Vrinda Carol

“I still find it hard to believe that only a year back,I was this dispirited person, who had lost all hope and joy in life. But, now when I look at my reflection in the mirror, I see this jolly person teeming with life and vitality. And, the fact that all this all was possible because I made some changes in my diet & lifestyle, still blows my mind.”

“I was living a normal, healthy life – or so I thought. One day, suddenly, a huge rash appeared on my finger and it itched uncontrollably. I thought it was from poison ivy so I let it be. Days, weeks, and even months went by and it was just getting worse. In fact, I started to see it on other parts of my hands and body. It was spreading! Red, inflamed, itchy and scaly – this was eczema. 

Eczema was taking over my mind and life. I couldn’t do simple things like washing my hands or showering without being in pain. Water would aggravate it to the point that I had to itch it and the more I itched, the more it would spread. Friends and family would ask, “What happened to your hands?”. I had to cover my hands with a long sleeved shirt when I went outside, not just because it was embarrassing but because the sun and wind would dry it out and worsen it. Some nights it was hard to fall asleep because of the discomfort. In desperate search for relief, I turned to coconut oil. Applying it would soothe it temporarily but it didn’t address the root of the problem. After suffering for about 6 months, I couldn’t take it anymore. I wanted to get to the bottom of this and cure it for good. I wanted my life back. I wanted my health and I was determined. 

Little did I know that the power to heal was within me all along. I just had to stop and listen to what my body was trying to tell me. The eczema was indeed an outcry – my body calling for help – telling me something was out of balance. 

So I asked myself, “What is a balanced lifestyle?” How to get back to my natural state of health, strength and well being. And then it clicked. The key word here is ‘natural’. Instinctively I knew that I had to go back to nature. Mother nature was going to nurture me back to health. I just needed to let her work her magic. After doing some reading and gaining invaluable knowledge from Subah, it became clearer and clearer what a natural lifestyle really is. I watched her videos and talked to her and she cleared all of my doubts, guiding me and teaching me more about healthy, natural living.

Looking at my life at the time, I realized how artificial and far removed I was from nature. I was boxed in my room most of the time with the windows closed. I led a sedentary lifestyle working on a computer, hardly ever going outside. And worst of all, I was feeding my body processed, refined and unnatural foods. Foods such as bread, pies, cookies, fried foods, processed, sugary foods and and a Western diet consisting of lots of cheese, pastas, breads and noodles. Over time, my body couldn’t handle digesting all of this and this started to create health problems.

So I made a decision to eat wholesome, natural foods only. I read about the incredible power of eating a fresh, plant-based diet. This meant eating lots of fresh fruits, juices, salads, lightly cooked vegetables, nuts, sprouts and whole grains. The most incredible change in my diet was juicing. Drinking fresh juice in the morning felt like I was cleaning my internal body, flushing out toxins and recharging my body on a cellular level. Wheat grass juice especially helped me. It’s my healing elixir.