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I BEAT MS BY CHANGING MY DIET! (National Enquirer)
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, Jacque Rigg was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and
given no hope of recovery. Today this remarkable athlete travels the U.S.
winning golf championships -- and has bounced back totally from the dreaded
disease.
THEN: Jacque Rigg in her wheelchair: "I not only thought I was going to
die -- I really wanted to!"
Incredibly, she says she healed herself simply by fine-tuning her diet!
At her low point, Jacque could barely walk across the room unaided; going
any further required a wheelchair.
But she refused to accept defeat, and after months of trial and error, she
found she was sensitive to several foods, and that removing them from her
diet lessened her symptoms.
Gradually, she began to get better. Now, at 68, Jacque is in glowing health.
"There were no miracles, no magic potions, no medical breakthroughs.
Others can do what I've done," beamed Jacque, author of the book, "Curing
the Incurable."
MS is a degenerative disease of the brain, optic (eye) nerves and spinal
cord. The cause is unknown, and it often attacks victims in the prime of
their life.
"At first I was too busy to pay attention to several puzzling symptoms -- a
slight limp and tingling sensations in my fingers and toes, but they began
to get worse," she said.
"I was falling down, dropping things, and exhausted all of the time. I was a
basket case and getting steadily worse."
In 1985, a neurologist gave her the chilling news: she had multiple
sclerosis.
A new treatment made her extremely ill. "I not only thought I was going to
die," she said, "I really wanted to."
But fate intervened. "A book on allergies caught my attention," Jacque said.
"Even though I didn't have any allergies -- or didn't think I did -- many of
the allergic reactions described in the book were similar to many of the
symptoms I had."
In 1987, she began keeping a food diary, listing everything she ate and any
reactions she experienced following a meal. Slowly, she began to discover
which foods caused her problems.
The lemon juice she doused on salads, for example, caused a spastic movement
in her leg. She also changed her diet to include as many unprocessed,
organic foods as possible.
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FAST FACT!
Some 300,000 Americans suffer from MS.
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Jacque began feeling better almost immediately. She continued experimenting
with foods and keeping her diary. Slowly, over a period of years, her MS
symptoms began disappearing.
"It took about nine years before I could say I was really well. The diary is
how I know I didn't just spontaneously go into remission," Jacque said.
"I went off the diet several times to see if it would make a difference.
Within two or three days, my limp was noticeably worse.
"Doctors will not agree I reversed the symptoms of MS. They believe it can
go into remission for unknown reasons -- but they do not believe it can be
reversed and the body repair itself.
"I not only made the disease stop progressing, I also began getting my
muscle strength back!"
She started hitting the golf course again -- and quickly got back in the
swing of things. "My handicap is 16 now, which is very good for a woman. I
can walk 18 holes and I enjoy cross- country skiing."
Now retired in Horseshoe Bay, Tex., she and husband Art travel the country
participating in senior golf tournaments.
"When Jacque first joined us, she was a very high handicapper because of her
medical problems," said Cynthia Powell, director of Senior Golfers of
America. "She's improved drastically and won numerous tournaments."
Concluded Jacque: "I believe the MS is still lurking in my body, but I've
become so healthy it doesn't stand a chance.
"The body has a remarkable ability to heal itself, and I'm proof. Today, the
only handicap I have is on the golf course!"
-- S.D. HUBBARD
Sharise
Paper Mag.
Sharise
cowboy <msco...@zianet.com> wrote in message
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>Oh Great!! Another reputable article from The National Enquirer / Toilet
>Paper Mag.
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>Sharise
Sharise,
We have a family friend with all the good intentions
and caring anyone could ask for. The edition of which
you speak came out last week. Our friend called
excitedly early in the morning to give me some "great
news." She said, "I'm sitting hear having my morning
coffee and reading a great article in the Enquirer . . .
about MS and your diet." I listened and thanked her
"so much" for bringing the article to my attention.
When she hung up, I could feel the excitement from
her about having "done good." She is a friend.
Donn
ps: I don't read the Enquirer.
melvyn45
MS? I don't get The Enquirer in the uk and frankly it sounds pretty dodgy
but don't let that stop you addressing your diet. My advice: cut out
carbohydrates with super-high densities - wheat products especially. Our
metabolisms burn them up with such ferocity, they cause biochemical
mayhem....do you think I could start my own column in the Enquirer?!
As we 'improve' the quality of wheat-flour we increase the occurence of MS.
Why complicate things by searching for some auto-immune phenomenon, or
something like that? Stop eating the goddamn doughnuts....
We don't have control over very many things in life, but most of us have
absolute control over what we eat (a luxury). You might not like the idea,
but it works. And I can hear people saying that they would rather be dead
than have to give up wheat products (think of your favourite - spaghetti,
bread, cakes?), all I can say is grow-up.
Of course, now I realize that I have probably determined a lot of us never
to try the diet thing, just because of my attitude.(not really being nasty,
just trying to get attention). Why are we all so stubborn?
I want to help.
Love,
Mel
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> I BEAT MS BY CHANGING MY DIET! (National Enquirer)
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PAT LOGAN
The paper stock used in publishing the National Enquirer probably does make
reasonably absorbant toilet paper <g>
Sharise <sha...@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Oh Great!! Another reputable article from The National Enquirer / Toilet
> Paper Mag.
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> Sharise