Scott,
As an editor/designer I have spent some 16 years doing a lot of sitting. In 2008 my whole medical journey started with gallstones. Then a gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy). Then researching vaccines before our daughter's 2 month appointment. (I can't even get into what I found out here but learn of the tremendous dangers before you get a vaccine.) I started to read everything I could about digestion, bile, body’s function and the like.
After reading some good posts to your topic, most of them cover 4 of the 5 critical steps.
I want to stress 3 & 4 ( #5 is way too much to get into here )
1. Diet
2. Exercise (helps eliminate toxins from your body)
3. Reducing Toxic intake (preservatives/ junk food/ mercury/heavy metals/drugs)
4. Supplementing your diet: God's way Herbs/Supplements
5. Faith / Metal imaging / DeStressing
Are you on any medications?
Most of us run for the Tylenol when we get a headache. But to my dismay, the medications I have considered the 'staple' of my health, couldn't be further from the truth. Have you ever heard of wildlife thriving after an oil spill disaster? Think of that picture when you take medications/drugs. I know this is a hard pill to swallow...as big Phama video/animation productions are some of the slickest in the industry. I have not yet found a drug that is safe: 1. They mask the symptom and create a host of side effects, and 2. They ALWAYS produce Toxicity in your body, that you liver/kidneys need to work harder to clean up your blood, which is dangerous when you body is already in disrepair. But, this is great for Pharma because drugs beget more drugs. Thought: if drugs can make a well person sick, how can they make a sick person well?
This is too much to get into here but, just want to suggest to seek much safer alternative medicine. The problem is: Lack of Information about alternative treatments/supplements.
(The FDA prohibits any type of health claim unless it is a ‘drug’.) But this is changing:
http://danielchapteronefreedom.com/
The Bible says: “In the presence of many counselors, there is wisdom” Proverbs 11:14. The trouble is, we don't want to do the work (reading researching, on sites like curezone.org and other holistic sites) it's much easier to show up for an apointment and have the doc write you a ticket.
I had to overcome tremendous strongholds in my thinking! I used to laugh when a naturopathic doctor would warn about the dangers of sugar—( It has tons of pesticides and suppresses the immune system) because so many of the things we eat have sugar processed into them. When we eat God’s food, (organic foods) our symptoms start disappearing! It become true 'medicine'. See:
http://www.dadamo.com/ It's like we live in the Matrix...But some are opening our eyes to America's disease economy:
http://www.foodincmovie.com/
Tim's post about vegan is good start, I agree, and unless you can get RAW dairy, I would agree with him to stay away from dairy. In the effort of making the dairy safe, they have killed anything that was good in it through the pasteurization process. We live in Ohio and had to buy a herdshare to get raw milk ( It's also a tremendous way to go green) The milk we drink is brimming with living organisms that help digestion...soon I will be making my own kefir. See:
http://www.realmilk.com/healthbenefits.html Or read here if you really want to get healthy:
http://www.naturalnews.com/021986.html
Finally, and most importantly, I praise God for being my ultimate healer….science is really starting to catch up to what believers have known all along:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/12/re-growing-or...
Richard Dolesh
