Expert: Imran R. - 8/31/2006

Question
Thankyou so much for your response. However, I am unable to purchase the supplements you suggested because of financial, disability pension. I have ordered isopure whey protien powder, but as for the 7 vials and the superfood juice, cannot afford. Is there anything else you can suggest? I am on a waiting list for an eating disorder program but the wait is a few months and I am getting really scared when I eat and can't even stand on 2 feet. My nutrition level is so comprimised that I cannot go without nutrients. I am taking fish oil, b vitamin complex, multi vitamin, zinc, magnesium, potassium, calcuim with Vit. D along with my protien powder. At one point I was taking greens plus every morning but the reactions to that are terrible. Any advice? I appreciate it.
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Hi. I have a few questions, hopefully you can help me. First of all, I suffer with anorexia and bulimia and my health has been very poor for 13 years. I went many months living on not much else but coffee, hard candies, diet soda, and whatever I would get from my binge and purges. When things got really bad, I started taking whey protien powder 2 scoops per day with added milk but with the weight gain stopped after 6 months and went back to the old routine. within 6 months I suddenly began to have terrible reactions to food, at first it was red and yellow food dyes, coffee sweet and lows and corn syrup.What would happen is I would get instantly horribly dizzy, blurred vision, dimmed vision and this headache that felt waves going over my brain. It was really scarry. I seen so many doctors but my blood work was fine, CT scan, hormone levels, and urine tests. So I cut out those things but soon I was reacting to more stuff, anything chemical like MSG, citrus fruits, ice cream and anything with additives. My doctor told me to get ensure and drink that and that was OK for a while but soon I was reacting to that too, and these reactions were getting so bad I felt I was going to have a seizure. Now I am reacting to everything except water. They gave me Ativan which takes away these reactions so I am able to have my protien shakes and ensures but without the Ativan ONE candy will send these electric like waves through my whole body and brain and I start feeling like I am swaying and my head is moving from side to side. Nobody can give me any clue what is going on. It freaks me out, I get chest pain and weird nerve sensations in my feet. They say it's anxiety but there is something else going on, if I have a coffee I will have a seizure for sure. I can feel the signals whiping through my brain. Please, if you have any clue what is happening, let me know. thanks!

Answer -
Dear Jeana,

Thank you for your letter.

Your symptoms are a reaction to the torture your body has undergone. Between starvation, sugar, caffeine, and artificial sweeteners, your body is basically breaking down.

Please to begin with, get personal help/counseling for the anorexia. This is very important. You have to sincerely WANT to get better, to heal, to return to wholeness. You have to want to be free of sickness and pain. It has to come from you for if it does not then nothing on earth can help you. Please think about this carefully.

You also MUST pray daily. Several times per day. Pray for strength, will power to overcome your suffering, for healing, to do what is right for yourself so that you may heal once more. You must pray with faith and without stop.

This is a beginning.

Further more there are only two supplements i can advise that will help you.

First nutrition is extremely important. Continue to take your protein powder, make sure it is a whey isolate not concentrate formula. Make sure it does not contain artificial sugars like splenda, sucralose and aspartame. These sweeteners taken in high enough doses can actually kill you. Regular unrefined sugar, brown sugar, stevia and xylitol are okay.

You can get good protein formulas here:
www.trueprotein.com

The supplements you need to take are liquid manna, available here: www.liquidmannagold.com

Take 7 vials to begin with. Therefore every morning for 7 days. You must take it on am empty stomach as soon as you wake up in the morning and then eat/drink something 15-20 minutes later.

After you have completed this cycle, then get onto taking a supplement called fruta-vida.
Website: www.tryfrutavida.com/main

Take 1 ounce daily for the first 7 days then increase to 2 ounces after that. This product is a super-food, a liquid juice supplement, it will provide you with high quality nutrition.

Please avoid all soy products, and artificial sweeteners.
Soy contains goitrogens which depress thyroid function. It also contains phytic acid which hinders the bodies' ability to absorb proteins, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. In general it is an enzyme inhibitor.

Avoid all artificial sweeteners, no exceptions:
splenda, sucralose, aspartame, nutra-sweet, equal, acesulfame potassium.

Follow this advice, and with your own want to heal, your daily prayers and the supplements, by God's help you will be back to good health once more.

I wish you much strength, and much success with your healing.

Imran


Answer
Dear Jeana,

Thank you for your response. Please contact Elliot at the mannagold website i provided, and let him know i have advised you to contact him. Let him know your exact situation. He may arrange a payment plan for you if it is within his means to do so.

If you are taking multivitamins you are doing more harm than good to your body. You should not take synthetic vitamins at all. You can also stop the zinc, but continue the rest for now. I would prefer you get off the b-complex as well in the future. By stopping these two you may be able to afford the fruta-vida. It will provide you with a large amount of natural vitamins and minerals.

Let me know if this will work for you, and if you can afford it. If not i will see if there is something i can do for you from this side. But do let me know.

Best wishes,

Imran