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Jaime's raw transformation
I spent the first 22 years of my life looking for a remedy outside of myself by going to doctors and taking prescription drugs, herbs, and acupuncture. I weighed over 300 pounds, had ovaries covered in cysts (polycystic ovarian syndrome), acne, jaw-line facial hair, a buffalo hump on the back of my neck, autism (Asperger's Syndrome), hyperdyslexia, hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and I did not menstruate unless I took synthetic hormones and I had not ovulated by age 22. As I sought treatments and used them, I only grew worse. A raw lifestyle helped me dramatically, but it did not cure me. This lifestyle simply facilitated the conditions for my body to heal itself. I have been following the raw food life style for two and a half years. At first, I had a hard time. I would teeter totter between raw foods and cooked and felt miserable when I ate cooked foods. But then I read Shazzie's journal and she presented herself as always being raw even if she ate something cooked. That perspective help me immensely. I then did not struggle to get back to being all raw after I had something cooked and eventually I did not even eat cook food any more. Within the first month of eating all raw foods, I no longer experienced hypoglycemia, I started to lose weight effortlessly (and have now lost 150 pounds) and began to have regular periods without taking synthetic hormones. After three months, the cysts on my ovaries went away and I began ovulating. After one year, I no longer needed thyroid medication and my thyroid normalized, I also noticed improvement in reading comprehension and my ability to communicate. The autism (Asperger's Syndrome) I experienced started to diminish. I once had to rehearse my speech for sometimes hours if not weeks before making a simple phone call and would have extreme anxiety when doing so, and after a year on raw foods, I could just make a phone call spur of the moment and speak spontaneously.
But it is yoga, Ashtanga yoga in particular, that helps me let go of autism with ease. Ashtaga yoga is a system of yoga that is practiced in flow. There are six series that build on one another and each consists of a set sequence of postures that are practiced in connection with breath and bhandas. For an article that describes the Ashtanga system of yoga in detail please go to www.ashtanga.com/html/AYarticle.html. I am planning on attending medical school and becoming a physician, but before that I plan on moving to Mysore, India and be a yoga student. For now, I work in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a university medical school as co-investigator of research studies looking for an early test for gestational diabetes, transient hypertension, and pre-eclampsia. Also, I am working on an additional study in the Department of Infectious Disease on an early test and treatment that involves enzyme therapy for HIV Lipodystrophy Syndrome. Further, I have a second job as an organic live food gardener. Shazzie says...
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