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Homeopathy is a form of alternative “medicine” that I have no faith in.  I believe that traditional drugs should be avoided when possible and that high quality liquid herbal extracts are effective natural alternatives.

I have written a post that lists several rules about how to be healthy but most people probably won’t follow them because it’s too much effort to even learn the rules never mind follow them.

So in the spirit of keeping things simple I thought I would list here my top recommendations for staying healthy.  This list is based on my opinion of what the common denominator is among health advice I respect.

• Drink enough water (shoot for 2 liters/day)
• Include fiber in every meal possible (beans, whole grain, vegetables)
• Be physically active
• Relieve stress often

There are many other areas of health that I find important and if you want to follow them I suggest you read my post Rules for Good Health.

I have read recently that if you want to make changes to your life that you pick only one thing to change and focus on that for one month.  So if your goal is to be more healthy then decide for the next 30 days to drink 2 liters of water a day.  After 30 days choose a new goal to accomplish.  The easier you make the goal the better as it will increase your chances of sucess.

If you have read my previous posts in regards to food and hyperinflation you know that I think food prices are going to go up and we may also have food shortages.

In addition to storing up storable food you may want to consider planting a food garden.

I am new at this and I actually find planting a garden a little intimidating.  However I was able to plant a few fruit trees and hopefully I will get ambitious enough to start a small garden this year as well.

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

Codex Alimentarius (Latin for “food code”) is a trade organization, not a consumer health organization.

International delegates established committees which have met annually to set guidelines on all foods, agriculture, and nutritional supplements since 1963. Virtually anything that can be put in the human mouth has come under the scope of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).

Even though the U. S. Senate never ratified our membership in the WTO, we have, through default, become a participant. Codex Alimentarius standards can now be imposed upon the 136 current WTO member nations through the use of severe trade sanctions for countries that fail to comply with CAC regulations.

If Codex gets its way the following events will ultimately occur:

• Consumers will have available to them only 28 or so dietary supplements that are far too small in dosage to have any discernible impact on any human being. High potency nutrients will not be available either with or without a physician’s prescription, since these life-sustaining molecules will be forbidden under any circumstances.
• All animals grown for human consumption will be mandated for treatment with antibiotics, growth enhancers, and hormones.
• All food available to the public will be irradiated, with the exception of locally grown food.
• Herbs will not be available unless they undergo multi-million dollar scientific trials similar to those used for drugs.
• All native seeds will be confiscated and the use of genetically modified (GMO) seeds will be mandated.
• The “acceptable” limits of toxins in the food supply will be increased, including the allowance of seven specific toxins that were previously banned by Stockholm Convention, a global treaty signed by 120 nations to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants.

Influential trade organizations, particularly in the natural food and supplements industry, have remained silent under the belief that the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act (DSHEA), enacted in 1994, which keeps nutrients from being classified as drugs and allows no upper limit on dosage of nutrients, will keep Codex regulations away from our kitchen tables and personal freedoms. If intact, DSHEA would protect Americans from Codex’s standards for nutritional supplements, but it would not protect us from any of Codex’s other severe standards. Several hills have been introduced into the United States Congress to weaken or undermine the protection of DSHEA and more will very likely be introduced. Should that happen, the United States would immediately fall under the standards of Codex. “Harmonization” (meaning mandatory global compliance) with Codex guidelines in WTO participating countries, including the USA, is slated for December 31, 2009 (I have been told that they are behind schedule so we may have more time), after which sanctions may be applied to non-harmonized countries.

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