05/08/2025
If I had to choose one topic to write about for the rest of my life, it would be health and wellness.
Knowledge about how the body heals itself is the reason I’m strong and healthy today.
I grew up suffering from chronic allergies — and not the kind most people are familiar with.
To this day, I’ve never met anyone who lived through what I endured as a child.
I was allergic to both cold and heat.
Allergic to strong smells — sometimes, even my own body lotion irritated me.
If I went an entire month without sneezing, it was a reason for celebration in our house.
When we finally decided to seek medical help, the doctor told us my condition couldn’t be cured.
He offered medication that I’d need to take for the rest of my life.
I gave it a try but abandoned it after a few months.
So, sneezing for days on end, waking up with a heavy head and body pain — that just became part of my life.
Untilllll…
One day, for reasons unknown to me, my boss told us he was changing his diet.
He’d be eating fruits and vegetables for breakfast.
Being the kind of person who gives himself fully to anything he commits to, he read every book he could find on healthy living.
Fortunately — or unfortunately — my boss is a natural teacher, so we all automatically became his students.
Every day, he would share the fruits of his research with us.
After weeks of listening to his daily health rants, I decided to give his eating style a try.
To my surprise, I went months without sneezing.
I could sit under an AC without a runny nose.
I could be around someone wearing strong Hausa perfume — and not be irritated.
I loved the results, so I decided to go all in.
I cleaned up my diet, added more fruits and vegetables, and reduced processed foods like bread and carbonated drinks.
But what really switched off the allergies was when I added breathwork.
It was like the icing on the cake.
Today, I’m healthier than I’ve ever been in my entire life — and it’s all thanks to learning what my body needed to heal and giving it just that.
My boss shared this good news with me — and now, the copywriter in me can’t help but share it with others.
If you’d like to read my articles on health and wellness, let me know and I’ll send you the link to my Medium account.
