hello. my name is axel, i am twenty five and live in buenos aires,
argentina. i participated in this list with a lot of interest two years ago.
my health story is this: from birth till twenty years old, ate conventional
food. for four months back in 1994, i took a broad spectrum antibiotic to
treat acne, and in the summer of 1994, was very constipated and did not know
what to do. i started to feel week all the time.
so i read fit for life and adopted the program overnight. my digestion
healed, at least everything seemed normal again. shortly afterwards, for a
few months, i did simultaneously bulimia eating all sorts of crap and raw
foods. it used to go like this: a few days raw, one day crap. on and on. in
september 1994 i fasted for two weeks, i was completely ignorant about it,
blind, and lost most of the muscles of my body.
also developed some digestive problem.
since then, my abdomen has been bloated and i could not gain weight at all,
not muscle nor fat.
1995 i went to the states. the whole year.
saw many hygienists. gabriel cousens
treated me for candida and epstein-barr virus, that was detected in blood
work he ordered. for four months i was under his supervision, having
megadosis of vitamin drippings. and many supplements i do not remember the
names. nothing happened at all with my health after all that.
from 1996 till the mid of 1997, i stayed all raw, basically was fruit,
seeds, juices, avos, greens. in 1997, i started eating cooked food again,
more and less clean stuff at the beggining but very soon, for emotional
reasons, i was eating all the crap, chocolate, cheese, pastry, etc i wanted,
everyday. in a few weeks, i gained like 50 pounds of water. i was all puffed.
very horrible.
this mad bulimia has been going on till now. the last year i ate basically a
crap diet, no fruit, little vegetables.
right now, i look very skiny and pale, but have plenty of water in my legs
and some in the rest of my body. i heard before this is not good, but
honestly i am clueless about what causes water retention beyond the food
factors. i mean, if i eat well and the water stays there.
several reasons prompted me to write:
one, i am really lost.
two, when i participated two years ago, it was a very good experience for
me, people were really helping and sincerely interested and knowledgeable
and straightforward.
three, i have seen there are some health practicioners in the list who might
have a good idea about things like this.
four, there are no people down here knowledgeable about all this. zero.
i can go to the doctor, but i cannot tell them this story, because it is too
alien for them. specially if after all this you still want to go back to all
raw.
people simply think i have eating disorders, specially whenever i go back to
raw, even for a day.
so, i have been all raw for a week now, so far so good. i plan to keep at
it, but the sensation of something moving in my legs really bothers me.

i forgot to mention something. during 1998 i took a small dosis of two
psychiatric drugs, one was a neuroleptic. i wonder if anybody knows about
anything that has helped others get rid of stuff like that, any food,
supplement, any technique, absolutely anything. one of the things i would
like to do is get a really good juicer from the states and juice a lot of
greens everyday, but i would need some 1000 dollars to buy it and have it
shipped here, so it will not happen any time soon, because i do not have
that money.
i am taking just barley, though.
i have not have blood work or any other test performed for a year maybe.
ok, that is part of my story, any opinion will be welcome. there is a lot
more to tell, but right now i am worried about this water in my legs.

regards,
             axel