Student Spotlight
Ellyn Hilliard, candidate for Ph.D. in Holistic Nutrition
“Toxic chemicals have made our world more cancerous.”
Indoors or out, our lungs can’t escape pesticides and preservatives. Microwave radiation interferes with the atmosphere and the human energy field. Chlorine, fluoride, and innumerable carcinogens seep into our skin, eyes, nose and mouth. No wonder so many younger people suffer from the condition of cancer and other degenerative diseases, says nutrition consultant, Ellyn Hilliard. And, she says, that’s why all of us need to bolster all body systems with smart nutrition, health balancing supplements and detoxification.
In the early 1990s Ellyn watched with horror as three close family members fell prey to cancer. As she started studying nutrition, she soon realized that even after cancer has been successfully treated, one’s emotional food addictions can retard recovery.
For instance: in childhood and throughout life, many families treat sodas and candy bars as special rewards. Sugar and artificial sweeteners spike the metabolism, which punches the immune system. Processed, fast-foods are so engrained into our culture that pizza, ice cream and cake seem like a natural part of family meal planning.
“The nutrition problems continue at school, with fast-food chains running our school lunchrooms. We owe it to our children to teach them natural ways to live.”
Ellyn has taught nutrition and detoxification in an oncology unit at a local HMO hospital, but was ultimately invited to leave because her vision of wanting patients to take responsibility for reclaiming their own health was inconsistent with the hospital's message of encouraging the use of toxic pharmaceutical chemotherapies to fight cancer. Toxic drugs can mask symptoms, the body’s early warning system. Long-term usage of these radical therapies requires essential detoxification to help avoid recurrence.
A cancer patient must realize that the same non-foods that helped made them sick will only continue to do the same if they don’t proactively safeguard the body against toxins. Overeating processed foods, she adds, double-taxes anyone’s system, healthy or not.
As a long-time member of an organic biodynamic farm co-op, Ellyn can affirm that when it comes to fresh produce, size isn’t what counts and beauty is subjective.
Inspecting her family’s monthly share of locally grown fruit and vegetables, she cradles a misshapen runt and proudly points out a wormhole. “Worms can’t live with pesticides, and neither can we. That’s why I look at the bugs in my food with gratitude.
“Scientific analysis has shown that a very small organic apple can contain three times the bioavailable nutrients as those huge, waxed, dyed shiny imports. Our own simple taste test proves the humble homegrown apple to be crispier, juicier and tastier.”
Having studied nutrition at a traditional college, Ellyn became intrigued by CCNH’s self-paced holistic nutrition programs and, while working full-time, managed to complete her master’s degree in about 16 months. Now a doctoral candidate, Ellyn says, “I have learned more (here) than with all my other credentials. CCNH has been a link to many great natural healers: Linda Page, Elson Haas, Joan Borysenko. Clayton has offered me the best comprehensive holistic nutrition program available.”
Ellyn is founder of The Healing Center, whose holistic approach combines six modalities that support the body’s natural healing abilities: nutrition, enzyme boosting, alkalinity monitoring, reopening blocked energy pathways, immune enhancement and detoxification.
For more information: www.thehealingcenter.info.
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