July to October is a LONG time! And in the world of AF, it was filled with (as I’ve written before) a series of ups and downs.  But a lot of downs had me perplexed.  I hadn’t changed anything, I was following my path, and still was having some serious lows (crying uncontrollably, exhausted, PMS on steroids). I was under a large amount of stress at work and stress is a major contributor to AF.

Somewhere in the middle of all of this, I reached out to a friend who is a Biochemist.  I was desperate because I couldn’t kick it, and it was ANNOYING!!! Especially after feeling so good.  But what I learned lead me on a path that was purely providential, extremely eye opening, and in the end healing!

In my desperation, I reached out to my biochemist friend, who has done a lot of research on cleansing and detox.  In answer to my questions, she prompted me to consider my Adrenal Fatigue symptoms as always having been detox- my body trying to push out toxins to regain health.  Her advise?  Give myself permission to rest, drink 3 liters of reverse osmosis water with minerals added back and continue what I had been doing…and eventually I’d regain my health! I found myself wishing I had known this in the beginning of my diagnosis and I would have done things a little differently… but, there was something I had been doing absolutely right…and it is, and always will be, my lifeline!

It started 10 years ago when a close friend took me to dinner and told me it was her goal in life that year to tell all her friends and family about Juice Plus+.  I paid her no attention and quickly said no…  meanwhile I was overweight, ate terribly and was healthy but could have done better.  Fast forward 5 years and as I now know, I was in the beginning stages of AF.  Was working like crazy, finished a construction project at work and was tired.  I was running like crazy, 15 miles 2-3 days a week, and feeling the aches and pains.  So I reached out to her and told her I wanted JP.  After a period of deep silence on the other end of the phone, she took my order and a few days later, I started on JP.  I was skeptical but kept with the program… took it religiously every morning right before my coffee and have NEVER looked back.  I noticed some great health changes (no aches and pains, greater endurance in my workouts, and more ENERGY) and was hooked. Hit fast forward again, and I now know it has saved my health!  The endocrinologist I see told me on the day of my diagnosis, if not for my JP, I’d have been very sick and in the hospital! And he continues to see how it has helped my AF!  You see, it’s not about JP… its about the fruits and vegetables.  But who can eat that many every day.  Not me!  So in the midst of my growing fatigue and my subsequent diagnosis I began to take as much Juice Plus+ (fruits, veggies, berries) as I could. For about 6 months, I took triple the dose 3 times a day along with a few other herbs (Ashwaganda, Rhodiola, Holy Basil) and a few other supplements (magnesium, vitamin D, and B’s)! I am now back down to a double dose of JP once a day but I KNOW it has been the biggest contributor to my fairly quick recovery.

What I now wish I would have kept using from the beginning was Juice Plus+ Complete.  Complete is a plant based shake mix that I had cut out because I thought I had a soy allergy.  However, what I have come to know, for me, my symptoms were detox!  And complete has been shown to cleanse and bring wholeness to the entire body and I should have not only continued it but increased it to drink 2 or 3 shakes a day.  This is what I have done since August.  I don’t always have 2 but I always have 1 shake a day and it has made all the difference in my journey.  I have had 8 weeks of GOOD DAYS! And after a 1 evening cry fest, have had 2 weeks of AMAZING!  I feel like me.  Meredyth 2.0.

And so I will encourage you to consider JP, consider Complete, and change your AF journey! Of course AF is multi-factorial and so I will always encourage the other things I’ve mentioned in this blog.  But JP is always the foundation for everything else!

Consider your choices and choose health!!

(If you want more info on JP go here, if you want info on complete go here)