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| When doctors (specialists of arthritis) condemned her | | | | amount of knowledge they are receiving from "The |
| existence to a lifelong suffering of pain and increasing | | | | Establishment." Are they getting their dollar's worth? |
| doses of harmful and addictive drugs, saying, "Bear | | | | Going to medical school is a very expensive |
| with it, there is no cure for arthritis ...you will be in a | | | | investment and if they are being short-changed and |
| wheelchair within five years," Margie did not accept | | | | because of this their patients will abandon them and |
| their verdict. She figured out all by herself, "There is a | | | | seek self-cure, within the next few decades, a doctor |
| cause for arthritis and if there is a cause, then there | | | | may be an obsolete figure in our society, not because |
| must be a remedy .. .. If the doctors did not know | | | | there will not be sick people, but because sick people, |
| anything about it, it did not mean there was no remedy. | | | | distrustful of their doctor's knowledge and abilities, will |
| And with this optimistic rational, she charged into the | | | | seek help elsewhere than the doctor's offices. Sick |
| pathway of "Search for Truth". | | | | people who become disenchanted with their doctors |
| Margie tells us the story of her "Painful Odyssey | | | | do not necessarily find another doctor who is |
| through the Medic-World," and her pleasant adventures | | | | knowledgeable in Preventive Medicine, since although |
| into the world of knowledge of nutrition and optimum | | | | the ranks of this new breed of doctors are increasing, |
| health. Needless to say, she cured her arthritis..."THE | | | | it is still difficult for the average person to locate one in |
| INCURABLE DISEASE." The Medical Establishment will | | | | his/her neighborhood. |
| call this "spontaneous remission," yet Margie can turn | | | | What the sick people have easy access to are: |
| her arthritis on and off to the tune of a melody. She | | | | popular books, health food stores, lay nutritionists and |
| has learned which foods trigger her arthritic pains and | | | | various non- conventional outlets. By trial and error, by |
| aches. | | | | reading, the determined person does improve his/her |
| When Margie first came to my office for Nutrition | | | | health to a degree that most describe as, "I cannot |
| Consultation, her main concern was her obesity, at 260 | | | | describe how miserable I was and how much money, |
| pounds for her 5 ft., 5 1/2 inches. | | | | time I wasted going from one doctor to another. If the |
| After two hours of questioning, I realized that she did | | | | cure for my problem was such a simple thing as |
| not consider a major problem the fact that she still had | | | | changing my eating habits and a few vitamins and |
| about 20% of her arthritic pains and aches. For her | | | | minerals, how come all these doctors do not know |
| having suffered constant pain for almost forty years, | | | | anything about it? I feel like suing the doctor for |
| having cured herself of 80% of her pains was such a | | | | malpractice. It is a blessing I have come so far and I |
| heavenly blessing she could bear slight aches and | | | | consider this a great improvement." What the sick |
| ignore them. | | | | person has access to does not necessarily guarantee |
| When I mentioned to her the fact that I could I could | | | | what he/she really needs. This is the case of many |
| not put her on any weight reduction program until her | | | | clients who walk into my office for Nutrition |
| aches were cured 100% and until she felt super-duper, | | | | Consultation. |
| her eyes sparkled with incredulous amazement and | | | | Invariably, while their nutrition is along the lines of |
| pleasure. Apparently, being free of pain 100% of the | | | | healthful eating and they have a bag full of bottles to |
| time had been to her such a "Sweet and unattainable | | | | show me what supplements they have tried, I find |
| dream" that she embarked on her new program with | | | | several major gaps and sometimes in their haphazard |
| the enthusiasm of a pioneer. At the time of writing this | | | | trial and error. I do not condemn the lay-nutritionists, nor |
| book, she made a confession that when she first | | | | the efforts of the patients for self-cure. On the |
| came to my office; she thought nutritionists were | | | | contrary, any patient who comes to my office with |
| mainly concerned with such things as dieting, weight | | | | such a background gets a friendly pat on the back. |
| loss, and special diets for diabetes. The conventional | | | | The point I want to raise is for the doctors. If there |
| "Dietetics" approach to nutrition. She thought...putting it in | | | | were doctors who were trained in the gold mine of |
| her words..."I was afraid to tell you; I thought you would | | | | "Nutrition Therapy," then patients would not seek the |
| pooh-pooh me for telling you I had cured my arthritis | | | | lay and the non-conventional help. Americans do |
| by eliminating certain foods from my diet... arthritis is | | | | depend upon their doctors for their health just as they |
| supposed to be an incurable disease." | | | | depend upon their cars for transportation. It is part of |
| Naturally, what Margie discovered was that I not only | | | | the American way of life. There is no such thing as an |
| believed in her claims, but encouraged her to complete | | | | "INCURABLE DISEASE." ALL diseases are curable if |
| her self-cure. I can substantiate her claims that she is | | | | we only knew and applied the right measures. For all |
| 100% free of pain. Free of swelling. Although pain is a | | | | diseases are preventable by maintaining optimum |
| subjective feeling, and only a "Symptom" and not a | | | | health through ortho-molecular nutrition and |
| "sign" for the skeptical doctor to substantiate or | | | | ortho-molecular environment. Correct molecular |
| quantify it, pain has a unique characteristic to register | | | | environment inside and outside of our bodies, |
| itself on the face of the bearer. Margie has become | | | | guarantees not only a disease-free body, but optimum |
| her perky, cheerful self and, despite her busy schedule | | | | health. It is a pleasure to present to you Margie |
| of working in the family business and extensive | | | | Garrison "THE FIRST SELF-CURE SPECIALIST." |
| traveling, managed to write her book. | | | | Felor Jourdikian, Ph.D. |
| She has two important messages in her book. To the | | | | Dear Reader, |
| layman, her message says, "Annie, get your gun" and | | | | The book that Dr. Jourdikian is referring to is “I |
| start singing "Anything you can do, I can do better." Put | | | | Cured My Arthritis You Can Too” that I wrote, |
| your body in your own hands and use the right bullets. | | | | self-published and is featured on |
| Use nutrition, exercise, relaxation and aim at your | | | | If I can be of any help with your “Search For |
| health, your "optimum health." With some trial and error | | | | Truth”, please feel free to contact me at: |
| you, too, will learn to aim correctly. To the doctors, her | | | | I am here to help you, help yourself, enjoy a healthier |
| message simply says, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is | | | | and happier life. |
| the most knowledgeable of them all?" It is time that | | | | |