large percentage of people in the western world are magnesium deficient. This deficiency materialises as mostly minor ailments but sometimes as what can be perceived as major life threatening disease. As I’ve said many times before doctors here (UK and US) then treat the symptom. There are thousands, millions of people every week are given a drug to “MASK” the pain or irritation and feel better temporarily only for the problem to raise it’s ugly head a month later when the course of “antibiotics” is finished.
Anyway I’ll stop ranting and get on with the “me” part.
Magnesium comes in many guises as I’ve highlighted in previous posts, it’s magnesium chloride that I’m using both as magnesium chloride flakes that goes into my two daily soak and in tablet form. I get both from Amazon, the tablets are by a company called “ALTA” and I’m taking 3 grams daily which is probably 6 times the recommended dose for healthy people. The flakes come from a company called “Holistic Valley” and I get a 10 kilo tub that lasts about a month. I’ve experimented with various quantities but i’m settled on 5 cups per bath and I soak for an hour.
At this time there is just one other product I take and excited about which I’ll talk about tomorrow.
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