The Power of Juicing
Published: Wed, 08/17/11

August 17, 2011
The Power of Juicing
by Tatia Nelson M.H., Iridologist - Utah
Celery
juice or pain killers? If asked this question today, Al Godsey would
say, "I'll take the celery juice any day!" For a man who was once
crippled with severe and painful arthritis, his story is one we can all
learn from.
The
year was 1959 aboard the USS Ticonderoga, Al was a Navy Structural
Mechanic who could hardly walk after 13 months on the ship, due to pain
and deformities in his feet. He was moved to the Oakland Navel Hospital
in California for medical care where he was diagnosed with a
debilitating case of arthritis. In just over a year of service, his
athletic running feet had developed heel spurs, an extreme high instep
and "hammer toes". The bone spurs felt like knives cutting into the
flesh of his heels causing bad enough pain that he was confined to bed
rest for three weeks.
One
day, while gazing out the hospital window, he felt a strong impression
that changing his diet would heal him. When he asked his doctor about
nutrition, the young lieutenant, fresh out of medical school, quickly
rejected the idea that a diet change could help. Surgery was advised,
but other patients who opted for surgeries said their condition never
improved and their doctors "just kept cutting" with no results. Opting
out of surgery, he took a prescription for pain of 5 aspirin, 4 times
daily. With pain numbed, he moved to a wheel chair, then crutches, and
finally used only a cane, but his condition never got better, just
manageable with pain killers. After a couple of months in the hospital,
his time of service was up, so he went home, still walking with a
cane.
At
home, Al took a 180 degree turn with his diet and his healing process
finally began. He ditched the aspirin and turned to whole foods. He
switched to whole grains and cut out white sugar, white flour, and other
processed foods. He ate at least three pounds of green and yellow
fruits and vegetables daily. For protein he enjoyed nuts and seeds and if
he ate meat, it was very sparing. No pork was consumed and meat
choices were very lean, fish being a favorite. For probiotics, he
consumed fresh, homemade yoghurt or bought it with live cultures at the
health food store.
He
read books by alternative doctors to find ways to improve his health.
Many wrote about juicing live foods for health. So, he got a juicer and
began juicing daily. His favorite juice combinations included: Carrot,
celery & apple, apple & parsley, apple & beet, and other
mixtures including lots of alfalfa sprouts, watercress, wheat grass,
spinach, etc.
Al first experienced a dramatic change in his health after a juice fast
consisting of a quart or more of juice a day for 6 weeks. Celery juice
offered the most pain relief, so most of his recipes consisted of 1/3 to
1/2 celery. Within a couple more months, he stopped using a cane, and
his bone spurs were gone. He was once again running the full track of
2.7 miles around Green Lake near his home in Seattle, pain free!
Al
is my father, and now at the age of 73... he is still juicing! He bottle
fed me fresh juices and taught our large family to juice daily. My dad
is most grateful for celery juice, because after 52 years, the pain in
his feet has never come back!
Tatia
Nelson is a certified Iridologist and a Master Herbalist - graduate of
The School of Natural Healing. Tatia currently consults in Utah, teaches
in the community, and writes for local health food stores.
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Carrot and Celery Juice
Ingredients:
4 stalks organic carrots, washed
2-4 stalks organic celery, washed
A pinch of Dr. Christopher's Jurassic Green powder
Directions:
Juice all vegetables, then whisk in the Jurassic powder. Serve fresh and iced...Refreshing!
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Apple - Celery - Ginger Juice
Ingredients:
4 organic fuji apples, washed and sliced
2 stalks organic celery, washed
1/8-1/4 oz piece of organic, fresh ginger root
(optional: 1 clove of garlic for an antibacterial boost)
Directions:
Juice all ingredients together and serve iced. Wow!
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