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in butter—we call it fried bread. Maple My son weighed only 32 pounds at ago, and have slowly changed our diet.
syrup is lavishly poured on the buck- the age of six, but has now put on seven As a result, we feel so much more
wheat! Smoothies are a smorgasbord of pounds and grown four inches. He can “whole.” We’ve seen benefits like weight
hidden secrets. now play sports with kids his own age. loss and more energy, but most impor-
Sometimes I throw everything into By the way, the main reason I started tant, the feeling of being “whole” has
one pot because the dishwasher (me) is looking to change my diet was from a been wonderful. Thank you very much
out of commission. I have learned to back injury in 2003. I herniated a lower for your work!
speed cook. I can slice and dice with the disk and was told that I would live with
best of them. I have learned to go with pain for the rest of my life, and that I Saiful Haque and Laila Hernandez
the flow and can change my dinner plans should forget about riding my mountain Hamilton, New Jersey
in seconds. The frozen meal I tried to bike, hiking and snowboarding—all the
defrost is still a solid rock. Scrambled things that I loved doing. After about MY SOY STORY
eggs with fried bread and salad are great a month on a WAPF diet (and some I just found out about your website
and speedy. Radical maybe, survival secrets from my grandmother, too), my and information on soy and have been
definitely. pain began to leave me. I now am totally sending emails to people ever since to
The challenge of feeding my family pain free and have no problem riding let them know: Soy is not a health food,
WAPF-style is, at the end of the day, a fifteen miles or hiking several trails in it’s not just an allergen, it’s poison!
very rewarding and fulfilling endeavor. the same day. All three of my children were fed
When (on those rare nights) everybody It really is amazing that a year ago soy baby formula for the entire first year
is actually eating what I made I’m the doctors were telling me that I would of their lives. As an adult, my son tends
beaming from ear to ear. I wish every- have to take multiple medications for my to be on the hyper side and is bored
body much success in feeding the next back pain. very easily. His hands have always had
generation. May you grow from all the Jeff Smith a slight shake to them.
challenges and difficulties. Frederick, Maryland My daughter was diagnosed with
ADD at age 12 and was put on Ritalin,
Milka Feldman, Maverick Mom NO MORE PCOS which created a nightmare chain of
Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel Thank you for all your information events leading to drug and alcohol abuse
on nutrient-dense diets! I suffered from and psychiatric hospitalization.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) My youngest daughter has learn-
cooking style—it’s a gentle reminder to and irregular periods, and as soon as I ing disabilities, and she has had focus
the rest of us not to take our meal plan- started implementing your nutritional and impulse problems since she was
ning and food providing too seriously! recommendations into my diet, I noticed small. Anything that requires grasping
a change. I am now almost five months concepts is a challenge for her. She has
HUGE CHANGE IN pregnant, and conception was made a lot had a history of difficulty in her personal
FAMILY HEALTH easier because of my improved health! relationships with peers as well. She is a
Thank you for all your informa- bright, beautiful child and this is break-
tion! It has made a huge change in my Donielle Baker ing my heart.
family’s health. The asthma my three- Grand Rapids, Michigan All my children are bright and
year-old daughter and I have suffered beautiful and it makes me horribly sad
has completely gone away in less than FEELING WHOLE to think they have been poisoned by me,
ten months by just cooking the WAPF My wife and I learned about your when I thought I was doing something
way. dietary information a couple of years good for them. It was considered the

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