"WHAT HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?
Before, during and after age 50, I actually was just waiting to die. Oh, I went through the daily motions of job and “life” but with no oomph. I changed vitamins a couple of times and felt better. It got me to thinking about how I felt.

Feeling. How we feel, is a funny thing. In America, we have to go to the doctor and get a pill to feel better? That one pill usually leads to another to offset the side effects of the first pill. I began to realize we don’t talk about feeling well. Is that because this is not how we think? I wanted to feel well and would not stop at anything short of this.

Have you noticed that when we’re focused on something, it materializes for us right out of the Universe? A Registered Nurse colleague of mine told me about Alternative Health and a detoxification she was doing for Candida. She was getting well and losing fat, pounds and inches at the same time. I thought, “What have I got to lose?" The screening is free and I could make an educated choice for health and feeling well as I pursue my 100+ years old goal.

I knew the detox for yeast and especially sugar would be tough – I’ve been preserved in sugar for so many decades. With my eyes wide open, I took the plunge. Here came the food changes, herbal supplements and daily coaching form Alternative Health staff. I fought my way through the sugar withdrawal (UGH!) to selection and preparation for fresh and healthy foods. Now I crave a tomato or cucumber and water. GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE IS SWEETER THAN ANY TREAT. I think that Alternative Health is the perfect name for the business, which helps you think about health and wellness. So, it’s helped my disease-based thinking (I’m a nurse) we experience in Western Medicine. Don’t get me wrong, I have my primary care and gynecology physicians because I believe the time for a doctor to get to know you is when you’re well; it helps them know how to help you should you become ill and really need disease management. The transition is to well-thinking. Well thinking gets you to make well-based choice to keep your body well fueled.

So, what did I have to lose? I lost the rest of my ill-thinking that was holding me back. During my 30-day detox I lost 7.3 pounds of fat; water consumption was vital to this process. "And the first 3 weeks on my own?” You ask. Week 1 I lost 1.5lbs of fat; week 2 1.6lfbs of fat & week 3 was 2lbs of fat. Now I can say, “I’m a well, lean and clean well-nutritioned body-machine. And I just love the transition. I’m headed to a single digit sized clothes and thinking you would consider me pretty sassy for my age, this is if you can guess it.



Here’s to you and a conscious choice for health and wellness. Good Health, Darlene



December 2007"

Darlene

Massachusetts

"Dear John, Dee, Bobbie & Carol

Thank you so much for your expertise and encouragement as I have been going through the program.

As you know I first came to see if there was a "natural" way to lower my dangerously high platelets. After consultation with John I was put on the weight loss program since I was overweight and my cholesterol was over 220. With the detoxing as part of the weight loss program and my exercise program as well, I am now much healthier than when I first came in. My platelets are now down over 500 points and no longer in the dangerous zone. I have lost 26 pounds and many inches. My cholesterol has come down 42 points. I feel better and I know that I will continue to follow the healthy eating I have been learning more and more about. I also will continue with the detox every 3 months.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!Sharon Henderson
October 22, 2008"

Sharon Henderson

Tucson, AZ

"I met Dee from Alternative Health in February 2009 at the Sun City Vistoso Health Fair in Arizona, where we live during the winter. At that time, I was on prednisone, cholesterol medication, anti-depressants and various other medications. (I could have supplied the CVS drug counter!) In addition, twelve years previously, I had undergone radiation and chemo as I had cancer in the lymph nodes. I set up a time to come into the office for a consultation with John and, on April 2nd, I started a one month Candida Program. As the program progressed, I couldn’t believe how much better I felt. It was like I was a new person! My program was completed at the end of April and we returned to our home in Minnesota.

Dee continued to check on me long distance and I expressed to her that now that I had the Candida under control, I wanted to work on losing some weight. I was able to continue working with Alternative Health by telephone and by having the supplements mailed directly to me in Minnesota over the summer. I found the program easy and enjoy detoxing because it makes me feel so much better.

I am now back in Arizona and, upon my first visit to Alternative Health, we found that my Body Mass Index is almost in the normal range, I went from 45.9% body fat to 26.1%, I’ve lost 38.4 pounds of body fat since April 28th (I’ve lost 43.6 pounds of fat since the start) and my water weight is at 55% of my total body weight. I was barely at 40% when I started with Alternative Health.

When I went to my doctor, after testing he informed me that my cholesterol had dropped over 100 points, so I’m no longer on cholesterol medication and I no longer take anti-depressants or prednisone!

My complexion looks healthier than it has in years, I have good skin tone and my hair is shiny and healthy! I am so pleased with the way I look, the way I feel and with the complete turn-around in my health.

Thank you to Dee, John and all the staff of Alternative Health for the long distance support!
November 5, 2009"

Pat Rudie

Oro Valley, AZ & Red Wing, MN

"My experience with the Alternative Health program has been life changing to say the least. I have struggled with Body Dysmorphic Disorder and mild levels of eating disorders throughout most of my life. I often felt out of control with my thinking around my eating and weight control. I hadn’t a clue about what healthy was or what eating for optimum health meant. I educated myself on food alternatives, food allergies and sensitivities but found myself feeling out of control with my relationship to my body. When I started this program I was seriously abusing laxatives for 3 years and was taking over 100 a week, a futile attempt at again trying to gain control of my body in a bulimic-like way. I felt like I had finally found a way to control what came in and what went out of my body. I was getting sicker and sicker as the laxatives were robbing my body of all electrolytes, vitamins and nutrition. I was in denial about the abuse I was inflicting on my body. I had attempted to stop on my own a few times but suffered serious withdrawal symptoms the worst being hallucinations. I was dizzy, fatigued, foggy, scared and living on sugar and caffeine. Some one I trust dearly suggested the Alternative Health Program. I had decided it was either that or rehab, as I knew I couldn’t stop on my own. I took my last dose of laxatives the night before I started the program. I suffered a week of discomfort from the sugar and caffeine withdrawal, but never suffered one withdrawal symptom from the laxatives, as I know now because I was feeding my body what it desperately needed, vitamins and supplements. The transition was graceful. I am in my 10th month of recovery. Alternative Health saved my life. I now live a life free of chemicals, sugar, caffeine and foods I am reactive to. I maintain a weight of 140lbs (I am 5’9”). I lost 12 inches. My bones and muscles feel better. My skin is so clear and vibrant. My eyes are bright. I am more focused and organized and retain information better. I know what healthy weight loss is vs. stripping my body of what it needs for the sake of the scale. I know how to eat now and trust that if I follow the program I will maintain my perfect weight and health. I have finally taken control of the chaos of living under the influence of stimulants (yes you-sugar and caffeine), abusing my body and not knowing what to eat and what I should weigh. I know now what works. The supplements keep me balanced and thinking healthy. The legal foods nurture my health. I trust what the scale says and know that if I eat legal foods my body will be taken care of.
John, Patty and the Alternative Health team have been an amazing support for me. I could not have done this with out them. I still have my struggles, but the care knowledge they impart is most days all the e support I need. My sister and mother, who also have struggles similar to mine, both went on the program and we have grown closer as a result. MY mother and I cook for each other now. It’s WONDERFUL!
Thank you Alternative Health.
Colleen
2/26/2009
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Colleen

Connecticut

"I first heard about Alternative Health through my friend, Anne, who lives in Tucson and is a client of Alternative Health. Living in Oregon, I wondered how we would be able to work together with Alternative Health in Arizona, however, I also knew that I couldn’t live any longer with my health deteriorating rapidly. After my initial visit to the Tucson office in July 2009, while on a trip to see Anne, I have been able to continue working with Alternative Health by telephone and by having the supplements mailed to me directly in Oregon.
I have Type II Diabetes, so the first thing we did was Alternative Health’s Diabetes Program. I found it to be quite easy to follow and my health started to improve almost immediately. I then went on a One Month Candida Program, as I had tested very high for Candida. I noticed that through this program, I had more energy and stamina, which motivated me to stay on the program. In addition, the pounds started to come off effortlessly. People began to make positive comments about my appearance, as well. A friend at work told me that I looked younger, had clear, bright eyes and that my complexion looked healthier than it had in years.
Before going to Alternative Health, in addition to diabetes, high blood pressure and acid reflux disease, I also had trouble with my kidneys. I was on medications for all of these conditions and had had to increase them as time went on. After being on the Alternative Health plan for two months, I had weaned myself off most of the medications with no negative impact. In fact, my glucose levels, blood pressure and acid reflux were better than when I was taking the medications.
I visited my regular physician two weeks ago and have just received the results from my blood tests. The results of these recent tests show that my kidneys are now back to normal. In addition, my blood pressure is 118 over 80, better than ever and with no medication! My three-month glucose levels, as monitored by the hemoglobin A1c test, have always been extremely elevated. Normal should be around 6 or under, while mine have been over 9 or 10 every time, WITH MEDICATIONS. After following the Alternative Health plan, my latest result was 6.8, once again, with no medication. My doctor told me that I should continue to do what I am now doing, since it is helping me turn my health around in a positive direction. She also told me that my cholesterol has come down significantly and that I should cut that medication dose in half, continue with my current program and eliminate the medication entirely in a few months. She was, to say the least, impressed with my health turnaround.
In conclusion, I turned 60 in May, 2009 and was truly concerned about how long I would survive, with my poor family health history and my own rapidly deteriorating conditions. I work full time and was beginning to think that I could not continue, as it was getting harder and harder to maintain my busy schedule. Now I have hope that I can actually be a healthy person, even at this late date, and I will continue with the Alternative Health plan, in order to keep moving in the right direction.
Thanks to Dee, John and all the supportive staff of Alternative Health, and, of course, to Anne, for introducing me to this program. October 12, 2009"

Karen M. Schuster

Yachats, Oregon