Why I Went On the Medical Medium Protocol
Hi, I’m Rufina. A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon a podcast by Anthony William, the Medical Medium. He was talking about chronic illnesses, the Epstein Barr Virus and how the huge nutritional value of fruits can help your immune system fight it.
“Fruits? What can fruits do for a virus???”
Or arthritis… Hashimoto’s… diabetes… adrenal fatigue…migraines… shingles…ADD… depression…PMS… Lyme?
(All these were mentioned briefly in the podcast.)
This did not make sense to me — but I wanted to know more.
So I ordered Anthony’s book, Medical Medium, Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal, and started reading it as soon as I got it.
After spending the last 20 years studying natural health and publishing a newsletter about it for 15 years, I thought I was familiar with most of the natural healing ideas out there. But nothing prepared me for what I was reading.
Much of it went against nearly all the prevailing holistic and natural health philosophies and systems I’d heard about (and had tried). There were huge departures from even the most underground methods.
I was alternately stunned, taken aback… and intensely interested.
In fact, I couldn’t tear myself away… except when I had to close the book after reading a particularly piercing chapter to breathe deeply and let it sink in.
This is mind-boggling stuff.
Should I believe it?
Is Anthony William some kind of nut case with wild ideas bent on leading a gullible and desperate segment of the population down a twisted path?
Or is he actually revealing deeply hidden and heretofore unknown truths to the world for the first time?
There was only one way to find out.
I would have to go on the detox diet and see what happens.
It would be easy to dismiss Anthony as a nut case. He certainly says enough that’s off the beaten track and flies in the face of convention. But what got me was that he was talking straight to my health issues. He was answering questions that I have had for decades (and that none of my doctors could answer — or even dare to discuss).
Let’s start with this: twenty years ago, I was diagnosed with the Epstein Barr Virus, the Cytomegalo virus and Lyme disease via blood tests sent to a special lab from a licensed alternative clinic.
I was treated homeopathically. Unfortunately, a recurring bad reaction to whatever they gave me for allergies made it impossible to complete my treatment.
Still, I had done a LOT for my health since then and thought I was surely over the EBV. I attributed my current health issues to something else that I haven’t discovered yet and am still searching for.
But as I read the Medical Medium book, I had the horrifying realization that…
I had all the symptoms of the virus having gone deeper and deeper into my system… for decades.
That, plus all the times I had Strep and high fevers, and childhood injuries — plus having been rear-ended by a bus at 23-years-old (totaling my car and causing me numerous, lifelong injuries), added up to a recipe for disaster, according to Anthony.
I can’t argue with him on that one. I have been suffering through the results of it all since then; sometimes having an extremely hard time with it.
From time to time in my adult life, I have gotten to the point where I can’t deal with food — indigestion, nausea, bloating, intestinal distress and not wanting to eat (you’d never guess by my weight).
I am at that point again. I can’t seem to digest anything lately. In spite of eating as healthy a diet as I can and taking quite a few supplements, it feels like I’m eating junk food. Nothing sits well with me.
About my weight: I’ve been gaining weight steadily for the last 10 – 15 years. I thought for sure I reached my peak. I couldn’t possibly take on more weight. It was going to stop, right?
Unfortunately not.
Lately, I gained even more weight for no reason.
There is nothing in my diet that explains the weight gain. I live primarily on soups, salads, stir-frys, Thai-style stews, vegetables and fruits.
The soups are homemade with very little fat. I make them myself from scratch, including the broth, and skim off the fat. The salads and stews are homemade as well.
I’m not vegetarian — I eat chicken, turkey and fish, but I only eat beef every few months, if even that often.
The thing is…
I never touch fried or processed foods.
I don’t drink coffee or alcohol or eat pizza or ANY fast food.
I eat very little sugar and only whole grains.
I never eat ice cream. And as far as soda — it NEVER touches my lips.
I only eat twice a day, and rarely snack.
I make sure I eat at least one salad every day and a couple servings of cooked vegetables.
I’ve been eating like this most of my life.
Even so, I have been diagnosed with fatty liver.
I don’t drink coffee or alcohol or eat pizza or ANY fast food.
I eat very little sugar and only whole grains.
I never eat ice cream. And as far as soda — it NEVER touches my lips.
I only eat twice a day, and rarely snack.
I make sure I eat at least one salad every day and a couple servings of cooked vegetables.
This had been a mystery to me until Anthony explained it.
Due to warnings about too much sugar in fruit, I cut down to one fruit a day.
The only dairy I have is a little bit of yogurt every so often in a smoothie and a small amount of mozzarella cheese. I use only olive and coconut oils and if I ever do use a sweetener, its maple syrup or turbinado sugar.
But right now, even this food feels heavy, gives me heartburn, gas, and plenty of bloating. In fact, the bloating is getting out of control. Nothing stops it.
I need a break from my normal diet anyway. So why not try this detox protocol for 28 days following the plan Anthony William, the Medical Medium, lays out?
I’m very sensitive to foods and I’ll know in a week or so if its any good or not.
So, I’m in (with trepidations) and so is my husband who is very concerned about his low energy, memory loss and stabbing head pains — a result of a stroke he had after hitting the back of his head against a floating shelf at a friend’s a year and a half ago. His trepidations are bigger than mine — no eggs for his breakfast(!), giving up his favorite yogurt, and especially his fig bars (they’re whole-grain and gluten-free but they have grains and a little added sugar in them, so they’ll have to go).
Its almost too much for him — but the memory loss and stabbing pains in his head are a greater concern, so he’s decided to make the sacrifices.
Click the button below to find out how it went for us…
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Medical Medium Liver Rescue:
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Answers to Brain Inflammation, Mental Health, OCD, Brain Fog, Neurological Symptoms, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Heavy Metals, Epstein-Barr VirusMedical Medium Cleanse to Heal:
Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migraines, Bloating, Vertigo, Psoriasis