perfect health america

this weekend i went to a nutrition seminar with my family. a little back ground story, about 2 years ago my dad read a book called "makers diet" and had me and my mom read it too, along with any patients he could convince to take the book home and read it. learn more about the book here. the book is about a man named jordan rubin who was diagnosed with chrons disease and was told there was nothing the medical world could do for him. he basically was going to be sick until he died. but jordan didn't want to accept that fate. so he decided to search other methods of treatment and found a man who helped him research the bible and eat foods that God intended for us to eat, in the form they are meant to be ate. after going on the 40 day diet jordan's health miraculously turned around. (it is an amazing story and i am only summarizing. so you should go buy the book) so this weekend we went to hear jordan speak. it was honestly the most amazing seminar i have been to. the whole weekend was based on biblical teachings on how to eat.

so many people buy the food on the shelves assuming because the FDA passed it, it is ok to eat. nothing could be more wrong. a little story, a man who was mixing toxic chemicals together accidentally got some on his fingers and accidentally licked it. thought to himself "hum that taste good" and tada the invention of aspartame (sweet misery)

there are so many things in this world that God never intended for our bodies that we eat. i liked how jordan put it... "tho shall not eat anything God cast demons into". pigs for example, were put on this earth as decomposes they eat anything, even there own feces'. a study was done. they stacked 5 pigs on top of each other in crates and only fed the pig on the top. one month later all the pigs were still alive. (get it...? gross)
ever heard the saying you are what you eat? you are also what THEY eat. pigs also have no sweat gland, meaning no way to extract all the toxins in there body. i hope you enjoy your bacon in the morning.

the same thing goes for shell fish. they are the pigs of the sea. don't eat them.

fish however is very good for you. as long as it is wild fish. the world has decided that everything needs intervention for us to function. and fish in a "farm" is not how God intended us to get our fish. all the nutrients the fish have they get from being in the ocean.

red meat. contrary to popular belief is also very good for you. red meat needs to be from grass fed cows, buffalo, or lamb (yes lamb is a red meat). not grain fed and stuffed with hormones to make them bigger.

dairy. is actually not that important to your diet (well milk isn't) you can get calcium so many different ways. but if you absolutely must have milk you should buy it unpasteurized and hormone free. but stores aren't allowed to sell milk that way. you would have to buy it from a local farmer willing to break the rules for your health. sheep milk is actually the way to go. but again. not available in the states.

i could go on forever, and will probably post more blogs about dieing america in the future.

i was planning on getting my certifications in nutrition from ACE. but after attending this seminar i learned jordan and his team actually offer a "biblical nutrition certification" so that is what i am going to do. i haven't been the most healthy person in the past, and i probably won't be in the future. but it is definitely a goal for me to always be healthier. i want to help someone feel better, and help them understand and how to supply nutrition to there families.

tonight for dinner
cod with lemon on a bed of brown rice. toped with stir fried veggies that will include peppers. squash, onion, and asparagus.

tomorrow for breakfast
my green drink (i always drink that anyway)
cultured strawberry milk ( milk without hormones) and grains with dried fruit
black coffee sweetened with honey, vanilla extract and a tiny bit of cream. (i eventually will be weaning coffee out of my diet. but this is a work in progress)

i challenge you to not buy the microwaved healthy choice(just because something says healthy doesn't mean it is), don't buy diet ANYTHING. and see how you feel. you can pick up a FREE copy of jordan's book at any super supplements store. (i think, if not i will send you my copy!)

a sad fact. more people overweight people living among us then there are undernourished. i mean don't get me wrong i am glad that less people are undernourished. however if america went a week with out potato chips, cookies, ice cream ect. we could feed the world.