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I would rather than facts the what happens
me in my senior year of high school I remember like it was yesterday
it was a warm springs night in mid-march just a few days before my 17th birthday
I was taking a shower after soccer practice when I know something very
unusual
as a rinse the shampoo for my flowing brown hair something didn't feel right
I open my eyes and I was shocked by the amount of hair that was in my hand
I couldn't believe it what was happening the next morning
I woke up to a pill of a love here now I was starting to worry
I was afraid to even run my hands through my hair
and as I carefully coiffed my morning dew I noticed the quarter size bald
patch appearing just above my left your
this wasn't normal I was healthy
once I fought and had been subject to any major recent stress
I couldn't figure it out and neither could the doctors
in just a few short weeks all the hair on my head was gone
so too are my eyelashes eyebrows in all
the hair on my body after finally see mine immunologist I was diagnosed with
an autoimmune disorder called alopecia
in which the immune system attacks the hair follicles thankfully was my muscles
were nervous system
I was being attacked and at the time I had no idea why
my immune system went haywire and attack me I mean my mom even took me to doctor
after doctor only to be told that there was
nothing we could do other than inject quarters on into my head
no thank you we also went to a Chinese medicine doctor who prepared a nasty
case in concoction barks
bidders and who knows what else from you take I tried both shins acupuncture and
scalp massages
still nothing works now these professionals
ever hinted at the fact that maybe just maybe
my diet was at the root of this problem you see my diet from
childhood all the way through adolescence consider breads
cereals dairy pasta and processed foods I think the only
vegetable I aid was iceberg lettuce which form the basis some the solids my
mom used to make
but no one not even me ever clued in to the fact that is very foods may have
been the original cause of my condition
but what happened next was probably even worse
I had to go back to school
looking like a completely different person what would people think
would I be made fun of with the latter point in me
I was scared walking through the halls at my high school I could not ignore the
way people look to me
it was as if I'd some kinda disease or something I felt like an outcast
and I became more self-conscious and even paranoid that people were causally
talking about me behind my back
I lost my confidence and it didn't feel like the same
the love life person anymore I was a shot I love my true self
and although the hair loss in all the struggles like him along with they were
bad
what I personally found worse was that I had no energy
ever a black vanity that
I would later discover was directly associated with me losing my hair
who would have thought fast forward a few years
I was playing professional soccer in Europe pursuing my childhood dream
but I could put you know why I was so tired all the time
I mean I was training twice a day but getting plenty of rest and still my body
was beat
I was stiff so we're and drained I had no idea what was going on
my exhausted body demanded naps every afternoon just to get by
my performances start at the supper in my body was breaking down
I had no idea that perhaps my diet was the reason
that I not only had zero energy but also the reason my immune system attack
itself
leading to my hair loss and the worst part was that I'd studied
physical education health or the top twenty universities in the world
and had taken many nutrition courses I was even according to how my sports
nutrition textbook
and professors who were dietitians were telling me TE
lots of carbs lotsa pasta blah blah blah
then I recall that this was in a sudden problem
I had been exhausted ever since I could remember even in university I would run
home from class
just to talk myself back into bed for a two-hour nap
talkable waste the time but all this change for me in a big way when I was
introduced to the power to the overwhelming power
raw foods and especially when compared to the process garbage I
even for the first 24 years of my life
but if you're like me you probably also know or have heard that
eating more raw foods is the sure-fire where
the sure-fire way to greater health quick weight loss
and all the energy drain but where do you start