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Rules for Good Health

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This guide is intended help encourage people develop healthy habits so as to avoid chronic disease and experience overall well being.

Avoid for better health:

  • Pork and Shellfish – Bible, Lev. 11:4-44
  • Animal fat and blood – Bible, Lev. 3:17
  • Wheat flour that is NOT 100% whole grain (read the ingredients, must say “Whole”) – without the bran and germ, wheat flour is treated like sugar by the body.
  • Prescription drugs – 106,000 deaths a year (non-error, negative effects of drugs)[5]
  • Synthetic Pesticides (sprayed on non-organic produce) – It is estimated that between 4,000 and 20,000 cases of cancer are caused per year by pesticide residues in food in allowable amounts.[6]
  • Refined sugars and artificial sweeteners (sugar, high fructose corn syrup, Splenda, NutraSweet, aspartame, etc.)[4]
  • Hydrogenated oils (aka trans fats) – artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are hardened into margarine or shortening.[4]
  • Freshwater fish – highly contaminated[3]
  • MSG (monosodium glutamate) – MSG is used as a flavor enhancer and is an excitotoxin. Excitotoxicity may be involved in stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system.[7]

Add for better health:

  • Fruits and Vegetables (carrots, broccoli, kale, peas, Swiss chard, tomatoes, asparagus, spinach, etc.)
  • Sprouted grains (Ezekiel bread)
  • Raw nuts and seeds (flax seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, Brazil nuts, etc.)
  • Fish-sourced omega-3 fatty acids
  • Beans & Legumes (black beans, kidney beans, lentils, pinto beans, etc.)
  • Water – Drink at least 2-3 liters a day.
  • Stress-relieving activities (massages, hot baths, laughing, pedicures, exercise, etc.)
  • Healthy saturated fats, not hydrogenated (Coconut oil, real butter,  palm oil, etc.)
  • Healthier sweeteners (raw honey, evaporated cane juice, raw sugar, blackstrap molasses, stevia) – to be eaten in moderation.

What foods should you only eat if they are organic?

  • Peaches – high in pesticides[2]
  • Apples – high in pesticides[2]
  • Sweet Bell Peppers – high in pesticides[2]
  • Celery – high in pesticides[2]
  • Nectarines – high in pesticides[2]
  • Strawberries – high in pesticides[2]
  • Cherries – high in pesticides[2]
  • Pears – high in pesticides[2]
  • Grapes (imported) – high in pesticides[2]
  • Spinach – high in pesticides[2]
  • Lettuce – high in pesticides[2]
  • Potatoes – high in pesticides[2]
  • Chocolate – highly contaminated[3]
  • Soy – often genetically modified
  • Corn – often genetically modified[1]
  • Peanuts - highly contaminated[3]
  • Beef and Dairy (Ideally should be grass fed as well) – cows are administered hormones and antibiotics. Highly contaminated[3]

[1] USDA; [2] Environmental Working Group; [3] Diet for a poisoned planet; [4] Mercola.com; [5] Journal American Medical Association; [6] National Academy of Sciences; [7] CNS Neuroprotection

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One Response to “Rules for Good Health”

  1. Dave Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Enriched wheat flour or wheat flour would be examples of wheat flour without “whole” in front of it. People often get confused.

    I am not a vegetarian and if you want to post some benefits that is fine with me.

    I personally don’t believe pork to be a very healthy meat and don’t eat it.

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