When I was 25 years old my doctor told me I was going to die. My lifelong battle with asthma was coming to an end. After 25 years of drug, drugs, and more drugs, my doctor said the drugs that were keeping me alive, were also killing me. He said I didn’t have much time to live and I didn’t have a choice. I could either continue to take the drugs and die slowly over the next year or stop the drugs and die immediately from the asthma.
I knew there had to be a third choice. In order to save my life I had to take control of it, and I did. I made dramatic changes to my beliefs and, subsequently, my lifestyle and I got rid of the drugs and the asthma.
When I got healthy, I wanted to tell everyone. “You don’t have to be sick” “You don’t have to be fat.” I knew disease didn’t have to be monitored and controlled – most of it could be eliminated! I started speaking, writing articles and coaching.
So many people were facing health problems with no great solutions, and it was so unnecessary. In 1994, I wrote a small book based on physiology and health, “Body Ecology”. When I was in graduate school, I expanded “Body Ecology” into “Perfect Body, The Raw Truth” and then revised it, in 2002, and changed the name slightly to “Perfect Body, Beyond the Illusion.”
These books concentrate on mind/body health – food, exercise and beliefs. The food plan is simple – fresh, raw, organic fruits and veggies because what we eat is the biggest contributor to either health or disease. Of course, the plan isn’t just about food. It is about getting and staying healthy. Therefore it includes exercise, rest, healthy beliefs and a positive attitude.
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Perfect Body, Beyond the Illusion” is still being read around the world. It has been very successful in helping people recover from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma, and many other debilitating conditions, to go on and live full and happy lives.
In 2007, I co-authored “
Overcoming the Myth of Aging” with Stephen Zocchi. Stephen introduces the perspective and questions of people with no symptoms of disease. We took the same ideas in “Perfect Body” and made them more approachable and easier for everyone to adopt.
This summer, 2010, we are releasing a new book called, “Mainstream Raw.” This book takes “raw” and puts it in the mainstream. It focuses on the foods that are easiest to digest and have the greatest nutrient value: raw fruits and vegetables. Mainstream Raw creates a framework to incorporate more of these enhancing foods into any life style.
My speaking topics include Dynamic Aging - Older NOT Old; Mainstream Raw; Discovering and Living You Dream Job; and ACEing your sexual power.
