A New Lease on Life

Kevin Jones loves to be active. He grew up on a horse farm and has been riding for his entire life. He impressed his wife, Ann, with his energy and enthusiasm. However, five years after his marriage, Kevin started to feel sick. He says, "I was finding that I was starting to get lethargic and fatigued . . . I started to get sick a lot." Kevin began to experience pain in and around his kidneys. Initially, it felt like a muscle spasm.

As Kevin’s pain increased, he began to experience other bothersome symptoms. His wife Anne explains, "Kevin had asthma and he had high blood pressure and he had gout and tiredness. He couldn’t sleep at night." Kevin also suffered from severe diarrhea. His doctor prescribed him an inhaler for his asthma and anti-biotics to treat his symptoms. Despite these treatments, Kevin continued to gain weight and suffer from severe pain. Eventually, he was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, a hereditary condition in which cysts form on the kidneys, causing them to grow to nearly twice their normal size. Symptoms include chronic pain, urinary tract infections, fever, and high blood pressure. After his diagnosis, Kevin sought help from many specialists. However, all he received was more medication. Meanwhile, his symptoms worsened. Anne became increasingly concerned about his health. She recalls, "[the doctors] shrugged their shoulders and said I’m sorry, we don’t know what else we can do for you. I thought, I can’t just let you get sicker and sicker and die without trying to fight it." After seeing a book about allergies at a friend’s house, Anne encouraged Kevin to see a naturopathic doctor.

Kevin visited Dr. Bruce Lofting, who suspected that Kevin was allergic to some foods in his diet.

Kevin visited Dr. Bruce Lofting, who suspected that Kevin was allergic to some foods in his diet. He also thought that Kevin was probably suffering from an overgrowth of yeast. Kevin eliminated wheat, dairy, sugar, and processed food from his diet. Within three weeks, Kevin was feeling much better. His upset stomach was gone, his blood pressure lowered, and his asthma symptoms cleared. Today, Kevin takes calcium and magnesium supplements and continues with his healthy diet. He still has polycystic kidney disease, but many of the symptoms that doctors suspected were related to the disease were in fact a result of Kevin’s allergies. Kevin says, "I feel like I got a second chance. I felt that the conventional way had run out of ideas . . . Life is back. I’m healthy. I’m very happy."