Day 11: Rawvolutionary Healing (Pamela Reilly)

My name is Pamela Reilly. I’m a Naturopath and Living Foods Life Coach who lives in Indianapolis. I want to warmly thank Duong for allowing me to participate in the 21 Days to Living Healthier and Happier adventure!

My journey to natural health started when I was diagnosed at the age of two (42 years ago) with diabetes. As I grew, I heavily researched health and wellness, poring over medical journals and reading research reports. Not finding the answers I needed, I changed my research focus to natural healing remedies such as nutrition and herbalism.

As the years progressed, my health steadily declined in spite of doing everything my mainstream doctors told me to do. I began experiencing debilitating fatigue in my late twenties and was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. My thyroid gland then completely died, I had severe neurological symptoms that caused me to be incorrectly diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis three times, my blood pressure skyrocketed.

I had frequent chest pains, my speech became slurred, I frequently gained and lost large amounts of weight, I had extreme clinical depression with thoughts of suicide, I developed numerous environmental allergies and allergies to more than twelve different foods, and had a host of other health issues. I was a mess! Mainstream medical professionals did everything they could, but nothing helped.

By early 2001, at the "young" age of 36, I was on sixteen different prescription medications and was almost completely bedridden. I became a widow in November of that year, which only added to my emotional and physical challenges. As a single mom with two young children who desperately needed my strength, I was desperate to find answers to my health problems.

Knowing that my healing came directly from God, I continued researching natural remedies. I also received multiple certifications to further equip me to help others, and began studying to become a Naturopathic Doctor. My health conditions gradually improved as I made positive lifestyle changes, but I still had bouts of extreme fatigue that interfered with daily living. I praise God that by mid-2007 I was off all medications except for insulin and a natural thyroid hormone replacement.

In late 2005, I heard about a biblical “diet plan” that included nothing but raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. I didn’t think anyone in their right mind could eat such a diet! God, however, knew better. From then on, every time I turned around I was presented with new information about raw foods and their effect on health. I researched the raw foods or "living foods" lifestyle and decided to give it a try. I began experimenting with varying degrees of eating raw in 2006.

I wasn’t yet ready to make a full transition and hadn’t prepared myself emotionally or spiritually, so my entry into the raw food lifestyle came very slowly and with frequent returns to unhealthy foods. Old habits die hard! When I finally decided to go 100% raw, by the grace of God, I experienced truly miraculous healing in many different body systems. My husband joined me in eating raw foods in early 2009 and has already experienced improved health.

To date, the healing I've experienced includes: a reduction in daily insulin intake from 70 units per day down to around 12; total regeneration of my thyroid gland and elimination of hormone supplementation; a constant blood pressure of 90/70; Adhesive Capsulitis ("frozen shoulder") in both shoulders spontaneously healed; my resting heart rate dropped 25 beats per minute without adding additional exercise; tendon damage I'd been told was "permanent" healed; I only need about six hours of sleep to feel rested; I have no PMS or negative menstrual symptoms; and I have a mental clarity and joy that truly exceeds all understanding.

As I began researching the raw foods lifestyle, I read testimony after testimony of raw foodists who were spontaneously healed of cancer, AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, chronic migraines, arthritis, heart conditions, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglycerides, Diabetic Retinopathy, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and a host of other diseases.
Learn more about Pamela Reilly, Naturopath & Living Foods Life Coach, CNHP, CPH
Good Works Wellness Research, LLC

http://www.goodworkswellness.com
http://rawvolutionaryhealing.blogspot.com
Other Guest Post by Pamela Reilly: What is Raw Foods

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