WE ARE WHAT WE EAT!

" We are all self made, but only the successful will admit it."
                                                                                                                                                             Earl Nightingale


Many people chose not to believe that each of us is fully responsible for our health, our daily habits create the state of our health for good or for bad. Once we admit that we are completely responsible for the condition of our bodies we are already on a better path of health, strength, and happiness.

 Your food determines in a large measure how long you shall live-How much you shall enjoy life, and how successful your life shall be.  What good are all the riches in the world if we are not healthy enough to enjoy them? A man who has reached his eighty or ninety plus years and still has a bounce in his step, has vitality and strength and truly enjoys his life, his family and the things he has acquired is far more successful to me than the man whose pockets are full of the riches of the world, but has not the strength, energy, or the peace of mind to enjoy them.
     So how do we eat so that our bodies and minds can reach their full potential in life?
Lets take a look at the first people that lived on the earth.  Their bodies were strong and full of life, their days were long hard and strenuous yet  some of them lived to be over one thousand years old!! Can you imagine living for one thousand years? In today's world living for one thousand years may not sound that appealing, but what does sound appealing is reaching eight or ninety years old and not having spent the last years of your life sitting in a wheelchair day after day in a convalescent home, not being able to remember who you are, where you live, the name of your own children, or the great memories your life is full of.  Or- not laying on the couch suffering from many illnesses for five long years in pain and agony every day of your life, watching your loved ones living their lives but you not being able to be a part of it, and wishing you could close your eyes never to open them again only to be released from the Hell you are going through.
    These are some pretty bleak outcomes in ones life, the latter was an example taken from the life of my own mother.  I watched her suffer terribly for 5 long years, spending thousands and thousands on doctor bills, etc, etc, but to no avail.   Unfortunately this will be the outcome of many of us!( maybe not these exact circumstances but something similar)!  Again I ask, What can we do so our bodies are the healthiest they can be.  Again I will go to the the first people on the earth.  Can you imagine Adam coming home carrying a pizza for dinner, or Eve, Sara or Rachel, cooking up some white sugar, white flour, chemically laden  chocolate chip cookies for their kids.  We as mothers think we are being kind to our families when we make these "treats" for them,  BUT WE ARE NOT! Teach them what REAL food is,  and how to appreciate it.
   Lets take a look at a people called the Hunza who are one of the healthiest people ever studied.  "Though they didn't live to be over nine hundred years old, like Adam, a great number of them lived to be over a hundred years old.  Diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, and many others were virtually unheard of in their society.  They were generally healthy, cheerful, and active, even playing games, until the day they finally passed on.  Can you imagine what the retirement  centers were like there? Volleyball tournaments categorized by age, with seniors (Those between 110 and 120) versus the young-uns (those between 90 and 100)". DRC 
   Why were they so healthy?  Because they ate only those foods they could grow and that were available to them from nature.  They ate foods that had been kissed by the sun! No matter how hard we try in this modern world one can never improve on God.   Why do we think that we know what is better for our bodies than the very one who created them?  He has given us everything we need for longevity and health and the closer we adhere to his guidelines (his guidelines- not our interpretation of it) The healthier we are!
   With how far we have come in the medical field, I ask you to remember that prevention is the greatest  cure.  Have you ever heard that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" or "To eat an apple on going to bed will make the doctor cry for his bread?"  I would like to add to the apple, green smoothies, lots of other veggies and fruit and grains and legumes in their most natural state.  All of these are fabulous foods God has specifically created for humans.  Be grateful for the bounteous foods he has offered to us.  It's not about denial its about abundance! When one begins to eat more foods that have no labels, chemicals or wrapper,- one begins to realize he is living THE ABUNDANT LIFE we were meant to live. Even our very senses become more in tune with the infinite, and we find ourselves more aware of "the good things of this earth" in all aspects of life!