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Rick Crook, Good Food 2 U

For some time now, I have been looking into improving my diet and increasing my intake of fresh fruits and vegetables to take advantage of all the benefits associated with the natural nutrients within them.

Unfortunately, in the past, I’ve fallen short when it came to considering nutrition as a priority for my overall health.  Having said that, nutrition is not something which is drilled into us. Even Doctors in Medical School get very minimal training in Nutrition. I know one Doctor I have met who told us they got maybe an hour devoted to nutrition in all the education they received. Knowing what I know now, that is unbelievable! I noticed in my own Doctors Office he had a shiny new, wall mounted unit which held various pamphlets with ailments on them BUT, nothing about nutrition! I’m going to ask him why not next time I see him. I’ve always considered myself a relatively healthy person.  Aside from being overweight and having (HAD) high cholesterol, I’ve had no surgeries, no serious illnesses or broken bones and everything seems to be working. In the past I have taken my body for granted and assumed I was healthy.

Having been in Law Enforcement for many years, I was accustomed to eating on the run, fast food, vending machines, coffee and sodas. Those poor food choices just added empty calories to fill the temporary void in my stomach and added weight to my frame. Yes, you could say those were bad habits I’d learned over the years. Kathy, my lovely wife of 26 years is a great cook. She has always helped me eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. At least more than I ever would have eaten on my own. Unfortunately, she didn’t have any influence on me when I was at work when my old habits tended to take over.

My previous pattern of eating contributed to my cholesterol levels being high and being put on medication for it. My Doctors over the last 20 years have prescribed well known Statin medications to lower my cholesterol and related blood results to acceptable levels. I desperately want to get off that medication which I have taken for approximately 20 years and am challenging myself to pursue lowering those results by eating healthier. I have not had a cholesterol blood test since July 2009 which I could compare my cholesterol results with so, I am anxious to see the results of my next blood test! Fast forward to October 2010 and the results of my most recent cholesterol screening are in! Bear in mind I have not lost a lot of weight. As a matter of fact, for the last 10 months I have done nothing more than I had done exercise wise in the past year just so I could keep things as similar as possible. My “Lipid Panel” cholesterol went from 172 to 113, my LDL “Calculated” went from 126 to 72, and my CHOL/HDL Ratio went from a high of 5.21 to an acceptable 3.53, the acceptable range is 2.00 to 4.50! I will have another blood test soon and if the same results are present, which I expect, I will ask my Doctor to lower my dosage significantly or to have me discontinue taking the Statin medication entirely! I cannot take all the credit here, I have also added JUICE PLUS to my diet since February 2010.

I have embraced my new habits of eating more fruits and raw vegetables so I can live a more healthy life and quite possibly……even extend my life. Having finally learned this important message to eat healthier, I simply want to share the information I have learned about the importance of doing so. In addition, I want to spread the word to NOT use microwave ovens to cook your vegetables! It literally ZAPS the nutrients out of your vegetables. I can’t believe how accustomed we had become to using a microwave oven over the years in our own food preparation!

Tyler & Katie

Kathy and I live in the Las Vegas Nevada area. We moved here from Santa Barbara California six years ago. We have two goofy dogs, Tyler & Katie, both adopted from shelters.

Kathy designs and sells closets and cabinetry for Absolute Closets and Cabinetry of Las Vegas. A wonderful family owned business who treat their Employees and Salespeople like family! A rare company trait nowadays. And the company is growing even in this slow economy. But, her passion is being a beauty consultant with SeneGence Cosmetics.