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Kenneth & Sandra Brown
Nampa, Idaho
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Greetings from the great
"Potato State." You should be receiving many letters from here,
considering the number of crippled bodies I see in the marketplace. I had
your 1977 first edition book while working in a health store in Las Vegas where
I was also a marathon runner. I was eating practically zero nightshades at
that time after coming from Hawaii- rice, rice, rice. Your early book was
interesting as I remembered eating potatoes daily back in my childhood on our
Iowa farm. And a lot of tomatoes in summer. My father had terrible
crippling arthritis with water on his knees (Ed.: Dropsy, common with
heavy potato consumption) and bowing of his legs (Ed.: thinning of
the bones) with much pain. Now at 59 (my husband too), 20 years later
in Idaho, I was back on potatoes and tomatoes. True also of my husband,
born in Idaho, whose fingers are gnarled with arthritis, much worse than mine,
bad back, actually shrunk in height but not stooped. He eats all that
stuff- heavy on chili, pizzas, and potatoes daily. Most of his numerous
relatives in Idaho have arthritis and cataract operations. Back in April
this year I ran onto your '77 book edition way back on the shelf and said,
"Hey, maybe this is our problem." I got your latest edition and
was happy to see that you were 87 and still going. Both of us have had an
abundance of moles. I have had numerous fatty lumps in my muscles and
wondered if others have reported this (Ed.: yes, a lady in California
lost the fatty loose tissue under her arms; 1997 Newsletter). Looking
back, the pain and swelling seemed to be in proportion with the potatoes
consumed. Peanuts are dynamite to me, causing frightening heart palpitations. Some vitamin pills seem to tire me. Yes indeed, some
people will listen to my message but refuse to give up these lusts of the
flesh. So, you see I was suffering badly and both of us have already found
great relief. For the past 15 years in Idaho, I felt I was over-the-hill
on roller skates. Let me list a few of my problems for which I am seeing
improvements:
(a) Dry, scaly, cracked skin on neck, arms, and legs
(b) heels and palms of hands dry, scaly, cracked
(c) painful bleeding hangnails on hands with knuckles rough, cracked, and
bleeding
(d) with these conditions I could hardly get my nylon stockings on
(e) rectal bleeding from irritated fissures and hemorrhoidal masses
(f) difficulty in writing with a pen
(g) burning sensation in my stomach
(h) sore painful ankle joints that slowed my jogging
(I) proliferation of moles (that could lead to cancer)
(j) strange wart-like oozing acidity, skin eruptions
(k) low back pain, sometimes excruciating
(m) fatty tumors in my legs and arms that often swelled with pain.
It's tomato season around here and workers are bringing in excess tomatoes from
their gardens to pass around the office. I just look at them and think
"pain." Both of us are continuing to improve with much less
pain. God bless you and your contributions to sufferers. Keep it up!
Sandra E. Brown
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