I can eat almost any food. The clarity of m y thinking is better. My "light years"—I have no more moodiness, depression, lethargy, or poor complexion.
Instead, I feel vital, healthy, and alive.
In the future I see myself helping other people through m y experience. I will continue to learn about internal energy Perhaps I will get a Ph.D. in Orien
tal medicine. I will take m y own hardships and the lessons that I learned from them and use them to help others.
— Peter A.
The obstacle that I had to overcome was that I always followed Null's wellness program, but I was a comfort addict and did things in moderation. Now, I
am more disciplined and able to handle the challenge of discomfort. I've been following m y health detox program continuously and find it enjoyable and pleasant to do.
On the physical level, m y dentist told me my gums looked the healthiest he had seen in me, when I went for m y half-year visit. I told him about your health detox program and the protocols that I took; he wasn't interested. My friends tell me that I look so good, they are inspired to get healthy themselves.
I now have a youthful appearance and rejuvenation of glowing skin and hair. I lost about twenty-five pounds and five inches form m y waist. I've been cross training almost every day in m y rotation routine. I went from walking three miles to jogging five miles. I do about one hour, ten minutes walking and running stairs in a stadium. I bike about sixteen miles on weekends. I'm also
weight training and have been taking judo and jujitsu for twenty-five years.
I have more energy, strength, vitality, and alertness due to this program.
My health is excellent. I'm never sick or fatigued, and I no longer have sinus problems. Many people and friends have been complimenting me about my well-being and positive attitude. Many come to me seeking health and nutri
tional advice, but when I tell them what they have to give up (coffee, sugar,
smoking, wheat, dairy, alcohol, negative attitude), most change their minds.
Some end up making gradual changes, and I help encourage them to do their best.
On the emotional level, I use meditation, hypnosis, affirmations, and cre
ative visualization to destress. I no longer let toxic people run m y life and/or seek their validation. I've been letting go of many things and getting clutter out of m y life. I've become more detached from m y possessions, am laughing more and slowing down m y lifestyle to the speed of nature, which has in
creased m y awareness. I have become more spiritual, kinder, gentler, humbler since the program began. My intuition and physic abilities are much sharper from eating, drinking, and juicing organic foods.
I'm no longer afraid of challenges and uncertainty in m y life. I am better at self-actualizing rather than just talking. I judge people for what they do rather than what they say.
—Steven H.
I started this program at a point where I had become totally obsessed with m y weight and body image. This obsession led me to exercise extensively and have such a rigid control over what I ate. There was no joy in any of this for me. My obsession left no room for m y family or friends. Everything I did had to fit in around m y rigid schedule. This obsession was just replacing a lot of pain I had inside me. If I kept myself busy with exercise and a rigid schedule, I didn't have to deal with any emotions, not sad ones or good ones.
I heard Gary Null on the radio for the first time last October, he was talk
ing about detoxification. I know m y body wasn't that toxic, but mentally I was struggling. The thing that interested me about what Gary was saying was that his detoxification program was mental as well as physical and spiritual. I joined the next available support group with m y husband, because I felt if we could do it together, it would really be helpful.
Once starting the group, and following the protocols, m y self-esteem started to improve; I started seeing m y thought patterns in a new light. If I could replace m y negative thoughts with positive ones—what a change might occur! Now I find myself continuously reinforcing positive affirmations to m y
self and to others, and I believe more and more opportunities are being open for me. I'm more flexible and relaxed, I'm enjoying myself more, and I'm con
stantly making changes and looking for ways to improve my life.
I have increased m y body fat to a much healthier level. My sex drive has
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increased as well. I have also started to cut back on so much strenuous exercise and add more yoga and learn Chi Gong, which I needed to help balance me physically. My cholesterol dropped fifty points and m y HDL went up to a very healthy ratio. I believe this was due to the elimination of dairy products, as I was not eating any other animal products before. I am sleeping about one hour less a day. I used to be a chronic gum chewer and candy eater. I would crave sugar through the day. Now these cravings are gone and I can't imagine ever desiring those things anymore.
In the future I see myself becoming more of who I am. I plan to study Feng Shui; I've started studying Chi Gong. I plan to continue looking inside myself and questioning things that prevent me from honoring m y true self.
I'm looking forward to this journey.
— Didi S.
I first met Gary Null in January 1997. I am amazed at the changes that have occurred since then. I should start by describing the life I led prior to that meeting. I drank ten cups of coffee a day or more. Lunch would be a hero or pizza. Dinner, I could think of nothing better then a burger and french fries washed down with a cold beer—more than one. If not for Chinese takeout, I never would have eaten vegetables. In short, I consumed all the vital chemicals not found in nature. I was a toxic mess, a blob sitting in front of a TV set with one hand on a beer and the other in a bag of chips. I was 380 pounds and killing myself; worse, I was very unhappy. I knew something had to be done, but what?
On January 12, 1997,1 arrived at Gary's Paradise Gardens, fully committed to do whatever "this nut" wanted for two weeks. That first day, I had no ap
preciation of the changes I would undergo. For fourteen days, I was happy. I lost sixty pounds. For the first time in m y life I was detoxified. In February, I was back in the real world, enjoying a new lifestyle. All m y food came from the health food store. I realized a healthy body and a healthy mind went hand in hand. If I put toxic food in my body, I would have a toxic mind.
I now identify myself as a vegetarian. Quite simply, I do not eat meat or dairy. Those few time I cheated, I felt awful. In the past year I have had meat six or seven times, all at social occasions—Christmas or Thanksgiving or in
vited to dinner. While I looked forward to these parties and thought I would enjoy the food, I found that I have changed. I no longer like the taste of meat.
The next day, it always made me feel sluggish.
The next step in m y health evolution was to buy a juicer. My days now begin with green tea and vegetable juice. They give me a shot of "energy" I never got from coffee and a Danish. I can and use powdered juice and find them to be very good. I find juicing helps to keep me connected. Gandhi did not have to spin his own cloth.
The most important part of m y day is exercise. Every day without fail, I work out. I run or walk forty minutes to an hour every morning. In the evening I lift weights or do Chi Gong. This for me is the most essential part of each day—if I have a hard workout, everything falls into place.
I now set goals for myself; doing this I must be careful—frustration and negative thoughts creep in when I do not achieve these goals in the time limit I set. My life is better than it was and getting better each day. I know that I still have a long way to go, but I will be in good shape soon.
—Kevin F.
When I began the protocol, at issue was m y general attitude of skepticism