Gluten-Free, Baby

About 3 months ago, Studhubs and I visited a natural Dr/Chiropractor in Nashville named Dr. Jana Joshu. http://www.drjanajoshu.com/

I usually love this stuff. No, I don’t just love it, I adore it as much as I adore Malibu on a summer day, but in spite of my enthusiasm for ‘all-things-natural,’ going in, I had my skepticism goggles in place. Was a doctor really going to find out what my body was lacking by pressing on my arm? Yep, I just typed ‘by pressing on my arm.’ As ludicrous as this sounds, this is exactly what she does. In fact, with scriptures coating the walls of her office and Chris Tomlin blaring in the background, she let us know that our bodies are smarter than we think, and would actually tell us what they needed.

For a girl who grew up with antibiotics, vaccines, and the normality of the halls of hospitals, this was all a bit out of my box and off the grid…but I longed for the simplicity of it to be true. Was God really clever enough to give us what our bodies needed inside of this natural earth he created?

Sounds like the God I know.

Studhubs watched as Dr. Joshu had me lift my right arm out straight. She then began to press down on my wrist as I resisted her pressure. When my left fingers touched certain elements (milk, soy, dairy, wheat, sugar, pollen, etc), my arm would weaken if I was allergic to something. Yep, it really was that simple. No needles, no expensive tests, no hardly anything. Apparently, I’m allergic to soy and spelt (sorry, Sushi and edamame), and was pretty heavy metal toxic, probably from seafood, Aluminum in deodorants, etc.

Then, she placed certain herbs in my left hand and asked me to lift my right arm again. When she began to press down on my right arm, it would actually strengthen as the body touched what it needed to heal. She instantly knew what I needed to clear out the heavy metals in my body, because my body had told her! (Skepticism googles now permanently removed).

Then Studhubs sat on the table.

For years and years, he’s had this dry skin rash that breaks out on his face, head and sometimes chest. His beard covers it well, but he’s in pain. All the time. It just always looked sand-paper raw and itchy agitated. Within 10 minutes, Dr. Joshu determined that he was allergic to (drum-roll) gluten, dairy, and sugar.

Talk about the worst trio combination EVER.

He was shocked, I was shocked, especially since these 3 items took up a majority of his diet. But Dr. Joshu promised that if he learned to eliminate these items from his diet, his skin would clear up, his energy would increase, his mind would clear, his headaches would go away, and his overall quality of life would improve.

So over the past few months, this is exactly what we’ve done. His red, itchy skin began to clear almost instantly, and the horrible irritation that heaps of dermatologists had said ‘You’re going to have to live with this for the rest of your life,’ or ‘just put this expensive cream full of chemicals on it’…CLEARED. Completely. In fact, we both feel brand, spanking new just eliminating the things our bodies were allergic to.

Every once in a while he cheats (especially when pizza or homemade apple pie is around), but he instantly regrets it. His hands swell, his head throbs, and his skin breaks out. Every single time.

Aren’t our bodies fascinating creations?

If I can find out how to naturally heal my body, you better believe I’m going to do that over popping a pill or putting more chemicals inside. People stay away from alternative medicine because they think it’s weird, new-age, or ‘for them hippie people.’ But I must say, it’s all people had for centuries, and for centuries, a lot of it worked.

And it’s working for us.

If you’re gluten-free or interested in finding out more, here’s a few websites with great, simple recipes:

http://www.blog.gfreemadeeasy.com/

http://www.riddlelove.com/

Love, ‘one of them hippie people’ Christa