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 Habits of Naturally Healthy People
Fortunately, there is general consensus about some of the most
important habits that contribute to and compliment our health
and well being, as well as those habits that impede, obstruct or
insult our health and well-being. This is not meant to be
a definitive list; just a representative list based upon the principles
of common sense. Keep in mind that our goal is to identify and practice
those habits that nourish our most essential biological functions
and nutritional needs...particularly the needs of our cells which
contribute to the proper functioning of our digestive systems.
Look at the following information as interesting 'food for thought'. When you find
something appetizing, give it a try. Experiment one habit at a time, for at least one week
at a time. You will soon discover, as countless others already have, that these habits are
simply some of the most important habits that nourish us best!
Practice these 'complimentary' habits as much as possible:
- Always sit down when you eat. Relax, breathe, light
a candle. Strive to create an orderly, nourishing, and harmonious
environment around your mealtimes. Create meaningful mealtime
rituals that compliment the principles of balance and harmony
in the foods themselves.
- Approach each meal with an attitude of gratitude.
- Eat your New Earth's Nutritional Products with meals
whenever possible.
- Don’t dine without New Earth's digestive
Enzymes.
- Chew each mouthful of food thoroughly (drink your
solids and chew your liquids). There may be no greater dietary
and nutritional insult than this one. We all know that chewing
our food thoroughly is important, but we rarely if ever do it.
- Select the highest quality organic foods and beverages
whenever possible.
- Participate in cooking classes on the methods of
wild food foraging, whole food selection and preparation, juicing,
and sprouting. The issue is proper cooking, not just cooking.
Improper cooking techniques destroy the nutritional value and
proper cooking techniques enhance the nutritional value.
- Proper Hydration is one of the foundational habits
of naturally healthy people. Author of Your Body's Many Cries
for Water, Dr. F. Batmanghelidj is perhaps the foremost authority
on proper daily hydration and suggests a minimum of 8 glasses
of purified (non-chlorinated) drinking water every day, or half
of your body weight in ounces. Water is essential to all biochemical
reactions and functions within our body. An easy, reliable, and
effective step to take towards better nutrition is often restoring
the habit of proper daily hydration.
- Exercise. Moderately and frequently. Walking every
day for 20 to 30 minutes may be all that most people require.
Exercise increases oxygen levels in our blood and throughout our
body. Exercise is also the very best way to circulate our lymphatic
fluid, bringing necessary nutrients to cells, and removing undesirable
and toxic waste matter away from cells. Our blood supply has a
pump called the heart...but, we have twice as much lymph fluid
in our body than blood, and the only pump is 'us'... bending and
stretching our skeletal muscles.
- Get enough sleep at night and rest during the day
if necessary. Learn to listen to your body, and honor what you
hear.
- Order
New Earth's Nutritional Products
every month and consume them every day!
Avoid these 'insulting' habits as much as possible:
- Eating too much food too late in the day. Remember,
your bigest meal of the day really is best when eaten at lunch time or in the middle of your day.
- Eating or drinking anything too cold...especially
ice water, ice cream, frozen yogurt, etc. This is the root cause
of many symptoms associated with indigestion. All bodily functions
work best at 98.6 degrees F. Even a few degrees above or below
this ideal, and many symptoms of imbalance can begin to appear.
- Eating when you are upset, angry, stressed-out,
over-tired, or over-worked. This is a tried and true recipe for
indigestion.
- Excess meat and dairy consumption. Choose quality
and find a balance.
- Alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine.
- Processed or synthetic foods and beverages.
- Toxins in our food, air, water, cosmetics, personal
care products, clothing, housing, and building supplies. Section
6 includes many helpful references on this issue.
- Consumption of fruit juice that are pasteurized or 'from concentrates',
especially with children. Concentrated juices destroy
nutrients and concentrate the various sugars. Consider making fresh juice from fruits and vegetables at home
with a juicer instead. If you must use fruit juice from concentrate, dilute it and try to minimize
your consumption
- All carbonated beverages. CO2 (carbon dioxide)
is a toxic by-product of normal human metabolic activity. We inhale
oxygen and we exhale carbon dioxide (CO2).
- Artificial and synthetic sweeteners, colors, additives,
preservatives, fortifiers, fillers, etc. Consume whole foods -
not non-foods.
- All diet beverages containing aspartame and/or all artificial
sweeteners in any form. The emotional
and psychological key to effective weight management is not found
in depriving yourself of desirable foods and beverages. The key
to effective weight management is transforming your desires for
non-nutritious substances into desires for genuinely nutritious
foods and beverages. The biological (or ecological) key to effective
weight management is to restore the health and happiness of our
digestive system. Diet beverages feed the pathogenic yeasts and
bacteria that increase digestive imbalances; including the imbalances
such as an uncontrollable appetite and inexplicable weight gain.
- Microwave ovens and artificial and synthetic placewares, cookware and
utensils.
- A 'mono' diet...as in monotonous. Variety is an
important nutritional requirement. Studies show that the more
dynamic and flexible your food choices are, the greater variety
of beneficial bacteria and vital foods enzymes. Variety is the
spice of life!
- Being excessively focused on avoiding things in your
diet and lifestyle. Though absolutely necessary, remember that
avoiding insults is just one side of the coin. Equally important
is what you proactively do and include in your diet and lifestyle
that is complimentary and nourishing.
There is substantial and reliable documentation to support each of the habits outlined above.
However, nothing is more important or convincing than the
practical experiments you conduct yourself. You are the one who will determine which of these
habits compliment your goals for better health and which habits insult your goals.
This determination is yours alone. It is our hope that your increased confidence, certainty
and better health is a lasting and nourishing decision, based on your own personal
experimentation and self-discovery.
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