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   Hippocrates: My Turning Point in Recovering from Lyme Disease - By Karen Regnante

We hear about "miracles" every day it seems until we begin to doubt all the promises and cures the doctors and specialists offer us.  This is my story, of how I found my miracle at Hippocrates; of how it has brought me back to life.  For the past 7 years, I struggled with Lyme disease.  For five of them, I haven't been able to work at all.  Most of the time I was on the couch or in bed in tremendous pain, utterly exhausted, anxious and mentally so confused I couldn't even balance my checkbook.

Prior to this, I led a very active life, working as a Business Development Executive in NYC, traveling extensively, skiing, windsurfing, hiking, biking and kayaking.   My life was full spending time with family and friends and pursuing my spiritual path.   I was top in my field.

Suddenly in the fall of 2000, I developed incredible muscle pains, fevers, insomnia  The list goes on.  My primary care physician said it was stress.  Six months later after seeing many doctors, I found a great Lyme doctor who properly diagnosed my condition and gave me a lot of oral antibiotics. It only helped to a point and my search continued. I then found another wonderful Lyme doctor that gave me antibiotics intravenously.  I spent 9 months with a pic line in my arm dosing twice a day.  I also did a vitamin IV once/week.  This and more oral antibiotics lasted for another 2 years.  During this time, I worked with wonderful energy healers who gave their all to keep me going. Several of my friends were extraordinary in supporting me.  I was so grateful for all the help and love I received but I was still barely surviving. 

Finally, I had enough stamina to be up and around and financially needed to go back to work. I was lucky to get a job 3 days a week from one of my previous clients in NYC.  I was so weak and the building was so large I couldn't walk to the bathroom in one stretch.  I was living in CT and had to take a car service to work and stay in a hotel one block away for these three nights just to be able to do the job.  This lasted for a year and when I realized I didn't have the strength to work full time in NYC, I took a job locally in Stamford, CT.  I was still very weak and had an ongoing lung problem that couldn't be diagnosed.  Each day was a struggle to get out bed and go to work. 

Six months later, I was bit again and totally back in bed and out of work!!  I went back on the antibiotics.  With all the Candida that had developed, my digestive system was all out of sorts.  I ended up in the hospital having my appendix taken out.  I was so sick of needles and hospital tests, I started taking anti-anxiety drugs just to get through the tests and treatments.  Unfortunately, the drugs made me more anxious and my body couldn't stop shaking.  At this point, my spirit and life totally fell apart.

This resulted in my moving back home with my parents to the home I grew up in.  Quite an adjustment when you're 53 years old!  I stopped taking some of the drugs the doctors had given me.  I walked the beach everyday, prayed a lot and did yoga.  My Mom and Dad were great.  In the spring, I went to a wonderful 4 day course and became a raw food chef.  I believed in the concept but I found that after 3 months of being raw, I couldn't stay on this version of a raw diet. 

Shortly thereafter, I heard Brian Clement, Director of Hippocrates Health Institute, speak and thought the Hippocrates lifestyle made great sense.  For years I had wanted to go to Hippocrates, but many of the healers I had worked with told me a raw diet would be too much for my sensitive system.  A few months later, I had a phone consult with Brian and it was one of the best consults I had ever had (and I have had many).  Brian approached my challenge from all aspects- physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. He gave me a list of things to do including eating raw with no fruit, continuing to get off the medication and living life with more love and passion.  It seemed impossible to do what he asked me but somehow I did it.  

Seven months later, I decided to go to Hippocrates and stayed a month.  Within a few days, I knew I had found my answer.   I loved the food and could stay on the diet; the oxygen treatments made a huge difference; I got off more medication (yes, I was on a lot!) and over the month I changed many of my perspectives and attitudes about life. I went through a tremendous detox and within 2 weeks my blood had changed dramatically. The people I met were so heartfelt and I knew several of them would become lifelong friends.

I left Hippocrates HEALTHY!  I came home and started traveling and doing activities I hadn't been able to do in seven years! I am getting my life back.  It's been several months and I'm now finding the diet is EASY.  My body seems to crave this kind of food and when I eat something else, I notice a huge difference and go back immediately to what I know is best for me.  For the first time in my life, I have the faith and courage to live my dreams. 

I'm much more comfortable with stepping boldly into the unknown, letting the mystery of life unfold and handling whatever comes up along the way.   This is a MIRACLE and I am ever so grateful to Brian, Anna Marie and all the staff and friends I made while I was there (as well as all my other friends and family I so dearly cherish).  I highly recommend it to anyone and urge people with Lyme disease or an immune deficiency to come!  There are no limits to what's possible for your life, especially once you've been to Hippocrates.  Karen Regnante

This may be worse than we thought

Reusable plastic bottles leach BPA at room temperature
A lot of people have those reusable polycarbonate water bottles; you can't go to a college campus these days without seeing students carrying these multi-hued bottles around as they make their way through classes.
Well, a couple weeks back researchers at the University of Cincinnati released a startling new study showing that many of these bottles leach bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, into water that is being stored within the container.

These researchers found that these plastic bottles leach BPA into room-temperature water. That's bad enough, but if boiling water is put into these bottles, the rate of BPA leaching goes up by quite a bit.

All the evidence out there tells us that this stuff is not good for you; EWG tested canned foods recently, which are lined with the same BPA plastic as these water bottles are made from. As it turns out, foods from metal cans contain significantly more of the chemical than water from bottles.

We applaud the use of reusable water bottles to cut down on the environmental impact of bottled water, but with this new research, metal water bottles are looking better and better. Some have a plastic lining, but Klean Kanteen makes metal water bottles that are BPA free.

Parents who are concerned about baby's plastic bottles should know that although this study didn't look at baby bottles, it studied the same type of plastic. At this point, there's enough research out there to justify the added expense of buying BPA-free or glass bottles. But an even more critical step would be to substitute powdered formula for liquid formula if your baby isn't drinking breast milk. Babies don't need to be getting extra endocrine disruptors in any form.

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Hi All,

Because people are looking for better choices around foods, there will be monthly potlucks that are open to the wider community.    Generally, the potluck will be on the 4th Sunday of the month, but because of Easter, it is moved up this month to a Friday.

Cape Cod Healthful Potluck
Alkaline, Vegetarian/Vegan and Raw/Live Food
 

Topic: Making Better Food Choices More Often
And how do we stay healthy in a busy, fast lifestyle?
 
One does not need to be a vegetarian, etc. to come.
All are welcome!

When: Friday, March 14th, 6:00 -8:30pm
Where: 15 Goose Point Lane, E. Sandwich, MA 02537
Cost: $5.
Agenda: 6:00-6:30 pm: Sign in and Meet One Another
6:30 - 7:30 pm:  Potluck
7:30 - 8:30 pm: Topic Discussion

RSVP: Call Dorothy Torrey, Alkaline Health Educator and Live Food Coach
at 508-888-6677 or email dorothy@capecodhealinghome.com
(Call early, for space is limited)

You are invited to bring an organic, (if possible) unprocessed, non-animal based ready- to-serve dish for 4-6 people. 

Please bring serving utensils and a recipe card
to display next to your dish.

Directions: From Sagamore Bridge onto Route 6. Take Exit 3 and a left onto Quaker Meeting House Road. Drive about 1 mile. Turn right (east) onto Route 6A and travel 2 miles.  (Pass Premier Jeep and over a small bridge.  Turn left onto Torrey Road. (Next to Riverview School.  Drive 1/8 mile to Stop Sign. Turn left onto Linden Road and take the first right onto Goose Point Lane.  15 Goose Point Lane is the second house (Colonial)  on the left.  (Street names are on large rocks.)                         
From the east, take Route 6 to Exit 6, turn right on Route 132. Drive 1mile. Turn left on Route 6A and drive for about  5 miles until Torrey Road.  (Next to Riverview School). Follow directions above.