Still going strong

I have not posted on this blog for a couple of years and guess some people might think that is because my health might have deteriorated.  The opposite is true.  My body has been in a healing groove, as I like to think of it, and continues to repair itself.  I still do my Bikram Yoga and stay true to the Paddison Program.

I write this now, prompted by a couple of posts on the NRAS forums on HealthUnlocked.  There is a strange buearocracy on HU which prevents me responding directly.  The problem was caused by my rejection of NRAS policy that "diet has no effect."  And since this is my first post for a long long time let me address that subject again.

"Diet has no effect. "  That's completely wrong in both my experience and understandinf of the science.

Yes, had I just adopted a whole food plant based diet then I would not be where I am today.  The key benefit of Paddison Program is that it is about the process.  It is about self-education and learning what foods trigger arthritis in your body.  That is a huge lesson to learn and not an easy one!

For some people, perhaps many people coming from a heavy meat-based diet they could very further complications such as one or more of a range bowel issues.  For example they may have trouble digesting oxalates.  So some vegetables are high in oxalates and so part of the eduction is about reducing those foods while increasing others.  Such a restriction may be needed for one or more months.  You can get blood tests to help identfy issues, but with so much else going on, including arthritis looking at the overall picture is a key strength of the paddison approach.

Let me pin this one down.  Modern society is fixated with a pill mentaltity.  We are inundated with media messages, if not eduction, that there is a magic pill that can make us right, possibly overnight.

And so on that kind of note I agree with NRAS.  There is no magic pill.  But Paddison Program first and foremost is a process, a process about self-education.  No-one, and I mean no-one comes out of PP eating the same as anyone else.  Everyone is different.

But that difference is based on them finding their own healing groove.  A healing groove where they feel better almost each and every day.  Yes some days might be tough, but the general trend is that healing is taking place.

That's where I am.  My body was totally wasted. I mean life in a wheelchar is not exactly conducive to good physical health.  So now, following the trend I started October 18th 2016, I continue my Bikram Yoga regime.  My physical body continues to improve, slowly, steadily.

I continue to research, daily research and modify my diet slightly to improve the nutrition I consume.  This I will do to my dying breath.  I also hope to live to a 100 and be doing my yoga at that age.