When I was in middle school (way back then it was called Junior High), I started experiencing frequent sore throats, most often accompanied by sinus congestion, and, as such, I was sleeping with my mouth open in order to breathe … which made my sore throats even worse.
Now, who knows why this started happening more and more around those early teenage years. Maybe I wasn’t sleeping enough (can you say FOMO?!), and, of course, I now know how important sleep is for the immune system. Did I care back then? Heck no!
Also, around that time, although my mother prepared delicious and healthy food, using the babysitting money I earned, I was beginning to experiment with my drug of choice – food – and it wasn’t always healthy. In fact, it usually came in a soda pop can or a candy wrapper. Again (I’m oh so much wiser now), I now know that sugar and refined carbohydrate consumption suppresses the immune system.
When my sore throat got uncomfortable enough, my mom would take me to the clinic, and I would get tested for strep, and if I had it, I would get put on antibiotics. So, I get it, that there may have been “bugs” that needed to be “taken care of”. (Now, I know of other ways I would take care of “bugs”, but back then it was always antibiotics to the rescue.)
In the early 80’s when I started having kids of my own, I gained an interest in preserving my kiddos’ health and treating their dis-eases with nutrition and supplements. That’s when I began to learn about the importance of adequate sleep, as well as limiting sugars in the diet, if you want even a chance at maintaining optimal health. I also started learning about vitamins and mineral supplementation, and I developed my own system of what my husband has always called my “potions and mixes”. (He calls me a curandera. Yeah, that fits.)
Yet, I was still experiencing sore throats. Not nearly as many, mind you, but they were still stubbornly present a couple times a year.
But you know what? Just the other day, as I was completing my morning meditation, I came to the realization that I had not had a sore throat for easily 10 years!
Really? How could this be? What had changed in my life?
To learn what was going on with me, read The Deeper Meaning Behind a Sore Throat .
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