Do You Want to Change Groups?

Some of you know that my passion is to help you to achieve optimum health. One of the advantages of having a learning disability is that we are forced to learn to simplify things. You know sort of an A,B,C or 1,2,3 sort of thing. I keep saying over and over again and again that being or becoming healthy is usually quite simple....but not easy. So why is it not easy to be healthy or even to:

Achieve Optimum Health?

Or, for that matter, even just good health? My opinion is this. We have never been taught

• about the bare essentials of what our body must have from us to be healthy
• the differences in how different foods can and cannot be utilized
• the difference in foods that have a lot of calories and little or no nourishment and those that have few calories and a lot of nourishment
• how the preparation of those foods affects their value to the body and our health
• the importance of having or not having reasonable physical activity(call it exercise if your lifestyle is sedentary)
• the necessity of not living a life of stress and turmoil or confusion
• the importance of being at peace with your self and the world
• the absolute necessity of educating our self regarding health and how to have it and/or how to destroy it
• that WE are responsible for our health, not our ancestors or our Doctors or state or federal laws or court rulings
• And now some newer but things of critical importance like phytochemicals,nutraceuticals, ORAC value, ORP(oxidation reduction potential), ionization of water to produce a negative ORP to combat free radicals. Don't let this last point shake you up. Just a little time and effort and they will become clear and meaningful.

When I was growing up there were only a few food groups simply divided into:

• foods that we could afford as much of as we wanted
• foods that we could afford some of but in very limited amounts
• foods that we could only look at pictures of or think about

Later with more knowledge they became divided into fats, proteins and carbohydrates and some of the differences became known. Then, with time, we had good fats and bad fats and good carbs and bad carbs and then raw or steamed or lightly cooked foods so as not to destroy the enzymes which are killed with temp above 165 degrees. We learned that some foods, when digested, leave an acid residue and some an alkaline residue and many people think that cancer thrives in an acid environment. We learned that some things cause the production of "free radicals" which have devastating effects on our health but can be neutralized to a huge degree with alkalinized and ionized water.

So, if we want to achieve optimum health, how do we simplify and make sense of all this.? Well I am glad you asked.

I see us in one group or another regarding our health.

• terrible health with not feeling well, lack of energy, succumb to whatever bug is making the rounds, vulnerable to cancer, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and on and on
• reasonable health where with enough coffee in the morning and a shower we can crank our self up and make another day. Don't miss much work but no extra energy for fun things....just make another day and look forward to Friday and rest all week end.
• Pretty good health with plenty of energy for work and play and some zest for life. Seldom sick and bounce back quickly when a bug hits you hard. Look forward to work and things other than work and making interesting plans for the future. Fun to be around and basically a positive, can do attitude towards life.
• Able to achieve optimum health which adds our ability to nearly always resist infections, recover quickly from injuries, enough energy to look forward to work and be excited about things other than work. The body has the ability to wipe out and destroy cancer cells as they try to get a foot hold, to avoid type 2 diabetes even when genetically pre-disposed, the inevitable aging process is slowed and the quality of life is much greater.

The good new is this. We all have the ability to have some choices about which group we choose. The bad news is that the price is different! But, isn't that always the case? The greater the reward the greater the effort required to have it or the price we pay is higher.

For any one who wishes and feels it is time to make a change:

I will have another post within the next week outlining some of the differences in how to attain the different levels with some simple guidelines. It is very important that you realize that every day you do not make a decision to have better health you are making a decision to have poorer health.

Best wishes to all and your ability to achieve optimum health.

Harold