375: Ask Alli: Losing Both Parents to Cancer by the Time I Was 25 Years Old
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Witnessing her mother and father — in short succession — lose their lives to cancer, Allison Melody endured significant trauma in her 20s. Why did their bodies fail them? Why did the doctors have no answers?
This tragic loss instilled in Allison an unwavering passion for nutrition and propelled her into the world of holistic health and healing.
She vowed to honor her parents’ memory by dedicating her life to finding a way to heal the body naturally. After interviewing hundreds who have healed themselves of chronic and degenerative diseases for her film Powered By Plants and podcast Food Heals, Allison now firmly believes that the body has the ability to heal itself when given the tools it needs to do so.
Tune in to Part 2 of Ask Alli to hear:
- Why her ex used to call Alli "Country Club"
- What Multiple Sclerosis is and how it affected Alli's mom
- The horrible teen experience that caused Alli give up red meat for good
- The "cure" that killed her mother before it killed the cancer
- Is it true that "Time Heals all Wounds?"
- Why a patchouli smelling doctors "office" did not cut it for Alli's baby boomer dad
- What losing both her parents to cancer taught Alli about disease, life, and love
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| 0:00.0 | Food Heels Nation, if you like to stay active, play a sport, or just like staying in shape, |
| 0:05.5 | there's one thing that you probably notice about your workout routine. You don't always feel like |
| 0:11.3 | doing it. That little voice inside your head says, yeah, just skip leg day this week or, hey, |
| 0:17.7 | tomorrow, you can do a double workout. That'll make up for skipping today. Sometimes that |
| 0:23.6 | little voice even tells you to give up all together. Now, why does this happen? Well, |
| 0:30.6 | part of the reason is just our mental fortitude, right? Which, you know, we can continue to work on |
| 0:35.8 | on this podcast. Listen to food heals for all the goods. |
| 0:39.2 | But another reason is actually biological. So if you're not active in the gym, it's not enough |
| 0:46.6 | just to hit your macros. It's not enough just to get those proteins, fats, and carbs. |
| 0:51.7 | Your body, even more so than the average American, is starving |
| 0:56.1 | for micronutrients. Think about it. If you're doing that cardio, if you're lifting weights, |
| 1:01.3 | if you're doing calisthenics, if you're taking those fitness classes, all of this is great, |
| 1:06.3 | but it's also breaking down your muscle fibers, forcing them to rebuild stronger and more efficiently. |
| 1:13.4 | This is literally what exercise is. But it's also incredibly demanding on the body. It forces |
| 1:19.1 | yourselves to rob other parts of your body for the appropriate vitamins and minerals to build |
| 1:25.3 | that muscle. That's why if you don't want to feel absolutely destroyed |
| 1:30.6 | after your workouts, right, we've got to pay more attention to superfoods. That's why I love my |
| 1:37.5 | Organify Green Juice. Who knew where this was going? I know some of you knew exactly where this was going. |
| 1:45.1 | Organify Green Juice is 100% certified organic superfood blend. It's packed with adaptogens. And all of these |
| 1:52.5 | vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and elements design to promote healing and recovery in your body. |
| 1:59.4 | It's just 25 calories a serving, one gram of natural sugar. It is the |
| 2:04.2 | perfect pairing for your workouts. It won't throw you off your game, won't throw you off your diet. |
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