Am I a Doctor?
People are always asking me questions like, “Ian, are you a doctor?” Or “Ian, are you a scientist? A chemist maybe?”. Being a prolific figure in the health scene, I understand that people want to know my credentials, and the answer is simple. I’m not a doctor or a scientist. I’m just a guy whose health started to plummet in his mid-40s and who needed to find a way to heal.
Growing up, it was sort of expected that I would go on to pursue higher education. I came from a family full of academics. My brothers and sisters went on to be MDs, PhDs and teachers, so I definitely had the option to go on and pursue multiple degrees, but I never ended up doing that. Instead, when I was 18, after I had graduated from high school, I left home and traveled out west to work on the oil rigs. I had a blast. There was an energy out there that I had never felt in my life. I loved the hard, fast-paced work, the way you had to learn and think on your feet.
I ended up working in the oil trade for the next 17 years.
Until…
I turned 46 and my body and my life started to fall apart. You see, the problem with working in the oil fields is the toll it takes on your health. It’s a very high-stress environment where you are constantly being exposed to toxins. Plus, as anyone who works in a high-stress environment knows, eating the right foods doesn’t always take priority. Mix all of that with the pressure of being a father to seven children and you’ve got a powerful cocktail for poor health. I, of course, didn’t think about any of that; I thought I was invincible.
Suddenly, at the age of 46, I got a rude awakening to the fact that I was not invincible and that my life could be taken from me at any time. After a near brush with death, my back was up against the wall. I had a whole laundry list of health issues (which I’ll write more about in a later blog). My health was deteriorating, and it wasn’t happening slowly. I had two options: spend the next 10 years living day to day off drugs, dying a slow death (if I was lucky) or go out on my own and find a better way to help my body heal. A natural way.
People are shocked when I tell them that I’m not a doctor.
I always chuckle when I get that type of response. The only reason that I have such a wealth of information about natural health is because of the health crisis that I had to get myself out of in my middle age. For me to reach top-level health, I had to fall first.
Throughout my journey I was really fortunate to meet inspirational people who knew the answers. People who had spent their whole lives researching specific topics, from brain health to heart health, liver health to nervous system health. I picked up all of this information over a seven-year period and it all led to one answer: natural health. The body wants to be healthy, it needs to be healthy, you just have to give it the building blocks to be healthy.
So, what I started doing was taking the information that I was learning from these experts and sharing it with others. I began telling people about the incredibly powerful nutritional seeds, plants and minerals that had helped me to heal. Simple things like natural and powerful oils or tiny plants from the depths of the ocean that reactivate super-cells and create the foundation for health and wellness. I wanted people to take a look in “mother nature’s medicine cabinet” for a change.
The reason I was able to retain all of this information…
…was because I had the mind, the desire and the aptitude to do so. My siblings always joke with me, saying, “We learned what we know from university, you learned what you know from life”. I always kind of liked that idea. My education came from trial by fire. Like I said, I had to fall before I could reach top-level health. I couldn’t play around with remedies. I needed to get to the roots of my problems and treat them, not just manage the symptoms.
I don’t claim to be anything I’m not. Putting the right things into my body and using the foundational nutrients that I’ve discovered over the years; these are the simple ideas that have totally upgraded my life and improved my health. But I don’t want you to just take my word for it when it comes to the functional products that I promote. Take the words of the tens of thousands of people that my company helps on a daily basis. Research my products and read the reviews for yourself. Most importantly, don’t be afraid to try something new and natural. It might change your life. Or, if you’re like me…
It might save your life.
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