Volume 1 Edition 1
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I have days where I feel overwhelmed at the flood of strange diseases and weird reactions people are having with their bodies. Just recently had an email from a frantic mother whose young daughter has Henoch Shonlein pupura (OK so there are several ways to spell this, so just relax if you know another way) and is extremely ill and has to stay home. Then the cancer stories just keep rolling in. I can only keep encouraging you to put God-made food in God-made bodies and watch as you regain your God-made health. Look for the cause of the problem, and try not to treat the symptoms as this usually just results in symptoms popping up somewhere else. I am continually approached with the 'latest' thing, many of which I have seen go around the block several times in the 30 years I have been involved in the natural health industry. At the end of the day, I can honestly say, like King Solomon did in the book of Ecclesiastes, "there is nothing new under the son". What may be new is the packaging, the company, the marketing plan or the price. In reality it is still the body that repairs itself, it will always repair and heal itself. As long as a cut on your finger repairs itself , your body will be capable of repairing itself. There is nothing outside of the body, that has the intelligence and ability to heal and repair like the body has. All we can do is give our bodies the opportunity to do the repair work and supply the right ingredients (nutrition and lifestyle) to be able to do so efficiently.
Take the case of Bill.. (this week's in success story) He had tried several 'new' medical drugs yet his health deteriorated, to the point where he developed a serious heart infection. What do you do when you are fit (triathlons) and can no longer train? Well, when he changed his eating habits and turned to God, his health was restored within 3-4 months. Read his story on the right and click the read more to get the full story, it is really good.
Liane has not only made a full recovery from cancer, but has better health than before...see below
Then an extract from The China study shows just how we need to return to a natural unprocessed diet and lifestyle.
I do believe that we need to stop looking for the new thing and go back to the way we were designed to eat and live. Science may have advanced, but as the biggest most comprehensive study ever done on nutrition shows, that living the way we were designed to live, goes right back to the garden of Eden. So here we have millions spent to prove that all the gimmicks, high protein diets, supplements, development in the medical world, has done absolutely nothing to improve our health. Cancer and diabetes have increased dramatically and heart disease is at its max (1 out of 2). We have a billion-dollar health industry in supplements yet there is more disease especially in the auto-immune field than ever before.
If diets, supplements and medicine worked surely this would not be the case?
Well many of you have experienced the drastic improvement in your health by changing your diet and you know first hand that all the things you tried did not work. So don't allow the latest nutrition guru or salesperson (often one and the same) to empty out your pockets based on their false stories.
Hold onto common sense and if you need more pray for it. The book of James clearly says "if you lack wisdom, ask God and He will give it to you"
Yours in Health
Mary-Ann
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Succes stories
To the Mary Anne Shearer team,
The China study is a book that everyone remotely interested in healthy living needs to read - you can order this at less 25% at www.naturalway.co.za |
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Drawing on the project findings in rural China, but going far beyond those findings, The China Study details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The report also examines the source of nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and opportunistic scientists. The New York Times has recognized the study (China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project) as the “Grand Prix of epidemiology” and the “most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease.”
“After a long career in research and policy-making, I have decided to step ‘out of the system.’ I have decided to disclose why Americans are so confused,” said Dr. Campbell. “As a taxpayer who foots the bill for research and health policy in America, you deserve to know that many of the common notions you have been told about food, health and disease are wrong.”
“I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. You need to know the truth about food, and why eating the right way can save your life.” USA/UK Order here.. The China Study South Africa order here.. The China Study SA
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Often when we sit down to watch a movie or play some card games, Mark & I feel like something sweet to snack on. In the old days we may have had a chocolate bar, but the hangover the next day was just not worth it. That was how we came up with the carob sweets we make, we wanted the comfort of the chocolatey taste and texture but none of the effects of the caffeine & sugar. Carob on its own is not as nice as when it is used as a coating on our wheat free crunchies (on special until stocks last btw) or in our bars. My favourites are the coconut & carob bar and the pecan, date and orange peel ones. Our grandkids are crazy about the carob & raisin bars.
Recently we expanded our range and now have peppermint, ginger, licorice and lemon bon bons (boiled sweets) which I am thrilled about as I can suck a mint after a meal.
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Bill’s story: Statins – Not a cure? Just recently had a close family member contact me saying he had been diagnosed with myocarditis or a heart infection and there was nothing the medical profession could do for him. He wanted help on his diet, which was much better than the average male, in fact he was eating in ‘normal’ terms a very good diet, which included lot of fresh vegetables, some fruit, salmon and other fish only 1-2 cups of coffee a day. He had also been competing in triathlons, doing swimming, cycling and running. His symptoms when he went to the doctor were muscle weakness, nausea, headaches, memory loss, heart palpitations, extreme tiredness and dizziness. I told him basically to follow option 2 in The Natural Way (see Perfect Health – chapter 4), and be strictly vegan until his was completely recovered. He duly did this and I never thought to ask if he was on any medication. It was only a week or two later when he was not improving that it slipped out that he was on 3 different types of meds; Crestor – to lower cholesterol – less than 1 year – that’s when he noticed the most dramatic effect on his health as he began to slowly deteriorate Pariet – for hiatus hernia – 2 years Allercept – antihistamine – 2years Well it turns out that all three of these have side effects that include those he originally presented with but looking at some of the research below it is clear that statin drugs (used to lower cholesterol and very widely used) can be extremely harmful to your health. (PLEASE I AM BEGGING ALL OF YOU - CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE FIRST BEFORE YOU GO THE DRUG & SURGERY ROUTE – THEY SHOULD BE A LAST RESORT – PRAY AND ASK YOUR CREATOR TO GIVE YOU WISDOM TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND IF YOU ARE ON MEDS – AT LEAST READ THE SIDE EFFECTS!!) |
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