Tamra Ault, H.H.P. grew roots from Southern Arizona in a little tiny Mormon town of 2,000 people. At age 8 came the fist life changing moment. Going to the doctor with mom because it 'hurt to pee' became a traumatic experience. It's scary sitting in a doctors examination room not knowing what to expect but the doctor is talking to your mom quietly with their backs turned to you. Suddenly you fear the worst...he's going to have to look 'down there'. Well, as luck and medicine would have it, she walked out with nothing but a piece of paper and a I with a huge sense of relief.
I left there feeling that there needs to be a better way to heal the body.
At age 12, I did some soul searching. I decided when I grew up I wanted to do something about the body. But I wasn't sure what. I went on to play college volleyball at a Jr. College in Tucson, AZ. Then moved to beautiful San Diego, CA. I met a wonderful chiropractor who incorporated Kinesiology into his practice. It fascinated me. He could tell exactly what was going on in the body using various different muscle tests. And then could release the symptom with any number of techniques from an adjustment, to massage, acupressure, laser therapy, color therapy, energy work, finding a food allergy and/or supplements. Around that time, I had 2 daughters. And when they were infant and 2 years old they got Pneumonia at the same time. I had an aunt, who I never met, die at age 8 from this. So I was petrified! I took them to our HMO Doctor like any good mother would. He did the prescription, I administered it, symptoms went away. Not 4 weeks later did they come back! Sick again! Well, I'm not insane and wasn't going to try the same thing twice. So, I took them to my chiropractor. He adjusted the little necks, gave me a bottle of herb capsules, told me some food allergies they had and we go on our way. I do everything like he said, and they recover quickly. For a follow up visit I take them back to the HMO Doctor for a check up. After checking their vitals, he takes off his stethoscope, puts it around his neck and says it all looks good. What was I doing? I hand him the bottle of herbs. He looks and reads the ingredients list. "Marshmallow" he says. "You can't cure anything with marshmallow". It was at that moment that I realized how closed minded HMO Doctors are, and that I had found that 'better way' to cure the body like I had decided at 8 years old.
My direction was set. I started that journey by going to an Holistic Health Practitioner program in San Diego. Part of the program was an understudy for 2 months. My wonderful Chiropractor agreed to hire me as his assistant and observe his practice. In those 2 months I gained more respect for that man than I had any man in my whole life up to that point. I saw him do things not too short of miracles. It has stayed with me to this day.
13 months later I emerged with a certificate as an H.H.P. from study in Herbology, Nutrition, Massage, Stress Management, Acupressure, Anatomy, Physiology, passive Martial Arts, Hydrotherapy, Aromatherapy & Homeopathy. I learned things about the American diet that were shocking! And I soon realized that there is no one "Right" therapy. But the only way to know what the body needs is through muscle testing. And that is what Kinesiology did! From then on, me and my girls have only been to him with health issues.
One of those issues was about 2 years ago, I almost passed out in my car. I felt like I was being poisoned. Hot flashes, weak, nauseous, stomach in revolt, sweats, dizziness. Previous to this I had bouts of stomach aches, but didn't think much of it. Then gradually it was getting worse. It was definitely time for a visit to my good friend Chiropractor. He finds I have 'Leaky Gut'. You might say, 'what?'. That's what I said. It is a situation where you eat too many inflammatory foods; milk, red meat, wheat and alcohol and the intestines stop absorbing anything. Instead it starts leaking out into your body. I literally WAS poisoning myself! All I could think was "What would an HMO Doctor have said? Drink more water and exercise?"
After a few months of keeping my love for cheese at bay, I started feeling much better. My pain was gone, food was digesting properly and the bathroom wasn't my enemy. Then something miraculous started happening. My clothes started to fit looser and looser. I realized I was loosing weight. I wasn't trying to! But, here it was just melting off me. And before long they were full on baggy! I had to get something to wear. My shock was fitting into a size 15! That's what teenagers wear!
I have since maintained a healthy womens' size 12, people comment on how youthful I look, my skin is better, and I by staying away from milk. Red meat about once a month, and wheat sparingly. It allowed me to think outside the box. I have found many goat cheeses that are delicious, Almond Milk makes a great substitute from milk and tastes alot better. Discovered grains that are just as good as meat but not as hard on the intestines. And eat seafood a lot more often.
Unfortunately, many Americans suffer the same symptoms, yet don't get the answers to help them. And this is what inspired me to start a company teaching America these very concepts! I launched on September 2011 with the moto: "We're not your mothers weight-loss diet"! And here is my challenge you: Replace cows milk with Almond, Soy, Goat or Coconut Milks permanently. Red meat temporarily. Add more seafood. Replace processed wheat products with unprocessed grains like rice, millet, and amaranth. And then send me an email! I'd love to know what changes you feel after a couple of months!
To your health!
Tamra Ault, H.H.P.
This is great! You have such a great story and knowledge to share with others:) One thing on soy that I would add is to be certain that it is certified organic, most soy now is genetically modified--stay away from anything that is GMed!! Also, did you know you can pop amaranth?? Yup, tastes like popcorn:) Looking forward to learning more about what you are doing!
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