I spent 35 years as a clinical pharmacist. I knew more about medication than most people will ever know.

And then my body started failing me anyway.

It started at the computer. A pinched nerve in my neck. Carpal tunnel. Frozen shoulder. Sciatic pain down my right leg. One morning my hand turned blue and I ended up in the emergency room.

They put me on pain medication. Then steroid shots. Months passed with no real relief. When they suggested surgery I said no – and spent the next year suffering, trying to figure out what I was missing.

What I found, I almost didn't try. It seemed too simple. I waited two more months before I did anything about it. But when you are in enough pain, you will try anything.

I tried it. In two weeks I felt the difference.

I started researching why. What I found was that I was dehydrated at the cellular level – not because I wasn't drinking water, but because the water I was drinking wasn't actually hydrating me. When your cells don't have what they need, your body stores toxins and inflammation in the worst places. It compensates. It creates pain, stiffness, fatigue, weight that won't move.

That one discovery led to 12 more years of research. I resolved all 19 health conditions without a single prescription. I've been pain-free ever since.

Now I couldn't keep it to myself.

I educate women on the same foundation my body was missing – starting with hydrogen-rich water, then nutrition, then movement, in that specific order. It's not something we were taught in school. But drink it for two weeks and you will feel the difference and need no explanation.

The plan creates the intention. The intention creates the habit. The habit creates the result.

Dorcia Hart, Pharm.D. 35-Year Clinical Pharmacist | Cornell Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition | Published Author