I'm healthier today than I was at age four!
To Anyone Who Has Ever Suffered from Asthma...
I know in my heart that if someone had shared this type of story with me, it would have saved me years of suffering - not to mention years of side effects caused by drugs that were supposed to be helping me. So I write this story for you...
I was diagnosed with asthma at age four. My parents chose the traditional medical route as my treatment because they knew no other way. By grammar school, I knew that my medications were not good for me; they made me nauseous, shaky, and very thin. I never slept well, and acid indigestion became a way of life. I remember hiding my inhalers and other medicines because I didn’t want to be different from other children who already made many comments about the way I was wheezing and how strange it sounded. I would even stop taking my medications, but then my asthma would get worse, and I lived in fear of dying. My parents always got upset if I didn’t take the medicine, so for awhile,
I complied. As a result of being on my medications, I believe my immune system became very weak. I often caught colds and flues, which put me in the hospital for breathing treatments and adrenaline shots five to six times a year.
At age 18, I decided to throw my medicines out; after all, I felt sick all the time and still had the asthma! I remember getting very ill, probably from my body trying to detox from the 14 years of intense medications. I decided to go down the holistic path and began reading everything I could get my hands on. I used vitamins, herbs, homeopathy,
acupuncture, massage, Rolfing and fasting.
My body did do some definite healing, and I was able to stay off medications except an inhaler - yet I was never symptom free. I wanted so badly to sleep one night without waking up at least three times to use my inhaler to breathe. Even with all the changes I had made, every time I got a cold, within 48 hours, I was back in the hospital for breathing
treatments and steroids. You can imagine how frustrating this was when I seemed to get a cold every month or two.
My bodily functions became imbalanced: I was way too thin, always constipated, my periods were awful, and I had severe hot flashes beginning at age 22. My body definitely felt like my enemy rather than a home for my soul. There were times I wished I could die - to be free of the struggle for air everyday of my life. The regular medications were still not an option, because I knew they gave me immediate yet temporary relief - but long term, they made me sicker. I wouldn’t fill the prescriptions, except the inhalers that I couldn’t survive without.
When I married and had children, each pregnancy brought on more severe
asthma. By my third child, I was flat in bed for five months and had to
take medications around the clock to stop the asthma and the premature
labor. It was at this point that I was warned if I didn’t get out of the
Sacramento Valley, I would have emphysema by the time I was 45. I was 37 then, and we picked up the family and moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Here, I became pregnant with my fourth child. Unfortunately, the asthma was worse than ever! I was so scared! I never told my family, but I had a premonition that if I didn’t do something, I was going to die. Here I had four children to raise, with marginal health inherited from all of my imbalances – what would happen to them?
About that time, a neighbor of mine started introduced me to some whole food supplements. I didn’t know what all the information meant, but I was desperate and willing to try anything. I had nothing to lose! I definitely got worse before I got better. Fortunately, I was supported well with good scientific information about how the products worked.
Between the fourth and fifth months of taking the food based supplements, mucous purged from everywhere in my body. Anyone who has ever experienced asthma knows that mucous is a way of life. My body seemed to be getting rid of many toxins. From that point on, I had not used an inhaler or any kind of medication.
It’s been a process where my health has transformed, not only with asthma, but I’ve seen improvements in my hormones, my skin, and my energy levels. Best of all, I can now get a "normal" cold without having to go to the hospital!
After two years of daily taking the whole food supplements, I feel better now that I have ever felt in my whole life. At age 42, I am healthier than I was at four! The body does not make mistakes; it just does the best it can with what we give it. And given that our food is so empty of nutrition from our depleted soils and the fact that we cook, microwave, freeze, can, boil, irradiate, hydrogenate, dye, wax, and preserve our food, my body did not have any chance for good health before it got help from the supplements.
Both the medical model and the holistic model led me to the same dead end. I wanted to be symptom free. I now know that it is food, and only food, that can give the body what it needs to heal itself.
I write this story experiencing optimum health. As a mother of four, I am now in control of my family’s health. My children, husband, and I almost never need to go to a doctor. We still catch things, but the difference now is that our bodies take them over, rather than they taking us over!
Pam Pereira
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho *
I know in my heart that if someone had shared this type of story with me, it would have saved me years of suffering - not to mention years of side effects caused by drugs that were supposed to be helping me. So I write this story for you...
I was diagnosed with asthma at age four. My parents chose the traditional medical route as my treatment because they knew no other way. By grammar school, I knew that my medications were not good for me; they made me nauseous, shaky, and very thin. I never slept well, and acid indigestion became a way of life. I remember hiding my inhalers and other medicines because I didn’t want to be different from other children who already made many comments about the way I was wheezing and how strange it sounded. I would even stop taking my medications, but then my asthma would get worse, and I lived in fear of dying. My parents always got upset if I didn’t take the medicine, so for awhile,
I complied. As a result of being on my medications, I believe my immune system became very weak. I often caught colds and flues, which put me in the hospital for breathing treatments and adrenaline shots five to six times a year.
At age 18, I decided to throw my medicines out; after all, I felt sick all the time and still had the asthma! I remember getting very ill, probably from my body trying to detox from the 14 years of intense medications. I decided to go down the holistic path and began reading everything I could get my hands on. I used vitamins, herbs, homeopathy,
acupuncture, massage, Rolfing and fasting.
My body did do some definite healing, and I was able to stay off medications except an inhaler - yet I was never symptom free. I wanted so badly to sleep one night without waking up at least three times to use my inhaler to breathe. Even with all the changes I had made, every time I got a cold, within 48 hours, I was back in the hospital for breathing
treatments and steroids. You can imagine how frustrating this was when I seemed to get a cold every month or two.
My bodily functions became imbalanced: I was way too thin, always constipated, my periods were awful, and I had severe hot flashes beginning at age 22. My body definitely felt like my enemy rather than a home for my soul. There were times I wished I could die - to be free of the struggle for air everyday of my life. The regular medications were still not an option, because I knew they gave me immediate yet temporary relief - but long term, they made me sicker. I wouldn’t fill the prescriptions, except the inhalers that I couldn’t survive without.
When I married and had children, each pregnancy brought on more severe
asthma. By my third child, I was flat in bed for five months and had to
take medications around the clock to stop the asthma and the premature
labor. It was at this point that I was warned if I didn’t get out of the
Sacramento Valley, I would have emphysema by the time I was 45. I was 37 then, and we picked up the family and moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Here, I became pregnant with my fourth child. Unfortunately, the asthma was worse than ever! I was so scared! I never told my family, but I had a premonition that if I didn’t do something, I was going to die. Here I had four children to raise, with marginal health inherited from all of my imbalances – what would happen to them?
About that time, a neighbor of mine started introduced me to some whole food supplements. I didn’t know what all the information meant, but I was desperate and willing to try anything. I had nothing to lose! I definitely got worse before I got better. Fortunately, I was supported well with good scientific information about how the products worked.
Between the fourth and fifth months of taking the food based supplements, mucous purged from everywhere in my body. Anyone who has ever experienced asthma knows that mucous is a way of life. My body seemed to be getting rid of many toxins. From that point on, I had not used an inhaler or any kind of medication.
It’s been a process where my health has transformed, not only with asthma, but I’ve seen improvements in my hormones, my skin, and my energy levels. Best of all, I can now get a "normal" cold without having to go to the hospital!
After two years of daily taking the whole food supplements, I feel better now that I have ever felt in my whole life. At age 42, I am healthier than I was at four! The body does not make mistakes; it just does the best it can with what we give it. And given that our food is so empty of nutrition from our depleted soils and the fact that we cook, microwave, freeze, can, boil, irradiate, hydrogenate, dye, wax, and preserve our food, my body did not have any chance for good health before it got help from the supplements.
Both the medical model and the holistic model led me to the same dead end. I wanted to be symptom free. I now know that it is food, and only food, that can give the body what it needs to heal itself.
I write this story experiencing optimum health. As a mother of four, I am now in control of my family’s health. My children, husband, and I almost never need to go to a doctor. We still catch things, but the difference now is that our bodies take them over, rather than they taking us over!
Pam Pereira
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho *
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The material on this site is provided for educational and informational purposes only and must not be taken as “medical advice”. The information and directions in these writings, individually and collectively, are in no way to be considered as a substitute for consultations with a duly licensed physician regarding diagnosis and/or treatment of disease and are not intended to diagnose or treat any disease. Please consult with your doctor for this advice.
*We do not guarantee the results, as they may vary.
