Healing with real food.
Two years ago today, August 14, 2012, I was diagnosed with sero-negative rheumatoid arthritis (RA). I was told to prepare for methotrexate and all the side effects it would bring. It was my second autoimmune disease; I have had multiple sclerosis (MS) since 1991.
I had no hope except that I had started paleo two weeks previous. I believed in the science behind paleo, I watched Cordain’s MS lectures, but I knew it would take time. I could not so quickly repair a body I had unwittingly been destroying over years. I had my first appointment with my functional medicine MD the next day, August 15, 2012.
Today as I type this short missive, I am on no supplements at all as I prepare for the blood draw to repeat my NutrEval test. A kind of ‘let’s see where we are and evaluate progress’ moment after two years. The important thing, however, is that I have no pain. My body is symptom-free as if the RA diagnosis were a dream. The MS also continues to improve. Two years of paleo and functional medicine are responsible for this miracle.
How did the test go? Did your Dr. end up believing in the healing power of Paleo
It is difficult to find a traditional MD who will say they “believe” in the power of diet. They alwas chalk it up to a fluke, unfortunately. They are too into their own training to have an open mind about such things. Be well!