I’m currently laid up in bed with a water infection. I returned from an intensive course in Florida a week ago and through myself straight into work, made a lot of changes in my life, including emotional ones and my body seems to be having a bit of a protest.

My beliefs about antibiotics have changed since studying Dr Robert Young’s ‘New Biology’. He has studied pleomorphism; where cells can adapt and morph according to their environment. Healthy blood has a slightly alkaline pH of 7.36. Our negative emotions and our western diet produce excess acidity; acidic blood can cause our own blood cells to morph into bacteria, yeast or fungus! Sounds crazy but I belief it is true and there is plenty of evidence to back this theory.

Therefore, if an acidic environment creates the dis-ease, an alkaline environment can cure it. This also means we need to take responsibility for the dis-ease and not be victim to a ‘germ’ we though attacked us. The have been times today where I have almost given into the pain and gone to the GP for that magic pill, however knowing this will be antibiotics I’ve decided to practice what I preach (having never been ill for the 2 years I’ve been on an alkaline diet, this feels like a real test).

Why not antibiotics? It is a myth that antibiotics kill bacteria, they just change it into another form; yeast or fungus. Ever had thrush after a course of antibiotics and wondered why?

Taking this all in board the best treatment is to give my body a rest and alkalise m blood as much as possible so the bacteria cannot survive. This has been a good excuse for me to cleanse and rest my body, I’m not eating solid foods, instead living on large quantities of fresh vegetable juices and highly alkalising supplements; Doc Brocs power plants, Terra pHirma clay, and pHour Salts. I’m getting plenty of rest and have been mediating to address the emotion side of di-sease. Hopefully I’ll return stronger than ever ready to resume triathlon training again!