Chronic Fatigue and Arthritis

I had low energy and difficulty walking because of flare-ups of arthritis. I couldn’t stay focused on much of anything. Four years prior to my stay at Hippocrates, I was on a raw food diet for a year and a half. I successfully lost 55 lbs, and felt great. I did this completely on my own, following other people’s recipes and working at a raw wrap and juice bar.

Tempted many times by society’s cooked food environment and faced with peer pressure from a change in jobs from a raw wrap and juice bar to a local hospital with a cafeteria, I eventually succumbed to a 100% cooked diet. I regained all my excess weight, the arthritis flare-ups returned, and I felt hopeless and depressed. I became blind to true health, losing the vitality I once had and relapsing to an existence of drudgery.

One day I heard Brian Clement, director of Hippocrates, speak at the Organic Garden Cafe’ (a local raw restaurant in Beverly, Massachusetts). Why I was there, I can only say was God’s grace, for what occurred in-between would take a book to tell you. He inspired me to return to organic, raw, living foods, but this time with true direction and support. I learned a lot at Hippocrates, mainly that there really is a mind-body-spirit connection that will harmonize in my life if I allow it.

Over time, I lost 55 lbs. Once more, the arthritis flare-ups disappeared and my vitality returned. I have more energy than you can imagine and my hair is even growing back. I lift weights three times a week, play golf (walking the course), and ride my bike.

If I were reading this before my Hippocrates experience, I would have trouble believing such miraculous recovery. Yes, it does take commitment, as I found when I succumbed to cooked food. No one forced me to do this. I hope you will consider the Hippocrates experience. I found it well worth it.

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