REFLECTION

This week has been a life changing experience for me. I have felt better this week than I have in years. I am more "present" and experience less stress and anxiousness. It has taught me great discipline in many ways, not only with my eating habits but in many areas of my life.

In talking with a new patient of mine this week, we got on the topic of World War 2. Now in her 80's, she was telling me about raising her children while her husband was at war and eating rations of food for her family. She said the butcher would let the town know they got meat in and they would stand in line for an hour with her children just for a piece of beef. After she told me this i started to put things into perspective. Many of us are so lucky we have an unlimited supply of food at our fingertips. Fast food didn't exist 50 years ago, all the vegetables were grown locally and our meats didn't contain all the chemicals they do now.

Going through the cleanse has taught me to be grateful for the food I'm eating (because it was all I was allowed to eat) and be creative with what I had to cook. The cleanse was a challange, but in the end it was the best thing I've done and i'm so proud of myself and my "team" of guinee pigs who are doing it with me.