Monday, May 31, 2010

Water

God provided water to preserve the lives of all His creatures. Pure water is the superior beverage to most all other drinks. Start your day with a glass of water and drink water between your meals all day long to keep yourself well hydrated. You may want to squeeze a drop or two of lemon into your water as lemon helps cleanse the body. This is especially helpful as well if you want a little flavor and don't regularly like drinking water. Water is a necessity for life!

Drink up!
Here's to your health ~
with your best 4 health in mind!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

What We Eat Can Glorify God

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" - I Corinthians 10:31

Saturday, May 29, 2010

The Best Foods

Over time, even since the Egyptians of old to modern man today, it has been discovered there is a common denominator and that common denominator when it comes to food is the rich man's diet. It causes the same sicknesses and diseases in man and it kills. The diet found in God's Garden, the Garden of Eden, was perfect and it was not just a suggestion. Man was to eat as his food fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains - "I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food."

There is a "safety net" today for us when it comes to our food we eat. It's in Genesis 1:29. When we eat to live and eat the foods that God gave us to eat in the beginning we are in His safety net. By being in His safety net we shall not get sick or find diseases in our body and we shall live a long, healthy life... or we will recover and restore an unhealthy body to life! Hallelujah!

Even when God allowed meat after the flood with Noah and his family we see that it was something out of necessity and that people who eat meat or even follow the Leviticus Law do not get the same results as those who eat according to God's perfect plan in the Garden.

We each get to choose - we can eat that which we want to eat, but what will give us the best - God's best? Make the change for His best - choose life! Eat healthy, fresh, raw, whole, living foods!

Here's to your health~
With your best 4 health in mind!

Friday, May 28, 2010

Living Foods

Why living foods? Because cooked food is dead food. But let me say it in one word: enzymes.

Natural plant enzymes are present in all fruit and vegetables but are destroyed with heat. Enzymes help your digestion. They are the carriers of the vitamins and minerals to the places they need to go within the body. They simply help the body work more efficiently just like the oil in your car engine helps your car run more smoothly.

Man cannot reproduce the life that is in an enzyme. You are what you eat! Start eating those enzyme-packed fresh, raw, whole fruits and vegetables!

Here's to your health~
With your best 4 health in mind!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Getting on With It

Nine principles - let's go - start somewhere!

Choose Living Foods!
Drink lots of pure, clean water.
Exercise! Every little bit helps.
Get out in the Sunshine!
Enjoy the Fresh Air!
Keep your body cleansed.
Live stress free taking control of your emotions!
Get good rest.
Apply a Biblical Foundation.

Here's to your health!

Monday, May 24, 2010

With Your Best 4 Health in Mind

Our Biblical Foundation presents to each of us a choice in what we believe, do or say. If God so created us - which He did - so magnificently and gave us such a marvelous self-healing body then why haven't we been treating it as such? Usually it's because we didn't know, we hadn't heard or given it much thought. So now that you know, now that you will have been told, stop and think about it. Here are a few more Scripture references from the Holy Bible to ponder:

"Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." - I Corinthians 6:19-20

"... who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness - by whose stripes you were healed." - I Peter 2:24

Choose life - choose health!

With your best 4 health in mind,
Here's to your health!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Health and Wealth

Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that your body is as healthy as I know your soul is. - III John 2 (TLB)

The Lord's blessing is our greatest wealth. All our work adds nothing to it! - Proverbs 10:22 (TLB)

The thief's purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness. - John 10:10 (TLB)

Friday, May 21, 2010

Health and Healing

It's yours for the taking... choose to live a healthy life. Choose life!

"I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."

~Deuteronomy 30:19 & 20

Here's to your health!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

On the Subject of Health

While we're discussing health and how it is our responsibility to train up our little ones in the way they should go... what about you? You must first choose good health for yourself. You cannot teach what you do not know or do yourself. You are to be an example to them and to the world but wouldn't you first want it for yourself? I urge you to choose to live in good health and personally apply the principles you know are right for good health. Choose life and life abundantly. Choose with your best 4 health in mine!

III John 2

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Health

Not often thought of, as an interesting subject for conversation is health... although it should be. We should be training our young ones to learn to appreciate the blessing of good health. We should be training them properly how to care for their young bodies and not to abuse them. The world does a good job of that for us! Rather than all the sugar-laden, gooey, dripping with oil, fatty, fried, greasy, processed, overly rated foods of this world, let's teach them God's way even with their food choices from the beginning. That would change at least your children from the world's statistics of obesity, diabetes, ADHD, heart disease, and so on! It's a matter of their good health - while they are young it's up to you to choose it for them. At a later day it will be up to them. Help them choose life!

Here's to yours and their good health!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

A Little Sunshine

Sunshine has gotten a bad rap the last forty or fifty years. Because people got out in it and stayed out in it too long and would get burned, we became afraid of it - cover up, put on a shirt, oil yourself up - block it out! Now that we've become leery of going out in it we aren't getting enough of it! Moderation is the key. Moderate doses of sun are essential for your health. Get a little sunshine but not too much of it!

God made the sun. We don't need to be afraid of being out in it. Receive the blessings of being in the sun. Receive the blessings of being with the Son!

Here's to your health!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Air We Breathe

With every breath you maintain life. God breathed life into us in the very beginning. He has also set everything into place throughout the universe, including Earth, so that life can exist. It is our responsibility to tend and care for the Earth, our garden spot, and ourselves.

Unconsciously we are breathing all the time - we do it automatically. We don't stop and consciously think about the next breath we take or the fact that if it's not there we die. We need the oxygen we inhale.

"Oxygen... increases the energy in our cells. It allows them to function more efficiently as they process fuel. Using plentiful oxygen and nutrients, your cells start a "spring cleaning" routine, expelling toxins out through the cell membrane. But with inadequate oxygen supply, your cells cannot function properly. This makes you feel sluggish, tired, and drained." (The Hallelujah Diet, George Malkmus)

Household pollutants and household chemicals can be a great threat to our health. What we breathe in becomes a part of us so be alert of what you bring into your home and what you use to clean your home. Oxygen starvation can cause many diseases and mental illnesses. We need to fill our lungs daily with fresh, clean air. Also, learn to breathe slowly and deeply even when you are resting. A good exercise work-out will wake up your brain and body better than anything else and begin your deep breathing for the day. And, learn to consume oxygen-rich foods such as raw vegetables and fruits. Stop your suffocating and help your body begin to breathe!

Here's to your health!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Our Body Uses Water

Here are some ways our bodies use water:

It is required to transport nutrients throughout the body via the bloodstream.

It stabilizes and cools us, allowing us to maintain proper body temperature.

It hydrates our skin from the inside - it's the best lotion around!

It dilutes toxins that our cells produce during metabolism and carries them away.

It is part of every cell - 70 percent of our body is composed of water.

Saliva is used to moisten and predigest cooked food in our mouths.

It helps keep the colon clean. Our large intestine is like a sewer system; keeping the body hydrated helps keep it clean and waste moving through it.

It dissolves mineral buildup in the body, helping to eliminate arthritis and heart disease.

Wow! Thanks, George Malkmus! (From The Hallelujah Diet, pg. 183-184) We can see from reading this list that water plays a part in almost every body function! We can't go long without water - only a few days - water is absolutely essential for survival!

Here's to your health!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Water

Why water? Why can't I drink something other than water?

"Water is the universal solvent; it's probably the most stable compound in creation - and it's the single most important compound for the support of life. As living organisms, we depend on the life support systems on Earth which themselves depend on the whole stable structure of the universe. Every drop of water we drink today has been recycled countless times in the Earth's hydrologic cycles. The natural distillation and condensation cycles across the Earth wouldn't be possible without the vast complex of physical forces held in delicate balance by the sun's energy and the rhythmic motions of all celestial bodies in space. It's the most amazing thing! God designed everything in creation to maintain a balance that makes our life on Earth possible. This balance provides us with just the right amount of water, breathing gases, light energy, and protection from solar radiation. With that in mind, let's focus on the importance of clean water to our health."

Aren't you glad you asked?! The above is quoted from The Hallelujah Diet by George Malkmus but the bottom line would be to ask you, "Do you want to support life in your body or let it deteriorate? Because, water is absolutely essential for survival.

Here's to your health!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Full Circle

Here we are again. Each day we do a complete circle with our lives and the next we begin again. We sleep, getting our rest for our body, soul and spirit to arise and begin a new day alive with nutritious foods for the breaking of the day. Starting with breakfast and then a healthy mid-morning juice or snack, a great raw salad of fresh, whole greens and vegetables for lunch and another healthy jolt of BarleyMax and/or carrot juice for mid-afternoon; ending our day with a healthy dinner, adding some cooked food if we choose. Throughout the day we've worked hard at our job and exercised in some way along with getting plenty of water in our system and fresh air and sunshine! We've even spent some time in the Word and reading some positive input to keep us on track and believing we can do it! We can. We can accept each day with what it unfolds, as we know the One who unfolds it. God bless your day today and every day...

here's to your health!
III John 2

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Positive Input

Why put garbage in when we're learning to shuffle it out? Put in the positive, good information so that you can dwell on it and meditate on what is good and right... this will benefit your physical, spiritual, relational, emotional and every other "tional" area of your life. Take a positive input break just before bed! Read! Pick up some of the literature and books you've been reading that have influenced you to change your lifestyle and absorb what you can for fifteen to twenty minutes (more if you so choose) and then let your mind ponder those things while you sleep! This new habit will bless you beyond your belief so don't just "try it," rather apply it to your new changed lifestyle for the next 30 to 60 days and you'll find you miss it when you don't do it!

Another good time to read is first thing in the morning. Again only fifteen to twenty minutes and you've created a positive input for the day! One of the best books I've found to read when directed that direction is the Holy Bible. This is God's love letter to you and as you read it you will see that it personally applies to you today! I hope you will choose it to read at least during one of your newly created input breaks!

Here's to your health!

Monday, May 10, 2010

What's for Dinner

If you are eating 85% raw and 15% cooked, dinnertime is when you will find you eat more cooked. Some of it's from habit and especially in the Winter months as you desire more comfy and warm foods. However, you may switch lunch and dinner around and eat your 15% cooked at lunch. This is especially nice when you go out to eat and have to order from a menu. I find that switching the two meals is better for me when I work and eat out. It helps me eat lighter for dinner and that's good since I'm in bed by eight! Simply keeping the choice of raw, whole foods in mind will help you eat better, making right choices for your health. You will also see that it doesn't take long and you are eating 100% raw most of the time!

Here's to your health!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

After A Hard Day's Work

What can you do? What will relieve the pressure? the stress? the fast paced, go, go, go? It's time to unwind so you come home and... plop? No! Take a walk out in the fresh air and sunshine or go to the park and sit and rest... people watch, read, pray... maybe you like to draw so sit and draw or even take an art class one or two nights a week. But do something that will relax you for a half hour or more each day. Then it will be time for dinner and your body will be settled down and digest better, plus you won't eat going a hundred miles an hour and will enjoy your dinner more. Take time to wind down from the labors of your day. Breathe deep and relax now, the evening is all yours.

Here's to your health!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Let's Not Forget to Juice

Take the time to juice! This is especially good for your mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks! Often times we reach for something not so good for us if we haven't planned to put juicing in our daily schedule. I have found that 10 a.m. and 2 or 3 p.m. are my snacky moments so I plan ahead. One or two 8 ounce glasses of juice a day is better than an apple! If I'm not home I plan a healthy snack (an apple would work - I'm not down on apples by any means) but when home its carrot juice time! Yeah, for carrot juice! You've heard the advertisement, "Got milk?" right? Well I say, "Got carrots?" So let's juice 'em! This is a living health drink you don't want to miss out on! Plan a juice break in your day!

Here's to your health!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Hard Work

Hard work; it's good for you. Who does it any more? Most of us labor behind a computer or desk today. We aren't out in the soil toiling over a field of wheat, barley, or corn any more. Those who are do so now with such modern technology that they aren't actually out in the field as they use to be either. We still labor. We put in a good eight hours or more daily at a job. We should. Whether our job is as physical as some or not is not the point really. We can work hard physically or mentally doing what we do and we should be better for it. Others, too, should be better for it. It's not in what we do. It's how we do it. Work hard. Work strong. Work well and enjoy it.

Here's to your health!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Jump Sit Squat Run

Do something in the morning before you head out the door. Just 100 sit-ups, a 20-minute warm-up or a jog around the block works! It gets your heart pumping strong and your lungs breathing well. Don't forget to exercise!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

What's for Breakfast?

Every morning when we wake up we need something to get us going - not necessarily for the whole day, but for that refreshing newness of day and life! Many people will turn on the coffee pot before anything else in the morning and pour themselves a cup of Joe or for the fast-paced, fast-lane generation-ers they stop at the drive-up coffee house on their way to work and grab their latte! After that it's a morning bowl of a well-known, advertised manufacturer's packaged and processed cereal or a sweet roll. This is not the best quick start for a morning breakfast.

After BarleyMax* and a cup of cleansing tea*, I suggest the breakfast shake of the century, the "Flax Max Breakfast Smoothie" - this will fill you up but also give you great get-up-and-go and nutrition to keep you going! The recipe is found below in my weekly recipe along with the cleansing tea drinks. The "Flax Max Breakfast Smoothie" is great to fight inflammation, high blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides, along with improving your calcium absorption. Give it a try and you'll discover a new way to get that kick-start and break fast!

Here's to you health!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Apple Cider Vinegar - A Cleansing Tea

In 400 B. C. Hippocrates (the father of medicine) discovered that natural un-distilled Apple Cider Vinegar (or ACV) is a powerful cleansing and healing elixir - a naturally occurring antibiotic and antiseptic that fights germs, bacteria, mold and viruses - for a healthier, stronger, longer life! ACV is packed full of powerful enzymes such as potassium, phosphorus, natural organic sodium, magnesium, sulphur, iron, copper, natural organic fluorine, silicon, trace minerals, essential amino acids and pectin and many other powerful nutrients!

Apple Cider Vinegar is a great body cleanser. ACV helps in purifying your cells by ridding the body of dangerous toxic wastes. ACV relieves headaches, fatigue, fights arthritis, gives the skin and hair a healthier feel and look along with many other numerous health remedies. It's like having an apple a day!

Find the recipe for ACV Cleansing Tea under "Recipe of the Week" below. You will also find more information about Apple Cider Vinegar in Paul and Patricia Bragg's book, Apple Cider Vinegar, Miracle Health System.

Here's to your health!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Green Juice

Yeah, for green juice! Scientific studies have been done and confirm that an organic, barley, alfalfa, and other "green juices" help rebuild the body at the cellular level. BarleyMax includes juice from a raw barley and raw alfalfa grown on certified organic farms offering one of the widest spectrums of naturally occurring nutrients in a single source. There are other green juices on the market, but I recommend BarleyMax!

Green juice, BarleyMax, is an important element of your diet. Here are some of the benefits of BarleyMax:

- retains a high level of enzyme activity
- rich source of antioxidants
- naturally occurring balance of enzymes, vitamins and minerals for maximum absorption
- contains only certified organic crops grown in nutrient-rich soil
- crops mineral rich water source comes from deep in the earth
- harvested at peak growth cycle to capture highest nutrient levels
- proprietary "living food" process converts juices into powder with nutritional potency similar to freshly juiced barley and alfalfa
- contain no additives or fillers
- independent laboratory testing confirms vitamin, mineral, enzyme, and antioxidant retention are among highest in industry
- pure juice powder contains almost no fiber- unlike other dehydrated whole leaf powders - to speed cellular assimilation

Your green juice will help build healthy cells and most people experience increased energy levels. Get on a green juice today - don't wait!

You can order your BarleyMax through Your Best 4 Health (928.970.3764) or directly through Hallelujah Acres - see website below and use the referral number DXW.

Here's to your health!