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Dear Dr. Mercola,
I came to this country one
and a half year ago, did everything that I shouldn't have done for a year,
felt miserably and bad and have been searching about what is wrong with
me. I had problems concentrating to anything.
I felt hungry and tired all
the time. I felt like lying to the ground when I walked even shorter distances
than I usually walked before. I also felt moody, and became less social.
I had come to most of the conclusions you are suggesting after a long
search and by using my experiences. You have explained every aspect so
clearly and correctly that I couldn't help writing you an email.
I am from Turkey and I had
a diet totally natural and a life style as you are recommending, before
I came here. I wasn't at great financial situation and I didn't have a
car. I was shopping from local stores only, started to eat too many sweets
(as there are sweets in everything in most local stores here) which I
never did before, started an irregular life style, studying late at night.
I used to eat a lot of beef in Turkey, and I felt OK.
Here it made me feel so bad,
made me gain weight. I thought it is because of hormones and went to the
health food store to buy natural meat. It was definitely better but there
was still something wrong compared to meat I ate in Turkey. I now understand,
in Turkey, beef is always from grass fed cattle while here it was grain
fed.
And eating more fish and eating
a big breakfast helped me a lot as well. For cheese, all American cheese
made me feel awful and made me gain weight, while imported French and
Turkish cheese made from whole sheep's milk, eaten at breakfast improved
my energy a lot.(which I used to eat in Turkey)
Lastly, I thought I had hypoglycemia
as I was always energyless and couldn't stay long without eating. Eating
regular meals helped me so much. Cutting on sugars was helpful. And I
started to drink no soda drinks like Coke but only water.
And now I am trying to sleep
early as you mention, because I feel so much better and have a clearer
mind if I go to bed earlier than 11.00 pm. If I sleep later than midnight
however much I sleep I feel unclear and bad. I was drinking tap water
here and I cut it and started spring water.
I decided, overall, that I
should return to my lifestyle and nutrition habits that I had before I
came here. Because I was feeling so bad and doctors said I was fine -
so it was something about the changes I had since I came here.
As I change to my older habits,
which have all the aspects you mention, I started to feel much better.
The quality of my life, my energy and performance improved so much. I
listened to my body, because how I feel after I eat something in the long
term, and according to how I arranged my lifestyle exactly indicate what
is good for optimal health.
I listened to my body a lot
and I had an optimal lifestyle and nutrition before, which I could compare
and return to. So I was lucky to find out the way to better health. But
I am also amazed at the number of people doing exactly the opposite of
what is better for health and was thinking how they would feel much better
if they followed the right plan.
I couldn't believe how skim
milk was promoted, which I found hard to digest and having bad effects
on me and I started to buy whole organic milk or half and half only and
drank really very rarely.
And everything is so much sweeter
here, they put sugar even on meat as a sauce!
Your website gives the exact
plan which can improve the lives and health of thousands so dramatically.
I wish people would follow
this kind of a diet and natural food becomes more widespread in US over
time. Then, I am sure problems like obesity, hypoglycemia, chronic fatigue
will diminish substantially. Thank you very much for your excellent work
and presenting it to the public.
Best regards
A reader
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