My six month anniversary of being in the business is coming up this month and to celebrate the day I am having a giveaway! I've never done this before on my blog, but have seen others do it so I decided to give it a try. All you have to do is comment to this post (just post your name) and you win! I've made it so anyone can comment, even if you don't have a blog. Everyone who comments will receive a free single serving sample of MILA. You can email me your address here. On Wednesday of next week, I will pick one person's name and they will receive not a sample, but a small bag of MILA! I'm so excited for you to try this food!
Testimony: MIGRAINES, CHOLESTEROL & ANXIETY…
At the age of 28, I found myself on three major pharmaceutical medications - Lipitor for high cholesterol, Topomax for severe complex migraines and Lexapro for anxiety. The side effects for all three medications were awful, and the thought of being dependent on these hard core pharmaceuticals, at this young age was bothersome, to say the least.
My first migraine was in 7th grade and they occurred consistently into my adult life. Sometimes I would have one a month; sometimes I would have several a week. I went on and off medications, but nothing ever seemed to get rid of the migraines. For those that have experienced migraines, you can understand how truly debilitating they can be. I knew the triggers and could sometimes stop a full on attack by taking Excedrin Migraine or Advil if I was lucky. If I didn’t catch the attack, I would spend a day in bed, sometimes getting physically ill. I don’t know what was worse, going through the migraine or the week after, which I call the migraine hangover. For a few days to a week after, I lived in a fog,
completely exhausted and fatigued.
At one of my annual doctor’s appointments, I asked for my blood to be checked as I thought that I had some thyroid problems. When the lab results came back, it turned out that I had high cholesterol. My physician immediately wanted to put me on Lipitor, but I refused and fought for a year saying that I will change my diet and increase my exercise with hopes of lowering my cholesterol. For a year, I went to the doctor’s office everything 3 months to have my blood checked. And for a year, my lab work always came back with extremely high cholesterol. So I gave in, and started taking Lipitor. It took a few months for me to lower it to the level that my doctor was comfortable.
Around the same time, I was going through some major life changes – what I call my quarter-life crisis! I have always been somewhat of an anxious person and an over-analyzer, and because of these added stresses, I was put on an anxiety medicine. I don’t know what was worse, being anxious or being on this medicine, Lexapro.
During the time I was taking all three medications, I was introduced to Mila and started adding it to my daily diet. I immediately saw major changes in my mental clarity and an increase of energy. I no longer found myself taking a 3pm coffee break for that extra afternoon boost. Then over the course of several months, my migraines decreased to monthly instead of weekly, the next time I had my blood checked my cholesterol had lowered even more, and I had a calmness that I had never had before even being on the anxiety medicine. I still occasionally get a migraine every 3 months or so, but can usually catch
them before a full-on attack. Needless to say, working with my doctor, I slowly removed myself from all three medications and have felt great ever since, all thanks to adding MILA to my daily diet!!! -SG
