In 2012, I was diagnosed with Diverticulosis which is a condition that develops when pouches form in the wall of the colon, these pouches are usually very small (5 to 10 millimeters) in diameter but can be larger.  Pouches may form when the high pressure pushes against weak spots in the colon where blood vessels pass through the muscle layer of the bowel wall to supply blood to the inner wall.

My life took a turn for the worst when I started experiencing excruciating pain in my stomach, extreme nausea and I would be in the fetal position for days, I couldn’t work, could not even move, would just be in tears.  I would get these attacks often, not realizing it was from the foods I was eating.  With this disease, you cannot eat foods that contains seeds, nuts, corn, popcorn and raw broccoli etc.. because they will get stuck in the colon pouches and get inflamed.  

I started doing doing extensive research on this condition and the first thing I needed to do was change the foods I was eating and add fiber foods along with some herbal supplements and a few weeks I began to heal!

​My health challenges and faced with my sons debilitating disease showed me the importance of what I had learned involving eating healthy, putting the right foods in our bodies and taking vital supplements for optimum health.  I spent majority of my life eating processed foods and things that were not healthy and ended up in a very painful situation.  We are truly what we eat – food was the root cause of my problem and the “right” food was the solution to heal me.