Cecilia's Raw Transformation

As a child I was often sick with upper respiratory infections. At around age seven I was diagnosed with asthma and chronic sinusitis. At around age 10 I was on about 4 different medications for my asthma, 3 different types of inhalers and antihistamine pills. For me it was just a part of life to have asthma attacks and feel like I was suffocating on a daily basis. I didn't let it stop me from doing anything I wanted as long as I had my inhaler with me. I would use my inhalers sometimes up to 14 + times a day. Every time I would use the inhaler I would feel my heart race because of the stimulating affect it had on my system. I just learned to live with it and  never questioned that I could heal it, I just assumed I would have asthma forever... --rawglow.com

Helen's Raw Transformation Story

I had severe Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, horrible Neck and Headaches (24/7), and about 20 other symptoms. I was on Hydrocodone and Neurontin for pain and when that didn't work I was given injections. The headache came one day and stayed for 3 years straight. I had to quit my martial arts, which was very important to me. Then I had to quit work. Finally I had to quit church and all social events. I was unable to walk 200 feet to my mailbox (I drove my van to get the mail on days that my husband was out of town). I couldn't take a cap off a bottle of water and it was very painful to lie in bed...

--Shazzie.com

Jaime's Raw Transformation

I weighed over 300 pounds, had ovaries covered in cysts (polycystic ovarian syndrome), acne, jaw-line facial hair, a buffalo hump on the back of my neck, autism (Asperger's Syndrome), hyperdyslexia, hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and I did not menstruate unless I took synthetic hormones and I had not ovulated by age 22. As I sought treatments and used them, I only grew worse... --Shazzie.com

Lisa's Raw Transformation Story

As a child, I spent numerous days in the hospital and stayed home from school each year, with asthma, allergies, and hay fever, just to mention a few. On an average year, I would miss 70 days of school. At age 12, a severe asthma attach put me in the hospital for over a week, most of which time was spent in an oxygen tent. During this time I turned blue many times due to a lack of oxygen... --Shazzie.com

Shannon's Raw Transformation

I was raised on the S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) like most folks, with one exception to the rule. My diet was worse as it was a more perverted form of self abuse. It was the Black American diet - B.A.D. The Black American Diet, for those of you who do not know, is a diet primarily composed of pork and pork by-products, enormous amounts of salt and grease, and most things are deep fried, i.e. Southern Fried Chicken. The farther South you live, the worse the diet. I'm the only child and was raised by a strong single black woman in Tuskegee, Alabama... --The Garden Diet.com

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