Ever felt too tired to get out of bed in the morning, can't be bothered doing anything at all? Indeed chronic fatigue has been called 'the plague of modern civilization'. Well I guess all of us have had that experience at sometime in our lives but Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers endure that and a great deal worse every day. The good news is that you can beat it!
You see it's not just an occasional bout of tiredness that they experience, no it can be full blown exhaustion, a complete inability to make one's muscles work for you. I should know, I had it seriously! In the Eighties I was so ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that I couldn't do such simple things as sit up or stand, walk to the bathroom, lift a mug of tea to my lips or pull a blanket closer around myself without assistance. Fortunately I had a very loving husband and mother who cared for my needs as well as our three children but it was no mean feat for Paul who worked full-time to cope with this family situation. I had been unwell for many years but nothing prepared me for the pain and stress of the above experience. At one point I was so ill that for several weeks I could barely breathe, it was impossible to inhale a lung full of air while lying on my back as my muscles were so weak. The only way was to lie on my side and just wait endless hours, and days in the hope that one day I would get better.
For months we searched for a cure for this Chronic Fatigue but none was to be found. One sympathetic doctor kindly jabbed my thigh with a Vitamin B12 injection every week in the hope that my immune system would beat this big bad ogre but all that it succeeded in doing was giving me a very painful leg in addition to the already painful joints and muscles that I suffered. Eventually I was hospitalized for about 10 days and given intravenous Vitamin C drips every day, and eventually in time I was able to sit up and walk slowly unaided. Little did I realize then that there was an easier way to take in this wonder of all Vitamins. Soon after this a friend who herself had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, had been advised by her doctor that it was possible to beat Chronic Fatigue by following Leslie Kenton's raw food and juice diet, explained in her book, 'Raw Energy'. Well I felt I had nothing to lose, life just couldn't be much worse could it?
To put the whole thing in a nutshell Leslie Kenton explains that a diet high in raw foods and fresh vegetable and fruit juices puts the entire body through a very thorough spring cleaning. Within a short space of time wastes and toxins are eliminated while at the same time the sodium/potassium and acid/alkaline balance are restored. Raw foods and fresh juices supply and restore the level of nutrients that are so essential for optimal cell function. Added to that the efficiency with which cells take up oxygen increases, thereby releasing the energy that is needed for optimum health. In short raw vegetables and fruits are simply powerhouses of energy.
From time to time cleansing the body with fresh fruit and vegetable juices do all the excellent things that solid raw foods do but in a way that relieves the digestive system of much work. Fresh juices speed up the body's ability to destroy dead, diseased or damaged cells and feeds the body with concentrated nutrients that renew the body's flagging immune system.
I found that to be so true. The results were nothing short of miraculous!! Within weeks my body was responding to the high raw food and fresh juice way of life. Slowly but surely my body shed those eternal aches and pains, that incessant exhaustion and gradually that feeling of hopelessness was replaced with a longing to enjoy the good things in life once again. Oh! How good it was!! Just being able to do those little things in life that most of us take for granted each day were a real milestone for me and brought such great pleasure to be able to accomplish them. As time went by my health improved to such an extent that I was able to function normally as a wife and mother, running my home and family successfully without the help of others, even homeschooling our three children. Today I run a successful business from home, enjoy a wonderful social life, love regularly visiting my 3 grown up children and 2 grandchildren who all live about 2 hours drive away. Proof that the raw food and fresh vegetable and fruit juice way of life really works and that you can beat Chronic Fatigue successfully. Adopting the high raw food way of life has been worth all the effort. I highly recommend it to anyone suffering exhaustion or a lack of energy whether it be due to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or any other reason.
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