Rose Santos

by | Jan 21, 2019 | TestimonalHeader, Testimonials

ROSE SANTOS SHARES HOW HER DAUGHTER’S LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED THROUGH A PLANT-BASED DIET

My 16-year-old daughter, Raquel, was always the most high energy, happiest, and self-confident among of all of her friends.

But, then, all of a sudden, things started changing. Her school nurse sent me a letter saying that my daughter needs special one on one attention. Yes, I couldn’t believe my ears that Raquel was being labeled as having ‘Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”. The school nurse immediately put my daughter on medications. As, as you can imagine my life went upside down. It was devastating news to my husband and me, as well as to Raquel. Her classmates and kids at school started to label her as “special needs”. It was sad watching my daughter deal with all this at such a young age.

More hurtful was watching Raquel take the meds and have the most horrible side effects from them. As time went by, the medications’ side effects were showing up in her behavior as sadness, sleepiness, loneliness, and moodiness. For 7 years Raquel was medicated until one day when I met a wonderful Functional Medicine doctor who had Raquel’s blood tested. The blood tests showed that she was having a disequilibrium of her hormones that could affect her forever. So, one day a friend who is a certified Eat to Thrive Health Educator and now is a “Holistic Nutrition Coach, advised me to introduce my daughter to plant-based supplements and a gluten-free diet, as well as fresh organic foods. These not only corrected her mineral deficiencies, but also her mental acuity. I took that advice with all my heart because I did not want Raquel to suffer anymore.

After a year on an organic plant-based diet, Raquel no longer needed the medications and stopped taking them.

Shortly after that, Raquel’s teacher sent me a letter requesting that I attend a meeting with her at school. My heart was pumping with anxiety. A thousand thoughts came to my mind. What could it be this time? Was Raquel needing to take meds again? To my surprise, it was the most wonderful news that I had since her birth. The teacher wanted to know what I was doing differently with my daughter. The teacher told me that for the first time, Raquel scored 100 on her tests! And from that day she has always scored 100. She is now is a happy teenager. I am thankful to have good people in this world that opened my eyes regarding my daughter’s health. Thanks to healthy food, Raquel is now off all medications and has a beautiful future ahead!

Julianna Burke

Julianna Burke

by | Aug 10, 2019 | Testimonials

Every week was exciting for me; I thoroughly enjoyed reading Betsy’s Eat to Thrive book, learning new concepts, tasting new recipes, and listening to amazing guest speakers that were educational, insightful and fascinating.I plan to teach my own class as a health educator in the future and I feel as though I have the education and skills to do this now. I really enjoyed meeting new people that I feel so close to, and I feel as though doors have opened up for me because of this amazing opportunity. I am committed to nourishing my body, mind, and spirit and to help others do the same.

Nancy Rice

Nancy Rice

by | Aug 10, 2019 | Testimonials

Exercising, meditating, and mind balancing is a way I’ve come to realize our potential in healing ourselves. Since adopting this new lifestyle, I have overcome a long battle with Eczema. Coming to Betsy’s lovely home is a welcoming oasis for all her students. You are greeted with her captivating smile, tea, and fresh alkaline water. Soon you become entranced in her kitchen for making delicious entrees, desserts, and appetizers.

Sitting down to a beautiful array of fresh vegetables, fruit, salads, flaxseed crackers, kale chips is heartwarming good nutrition that feeds the soul. Eat to Thrive is a fantastic environment for like-minded people to meet on their healing journey together.”

Paulo Vicentini

Paulo Vicentini

by | Aug 10, 2019 | Testimonials

The liver gallbladder flush changed my life, ridding me of terrible parasites and gallstones. As a result of the cleanse, my energy, brain functions, mood, and everything in my body feels great! Growing sprouts and wheatgrass, fermenting vegetables, and juicing greens are now highlights of my new lifestyle. Take Eat to Thrive to be your own doctor and experience the great life that Mother Nature has given you”.

Sadie DiSimone

Sadie DiSimone

by | Aug 10, 2019 | Testimonials

With some of the delicious food served at every Eat to Thrive class. The Eat to Thrive 10-week course has been interesting, thought-provoking, and insightful on many levels. Eating whole foods, plant-based, unprocessed diet and living with gratitude and mindfulness is key to gaining optimal health. Your class demonstrated that very thoroughly through the many personal testimonials and videos. Betsy has been an utter joy, an ideal role model for turning one’s life around, and a patient teacher.

Marcia Passos

Marcia Passos

by | Aug 10, 2019 | Testimonials

Participating in the “Eat to Thrive” course helped me in my journey to becoming healthier. I developed good habits such as skin brushing; oil pulling; green juicing; and drinking lemon water. I am consuming more raw vegetables and sprouts than I did before. I also learned new raw food recipes. When I started the course, I was eating animal protein every day with meals; however, I have now changed my diet to almost entirely vegetable proteins. I became more conscious of how unhealthy animal foods are. There are many things I liked about the course, but what I liked most was the knowledge I gained about detoxification, especially the liver and gallbladder cleanse. I will be able to do it on myself when necessary. With the knowledge I gained, I will be able to help people to improve their health, including my husband and daughter. I feel blessed to have had this learning experience.