A Testimonial by Hu Shu Kai

<<Shukai is my cousin, and he used to suffer alot of acne problem in his teens. He attended Our Health Week in 2001 & 2002, learnt about fasting and is now well on his way to eating better. I could still vividly remember how amazed we were when we could finally see his face after the fast. It was such a victory. ~By Siok Khoon>>

Acne has always been a social and medical issue for me during my teenage years. Self esteem was substaintially lost when someone compared you to the face of the moon with active volcanos. To curb those kind of explicitly hurtful remarks, many teens including myself resort to medications, both western and traditional.

I was taking docycycline, tetracycline and a few others whose names I cannot remember by now, for a total of 4 years. The problem was temporary resolved but I just know that one day, all these chemicals will just come back to haunt me again.I was so reliant on these medications that the relationship between them and the next pimples that pops out on my face is just as simple as a lightblub and a light-switch, an obvious action and reaction (i.e. when I don't take the next pill, pimples will pop out without fail.)

I was however, enlightened by my Aunt (Siok Khoon's mum) whose words I can still remember till today, "Why do you force yourself to take such disgusting pills when all I ask from you is to give your body a chance to recover by not eating the pills and not eating?" These words, no doubt said in simple mandarin, contain wisdom that are so wonderfully profound and meaingful and I am glad it changed my life, and my face.

Hu Shu Kai, 26
Singapore,Sept, 2007