"Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food" - so said Hippocrates long before I was born.

And a special friend of mine always says "in order to have the results you have never had, you must do the things you have never done".

And having started with those 2 thoughts, my husband, Noel, and I are embarking on a 40 day adventure of eating a raw food diet for the next 40 days - beginning on February 13, 2013.

I'll give you a little background:

About 6 years ago, at the age of 50, I was noticing that I was having difficulties with very simple things like reading a book, concentrating on conversations, listening to television or music, remembering directions to drive to familiar places.  This continued to get worse - to the point where it was time to visit my doctor.  She agreed that there was a problem and sent me for various tests, as well as an appointment with a neurologist.  The tests turned out to be negative but the neurologist agreed that there was something wrong - but couldn't figure it out.  So more testing and an additional neurologist.

By now I was barely able to drive a few kilometers from home, spent my evenings sleeping on the couch, had trouble playing instruments, and the above-mentioned problems worsened.  There seemed to be no answers and the symptoms were accelerating at an alarming rate.

Because Noel is diabetic, we followed a healthy low glycemic index diet.

In December 2008, an acquaintance invited me to attend a natural health clinic in New Brunswick while she tried to health a life threatening disease.  This was a food based all natural 10-day cleanse at Bayside Natural Health Centre in Baie Ste Anne, run by Drs. Rudy and Jeanie Davis.  By day 5 I knew that I was getting better, and by day 10 I was completely healed.  My body had been give the right tools to repair itself - and that is exactly what it was doing.  I was on the road to recovery in a way that no medical doctor could prescribe.  And I have never looked back.

On my return home, I applied the things that I had learned to help Noel with arthritis, thyroid problems, elevated cholesterol, and diabetes.  Today he is medication free except for his diabetes.  For that he presently takes 4 pills a day.

I have continued to study and research on my own, and in 2011 graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition as a Certified Health Coach.  This has given me the credibility I felt I needed in order to offer to help others become healthier and have a better quality of life.

So...with all of that out of the said, I'll post on our journey over the next 40 days.  Perhaps you will decide to join us, or maybe you'll just want to pick out a few things to help you with your own journey to health.

Until tomorrow...God bless!