Learn from Diana when she reveals the story that inspired her to start Real Food for Life, this website. She is passionate about eating healthy REAL food, not junk food and helping others be healthy.
Also, it is why she wrote Green Means Lean E-Book and Alkaline Diet Principles E-book
Most people know Diana Herrington, Head Chef at Real Food For Life, as a perky, passionate compassionate person mingling in all the Edmonton events and having fun sharing health information and strategies.
Life for her has not always been as good as it is now. This is where Diana reveals her story.
“94 Pounds and Can’t Move for the Pain and the Fatigue”
She lived with Fibromyalgia and Severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for 17 years. Diana tried everything under the sun and none of it really worked. For those years, she was on an expensive alternative medicine journey trying dozens of things and some even made her worse. For details about her health journey go to: My Fibromyalgia Story With Chronic Fatigue and Now Dancing in Life!
This is exactly why she is so passionate about helping others with health and dietary challenges and why her first e-book will focus on the 7 principles of health – these are exactly the principles that made a dramatic difference in her life. Balancing acid/alkaline and food combining was what saved her life.
Principle #1 – Eat Real Whole Food Diana’s health decline began early in life as she was often fed junk food as a child. She only recognized that fact after many years of suffering mysterious health challenges throughout most of her adult life.
Here is where Diana reveals her story.
“My Mom was great but she came from a generation and time when the world was enamoured by fancy packages from the store. Everyone thought it was modern and the right thing to do just like smoking. We ate Kraft Dinner and canned beans at least 5 times a week.
There were many times when that instead of dinner, Mom would send us to the corner store and we would buy our choice of a chocolate bar, bag of chips or cheezies, and a pop. My choice was always a Coffee Crisp, cheezies, and a Pepsi which in my 10 year old mind seemed like a great meal. Is it any wonder I have had a sugar craving my whole life?”
Principle #2 – Regeneration: This principle states that the body is constantly renewing itself and can therefore create a more healthy and balanced condition IF you just supply the proper nutrition. This is a process that we often take for granted until that ability is compromised. Diana’s life demonstrates that yes, the body can regenerate! To give you a glimpse of her condition here are a few entries from her diary as she was living, and struggling in England.
“I had another bad night; again woke in the middle of the night with very sharp pains in my guts. Also, my neck and shoulders were so intensely painful that I could not lay on either side for long. Even my ears hurt.” October 1, 1995
And more:
“I am eating very carefully as I never know which of the foods I have found to be good, will end up causing intense pain.” October 11, 1995
It got even worse:
“I must say I am still continuing to get worse in my health. Every few weeks I notice I am a little worse and feel totally helpless in regard to what is happening to my body. I am doing what I am able to and still, my body is deteriorating. There is nothing I can do about it anymore. I am at the mercy of the others helping me or letting my body die.” February 6, 1996
What took her back to full health from fibromyalgia was a specialized Custom Health Testing that included investigating Chinese herbal tonics. After one year of regular consumption and testing, she was fully back in life again! Diana was able to eat a whole variety of foods so was no longer allergic to all those foods they told her she was. This is where she got the Chinese herbal Nourishment to bring her back to full health.
If you would like to know more contact, Diana.
It is this kind of experience that inspired Diana to become involved in helping others with their health full time for the past 8 years, and why in 2008 she began the Real Food For Life website along with friend and colleague, Randy Fritz. Her next step was to consolidate some of the information from the website and her life into compact e-books for everyone.
Here is what Diana says:
“I hope that my story revealed here will help you in your journey to being fully healthy like I am.
My experience led me to research and learn from a natural doctor to heal my digestion. I wrote two e-books focusing on this.
This is my first book which goes into detail and has recipes in it too.
Green Means Lean E-Book – Teaches you how to balance your body’s pH simply and easily. Learn about Acid-Alkaline Balancing for a healthier body.
Also, you will learn the principles of ‘Food Combining’ properly for the best digestion and slimness.
Later I created this one just on the alkaline-producing diet.
Alkaline Diet Principles E-book – Acid / Alkaline Balance
Learn how an alkaline diet can easily and permanently create a fundamental chemical balance in your body that supports energy, weight management, healing, and total fitness.
Contains the full description of the acid/alkaline balance and understanding.”
And then a course to help with good digestion:
Healthy Lean BootCamp: Food Combining & Alkaline Balance for Regeneration & Healthy Slimness
Here are some great recipes to start your journey to health.
The first two were a big part of my life for a few years.
Spring Cleanse Vegetable Juice Is So Healthy, Tasty, and Easy to Digest – This alkalizing vegetable juice is full of vitamins and minerals in an assimilable form. This was the main part of my diet for years when I was unwell with Fibromyalgia as it was so easy to digest.
Alkalizing Apple Green Smoothie is Tasty and Healthy – This alkalizing apple green smoothie is so easy to make. It can be a very healthy breakfast or a tasty snack. It is simple to make with all alkalizing foods.
Creamy Swiss Chard Soup with Almonds is Delicious – This delicious Swiss chard soup is hearty with the addition of potatoes and is very nutritious too. I love that it is so creamy without the addition of cow’s milk and crunchy almonds on top.
Delicious Power Spinach Salad with Avocado and Walnuts -This spinach salad is full of healthy greens that is one of the highest alkaline-forming foods and spinach is full of vitamins A, K, and D.This is a very simple and tasty salad to make and is full of superfoods; everyone I have served it to enjoys it very much.
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Later I created this one just on the alkaline-producing diet.
Alkaline Diet Principles E-book – Acid / Alkaline Balance
Learn how an alkaline diet can easily and permanently create a fundamental chemical balance in your body that supports energy, weight management, healing, and total fitness.
Contains the full description of the acid/alkaline balance and understanding.
And then a course to help with good digestion:
Healthy Lean BootCamp: Food Combining & Alkaline Balance for Regeneration & Healthy Slimness
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I think Iv spent about 15k in 2 years with my post viral chronic fatigue although i am better than I was after 6 months basically bed bound with intense flu like symptoms,im still very ill,unable to work never mind travel,which I lived for.I keep trying new things currently 98 Alive but i still feel dreadful.Hoping you can help.You must be brimming from ear to ear to be well again.Your story gives me hope.x
Please I will like to know about the Chinse Herbal