Weekend Review - Swansea Nutrition Course

I had been waiting a long time for a course like this. A course which is run by someone who has tried and tested what he talks about. A course which is controversial in most of its claims, knows it and doesn't care and a course which gave me the information that I knew I could use with family, clients and friends to help them get and feel healthy or help them prevent or recover from disease.

Phil Richards has trained Olympians, World Champions and National Sporting stars. He knows his stuff. He has made mistakes along the way, he told us so often enough, but realises that especially with nutrition it is a constant journey finding the best ways to tweak the diet for optimum health and performance.

Day one was depressing. He showed us how we are very slowly poisoning ourselves, with how we eat, the water we drink, vaccinate, fill teeth and prescribe medications and how this is aiding the huge increase in life threatening diseases. He also said that for every nay-sayer there will be two, three or four counter arguments and we need to take responsibility for finding out ourselves about our health.

On a lighter note this is the man of wonderful one liners! I started to write them down as they just come out of nowhere! (You have to say this in a Welsh accent)

"We're not meant to be meat eaters, we've got gay little teeth that couldn't bite the arse of an elephant"

Day two was supposed to be uplifting and positive, but at times I felt even more duped by the media, the medical profession and the corporates for selling us a lie. Now I know what some of you are thinking...'ah she'd been brain washed, she's an easy target for this fluffy -hippy nonsense', well you know what? I am not going to divulge one ounce of what I've learned yet before I make my own research subject by subject so I can make my own decision and then clearly and happily use it in conversation. But enough of a seed has been sown that I will go and search it out for myself.

"I'd never make a power lifter a vegan, he'd have the strength of a pregnant goldfish"

Day three was still a bit of a downer, but I did however meet the most incredible lady. She was on our course, she was there for her own knowledge rather than being in the fitness profession. I am not sure of the exact timings but 18 months ago she was 5 stone heavier and diagnosed with cancer. She was told she wasn't going to make it and that she should tell her kids and prepare for her death. She wasn't prepared to put up with this and started to research how to get better naturally. So she took action. She researched natural cures, persisited in doing the very best she could for herself and believed she would succeed. So, as a result she lost all the excess weight, if she was a size 10 now I'd be surprised. She looks glowing and full of health, in better health than the rest of us from the fitness industry who were at the course and when she had her bloods checked by Phil on Sunday (4 weeks since the last test) showed the best blood results he had ever seen in anyone. The change was remarkable. This lady is a living, walking testament to what you can do to preserve yourself through good, positive thoughts, clean eating and drinking and natural supplementation. I'm so glad I met her.

"the RDA for Vitamin C is so low it's not enough to give a hamster a hard on"

I had a wonderful weekend. The news was grim at times, however we were left in no uncertain terms that what we'd been taught was controversial, but that the news was good. That we would be opening ourselves up to some derogatory comments from some, but find new relationships with others who felt the same way. And that if we applied the principles to us first. Felt the beenfits, saw the difference and did the research then those who want to listen will appear.

I'm off now to Google and Amazon and You Tube.....