Let's Start With Food

With "Key #1" in hand, we open up the first door to Health & Wellness:

Eat to Live

We all have to eat. Most people love to eat.

The question is, "Are you eating to live, or are you living to eat?"

Which begs another question, "Is it possible that what you are eating could be killing you?"

Key #1: Eat to Live

• Eat food that was created to be food!
• Eat food in a form that is healthy for the body, close to the natural source, not man-made. Our bodies are then nourished and able to perform at optimal levels. The more convenient "foods" are less healthy and farther away from God's design for living.
• Eat foods that are produced sustainably (organically grown or raised) - a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers.
• Eat the right combination of proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
• Eat 25-30 grams of fiber daily.
• Eat the Top Healing Foods - foods that promote life. (Watch future blog for list.)
• Avoid the "Dirty Dozen" - foods that take away life. (Watch future blog for list.)
• Chew each mouthful of food 25 to 50 times.
• Drink 6 to 8 glasses of pure water daily. Drink 8 ounces whenever you feel hungry.
• Drink 1 to 3 cups of hot tea blends each day to provide antioxidant protection and maintain a healthy weight. (Ask me about the special tea I drink every day - I'm addicted!)
• Consume at least one snack per day (protein bar or smoothie). I can recommend one that is not highly processed, and not made from genetically modified plants, and has no artificial flavors, additives or sweeteners added.
• Partially fast one day per week.

(Thank you to The Great Physcian's Rx for Health and Wellness).

Turn a New Key

Happy New Year!

I love keys. Keys open things. Things that could lead to endless possibilities. Who can resist turning a key into a lock of an unknown treasure? Whether it be a trunk, or a jewelry case, or a diary, or a huge iron gate, our curiousity almost always gets the best of us, and we say, "I wonder what is in here. If I just turn this key, Iwill find out!"

And therein lies the "key" - wonder! Wonder is what leads us to take chances, if you will, risks we take, with the hopeful possibility that we will discover something wonderful when we simply turn the key.

2011. Could it possibly be a year of wonders for you? With the right keys to open the right treasures, could you discover something new and exciting for yourself?

How about your health? Is your health exciting to you? Interesting question, huh? I just jumped from intrique and adventure to a topic as "boring" as your health!

Hmmmm . . . . let's pause and think here. Pose another question. "If you don't have your health, what DO you have?" Could there possibly be keys to be used first to open the doors of Health and Wellness to you? Do those doors need to open up to you first, before you can enter into other doors of wonder and possibility? A more purposeful life?

Such is my own personal story. (You can read about in previous posts here. I also have a video posted.)

What I care about right now is YOU.

For the next seven weeks, I will be posting a Key for YOU. Seven Keys that could make all the difference in a new life for you. I pray it will. Enjoy!

Seven Keys for Health & Wellness

Reach your full potential!

What is Health? The presence of Vibrancy (not just the absence of disease)

GOALS

• Body: Overcoming health issues, sleeping & resting better, increasing your overall level of health, regaining lost energy, losing weight (if needed).
• Mind: Rethinking your ideas of health & wellness, reducing stress & worry, creating patterns of health for a lifetime.
• Spirit: Finding God's purpose for your life, taking spiritual responsibility for your physical health.