Hi Everyone! Below is Carolyn Schowengerdt’s amazing health story regarding the Life Force products!
Carolyn is a great testament to PRODUCT PATIENCE, as you will see some of her health results didn’t manifest until after she had been on the Life Force products almost a year, but the quality of life she enjoys is more than worth it!
Carolyn is a Silver with Life Force in the Kansas City area.
CAROLYN’S STORY
After taking another balanced synthetic vitamin product for 4 and a half years that had helped me with my fibromyalgia symptoms, I regressed into my fibromyalgia symptoms and developed ulcerative colitis. My gastroenterologist indicated it was very unusual for someone to develop colitis at my age. I was put on a special diet and offered medication. I did not want to take the medication due to the side effects. The no raw foods diet with limited amount of cooked fruits and vegetables, plenty of white flour and white rice diet along with bottles of organic aloe vera juice I purchased at the health food store was not working.
ULCERATIVE COLITISThree days after starting Body Balance there was a just noticeable difference in the pain and bleeding with my ulcerative colitis. By the end of the third month I was symptom free with my ulcerative colitis and have stayed that way.
MIGRAINE HEADACHE PAIN & MUSCLE PAIN I did not have another migraine headache after starting the Body Balance. Before starting the Body Balance I was having about 1/month. My muscle cramps, pain and energy gradually improved especially after the 3rd month. Before I discovered the value of a high quality nutrition supplement I took ibuprofen on a daily basis. I rarely need pain relief for my fibromyalgia now.
HEALING QUICKLYIn October of 2007 I had a long afternoon of picking up all of the leaves in my yard. After finishing my yard work I took off my gloves and discovered I had rubbed a blister. It had not only broken but the skin was off the blister and I had a nasty sore. I treated it by washing it thoroughly, applying antibiotic cream and a band-aid. The next two mornings after taking my shower I repeated that treatment. The third morning when I removed the band-aid the sore was healed. The skin was a little red but perfectly smooth and clean.
SLEEP 4th month I am sleeping through the night consistently. Before I started Body Balance I had to take a sleep medication. I was not waking feeling rested. With medication I was able to sleep 6 of 7 nights. The 7th of these I had a fibromyalgia night where I was up for 2-3 hours in the middle of the night. Now I am sleeping soundly through the night consistently and waking up feeling rested.
OFF MEDICATIONBy the 5th month I was able to get off my medication for sleep which I had never been able to get off of even with the other balanced vitamin/mineral product that had given me improvement in my sleep pattern. I only need to take Tylenol for muscle pain if I over do with too much yard work or gardening. Without the Body Balance the Tylenol was a regular part of my life.
ENERGY 6th month I have added two hours two my day, most days getting up between 5:00 and 6:00 A.M. without an alarm. My energy holds throughout the day until I got to bed between 10:00 and 10:30 P.M.
DEGENERATIVE DISC, ARTHRITIS, AND BONE SPURSWhen I was 8 years old a tree fell on my head and crushed vertebrae and cracked ribs from the compression on my head and spine. When I was 35 I developed severe back pain and after 5 years of that I didn’t want to live. Finally doctors discovered a herniated disc and after more testing they found a tumor as big as a baby’s head pushed up against the right sacrum. Removing the tumor brought down the pain level but did not take it away. My spine had been pathologically curved both front to back and side-to-side. Then from 1996 to 2005 I had 5 different accidents where others drivers ran into the back of me. I had x-rays and needed treatment after each accident. I tell you this so you understand I have comparison x-rays and why I might have degenerative disc and arthritis in the spine along with pain. The 10th month after starting Body Balance I changed to a new chiropractor. She took X-rays and took my history. She showed me my X-rays and said she was very impressed with my disc space and I good disc between all my vertebrae. In addition there were no bone spurs. Now I have the objective validation for why I only have back pain when I overdo it with yard work or other physical kinds of work. . By the beginning of the 3rd month after I started Body Balance I began taking our OsteoProCare and the FlexeoPlus.
STAMINA and STRENGTHBy the 11th month I am swimming 100% more laps in the same amount of swimming time. When I do the cardio program on the tread mill, even at the steepest incline on the tread mill I almost need to jog to get my heart rate up to the cardio rate.
CHOLESTEROL In the 11th month I had my annual blood work done for my physical.. My cholesterol had dropped from 205 to 151. My LDL has dropped from 107 to 67.
IMMUNITY STRENGTHENEDFor every winter since my early 20ies I got numerous upper respiratory infections that often resulted in a secondary bacterial infection and bronchitis. I would have to have anywhere from 2 to 8 rounds of antibiotics to just get through the winter. That happened even after I had been taking another good balanced soy based nutrition product. In fact the last winter before I started taking Body Balance I missed an entire month of work with one bout of flu that required two rounds of antibiotics due to the secondary bacterial infection.. I started Body Balance in late August of 2006. For the first winter I can remember since my early 20ies I got through the winter without having to take any antibiotics.
HOPE AND QUALITY OF LIFEMy health was in a downward spiral before I started Body Balance. I was grasping at straws for answers and had little hope. I was consuming bottles of Aloe Vera Juice from the health food store to try to heal my ulcerative colitis. I was able to eat limited amount of cooked fruit or vegetables due to the severe diarrhea. I was taking a balanced soy based powdered vitamin and mineral supplement. These things weren’t working. Those special diets and making shakes are behind me now. I eat a mostly raw foods diet with lots of seeds and nuts now. I not only feel good, I feel the best I have felt in my entire lifetime. Now I have hope and look forward to each day because I feel I have a future.
