b'I wrote a presentation of their current sta-tus, as NHF tirelessly and actively works to free them both. Without the crippling effects from po-lio, as Michael grew older and took part in activitiesandplay,hewouldexperience extreme leg pain. These were not cramps; it was nerve damage from the polio virus. As before, only hours of applied wet heat would produce relief.Michaelsoughtreliefinplayingthe violin, which became his passion. During his first year at University he was a violin major. He soon became ill, though, from overworking and practicing four hours a day, so he left school from nervous exhaus-tion. Michael recovered and went to work as a porter, cleaning the store and helping customers with large packages, at the May Company in Denver, Colorado, where hisdown by the new President S. I. Hayaka- In 1971, the very first time that he add-parents had moved to improve the healthwa because of campus anti-Vietnam wared calcium/magnesium gluconate from a ofthefamily.Itwasthebeginningofademonstrations. pharmacy to orange juice, he experienced wonderful work-life that opened differentcompleteleg-painreliefandinonly20 worlds to him through the varied and fas- Midlife minutes! He was blown away. Many more cinating people he met on the job. AtthatpointMichaelmovedtoSan- things started coming into focus for him WhenheresumedschoolattheUni- ta Fe, New Mexico, hoping to teach on anand he began taking his first steps towards versity of Colorado, he majored in politicalIndian Reservation, since during his Peacemastering nutrition.science with minors in economics, history,CorpstraininghehadtaughtbiologyinStill wanting to experience new plac-the classics, and philosophy. Upon gradua- summerschoolforNavajostudentsines, Michael moved to Edmonton, Alberta, tion he joined the U.S. Peace Corps, teach- Shiprock, New Mexico. Instead, he substi- Canada where he taught English as a Sec-ing science to junior high-school studentstute-taught at the high school, worked as aond Language (ESL) at the Alberta Voca-in Eritrea, Africa the first year. The secondwaiter, sold pari-mutuel bets at the Jockeytional Center for landed immigrants and year found him training at the AlemayaClub of the Santa Fe Downs Racetrack andattended the University of Alberta, getting College of Agriculture followed by a pilotstarted an underground newspaper calleda 5th-year certificate in teaching with a ma-project in agriculture in Tigray province,The Magdalene Times. jor in history and psychology.Ethiopia. He continued to become fluent inIt was at this juncture of his life that heFrom there he bought a home in Nanai-Tigrinya, scoring a 4+ rating, where 5 is anexperienced the miracle of nutritional sup- mo,BritishColumbia,onVancouverIs-educated native speaker. He lived remotelyplementation. Mary, his wife at the time,land, teaching at school and working as a in a small mountaintop village where heand her mother persuaded him to read anight auditor for the Malaspina Hotel. It introducedirrigationandchickens,andbook on nutrition that compared the healthwas then time to move back to the United built a one-room schoolhouse. of rats fed raw milk vs. pasteurized vs. ho- States with his family and first daughter, UponreturningtotheU.S.,Michaelmogenized. Obviously, the rats on raw milkSarah, and they settled in Cortez, Colora-attendedHastingsSchoolofLawinSancame out ahead. Also, the effects of sugardo in the Four Corners region next to Mesa Franciscoforoneyear.Itwasatimeofwerediscussed.MichaelstoppedeatingVerde National Park. In Cortez he sold fur-excellentlearning,enabledafavorableanything that had added sugar, read all la- niture and carpets, and used his downtime parting between him and his local draftbels, and learned again to enjoy food with- to continue to master nutrition. board, but it was not the path he wanted.out this type of sweetness, reminding himAtthattime,severalcomplexevents The following year he entered the MastersofhisyearsinEritreaandEthiopia.Theled to Michaels decision to open the first Program in social psychology at San Fran- most important event was Marys advice tohealth-food store in Cortez. Naming it the cisco State University. However, before thetry calcium and magnesium for his debil- Cortez Health Food Center and Sunshine end of a semester the University was shutitating leg pains that were still occurring. Juice Bar, Michael opened the business with H ealtHF reedomN ews /F all2020 21HFN_FALL-2020_11-02-2020-FINAL.indd 21 11/2/20 8:50 PM'