12 Steps to Whole Foods

I will continue on the journey for myself and continue telling others about the program. It is time to reverse the
way we eat. It will only help us. Thank you!
—Meghan Meredith
It’s been over 30 years since my husband and I started working on a healthy nutritional plan. It took 10 years of
that time for me to consider myself fairly knowledgeable about nutrition and to have a “health food kitchen”
with whole grains, cold-pressed oils, etc.
My impetus for going veggie was a diagnosis of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD: Lupus,
scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis). Then I met my husband who was perfectly healthy but also working to
become a vegetarian.
I remember when we first started to be vegetarians, all I knew how to prepare was stir-fry. I mean, I put every
vegetable known together in every combination! We had so much stir-fry that if I never see it again, it will be
too soon!
The years passed, and we learned more and more and eventually became vegans. About four years ago I was
diagnosed with Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease and started to lose my hearing. It didn’t take long until I was
wearing hearing aids turned up to the maximum hearing ability. In all the trials I had with MCTD, I never even
considered I might lose my hearing.
Thankfully, last November, a BFF emailed me your website. I immediately downloaded “12 Steps to Whole
Foods.” I LOVE it and know that I could have saved 10 years off my nutritional education if I had your book
30 years ago! Of course, I know you were only 12 at the time!
I started in just as the book suggests to read one chapter a month and follow what it says. I bought a Blendtec
and I was off and running. Within 2½ months, my hearing was completely restored and my hearing tests
normal! I just never thought that might be a result of the smoothies and was so pleasantly surprised!
I’m sure you know that connective tissue disorders are very inflammatory, and with the grace of God and your
green smoothies my Sed. Rate (measure of inflammation) went to 1 on a scale of 1-30. I can just imagine what
other fabulous things green smoothies are doing for my body!
I feel so grateful for you and your book. I know for a fact that if we had not pursued good nutrition 30 years
ago, I would not be alive today. I know that with the knowledge I have gained from “12 Steps” that I will live a
quality life even longer!
Thank you, thank you!
—Margaret Kalin
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