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 How I Overcame My Juvenile Diabetes Naturally
By Sergei Boutenko
"It took my mom a while to finally get me to listen to her. She explained that she had discovered something that could heal diabetes without insulin."
When
I was ten years old I learned that I had juvenile diabetes, and
would have to give myself insulin shots until the day I die. I
was only ten years old, so I did not get scared or panic. I had
no idea how serious juvenile diabetes was. My mother, on the other
hand, understood the doctor’s every word and started to cry.
Our
doctor made it very clear to my mother and me that I had to go
on insulin immediately. My mother’s intuition however told
her that insulin was not the answer to my problems. The argument
that followed ended with the doctor threatening to call social
services and us running out of the hospital and driving away,
hoping to never come back.
In
the next two weeks I learned a tremendous amount about diabetes.
One of the first things my mother did after the doctor appointment
was go to Barnes & Noble to buy $200 worth of medical books.
She was determined to find an alternative way of treating diabetes.
She started reading books eighteen hours every day.
Most
of the medical books only told us what our doctor told us—“you
must go on insulin right away.” Meanwhile we bought a blood
sugar testing machine and I started poking my fingers six times
a day to keep track of my blood sugar.
When
my mom realized she was not going to find the information she
was looking for in the medical books, she threw them all away
and decided to search on her own.
To
find the truth one needs to be daring. My mother began to approach
healthy looking people on the streets of Denver, Colorado, asking
if they knew anything about juvenile diabetes. The most common
reaction to her strange questions was a weird look or an apology.
But my mom kept at it. One morning while standing in line at her
bank, she asked a healthy looking lady in front of her if she
knew any alternative ways of treating diabetes. At first the lady
looked at my mom very strangely and then replied “No . .
. but I healed my colon cancer fifteen years ago.” This woman’s
name was Elizabeth and she had the answer we were looking for.
Elizabeth told us that most health problems were caused by poor
eating habits. She was sure that if she could heal her cancer
by simply changing her diet, it would be quite possible to heal
diabetes.
Mom
went back to the bookstore this time to buy alternative medicine
books. Then one day I came home from school and realized that
our kitchen looked a lot different than when I had left for school.
The stove was covered up with a four-inch thick cutting board,
there was a huge bowl of fruit on the table, and my microwave
oven was in the garbage. What the heck was going on? When I opened
the refrigerator, I noticed that all our junky normal food was
gone!
At
this point I started to panic! It took my mom a while to finally
get me to listen to her. She explained that she had discovered
something that could heal diabetes without insulin. She told me
that everyone in our family was going on a diet. This diet consisted
mainly of raw fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and berries. Shocked,
I replied that I would much rather inject myself full of insulin
and lose my kidneys than eat some crazy Raw Food Diet!
Eventually
my mom convinced me to try eating this way for two weeks and decide
if liked the changes. Those two weeks were the hardest, longest
and most difficult of my life. Time went by so slowly that it
almost seemed like years could have gone by faster.
I
was craving pizza, French fries, and ice cream every single second
I was awake, and when I fell asleep, I would dream of cakes, truffles,
and SNICKERS.
I
had a cleansing reaction to my new way of eating right away. Every
morning I had a terrible migraine headache, I was weak, and my
mouth was producing a smell that can only be described as rotten.
After my two-week commitment, surprisingly, I decided to stay
on raw foods for a month. Despite my unbearable hunger for something
other then energy soup and leafy vegetables, I started feeling
better. My diabetic symptoms started to disappear. I started losing
extra weight, and my blood sugar levels were not as high anymore.
After
I finished my month commitment I decided to go for two months.
By this point my cooked food cravings had, for the most part,
dispersed. My symptoms had completely disappeared and my weight
continued to drop. I was not the only one who was benefiting from
this diet. My sister’s asthma slowly disappeared, my mother’s
heart problems were slowly but surely going away, and my father’s
hyper-thyroid was healing itself without the need of any kind
of surgery.
When
my two-month goal was reached I had a talk with my family and
came to the conclusion to keep eating raw foods. Slowly, as the
years passed, all signs of my diabetes went away. And I started
benefiting in ways I never thought possible. My grades in school
started improving tremendously. I was no longer a “D”
student but an “A&B” student. Eventually I dropped
out and began home schooling, finishing two grades in one year.
Now, at age sixteen, I am finishing up my first year at our local
community college in Ashland.
My
energy and fitness ability also improved from raw foods. Before
I began eating raw, I could not even run a half a mile. I was
always tired and depressed.
Now
after seven years of staying 100% raw, I am able to run 12 miles
up hill in an hour and a half and not ever lose my breath. I can
snowboard for twelve hours, (six hours in the day and six hours
at night) and still have enough energy to go for a long distance
run. My self-esteem has increased to the point where I never feel
depressed but in fact I am happy no matter what happens.
Thanks
to raw foods I have become a freer person. After about my second
year of eating live foods, I began to open up spiritually. Many
of my fears that held me back from learning vanished. I noticed
I was constantly radiating joyous light. I learned about such
things as intuition, karma, and meditation. I learned how to listen
to my inner voice and to permanently rid myself of the feeling
of boredom. Living became a pleasure to me.
My family and I now travel from place to place sharing our story
with other people. We have helped hundreds of people just by letting
them know that there are alternative ways of healing the human
body. The food that we serve at our workshops has evolved from
simple fruits and vegetables into beautiful gourmet raw food.
We are now able to make dishes such as mock tuna, crackers, and,
yes, even chocolate cakes.
Raw
food has helped me overcome an illness, but more importantly it
has helped me become a happier person. I believe that being happy
is the most important thing in life. A person can be wealthy,
socially respected, and have perfect health, but if that person
is not able to find happiness, living becomes a chore. All the
things he owns do not mean anything; a person who is unhappy is
miserable all throughout life. On the other hand a person who
is happy does not need a huge house or an expensive car, as he
will be grateful for anything that comes his way. Whether he is
on top of a beautiful mountain or in an ugly prison cell, he will
always be able to look at life with a smile.
I
am so extremely glad that I got turned on the path of living foods
through an illness, otherwise I would never had learned all the
things I know now.
Sergei
Boutenko came from Russia to the United States with his family
when he was a child. The whole family has been involved in the
raw foods lifestyle for seven years and each has a dramatic personal
story of healing as a result of this diet. Sergei is now 16 years
old and attends college in Ashland, Oregon. He and his family
will be presenting at the Raw and Living Foods Festival 2001,
in Portland this June.
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