Study: John

LeftLemon.com offers two ways of looking at the same situation:

• Balance — how to balance all of your meals to improve your health.
• Left Lemon System — interpreting what your body is trying to tell you to help you balance your meals.

With that in mind, let’s figure out a problem by going through the Left Lemon System page.

John wrote in to say he had finally figured out why his right elbow woke him up every night at 3:00 AM. He had correctly identified the problem as being 4C’s, but let’s go through the page to see how it works.

By using #1, the “Stickman” chart (the yellow and green guy with the red stripes), John saw that his right elbow pain was definitely in the red zone, making this problem 4C’s. If you haven’t been around the website much, 4C’s means your kidneys or adrenals are suffering and you need more Calcium, Chlorophyll, Cayenne, and Cider vinegar.

#2 is body shape. Because this seems to be an ongoing problem, I’d suggest John fits the plum category — meaning he is kind of round in the face and shoulders, with thin arms and legs. If he is overweight, he’ll carry most of the excess weight in his middle.

#3 is muscle testing. If he would have had the presence of mind at 3:00 AM, he could have done a couple of leg lifts to identify which system was causing the problem. Here’s how to do it: lie on your back, lift one leg with the toe pointed to the ceiling. Now rotate the toe in and lift, then rotate the toe out and lift. If 4C’s is the problem, a toe pointed straight toward the ceiling is going to hurt more.

To see if it’s just one kidney or both, raise one leg at a time to see which hurts worse. The right leg relates to the left kidney, which needs more greens. The left leg relates to the right kidney, which needs more reds.

Now we’ll try #4, Poke Your Belly, which might be easier in the middle of the night. On your back again, poke around gently and see where any distress might be — if 4C’s is the only problem, any pain or discomfort will be mid-line — not to the left or right of center, but right down the middle (and usually just above or below the navel). If there is pain elsewhere, that would show other areas you might need to focus on also.

#5 is the Energy Cycle chart. Clicking on that link takes you to a chart that says when things go bump in the night and it’s 3:00 AM, it’s a 4C’s problem.

The next section tells you to balance your meals with 30/30/40, and make sure you’re getting those dark green and red foods. But below that is a link to “Rescue Remedies” where you can print your own copy of a list of special foods you can use to remedy problems like this while you tweak your diet.

So besides balancing every meal (to include more greens and reds, the lemon and the oils, and the vinegar), John could mix up a batch of nasty tasting stuff to drink just before he brushes his teeth at night that might help correct the problem enough so he can sleep through the night. He could do this for a couple of days while the changes in his diet take effect.

Muscle testing would narrow down which kidney is in need, or both. But just to cover all the bases, he could juice a lemon, add a tablespoon of real cranberry juice for the red pigment, a teaspoon of liquid chlorophyll for the greens, and a teaspoon of vinegar. Drink about half of it and refrigerate the rest for the next night.

Now here is the important part:

If you only focus on fixing the 4C’s problem, you’ll have other problems. The point of LeftLemon.com, as John figured out, is to balance your diet so your health improves in every way.