Montel Williams - Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular

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This book is dedicated to my family.

A Note to the Reader

Disclaimer: This publication is intended to provide helpful and informative material on the subjects addressed. It is sold with the understanding that the authors and publisher are not engaged in rendering medical, health, or any other kind of personal or professional services in the book. The reader should consult his or her medical, health, or other competent professional before adopting any of the suggestions in this book or drawing inferences from it.

This book is not intended in any way to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in this book.

The authors and publisher specifically disclaim all responsibility for any liability, injury, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents of this book.

PART I:

THE JOURNEY TO LIVING WELL

Introduction

The cameras are rolling.

Im in my TV studio in New York, in the middle of taping an episode of my talk show.

I am listening closely to a guest on the stage, keeping my audience and production crew in the corner of my eye as my mind formulates a follow-up question.

Ive been doing this for seventeen years. My competitors have thrown eighty contenders into the talk-show arena, and Ive outlasted them all, every one of them. In fact, even after all these years, my ratings are up in key areas. Im on top of the mountain, at the peak of my professional game.

The pain explodes inside of me without warning.

It feels like the earth has cracked open beneath my feet and flames are surging into my body, like someones ramming a white-hot poker right up through the soles of my feet and jiggling it around inside my legs for a count of forty.

I am knocked practically off my feet. I teeter to keep my balance.

Barely hanging on until we call a commercial break, I stumble back-stage and collapse into a chair.

For ten minutes, I sit there and weep.

Then I wipe my eyes, take a deep breath... and walk back onto that stage.

For the last eight years Ive been living with multiple sclerosis, a potentially debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.

One of the effects of my condition is that physical pain is a constant companion in my life.

The feeling ranges from a constant dull roar of pain that I feel all the time, 365 days a yearto episodes like this one that come close to hitting a ten on my personal Richter scale of pain, a feeling so intense that on two occasions I came very close to killing myself.

I am a fifty-one-year-old man who lives a very hectic life.

But Im also living very well.

Ive got a lot on my plate every day, lots of action and lots of stress. Ill bet you do, too.

I am a father and husband with a magnificent family. I am a CEO running three different businesses and about a hundred projects at a time, including writing this book. Im an activist for health issues and patients rights.

This week Im traveling to four cities, speaking with twelve hundred to fourteen hundred people in each. Recently I was in eighteen different cities in two months.

Right now Im in a hotel room in Los Angeles on business. Tomorrow Im flying to Lansing, Michigan. Then Ill go back to New York for two days to tape new episodes of my TV program. Then Ill fly to Seattle, Washington, for two days. Then Im off to Utah to recharge and go snowboarding for three days.

On my desk is a project list that runs on for several pages: review research for upcoming show tapings... check promo spots for the launch of my new Living Well DVD series... make notes for next annual meeting of the Montel Williams MS Foundation... review rundowns for appearances and meetings for the Partnership for Prescription Assistance... return over a hundred phone calls... etc.

Every single day, people walk up to me and ask me about my health. They stop me on the street and in airports, and say things like:

Hey, Montel, I heard there was something wrong with you. But you look OK.

Geez, Montel, you dont look sick. You look great!

Sometimes that makes me feel good, and I appreciate people giving me positive thoughts. But sometimes it cuts very deeply and it almost hurts, because I am sick.

Just last week in my TV studio, a man in the audience stood up and said, Montel, its really funny, man. I heard a little while ago that you used to be sick or something? You used to have something wrong with you? But you look great, so everything must be good, right?

My answer was Thank you so much. I appreciate it. But believe me, Im sick. You just cant see it, like you cant look around this room and pick out someone who has cancer. The truth of the matter is, you didnt watch me get out of bed this morning. Sometimes it takes me twenty minutes to get from my bed to the bathroom! Because ten minutes in between is me stuck on the chair crying because my feet hurt so bad.

I have multiple sclerosis, and that means I live with pain, and with limitations.

But the great news is that after consulting with the worlds best experts and through intensive personal research and self-experimentation, I learned a truth that amazed me: with the right diet and exercise, you can totally change your life for the betterno matter what your health is.

That truly means that although I have MS, I can do things to ensure that it doesnt have me.

A couple of years ago, I began to intensify my search for ways to combat the symptoms of my illness.

Inspired by others who have successfully battled chronic diseases, I reviewed conventional and alternative therapies. I consulted the best scientific and medical experts around the world. I read piles of articles and research reports.

In the course of this journey of education and self-experimentation, I discovered a truth that completely transformed my life: by supercharging your diet and physical fitness, you can reduce the risks and symptoms of chronic disease and vastly improve the way you feel.

In my case, I learned that by pouring on the fruits and vegetables in their raw, fresh, whole, and blended forms; by slashing processed foods, junk foods, bad fats, and added sugars from my diet; and by following a special program of physical fitness, I could shrink the severity of my symptoms, rejuvenate my body and soul, and perform at a much higher level of intensity in all areas of my life.

Since Ive been doing this, I can feel the difference in my bonesthe bad days are further and further apart, the pain is less severe, and I feel better every single day.

Those earth-cracking-pain episodes I just told you about? They still happen periodically, but they are less frequent and more manageable. That makes a universe of difference to me.

And Ive got some great news for you.

This style of Living Well is precisely what the worlds best medical and scientific experts recommend to anyone interested in fighting chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, and neurological diseases like MSand for anyone interested in improving their overall health and longevity.

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