Lauren’s Tale

This is my first ever blog, I’m really excited though a little apprehensive I hope I don’t waffle on too much!

I guess I better give a bit of background on Lauren:

I’ve always felt ‘different’ scanning back though the history of me; I just didn’t ‘fit in’ through school. I had to do special classes because I couldn’t balance and was a bit backwards in some other life skills. I have been told I was the equivalent of a human jack in the box, unable to sit still for more than a minute and was forever running to the teacher because I had some random question to ask. My spelling was shocking as was my gramma. Socially I was and still am a bit deficient, ok one-on-one but put me in a group and I’ll sometimes go into melt down.

Mum said I was terribly fussy when I was little she wanted to nourish my brother and I by making all our food at home but I would eat only one thing Heinz roast beef and vegetables I’m surprised I don’t look like it as that’s all I ate for about 2 years. She said I wouldn’t sleep and had constant ear and lung infections. I was always really small and very pale so much so my uncle named me fluoro tubes (long skinny light globes).

When I was 18 an autoimmune disease decided to enter my life called Henoch Shonline Purpura (HSP) which is a fancy way of saying my body decided it didn’t like itself anymore and turned on itself all the while evoking allergies such as shellfish, oranges and tomatoes. Bed ridden for 8mths and on steroids to try and slow down my immune system wasn’t a great welcome into adulthood. Starting back then and still in more recent times I’ve had constant stomach problems from having an impacted bowel and constant IBS, so bad sometimes I have looked 6mths pregnant. I have also had constant problems with Candida. Oh and have been diagnosed with Hypo-glycemia and before that bi-polar disorder though we worked out the mood swings were from sugar, I was totally unstable and would cry at the drop of the hat and became suicidal that I was admitted to hospital on watch.

I felt in shock/numb/sick when I read the article by Natasha Campbell-McBride about GAPS (Gut And Psychology Syndrome) in the most recent edition of Wise Traditions the quarterly WAPF magazine. I could relate so clearly to what she was saying about people who fall through gaps because they don’t really know what to do with you. I was never put on medication for ADD because when I was young girls didn’t have ADD it was a boys problem. Mum wouldn’t let us have tonnes of sugar but any pocket money I would get went straight to the canteen to be spent on sweet nasties, I was a sugar addict. Though I’m sure Dr’s have put me in the serial pest basket because I was always had something wrong with me I’ve even asked a psychologist if I was a hypochondriac.

My Boyfriend (Tyron) and I have been following the WAPF principals for about 2 years and have had huge leaps and bounds in many ways, his acne has cleared up and he has become amazingly strong, toned and muscular very quickly at the gym, my allergies have calmed down substantially and I haven’t had another break out of HSP, but most surprisingly to me my spelling and gramma has improved and I have slowed down…I used to vibrate at the speed of light and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t relax it was either full throttle or exhaustion oh what a joy to be able to sit back and relax. My brain is now under my control, my blood sugar levels are stable and I’ve found that a low to almost no carbohydrate diet is my body’s preference. We take Cod Liver Oil, drink Kombucha tea and enjoy some lacto-fermented goodies which I must say were satisfying to make from scratch, I render our Lard from free range piggies and Suet from organic Mooies and make huge amounts of stock using the nasty bits like feet… Oh what a great and successful adventure it’s turning out to be! I can’t wait to have nourished children it makes me proud to think that I can give them the best start I possibly can.

About the Author...

I’m an Ethical Omnivorous 24 year old chapter leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation who is committed to growing the WAPF movement in the great state that is South Australia. I love all aspects of nourishing the body, mind and soul and enjoy nothing more than talking to people with like ideas but don't shy away from those sometimes inflammatory 'conversations' with people who feel the need to openly argue with my outlook on such topics (what’s with that?).