Day 132

Wednesday January 29, 2014  Day 132

Well day 132 has arrived and what a day it was. I have so much to talk about. Last week I attended the New Year New You event in Marshall Texas. It will take me a few posts to talk about that.

But first off let me tell you about my day. I met the most amazing woman today. A close friend had met her at our local coffee shop. After finding out that she was a vegan, told her all about my blog and journey to get healthy. After exchanging a few messages we met for coffee. (tea for me) She told me that after reading my blog she has been inspired to work on a blog of her own. She has really had a rough couple years including getting really sick after being bitten by a Brown Recluse Spider. Despite many setbacks she still has such a great positive attitude. It was so nice to sit and talk about life, health and living a plant based lifestyle. I look forward to getting to know her better and learning more about her vegan life style. I will post a link to her blog when she starts it.

Then this evening I received a message from an old high school friend Jim. He had contacted me a few weeks ago after hearing about my weight loss. I spoke with him for a while and told him about my blog and the Fat Sick and Nearly Dead movie. He sent me a message a couple weeks later letting me know that he had watched the movie and read the blog. He was motivated to start a juice fast. The message I received today was just awesome:

"Hey Jeff. I completed the second week this morning. I really miss food but haven't cheated at all. And down 23 pounds. Thanks again I wouldn't have even considered this if I didn't see your post."
How awesome is that!! Congratulations Jim, I'm so happy you made a choice to get healthy. 

Another message I received was also pretty inspiring. I was messaging with another friend that I have know for years. Again I told her all about green juicing, my blog, and Fat Sick & Nearly Dead. This was the response I received:

"So, I watched the video. I have exactly what he had. The rashes are just starting to clear up, but they still itch a little. The rashes were al over but those cleared up. I'm starting my juice Monday, Going to use my bullet until I can get the juicer. So I will talk to you when the reboot is done and let you know. Wish me well! Thanks, I think you just saved my life!"

I spoke with her today and although she wasn't able to do a green juice fast, she is still having juice every day! That is just awesome and I know she is going to feel so much better just by adding the juice to her life.

And now for a bit of scary news. Last week I received a message from my friends wife. She had come home to find him completely unresponsive. He was taken to the hospital and the first messages I received were that they had no idea what was going on. They ruled out a stroke and a heart attack. Then I received a message from his daughter that maybe it was a stroke. Finally after several hours I received a message that he was showing improvement. What they found is that he was suffering from a chemical in-balance and had high levels of ammonia in his body. (Hepatic encephalopathy) I spent the next several hours researching into the night what could cause this. Now I am not a doctor but what I found is ammonia is found in animal proteins and normally the liver is able to render it harmless. If your liver is not processing it correctly then it contaminates the bloodstream. What could cause this? Eating large amounts of animal proteins to the point where the liver is unable to keep up. For example following an Adkins type diet plan. I can't say for sure that is what caused this, (and for legal reasons won't) but he has been following an Adkins diet. Although he has been juicing as well so I'm really surprised. If you google search just high ammonia levels or liver problems with diet, you will see tons of hits on the Adkins diet, just saying. I'm happy to say that he is doing better and recovering. He goes back to the doctor next week I think so hopefully we know more then.

That is all I have for today, Happy Juicing