An Integrated Journey Back to Health and Happiness. With a Focus on Recovery from Lyme Disease, Its Co-infections and Other Mysterious Illnesses 12+

📒 I learnt the importance of nutrition, sleep and recovery initially in my athletic career where I was nationally ranked on the track over 800m and cross country from the age of 10 years old. Again later when I went to boarding school and had to eat bulk cooked food and survive on very little quality sleep.I battled my first serious health issue after a tick bite at 16 years old, where severe fatigue, sore throats and swollen glands were diagnosed as glandular fever and then chronic fatigue syndrome. After a multitude of doctor and medical specialist appointments over many years failed to help me improve my health, with many doctors telling me I was “faking” it and it was “all in my head”, my parents turned to natural health to help me. I immediately began to see and feel major improvements in my health. Juicing, hydration, functional testing, nutritional supplements, rest and a paleo based diet, (which it wasn't called back in those days of course), saw me get my feet back on the ground and back to study, work and my beloved athletic career. But during that 17 years (from 16 years old onwards), my health was never the same, and no matter how "healthy" I was in my lifestyle I just didn't seem to get anywhere near the optimal health I believed I deserved. I would often be sick for no reason, I constantly had sore throats, I had an annoying dry cough and my concentration and short term memory were awful.In 2012 I was diagnosed with Lyme disease after a second tick...