Eat, Drink and Be Merry…

You’ve heard the saying, “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” It’s the lucky ones who die instantly. See, for the last eight years of his life, my dad was hooked up to an oxygen machine, due to severe emphysema – even though he had quit smoking twenty years ago. He was disabled [...]

One Way to Lower Your Vitamin Need

“Vitamin need parallels food intake. If you avoid unnecessary calories, your vitamin need can actually decline. This also means that if you over eat, your vitamin need is going to be higher. Unfortunately, just eating more of the Standard American Diet (our really SAD diet) full of empty calories from foodless foods does not provide [...]

It’s a Matter of Perspective

It’s a matter of perspective. Our own ill health does not stand out when compared to our unhealthy friends and neighbors. The allergies, the colds, the flu, the arthritis, the premature aging – all of these seem perfectly normal, because it is so common in our society. We have come to believe that disease is [...]

Why Am I Doing This?

A few years ago, my thirty-five year old neighbor died of a stroke. One day everything was normal. The next day he was in the hospital – and he never left. But he did leave behind a wife and four kids. A redheaded kid, Tyler, told me about his thirty-seven year old father, a teacher [...]

Why Diet Alone Isn’t Enough

In a perfect world, the human body would get all the nutrients it needs from the consumption food. The vitamins and minerals our bodies need to thrive should come from the foods we eat. However, processed foods have been stripped of much of their nutrient content. Cooking over 120 degrees and the storage of food [...]

The Most Common Nutrient Deficiencies

Vitamins and minerals are not optional for good health, they’re necessary for good health. Yet most Americans do not get even basic, recommended amounts. Research shows:

93 percent of Americans have inadequate intakes of vitamin E
56 percent of Americans are not consuming enough magnesium
75 percent of Americans do not meet recommendations for calcium intake
44 percent of [...]

Can You Get Everything You Need from Food?

There is an old argument, “I can get everything I need from food.” Well are you? In a large study of 26,000 people, it was concluded that not one person received the nutritional requirements set forth by the Recommended Daily Allowance. One reason is due to over farming and soil depletion. In North America, 85 [...]

Did You Know…?

Before Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879, Americans slept an average of ten hours a night.

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Jack LaLanne – Age 91 and Still Going Strong

Jack LaLanne touted the value of exercise and nutrition long before it became fashionable. He was thirty years ahead of his time. His television programs brought these ideas to millions of people and helped change the way we all view health and fitness. Now age ninety-one, he is living testimony to the value of regular [...]

A Lot of People Simply Are Not Healthy

Look around you. A lot of people are simply not healthy. Here are a few quick facts about the current health situation in America:

Over one hundred million Americans today have a chronic illness
Every thirty-three seconds someone dies of heart disease – a total of one million people annually
One out of three people in the [...]