April Flowers Bring Spring Showers of Mucous and Vertigo
Every April for the past 3 years, I've had vertigo. Two years ago, it was really bad and lasted for a month. Last year it was mild and lasted for a week. This year it started on a Wednesday morning. Same way. You know as you lie there and spin. I immediately thought about the onions in the ceviche from dinner the night before. For someone who has become an explorer of my inner world and workings and totally intrigued about what I eat and how it makes me feel, I said "onions" just like Jerry Seinfeld would have said "Newman". Ive been on this journey since senior year in high shcool. Since my first migraine.
Did you know that the body has a natural ability to heal itself if we don't suppress it? I don't use Zyrtec and antihistamines anymore. I feel like this is the season working it's way through me and my system is acclimating. Seems to me like these medications eventually, more often than not, cause the symptoms they are supposed to alleviate. Once you get on the zyrtec bandwagon you can hardly get off. I will be fine with no vertigo in a week or two. I used to take tons of medication and have had horrible allergies all my life. I stopped drinking cow's milk several years ago and they all but ended. GONE. The itchy, watery eyes, scratchy throat and nose all gone.
I stay away from cheddar cheese, bananas, red wine and oatmeal. FOods like this make me feel awful. Now do the pancakes I make on Sunday morning for the fam draw me in sometimes, YES! I may eat one instead of the 4 stack but I will also know why I feel cranky, bloated, tingly, lightheaded and like I have a brick on my head later in the day.
Juice Cleansing to me is all about clearing the slate and doing an Elimination Diet to discover your balance or imbalance as it may be. I love yoga because you become your own therapist exploring your mind. With dTox, you become your own doctor and nutritionist exploring your body and finding what's right for you. No doctor could make the correlation between April and the onions I'd had immediately prior to getting vertigo for the past 3 years. Only my interest and awareness can do that.
Become interested in what you eat and how it makes you feel! Know it has EVERYTHING to do with how you look, think and feel. Don't head first to the doctor for a pill. Head to your food diary and figure it out.
