From "Thy Kingdom Come" - April 2012 - a publication of The
Association of the Covenant People, Burnaby, B.C.
CHANGING YOUR LIFESTYLE A LITTLE AT A TIME
by Rick Coupland
Many people decide they want to live a healthier lifestyle.
However, I think they sometimes make too many drastic changes to
their daily routines, and find the novelty wears off too quickly.
Perhaps "baby steps" is a better approach.
Here are some ideas/suggestions you might want to incorporate "a
little at a time".
First and foremost, practice following God's perfect food laws.
They were given to us as a guide, to know which foods are clean,
and which foods are unclean. Pork is one of the worst things you
could possibly put in your body, and there are many scientific
reports to support this. Avoid all of the "bottom feeders", such
as lobster, shrimp, etc. Build your diet around fruits and
vegetables, raw (or steamed) whenever possible.
I am not a vegetarian; I personally believe all foods mentioned
in Leviticus 11 are meant for our consumption, even today.
However I would urge you to be cautious with your meat selection.
Because of all of the antibiotics and growth hormones fed to
cattle and other livestock, meat may not be a good choice. All of
these unnecessary chemicals are passed on to you when eating that
nice juicy steak. Try and shop for meat advertised as organic,
grass and pasture fed and free of all growth-hormones.
For this very same reason, I would avoid all dairy products also.
(My apologies to all of the hard working dairy farmers across the
land). By the time your milk and butter have gone through
pasteurization, there is very little, if any, good left in them.
Besides, I still feel that cow's milk is for calves (which even
they are weaned off of), not for humans. I gave up drinking cow's
milk 30 years ago.
(I agree and disagree with the author here. First, good raw cow's
milk is high in calcium and protein. The old "health and
strength" man Charles Atlas (of the 1940s,50,60,) gave strong
recommendation to drink raw cow's milk. I was a teen in the 1950s
when I was taking Atlas' course. Back then we had given to us in
the Church of England school I attended, free raw cow's milk -
where the cream settled on the top. I drank at least a pint of this
milk during school days. I had a complexion during my teens, that most girls would envy. Charles Atlas said I would - he was correct.
I did also give up drinking cow's milk for 30 years (unhealthy it
became) until they now have natural goat's milk and organic cow's
milk in the stores today. The subject of "cow's milk" is fully
expounded for us by an expert, under my section of food laws on
my website - Keith Hunt)
A healthy alternative to butter is organic, virgin coconut oil.
Spread it on your toast, melt it into your baked potatoes, you
can even use it as your oil to cook foods in. The list of health
benefits of coconut oil is endless: it strengthens the immune
system, benefits the liver and kidneys, controls blood sugar,
aids our body to absorb minerals, and much, much more. By the
way, coconut oil is also a great skin softener and hair
conditioner.
Raw nuts are very rich in protein and nutrients, and are a good
source of dietary fibre. Nuts such as walnuts and almonds are
best soaked overnight in a bowl of water in your fridge, then
drained the next day.
Not only will they taste better, but this process releases many
of their toxins. If possible, always have a bowl of nuts soaking
in the fridge, ready for consumption. Sunflower seeds, pumpkin
seeds hemp seeds, etc. not only taste good, but are very good for
you also.
I use almonds to make milk 2 or 3 times a week. A blender
half-full of water, about 4 generous handfuls of almonds and a
couple of oversized tablespoons of raw honey makes a drink the
whole family will enjoy. Add raw cocoa for chocolate milk. You
can optionally strain it to drink it, or just pour it over cereal
right out of the blender.
The term "fast foods", when referring to restaurants, is really
only half right. It is usually served to you fast, but it cannot
be described as food. There have been many articles published in
the news recently stating there are more chemicals in most fast
foods than real food itself. One particular article stated that a
hamburger had been found in a home over a month after purchase,
and not only did it not look any different, there were no flies
or insects attracted to it. No mat ter how much of a hurry you
are in, avoid all fast food restaurants, let's put them all out
of business!
Also associated with these places are pop drinks. Even though
there isn't much good in bottled fruit drinks, (or bottled water,
as far as that goes), they would be less harmful than pop.
Depending on your flavour of choice, one can of pop can contain
the equivalency of 10 to 20 packets of sugar. And the only thing
worse than pop is diet pop, which contains deadly artificial
sweeteners.
When cooking on your stove top, avoid all aluminum and non-stick
cookware. At high tem peratures, the coating of nonstick cookware
will break down into a chemical warfare agent known as PFIB, a
chemical agent of the WWII nerve gas phosgene.
All of your pots and frying pan should be stainless steel.
Another place aluminum should be avoided is in your deodorant.
Aluminum compounds can be absorbed through the skin, and high
levels of aluminum found in the brain have been linked to
Alzheimer's disease. Be sure to use an all-natural deodorant,
where you can pronounce all of the ingredients in it.
Make sure your toothpaste is fluoride free. Though the medical
folks tell us otherwise, fluoride is not supposed to be in your
mouth. Along with actually weakening your teeth and bones, it is
also known to create havoc with your nervous system. One article
on this subject on the www.naturatnews.com website states it is
very easy to make your own toothpaste. Just mix a 50/50 solution
of coconut oil and baking soda (optionally adding some peppermint
for flavor). The coconut oil is a natural antibacterial, so it
works to kill harmful bacteria in your mouth. Baking soda
provides a mild abrasive for cleansing, and can also neutralize
acids in your mouth that are often at the root of tooth decay.
And gradually change all of your cleaning products to
easier-on-the-environment natural ones. That includes household
cleaning, laundry cleaning and even the soaps you use on your
body and hair.
Disclaimer: For those that asked, I am not a doctor and I don't
have any medical training. I am just an individual who researches
information that other people have studied and proven to be
effective, and I just pass that information on to you.
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