My name is Char Magnifico. I spent years on the medical and pharmaceutical merry-go-round, getting no where. Doctors prescribed medicines for pain management due to sciatica, herniated discs, severe inflammation, arthritis, and effects of scoliosis, as well as pharmaceuticals to treat acid reflux, dystonia (a muscle seizure disorder), allergies, asthma, and an autoimmune disease that effects the esophagus (eosinophilic esophagitis). And those are just the ones I chose to take… they would have had me on others, as well!
The medicines had minimal value over time and left me feeling “less than myself.” There were side effects to many of these medications and some of them, which doctors assured me were safe, were later pulled from my routine as these same doctors informed me that new information has revealed that these medications could be life threatening or cause significant health issues.
To make matters worse, I was spending hours per week with a team of specialists… not to mention spending thousands of dollars per year on this medical “care.” At wits end, one day I decided to cancel all of my appointments and weened myself off of all my medications. With my mind clear from the pharmaceuticals, I opened my eyes and saw that true medicine was all around me. God has given us food as nourishing preventative medicine and herbs with healing properties to encourage proper health… but this knowledge and wisdom has been lost to generations seeking man-made solutions to what God has already created for us.
How did everything get so mixed up? And why are we so unhealthy, anyway? Walking through the grocery store aisles, the answer was apparent. The vast majority of what we find in grocery aisles would not have even passed as “food” just a few years ago. Just like the medicines, we are consuming poison in the name of nutrition. Chemicals, synthetic dyes, pharmaceuticals including (but not limited to) antibiotics, growth hormones, cleaning agents, nitrates and nitrites… the list goes on and on. And it’s not just in the boxed goods in the middle aisles… produce, dairy, meats, juices – many of these are not natural any longer. Just as I noticed with the pharmaceuticals, we have corrupted our food supply and exchanged what God created with man made substances.
From the earliest ages of childhood, we get hooked on these poisons. Candies, processed foods, and fast food is advertised to children whose parents give them these treats. In turn, children form an addiction right away. This addiction leads to conditions and ailments that send them to doctors – if not in childhood then almost certainly in their adulthood. These doctors put them on medications that contain some of these same substances and lead to dangerous side effects. As we spend what should be our golden years in and out of doctors offices and hospitals, with a string of daily medications, we ponder what we’re missing out on in life… as we watch our grandchildren come in to the world, and be given those same candies and processed foods. They will wait their turn to take our place in the hospital beds one day. It’s a vicious cycle.
I turned from this and saw the impoverished and homeless. Sitting in a field on the side of a shopping center are men and women who don’t know when or if they’ll get dinner. Yet dinner is oftentimes right beneath their feet! Nutritious edibles are all over nature and we call most of them “weeds.” Many plants and trees – real food – have no use in our modern society… because we’ve redefined “food.” As a result, the impoverished grow hungry; most of us grow malnourished; and hospitals continue to fill up with patients… who never seem to get better.
Did you know that there are some ingredients that are literally mandated by government to be put in our foods in America… while other nations ban these same ingredients due to their inherent dangers to health? We use words like “enriched” and “fortified” to make consumers think they’re choosing healthy foods… but some of the enrichments are the very ingredients known to cause health problems. Meanwhile, we shun real food that is growing all around us… all while people go hungry.
What if we could regain our health, feed the hungry, and get off of dangerous medications? And what if we could often find that we spend less money to eat healthy? I was able to regain my health by stepping out of the Matrix, so to speak – getting off of the medical and pharmaceutical merry-go-round. I learned over the years that the problem isn’t strictly a health problem. Nor, for the impoverished or homeless, is it just a hunger problem. The problem is one of education.
My mission is to educate as many people as I can on what I’ve learned about nature, health, and wellness. I do this through videos, a podcast, articles, and in-person seminars and classes. I have great plans for this venture. I’m thinking big. But I do not charge fixed costs for most of my work. Producing this content, however, does come at a cost. Not to mention, there’s a significant time investment to research and produce this material and hold the classes. And then there’s the hours of gardening time. In lieu of charging for my content, I have established a voluntary pay system. If you benefit from my content and want to help me continue to produce this material and teach classes, please consider supporting this work with as little as $5 a month via Patreon. Patrons will also gain access to exclusive patron-only content. Please prayerfully consider helping this cause! And don’t forget – spread the word!
Char Magnifico