My life between the age of 30 and 45 was tough healthwise. I was not sick really. But I was not healthy either. All the health that I had enjoyed as a young person was gone. I had daily indigestion, painful gas, constipation, chronic swollen feet, frequent burning urine, frequent yeast infections, skin breakouts and worst of all chronic fatigue.

I always felt tired. I struggled to get up in the morning and often arrived late at the office. I took advantage of the fact that I was a senior manager so I could get away with being tired. But I was not being lazy. I was tired every morning and could use more hours of sleep. Luckily once I got to the office I was too busy to feel tired and a cup of coffee always helped me to cope. I had no idea why I felt so tired. I was secretly ashamed of myself for arriving at work late almost every day.

I remember those days very well. I needed to take medicine regularly for burning urine and a laxative for my bowels and an anti-acid for my digestion. I was beginning to make my doctor rich because I had to visit every few months. Even the drug store loved me because I had to buy prescription and non-prescription meds quite often. I was really a mess. The meds only worked to get rid of symptoms but never to solve my problems. I was a mess. I needed real solutions that solved the root of my problems. I was tired of masking my symptoms. Some of the symptoms, like swollen feet, were not even attended to.

Luckily I am one of those people who insist on solutions that remove the cause. I have no interest in anything that masks my symptoms. So I did my own research. Thanks to the internet, information was available online though it mostly conflicted.
I went vegan experimentally at the beginning of 2008. By the end of 3 months all the symptoms listed above had disappeared. I digested my food fast and for the first time in years I could eat breakfast in the morning. My bowels moved daily. The burning urine disappeared and I no longer had yeast infections. And I felt lots of energy! I started to arrive at the office before 7am even though I only started work at 8am. Everyone was surprised. In truth I simply did not need to stay in bed in the morning. I was well rested and ready for the day early every day. I even started writing my first book ever!

After changing my diet, I never needed to take any meds again! I still do not need to take any meds right now. Everything works perfectly in my body. And I have so much energy I can work long hours every day. It’s been many years now and I still do not suffer from anything. While most of my age-mates (I am 55 years old) are on meds for diabetes and hypertension and many other problems, I do not need to take any meds for anything. I occasionally eat cheese or eggs or fish, and I immediately feel the indigestion. But, because I eat those things occasionally, I do not suffer for long.

To me, this is confirmation of what Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and your medicine by thy food.” Plant-based food was my healing medicine in 2008. Plant-based food is my preventative medicine today. I am happy with my life and will not change my diet for anything. Looking back, I curse those years when I lived in ignorance and bought into the idea that a balanced diet must include animal protein. Now I know that most plant foods contain some or all the amino acids that the human body needs. I have never suffered any ill-effects by avoiding animal products.

I healed myself of chronic fatigue through plant-based food. My problem had not reached the syndrome stage, but it was bad enough to earn me a bad reputation at work. If you are always tired and the tiredness interferes with your life, change to a plant-based diet as soon as possible. It will regulate your digestive system, cleanse your digestive system and heal your body all at the same time. Your fatigue and other symptoms will simply disappear. Try it.