I have learned that natural born health is
very unusual, and it is not a common occurrence in American culture. Most people need to put forth an effort to
maintain a healthy body. It is very rare
that someone can be just like their great uncle John and live in good health
for 92 years; while smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day, eating eggs and bacon
every morning, and exclusively drinking coffee as the main source of fluid. The good genetics that kept great uncle John
healthy was forever altered for future generations by the unhealthy diet and
living habits that he chose to have.
THE ILLNESS PROCESS
It takes many years for your body to
breakdown with cancer, disease, chronic illness/fatigue, and chronic pain. The illness process is precipitated by having
an unhealthy diet and living habits, which consist of the following: 1) Excess-protein/fat, acid-forming, processed/deep
fried/cooked foods; 2) No alkaline (raw)
food for 7-14 days; 3) Insufficient pure
water (1-4 cups/day); 4) Exclusively
unhealthy, acidic, toxic drinks such as sugary drinks, sodas, and coffee; 5) 150 grams (38 tsp.) of simple, refined
sugar/carbohydrates per day; 6)
Low-fiber; 7) Inactivity; and 8) Tobacco
and excess alcohol and food use. Other
issues that contribute to the illness process are unresolved physical and/or
emotional trauma, chronic stress, blocked energy flow and nerve pathways, and
blocked detoxification pathways (i.e. liver, kidney, colon, lymph). Once
your body has reached the state of manifesting symptoms of cancer, disease, and
chronic illness/fatigue, and chronic pain, it may take a long time for your
body to regenerate and become healthy again, as long as the unhealthy diet and
living habits have stopped, and the contributing issues have been
resolved.
I liken the illness process to a concept I
call the "Boiling Frog Syndrome." If you put a frog in boiling water, it will
jump out because the hot water environment is not conducive for life. Now put the same frog in cold water and
slowly heat up the water. The frog will adapt
to the slowly changing temperature. It
does not feel changes going on inside its body because the change is so
gradual. Then one day the water reaches
the boiling point and the frog dies. In
many respects you are like this frog.
If your Nervous System is balanced, and
you are eating healthy, practicing good living habits, and you have great
bowel, liver, and lymph function, then the heat source is off, and you are
well. On the other hand, if your Nervous
System is imbalanced, and you are eating a poor diet (i.e. standard American
diet), practicing bad living habits, as well as having poor bowel, liver, and
lymph function, then the heat source is on.
Your body goes into an adaptation mode.
You adapt to your changing internal environment, being unaware of your
weakening and malfunctioning cells, organs, glands, and tissues. You go about life adapting to pain, fatigue,
feeling run down, mild symptoms of illness, and then one day you reach the
boiling point - you are diagnosed with a serious illness or cancer. If you don't turn off the heat sources (what stresses your cells, organs, glands,
and tissues) you will suffer and eventually die. You may not feel the degenerating changes in
your body because they are so gradual.
THE HEALING PROCESS
I have found in my practice that many
people misunderstand the concept of the healing process and the law of cure,
and they give up any effort to obtain their greatest possible health because
they do not like the symptoms of the healing process and what needs to happen
to obtain a cure. The process of healing
begins by eliminating your immediate symptoms, then progressing through the
layers of “older,” underlying symptoms.
Many of these “layers” are residues of fevers, trauma, and/or chronic
disease that were unsuccessfully treated or suppressed by conventional
medicine. As your body heals, you may
get worse before you get better.
This is often referred to as the “healing crisis.” (Alternative
Medicine the Definitive Guild, 2002) This
stage of healing is difficult to go through, but it is necessary in order to
obtain your greatest possible health.
The healing process in the body is like peeling away layers of an
onion. Your body may have many layers of
unresolved, health issues and weaknesses that need to be peeled away, layer by
layer, and this takes time.
The symptoms of the healing process (healing
crisis) may include symptoms of detoxification, such as blemishes (acne),
skin rashes, headache, fatigue, irritability, moodiness, cough, clogged
sinuses, cold symptoms, flu like symptom, fever, constipation, diarrhea, gas,
and stomachache/nausea. A healing
crisis may also include the manifestation of suppressed pain or discomfort from
past emotional or physical trauma that was not healed correctly. Your suppressed layers of past health
issues and weak-nesses are often removed on a priority basis. So, you may have 10 suppressed issues or
weaknesses, but your body only wants to deal with one or two issues or
weaknesses at a time. After a month or
so, the next suppressed health issue or weakness may begin to manifest and you
may not feel well. When this happens, it
is important to resolve the manifested symptoms correctly in order to progress
through deeper layers toward your goal of ultimate health. This un-layering or healing process may take
months or years to complete. When you
give your body permission to heal, it will not disappoint you.
The hardest thing to accept is that you are
NOT SICK and to realize that your body is detoxifying, cleansing, and
healing itself. The
best thing to do when you are experiencing a healing crisis or detoxifying
symptoms is to 1) drink a lot of water; 2) rest; 3) do light exercise, such as
walking; and 4) keep your kidneys, liver, and colon flushed out. I encourage you to get colonics or do home
enemas and coffee enemas. Drinking 1-2
quarts of CITRUS CLEANSE per day helps to cleanse your body.
In a 2qt. jar add the following fresh squeezed citrus
juice, maple syrup, and then pure water:
1 grapefruit
2 lemons
1 lime
Wash
well. Organic is best.
1/4 C. real maple syrup
Stir or shake before drinking.
Drink 1/2 hr.
between veg./grass
juices/meals.
THE LAW OF CURE
In the mid-19th century, Dr
Constantine Hering discussed how your body obtains a
cure. This concept has become known as “Hering’s Laws of Cure.”
He stated that healing progresses from the deepest part of your body to
the extremities; from the emotional and mental aspects to the physical; and
from the upper part of your body (head, neck, ears, throat) to the lower parts
of your body (fingers, abdomen, legs, feet).
Herings’ Laws of Cure also state that healing
progresses in reverse chronological order, from the most recent maladies to the
oldest. (Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guild, 2002) In other words, you may re-experience
pain from a past trauma that was not healed correctly or had strong emotions
attached to the trauma.
Whenever you start to do good things to
improve your health, such as getting a massage, acupuncture, or chiropractic
treatment, or to take herbs, or change your diet, or increase your water
intake, you may stimulate a healing crisis and the detoxification
processes. This may also happen when I balance
your Autonomic and Central Nervous Systems; remove disturbances from
your cells and DNA, such as stored emotion from a trauma; correct energy
flow interferences; and open your pathways of detoxification, such as
your liver, lymph, and bowels. Be aware that you may feel worse before you
feel better. Some people feel much
better right away because the reason for their problem or symptoms has been
removed. Still many other people cycle
between feeling great and having symptoms of a healing crisis. A healing crisis may last 1-4 weeks.
The number one reason that a person stops
following a health program is the healing crisis and the time it takes to
obtain a cure. People do not like
feeling worse before they feel better, and they want an instant cure. The second most common reason is the
unwillingness to make permanent changes in diet and living habits. If you want to stop the healing crisis and
the detoxification process, then just stop eating and living healthy, and
return back to what you were doing before you started your journey to ultimate
health.
Finally, I encourage you to endure the
symptoms of the healing process, and continue down the path of your healthy
journey. The road is not always easy or
exciting, but the rewards are well worth all of your effort. Lastly, I encourage you to daily follow these
directions to ULTIMATE HEALTH,
which is your greatest possible health.
Unlimited raw
vegetation intake - 75-85% of diet.
Limit cooked food/vegetation
to 15-25% of diet.
Trim protein intake (1
serving size = deck of cards)
Increase fiber to have 2-3
large soft formed BMs/day
Minimize cell damage by
taking antioxidants
Abundant pure water intake (wt ¸ 2 = oz/day)
Trim fat intake, and take an
Essential Fatty Acid
Eliminate refined, white
flour & sugar, refined salt, processed & deep-fried foods, dairy, coffee, soda.
High-nutrition intake through
juicing.
Exercise and get sunshine
20-30 minutes/day.
Aerate your lungs to
oxygenate your body
Lower stress and emotional
distress.
Take time for rest, and nightly get 6-8 hours of sleep.
Have hope, love, and faith.
ãHealthy
Journey, Inc.
DISCLAIMER:
The information within this web site is not intended to take the place of
medical advice from your personal physician. Readers are advised to consult their
own physician or qualified health care professional regarding the treatment of
their condition. Janis M. Betz, R.N.,
B.S.N. and Healthy Journey, Inc. can not diagnose, offer medical advice, or
prescribe the use of diet and/or supplements as a form of treatment for any
illness or disease. It is your decision
and constitutional right to treat yourself. Janis M. Betz, R.N., B.S.N. and Healthy
Journey, Inc. are not responsible for any possible consequences from any
self-treatment, acting on protocols, or application of herbs, vitamins,
minerals or other supplementation.
