David Briscoe
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David Briscoe - Schizophrenia
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 3pm-4pm EST (12pm-1pm PST)
Featured Guest: David Briscoe
Hosted by: Phiya Kushi
Website: http://www.macroamerica.com/
Many people have heard of macrobiotic healing stories for cancer and other diseases and physical conditions, but macrobiotics has also been healing for emotional, psychological and mental illness as well. David Briscoe’s story is one example.
In 1967, when a senior in high school, and after several years of physical health problems, including three ulcers that caused him to be hospitalized, David was diagnoses by a team of psychiatrists as schizophrenic. His parents were told not to expect too much from him in his future: no children, no relationships, no career, no university diploma. During the next five years he went through private therapy, intense medication, but these only allowed him to maintain a basic existence. In 1972 a friend left a macrobiotic cookbook at David’s door. It changed his whole life. Within a year of starting macrobiotics he was able to discontinue the medication, and year by year his physical health, and finally his mental health was restored.
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4 Responses to “David Briscoe – Schizophrenia”
Simply wonderful !!!! Thank you David – such a beautiful story – a beautiful life rescued – thank you so much for sharing.
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David, what an amazing story! I will pick up your book on Amazon.com. Thanks for sharing this!
I was on the macrobiotic diet before I was diagnosed with schizoprenia,a combination of macrobiotic diet,antipychotics and detoxing work very well because it helps inflammatory illness, schizoprenia is a genetic disorder which can causes the body to produce toxins and inflammation. Cutting down on bad fat and sugar and detoxing is very calming in cases of pycosis and paranoia, it helps to cut down on medication and counteract the weight gain and toxicity off the medication,I mentioned this to my phyciatrist who laugthed at me, so i asked her to explain why did it take so long to be diagnosed and why have I never been admitted to hospital? And why
were completely baffled to what was wrong for 3 years, yes it took that long because I was eating food as a medicine, if I didnt eat like this my problems would be much worse.