Naturopath – Iridology

I first went to the Naturopath about 7 month ago on the recommendation of a friend, who also suffers from food allergies. I went to Eli, who is an Iridologist. This means he predominantly focuses on your eye’s iris to see any imbalances in your health.

When I first saw him he put some drops into my nose to clear my sinuses, which were still blocked with mucus. My food allergies have symptoms of hay fever rather then rapid bowl movements…. So my nose clogs up, I sneeze and I get headaches a lot…. By that time I already stopped eating the items I am allergic to, but I was still blocked up month after. He then put me on some very horrible tasting herbal remedies, to detox my body.

I initially lost a bit of weight as he also straightened out my hormone levels. I suffered from a Hypoactive Thyroid; this means my thyroid was underactive. I knew of this before and took medication (thyroid hormones) for almost 10 years because of it; doctors told me I will have to be on these pills for the rest of my life, but Eli fixed it up within a month with some very bad tasting stuff. But I haven’t needed my medication since. So for ten years I was told that I needed medication, and I took it everyday with exceptions, at some occasions I forgot to take them, but after one or two days without medication I could feel getting sick, lightheaded and very irritable. These were the most recognizable symptoms for me, once back on these pills I was fine again. Now, I have been living without the medication for 6-7 month and have not had these symptoms at all.

One other thing, a particular hard thing for me to discuss, is the unexplained infertility. Well that is what the doctors told me anyways. After 2.5 years of trying to become pregnant, my partner Mark and I went through some tests to see if there is a reason for this infertility. Doctors could not pinpoint it; sper*m was fine and I seemed alright as well; so we were sent off with the suggestion of having more sex… Great idea! Well it hasn’t happened yet, the baby thing not the ‘more sex’ thing, but my Naturopath gave me some Vitex to get my hormones going and to increase my ovulation, he could see that one of my ovaries was lazy, so I would have only had one chance every two month instead of one a month as it should be. This I can feel working already, my menstruation is regulating and becoming heavier, which after the long use of the birth control pill was pretty much none existent. I can feel the ovulation happening, something I haven’t had for a long time. I am very hopeful that it will happen for us very soon, but I have learned not to stress about the situation as much as this would also contribute to the situation.

I went back to see Eli today, to get some more Vitex and I am very happy to say that my partner came along to get himself checked up as well. He has been feeling very tired since a while now and complains about the lack of energy. He is not very keen on changing his diet as much as I do, and told me I am wasting my money going to the Naturopath. Let’s say he is a skeptic when it comes to anything that would imply he needs to change. Well after I went to Eli and had fantastic results, he figured he should give it a try. Maybe my nagging had something to do with it as well :)

I think one thing that impressed Mark was that Eli does not ask you what your problems or symptoms are; he looks in your eyes and tells you. No medical history is needed, no questions are asked; he sees what is imbalanced in your body and gives you advice and remedies to fix it.

Mark will start his course of herbs today; we will see how it all works out. I can only praise the work of naturopath around the world; I believe they actually help people, instead of drugging patients with chemicals, which only numb the symptoms of the disease. As you can see I am frustrated with the efforts of modern medicine, and even though I appreciate the fact that some surgeons and doctors really want to help their patients, I find the abuse of prescription drugs is getting out of hand altogether.

If you have never been to a naturopath and feel the need for improved health, give them a try. I can recommend Eli of the Pinnacle Clinic in Parramatta NSW, but there sure would be one close to your home just as good.

Success is key to happiness!

Success can mean a lot of things to different people, it starts with the most modest things like negotiating with your daughter to wear something you would pick instead of their random choosing of a ballerina dress in the middle of winter, or actually packing your own lunch instead of buying it from the fast-food shop across the office.

When we conventionally think of success we might think of a new deal at work or a happy client, more money in the bank and the boss giving us a well deserved pat on the back.

To feel successful, I set little goals and when I complete them or stick to them I get a feeling of achievement – I succeeded and when I outdo my goal I feel even better about myself. The key is to set realistic goals, don’t raise the bar too high, but make sure you do raise the bar and actually have to achieve something to reach the goal. If your goals are too high you will set yourself up for failure and that comes with a really bad feeling of unworthiness. So stay realistic…

My goal five weeks ago was to loose some excess weight I had been carrying around for quite some time. I am not overweight or anything, just felt that I needed a good detox again and flush out my body to kick start a healthier routine. Winter always presents me with a nice gift of extra kilos, as it does to many other people especially women.

On top of feeling really sluggish I also came down with a cold and had some skin blemishes that I wanted gone. My goal was to loose one or two kilos whilst eating healthy and doing some walking daily.

Today I weigh myself for the first time and measured how many cm I have lost around my waist, chest and hips. I am so pleased with the results. I lost 4 kilos, and 17 cm all up and I didn’t even try really hard. I hope nobody put a spell on me like the one in the ‘Stephen King’ book ‘Thinner’…

I feel great and for the first time I didn’t starve myself or beat myself up every time I didn’t follow the ‘diet’ correctly. You can probably imagine how successful I feel today; it makes me happy. So this day can only be good….

My next goal will be to keep living healthy with lots of fresh fruit and veggies, less processed food and keep going for a daily walk. I also want to work on my family life and find more time for fun.

To Success!