Curious Smoothies is about empowering people to take control of what they eat, with a little nudge from me.
6 years ago I became ill. I was ill from eating incorrectly, drinking and doing all that bad stuff you do in your twenties. Needless to say when things started catching up with me my body started telling me that something was wrong and would shoot messages to me. These messages came in the
form of pain, tiredness, irritability, moodiness and a general feeling of, how should I say it - just not feeling quite right. Things got worse and every time I ate something it felt like someone was sticking needles in my stomach. This went on for months. My body was pretty much screaming at me and I was on the floor in pain. I was confused by the messages and couldn't understand what they were and this led me to feeling irritated and upset. Doctors had no answers for me, I was given medication and dismissed. Things were getting pretty bad and it soon dawned on me that I was really sick and no one knew why. A recommendation came my way one day. I went to a well established blood analyst who had a different mindset when it came to illness. Her mindset being, nutritious quality food is your cure. After one blood test she was was able to tell me exactly what was going on with me. Everything made sense, a welcome relief indeed. She said a few scary words, she told me if I didn't make a change and start repairing my damaged toxic body I could become yet another cancer victim in my 50's. She didn't need to tell me twice. An overhaul was needed. I didn't feel that taking medication was the answer, I knew that I had to start making a conscious effort to eat right, not just for a few months but for the rest of my life. The problem was I didn't know where to begin and what eating right meant or what it involved. Yip, it was one of the biggest and longest challenges to come my way. Believe me it was not cool what the next few years had in store for me. I did hardcore detox diets, slower detox diets, stopped eating a whole list of things, tried new things, experimented on myself, got tested, ended up in hospital twice with severe allergic reactions and so on. My body ached, I developed acne, I got rashes and was always catching the flu or a cold, my body was on a serious purge. I cried and felt truly horrible, delicate and alone. My body was going through an upheaval and it didn't like it. A year in I got tested. My tests showed an improvement, a surprising improvement. A glimmer of happiness at last. Things were taking effect and my efforts were showing. Yes it was baby steps but I was on the mend so I continued on with the changes. Another year of the same and then another. Like I said things changed slowly and gradually my body shifted and adopted and adapted to this new way of life. My body stopped resisting and reacting in extreme ways. I became more in tune and understood everything I was eating had some sort of impact. I knew that if I ate something that wasn't so good that yes I would have to put up with feeling crappy the next day. Let me tell you, you soon learn that feeling good is preferable to feeling bad. Your brain and body team up to remind you of these things. Don't get me wrong I wasn't perfect, at times I would falter and indulge. But the difference was that I now had the awareness of how I was going to feel the next day and was responsible for it. If I was irritated or tired I knew what had done it. So here I am 6 years later to the month and I'm 39. I don't feel perfect, but I feel a great deal better and I'm not in pain. I've learned how to listen to my body. I've also learned a lot about myself in a short space of time. I figured no one else can heal me only me. No one can feel my pain and what my body is doing and how it is reacting only me. I learned that the people who judge you for what you're doing don't matter. The people that call you weird don't matter. The people who reject the new you don't matter. What matters is that I'm getting better and I'm the one controlling it. I made the choice and it is me who has achieved it. If people walk along side you and cheer you on that is a bonus. If people ask you questions and are intrigued to hear your story tell them. If people want to join you, welcome them. If people become curious about what you eat give them small suggestions. This is why I created Curious Smoothies. Little did I know that I was inspiring people along the way and little did I know friends were watching curiously at what I was eating and drinking. Fingers would point at my blended smoothie concoctions and ask, what is that? At some stage or another curiosity got the better of them and they would taste my smoothies. I was never surprised at the response but it always made me smile and giggle when people would tell me that my smoothies definitely tastes so much better than they looked. Now that I'm in a more comfortable state to tell my tale I can share my six years worth of research and what eating correctly can do for us all. I want to share that yes there is an easy starting point and that yes it's ok to make small changes and take baby steps. Yes taking control of your own wellbeing is a huge, but it's an amazing and rewarding start. I hope my recipes, tips and info at Curious Smoothies inspires you and gives you ideas on where to start. I hope that what I share helps you in becoming a healthier and happier version of yourself. My home country, Ireland, has a word in Gaelic that has come to mean a lot to me. Translated it means, to your health. Slainte.
