Early in my life I began to have bizarre episodes where, at times during the day, a black spot would appear in the middle of my vision; it would begin as a shadow and grow into a fuzzy black obstruction. I could see, somewhat, around the outer edges of this alien thing, but otherwise, it blocked most of vision for various amounts of time. Accompanying my temporary loss of vision, my stomach felt as if it would turn inside out and I would end up retching my guts out violently.  These episodes came more frequently and became more intense as the years went by. I just knew I had some terminal disease, and I made up my mind I would tell no one.

Years rolled by, and surprisingly I didn’t die, but I continued to have these horrific episodes.  I learned to live with them; I just assumed it was my lot in life and by this time I was almost 30 years old. I was now married and living in Woodridge, Illinois, just outside Chicago; we had moved away from Huntsville, Alabama, after we got married. By now I was a father of two, pursing my career, and being a good citizen, but had been secretly suffering for 17 years.

One day I had to go to the doctor for a routine visit. This doctor, I will never forget him, was not like the others. He took time to talk with me and he genuinely seemed to care about my heath, not just rushing to the next paying patient. After dealing with the routine medical matter I had come for, he looked at me and said, “Is there anything else about your health you would like to tell me?”

Wow! “Maybe now I can share my pain and suffering with someone,” I thought “What do I have to lose?”

“Yes!” I blurted out. I proceeded to describe my weird vision/stomach occurrences in the best language I could muster. He patiently listened, and then he shocked me! I thought I was going to be diagnosed with a dreadful brain tumor or some terminal disease and had only days to live. Instead, the doctor responded, “What you have described is a classic migraine headache.”

“What the heck is that?” I thought. This was the early 1980s, and there wasn’t much knowledge about these things then, not like today. “We don’t know,” the doctor proceeded, “what causes these headaches, but we think it has something to do with what you are eating.” He then began to give me a simple, effective way to track down the problem; he instructed me to chart everything I ate and work my way backwards when I have another one of those episodes to see if I could find the cause. I hurried home and told my wife. This now became an interesting project, and we did it with great commitment!

Every day we would chart my meals, every minute detail of all the specific foods I ate and drank. It didn’t take long to discover the culprit! You see, every morning I would get up and have myself a large bowl of cereal and pour tons of cow’s milk on the flakes. This was the milk we were buying from the local grocery stores that was produced by local commercial dairies. I had been eating this kind of breakfast for many years. I loved my milk, and I loved my cereal! Could it be the milk? The chart said, yes!

I returned to the doctor and shared the results. Much to my surprise, he confirmed it, “Yes it makes sense, you are probably having some kind of reaction to the milk. Try cutting out the milk from your diet and see what happens.”

Could it really be that simple? I was somewhat torn for, if I had to give up my milk, what in the world could I eat for breakfast? My life would be shattered! But, then to live a life free from these terrible headaches… would it be worth it? YES! It would be worth it! I did it! We removed all milk products from the table! Off it went, no more milk, and it worked like a charm! Incredible and amazing, I had a new life! No more episodes, no more migraines, I could play my sports with no fear of the after-effects. I was finally free and could start living a normal life!  Wow!

This was the beginning of my journey to discover ultra-health. What I mean by ultra-health is reaching that utopian level of optimum health that every living, breathing, health-seeker wants… to live a long, good-quality life, and as aging occurs, there are no walkers, no canes, no oxygen masks, no nagging pains, no dentures, or bedside nurses. Ultra-health would also mean that, by God’s miracle of grace, people would live to make it to 100 years old, still in good health and feeling well.

From coast to coast I have told many my story and in return, I have heard so many more. People from all over the world have similar stories of getting their life back after just giving up milk!

So many of us are suffering from a multitude of illnesses that can be improved, prevented, and even taken away simply by removing unhealthy products that have been modified to increase shelf life, product yield, and taste—all of which may have inflicted damage to our bodies.

For these reasons and many more, I embarked on a long journey to start the “35 Days to Good Health Program.” This program is designed to provide you with all the information you need, including recipes, exercise videos, and spiritual guidance to improve your health all around! My goal through this program is to get you on the path of improving your health in just 35 days and maintaining that healthy lifestyle for the remainder of your life.

In a world full of terrible illnesses and disease, it is time to pay attention to what our bodies need!