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Eat to live, don't live to eat! Annabelle's story
I had my 1st asthma attack at age 5, on Halloween. Over the next 30 years I developed severe allergies also. I was taking several medications a day just to be able to climb stairs without having an asthma attack!
About three years ago, in addition to my breathing and allergy troubles, I was so tired I could barely move! Every day I would come home and try to force myself to exercise and just want to go to bed!
I finally found a doctor who did some nutritional testing on me and I was shocked! I had always thought I was healthy. I did not eat out a lot and never fried anything but my body was in BAD shape! My cholesterol was over 300 and I was deficient in MANY key nutrients!
In addition to all of that I was VERY anemic....I began to study diet and nutrition and discovered that may of the foods I thought were healthy were really not!
I started eating only organic, natural, WHOLE foods and supplemented to treat my deficiencies. A year later, I was asthma and allergy FREE! I can't believe what eating processed foods was doing to my body. I never want to feel that way again. Never do I feel "deprived" of anything because my body is getting the fuel it needs to function properly.
I now encourage everyone to "eat to live, not live to eat" and take charge and bring about change!! I am so blessed!