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Introduction
Chapter 1
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Hope,
Help, and Encouragement
I believe that the contents of this book will offer hope, help,
and encouragement to those who are overweight and want to lose weight,
to those who have high blood pressure and want to lower their blood
pressure, to those who are tired much of the time and want more
energy, to those who have health problems and would like to get
well, and to those who want to avoid sickness and disease and enjoy
a better quality of life.
Reasons
For This Book
I want you to view this book as a testimony and not a prescription.
I do hope that this information will cause you to think for yourself,
accept responsibility for your own health, and challenge you to
do additional reading in this field of study. It is very easy to
document what I write in this book. Most of this is not new but
it is contrary to popular opinion.
I am not a doctor nor am I the son of a doctor, so why would I write
a book on health? For over thirty-five years, I have been very
concerned with how to obtain and maintain good health. I wanted
to avoid sickness and feel good so I could carry out my very important
ministry that was helping thousands of people. I wanted to enjoy
my life, my family, and my ministry. I was also very concerned
for relatives and friends who have health problems. For these reasons,
I have read many books on health and nutrition. I have listened
to many lectures, courses, and seminars on tape by nationally known
authorities in the field of health and nutrition. I have also memorized
most of the verses in the Bible that deal with sickness, health,
fasting, and the body.
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I have applied most of this information, and over the years I have
enjoyed very good health. The few times that I have been sick were
because of food poisoning that I received from bad food I ate in
restaurants or in other countries. I recovered very quickly because
I knew what to do. Likewise, I have shared this information with
others who have experienced unbelievable results when they applied
this information. Some of these stories are recorded in this book.
I do not claim to be an authority on health or nutrition. I am
not trained or licensed to prescribe for you. I only want to share
with you what I have learned about obtaining and maintaining good
health and how my family, friends, and I have benefited by applying
this information.
Modern medicine, as practiced in America today, is concerned primarily
with surgery, radiation, or prescribing drugs that will remove the
symptoms but many times do not deal with the real cause of the sickness
or disease. This is why the disease often recurs unless the person
changes his diet or life style.
In this book, I am not dealing with medicine, but with prevention
and how to obtain and maintain good health. The things that I recommend
in this book are not dangerous but are very easy for you to test
for yourself. You can experience the benefits very quickly. You
may be tempted to discount what is taught here because you do not
have to join anything, buy expensive drugs, or pay high fees to
doctors or hospitals. You might think this is too simple to be
true. Please do not prejudge and discount these simple truths until
you have tested them for yourself. This could make the difference
between life and death, sickness and health. You owe it to yourself
to “check it out.” If paying will make you feel better,
I will accept your money.
This book is not intended to be used as a text in a university classroom.
It was written as a practical guide in layman’s language for the
layman who, like me, would like to know more about how to care for
his body and maintain good health.
We are in a health crisis in America today. Americans are spending
almost one trillion dollars per year on health care and approximately
70% of our population is overweight. More money is being spent
on cancer and heart research than ever before and yet more people
are dying from cancer and heart disease than ever before. “Between
1776 and 1941 the U.S. government spent 80 million dollars on health
care and health care research and studies. As of 1994, the U.S.
government is now spending 1.2 trillion dollars per year on health
care” (Wallach, “Dead Doctors Don’t Lie,” recorded message, 1995).
“Even though more people seem concerned about health than ever before,
the general health of the nation is not very impressive. For example,
deaths from cardiovascular, cancer and pulmonary causes amount to
more than 70% of total deaths in the country each year. This fact
becomes even more startling when combined with a statement from
the Surgeon General’s office that indicates that two-thirds of all
deaths in our country are premature! Think about that for a moment.
Two-thirds of all deaths are premature!” (Stuberg, The
12 Life Secrets, pg. 65).
Most people greatly underestimate the damage that is done to the
human body by preservatives, overeating, prescription drugs, cigarette
smoke, refined foods, inactivity, and alcohol. Many wake up only
after irreparable damage has been done.
Death
All Around Me
Eight people have died on our street within one block of my home
during the last twenty years. Two died from emphysema, three died
with heart disease, two died with cancer, and one took her own life
because her husband left her. In all but one case, the quality
of their lives was at an all time low during the last ten years
of their lives. Hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of dollars
were spent on medical treatments and surgeries which seem to do
little or no good. There must be a better way.
There
Must Be a Better Way
Quite often I learn of a missionary who had to leave the mission
field and return to the U.S. because of health problems. I also
hear of pastors who must leave the ministry because of failing health.
I become sick at heart when I learn of people at church who will
be receiving medical treatment or surgery because of health problems.
The reason I become sick at heart is because I know that others
who have followed this same course of treatment have received little
or no help. It is like the woman in Mark 5:25-34 “And a certain
woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered
many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had
heard of Jesus came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she
felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus,
immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him,
turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about
to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and
trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before
him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter,
thy faith hath made thee whole, go in peace and be whole of thy
plague.” I believe that prevention of disease through diet and
simple lifestyle changes is much better than costly surgery, radiation,
and medication that may not even help.
Please
accept responsibility for your own health and think for yourself.
I pray that this “food for thought” will result in your enjoying
the health that God plans for you, “Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” III John 2.
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