Despite our intentions to live fully for as long as we can, health challenges can often derail our plans. After a diagnosis of cancer or Alzheimer’s, life will never be the same. However, lately there has been an abundance of online documentaries which provide information on how we can increase of chances of staying healthy. Some of the programs that I’ve participated in are:
- Awakening from Alzheimer’s / Regain Your Brain
- Food Revolution
- Mastering Diabetes
- Plant Fit Summit
- Truth about Cancer
Most of these series run for 7-10 days and each video is available for 24 hours, after which a new video is offered. At the end, there is also a ‘free viewing period’ which provides access to all sessions. You can also choose to purchase lifetime access to each series, which ranges from $69 – $149, depending on whether you take advantage of early purchase discounts.
To get the most benefit from these sessions, you must be willing to question assumptions that you’ve believed for a long time, e.g:
- once you’re diagnosed with cancer, you’ll probably die from it eventually
- there are basically only three treatments for cancer: surgery, radiation and chemotherapy
- you should never question your doctor’s advice
- there is no way to prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease
- many of us will eventually confront diabetes, no matter what / how we eat
- it’s too late for us to change habits that we’ve had for a long time (possibly the most erroneous assumption of all)
As a result of information I’ve gleaned from these presentations, I’ve converted to mostly a vegetarian diet. While obviously there are no guarantees, I believe that it’s easier to make lifestyle changes to prevent illness rather than to heal from a life-threatening disease that you already have.
You may not choose to believe everything you hear, and I encourage you to research these topics further on your own, online and by reading books by speakers who present at these summits. But by participating in these series, you are continuing to learn by getting information you may not never have heard. Whether or not you choose to make lifestyle changes as a result, the process of questioning your assumptions and opening up your mind to new possibilities will help you to live a more full and engaged life.
(Want to try this approach? Watch the free replay of the Plant Fit Summit this weekend or register for Regain Your Brain from Sep. 21, 2018 – Oct, 2, 2018. Reminder – if you watch the videos as they are presented each day, there is no cost unless you choose to purchase lifetime access to the series.)