Hypoglycemia Happenstance

It is truly amazing how one event can change your life journey. While studying at Florida Atlantic University, I felt destined to become an anthropologist. I participated in archaeological digs in Ecuador and I had taken a plethora of courses on the subject. However, throughout my studies, I was in a constant battle with my body – the debilitating effects of hypoglycemia were permeating every aspect of my life and the symptoms were becoming intolerable. As I learned more about the disease, I realized that my hypoglycemia was nudging me on to the path to nutrition.

The path to nutrition snuck up on me in an innocent manner – at a bookstore. I had a penchant for studying in bookstores away from the daily hustle and bustle on campus, when I stumbled upon a book titled Prescription for Nutritional Healing. As I pushed my biological anthropology book aside, I read the book with wide-eyes, an open mind, and an indefatigable determination to learn about how to control what had been plaguing my life for years. Up to that point, I had only followed what my family physician had advised me to do, which was simply to eat small meals throughout the day. However, my doctor, and the myriad physicians I visited afterwards, had failed to tell me the type of foods I should have been avoiding, which was the key to controlling my disease.(more)