| Claims of herbal cures; are they true or just a scam? | | | | relieve the arthritis. After trying it I discovered she |
| According to many scientific studies, the effect of | | | | was right! It worked! So how could I apply this to |
| natural health products is questionable; and other | | | | epilepsy? |
| scientific studies claim they work. Does alternative | | | | With the application of lowering the sugar in my diet, |
| medicine really work to cure diseases? What about all | | | | I also learned that most foods have important |
| the nutritional supplement hype? How do you know | | | | vitamins and minerals that are necessary for proper |
| the truth? With our continuing interview with my | | | | health, and that each individual part of the body |
| friend Josh it is possible to learn a lot from his | | | | requires a different amount of each. For example: the |
| experience. | | | | bones are highly depended upon calcium and |
| Herb: | | | | magnesium, while the blood requires a larger amount |
| Josh, tell our readers how you have found many | | | | of iron than some other parts. Joints need lots of |
| successful cures for your epilepsy. What was the | | | | omega oils while nerve function is in need of B |
| first cure you found? | | | | vitamins. |
| Josh: | | | | Herb: |
| At the time I started my research, the most I knew | | | | So the first cure you found was by changing your |
| about herbs was that I didn't like cabbage or peas - | | | | diet. But there are so many diets out there! How did |
| but I liked salt and garlic - and I didn't like pepper! | | | | you know which diet to choose? |
| Aloe-vera cools burns - but stay away from poison | | | | Josh: |
| ivy and remember to take vitamin C if you get a | | | | A great way to start was to find out what a |
| cold and drink ginger ale if you throw up in the toilet. | | | | balanced diet really meant and how I could provide |
| So obviously I had a lot to learn and needed to | | | | that for myself. |
| research herbs and nutrition without being afraid of | | | | While learning about the basics of nutrition I learned |
| them. (Except for boiled green peas, you can be | | | | that most foods do not provide the expected |
| afraid of them! Yuck!). | | | | amount of nutrition that the body requires. This is |
| When all of this started I knew nothing about | | | | true for any normal healthy person that does not |
| nutrition other than what was placed on the kitchen | | | | suffer from epilepsy, arthritis, diabetes, hormone |
| table at mealtime and the "One-a-Day" that I took | | | | imbalances, etc.... I found that the only way of |
| once-a-day (and perhaps a vitamin C pill when I had a | | | | providing all of the needed nutrients is through the |
| cold). It was time for me to find out what nutrition | | | | process of supplementing. What to supplement your |
| could do to affect my body. But where could I | | | | body with can only be discovered by researching |
| possibly start? | | | | your own body and the needs that are associated |
| Luckily I had the start of arthritis that had developed | | | | with your specific epilepsy disability, or any other |
| in my hand and a medical doctor that clued me in on | | | | disability for that matter. |
| the fact that getting sugar out of my diet would | | | | |