My name is Wanda Beckett and I began this blog about natural health and how to go about obtaining and retaining it because it is something that is near and dear to my heart. I am a 49 year old single parent of a teenage girl and I want to be around and able to enjoy seeing her grow up, graduate from college, get married and play with my grandchildren.

I have led a pretty sedentary lifestyle up to recently, which I now truly regret. I found that because of the lifestyle I chose, I have increased my chances of major illness, as well as decreased my ability to take part in everyday activities that most people take for granted. Playing sports, dancing, running, even some household chores were things I could not do without considerable pain and stress to my body.

You see, being obese, suffering from lower back pain (diagnosed as sciatica), constant knee pain, high blood pressure and various other ailments,  my chance of having a productive and enjoyable life were slowly diminishing. I rarely went anywhere other than work. I did nothing that required me to exert too much energy. I was always in pain. Anything I considered doing had to be weighed carefully based on restriction of movement. My world was getting smaller day by day.

I began to think…..Is it too late for me to make changes to better my health? Can I reverse some of the damage I have done? Can I do anything to change my circumstances?

I began my foray into the land of natural health because all other options seemed scary and dangerous. There were talks of knee replacements and weight loss surgery that I felt were so extreme that I could not begin to see the end to countless medical procedures once I began them. The average knee replacement that I have heard about is followed by additional surgery, countless hours of therapy and unlimited pain. In fact people that I have met that have had the surgery wish they never had. They claim they have more pain now than before the surgery. They are popping pain pills like candy and see no end in site. And we will talk later about the side effects of all the medication.

You see, I have never had a serious illness in my life, and slowly reality is dawning. If I don’t do something now, I may end up with chronic illness, then, a statistic. So I started to look at natural remedies to my health issues.

I am sharing my journey with you, so that you can benefit from the information that I have been using to create a better life for myself and my family. I will share with you, what worked, what didn’t. I will guide you through all I learned and continue learning.

The reason I am so driven by natural health as opposed to medical is, that a lot of medical procedures and medicines tend to mask symptoms instead of solving the problem. Illness is handled from a totally different aspect in natural health.

For example, if you go to a medical doctor complaining of pain, most likely you would be provided with a medication, probably an NSAID which will mask the pain. The pain may disappear or become dulled, but never was the root of the pain identified. Not to mention, the side effects of all the medications.

On the other hand, if you go to a natural practitioner complaining of the same pain, the first course of action would be to find the reason and the source of the pain. The cure, no doubt, would be the elimination of something you do now (something in your diet) or the addition of some natural element or maybe both .

So welcome to our new life, as we forge ahead and make changes to enhance our health and better our lives.

Always welcome are comments, questions and advise as well.

See you soon !!