Welcome, my friends,
to Secrets To Wellness.
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I'm very excited
about this particular series
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because I know
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that if you follow
these secrets to wellness,
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that you will live
longer, healthier and happier.
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So what are the secrets?
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Well, they're not
going to be secrets anymore
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because I'm sharing
them right with you on 3ABN.
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And then, I know that
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you're going to be
so excited about them
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that you are going
to actually share them
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with your friends,
with your neighbors,
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with your loved ones,
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and with your working
associates and everyone.
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So they're not going
to be secrets anymore.
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But they're not secrets anyway
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because science is showing
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that these secrets
are being published.
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We have a book here, 8
Secrets to a Healthy 100.
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And these secrets
are being revealed.
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And then there's the Blue Zones
The Science of Living Longer.
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Blue Zones The
Science of Living Longer
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is about those centenarians
who are living to 100
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in different parts of the world.
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And then there is Harvard
University Medical School,
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Living Longer and Living Better.
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All of these
secrets are being revealed,
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my friends, by science.
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And even Time Magazine,
Secrets of Living Longer.
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And so we have these secrets,
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and I know that
you're going to share them
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with your friends as well.
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So what are the essentials
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for optimum
health and wellbeing?
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Well, first, we
must look at the pathway
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of health and happiness
because it's called wellness.
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And wellness has to do
with all aspects of life.
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It's not just the
physical, it's all aspects.
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Wellness has to do, my
friends, with the whole person.
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It has to do with the
mental, and the emotional,
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the physical, the
social, and the spiritual.
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And all of these factors must
be together working together
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to really experience wellness.
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If we're going to be
living to that healthy 100,
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not just 100, my
friends, but a healthy 100.
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You know, not long ago
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there were these centenarians
that were interviewed
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and as they were
interviewed, they were asked,
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"What is it that actually keeps
you living to a healthy 100?
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And the first one answered,
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"Well, I really
sleep eight hours a night
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and so it's my sleep.
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And then the next one answered,
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"Well, I exercise, so I'm
regular with my exercise."
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Another one answered,
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"Well, I don't eat
anything that's smothered.
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You see, I have a
very, very good diet."
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And then they came to another
man who was just about a 100,
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but he was a very
active 100, and he was asked,
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"What is it that's keeping you
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so healthy living
to just about 100?
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And then he looked at
his interviewer and he said,
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"Young man, one
thing is for sure,
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you don't hang
around old people.
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My friends, what he
was really saying is
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that you think young,
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you think of yourself
as being young, not old,
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and so you have
to think positively,
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And so the mental
plays a part as well.
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In fact, my husband
keeps saying that I'm 72.
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Now I may be 72 chronologically,
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but I took my health
age and I am only 56,
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so I have to walk
like I'm 56 briskly,
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and I have to swim like I'm 56,
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and I have to ride
my bike like I'm 56,
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and I have to
also golf like I'm 56.
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Now, I'm not a good golfer,
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but I know that I get arm
exercise and leg exercise,
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and I'm out there
among the trees and nature,
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thinking what
must heaven be like.
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And so, you must
have a positive attitude,
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a positive mental outlook,
it's not just the physical,
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it's the mental, it's
all of these things together,
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and even throughout the
Old and the New Testaments,
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the physical, the
mental, the emotional
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and the spiritual
health are all linked together.
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But you ask a question, is
a health a matter of chance
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or is it a matter of choice?
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My friends, is it
like throwing the dice?
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And if your, the
right numbers come up
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that you may get cancer,
or you may get heart disease,
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or you may get osteoporosis,
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or you may be obese.
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No, or do our lifestyle choices
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really make a difference.
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So is it our lifestyle choices,
do they make a difference?
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Well, our daily choices may harm
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or help our
health only a little,
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but when these
choices become our habits
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over years and decades
the results become major."
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And so, someone says,
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"It really doesn't
matter what I eat or when I eat.
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It really doesn't matter
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if I only sleep
five hours a night or,
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you know, it doesn't
matter whether I exercise or not
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because I can do
what I want, I'm young."
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But there's an old
saying, my friends,
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that says this that sell
your health when you're young
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and when you're old
you can't buy it back.
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So I want you, my friends,
I want you to be healthy.
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I want you to live longer.
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I want you to be happier.
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And so, there are certain
principles that we must follow
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if we're going to live longer.
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And so lifestyle choices
play the key role in determining
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both the quality and
the length of our lives.
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Loma Linda
University Medical School
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has done many, many studies.
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You've probably heard of
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some of the
Adventists health studies,
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and they have learned
that you can live longer,
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happier and healthier
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when you make the
right lifestyle choices.
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So it is a matter
of making good choices.
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And by our lifestyle choices,
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we can live even an
extra 10 to 12 years longer,
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or by our lifestyle choices
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we can contribute
to premature aging.
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Someone says, "But wait a
minute, it's my genetics."
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Now, it's true that
genetics, and environment,
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and all of these
things play a part
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but it is truly
lifestyle choices.
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And Luigi Fontana,
physician and co-director
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of the
longevity research program
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at Washington University
in St. Louis said this
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and I quote
"Approximately 25% of your risk
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of death is due to genetics."
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Now, my friends,
how much is left?
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Yes, 75%.
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And what about that 75%?
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Well, he says this,
"Of the remaining 75%,
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diet is likely the
most important factor,
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even more so than exercise."
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Now, I know that
exercise is important.
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In fact, I make sure that I
get my 10,000 steps every day.
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And my husband is determined
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to get his
10,000 steps every day,
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but also diet is very important.
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So it's a matter of
linking all of these together.
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And then Cheryl Rock, PhD,
a professor of family medicine
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and public health at
the University of California
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in San Diego School
of Medicine says this,
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"The science is
clear: Eating the right foods
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can lead to a
longer, healthier life."
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So it is a matter
of lifestyle choices.
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"A diet rich in whole grains,
vegetables, fruits, nuts,
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seeds, legumes, and beans
extends the life of telomeres
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that are attached to the
chromosomes in our cells.
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And these telomeres prevent
chromosomes from fraying,
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so are splitting apart
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and altering the
genetic codes that they contain.
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This is crucial
since genetic material
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within our cells
shortens with age,
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but do so much more slowly
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in those that
eat a healthy diet."
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So what is this
saying, my friends?
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Basically it is saying this,
that you can extend your life
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by good lifestyle choices,
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and that's what we're
here to do is to share
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how you can live a
longer healthier life.
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And even Harvard
University has done tests,
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and when
researchers at Harvard...
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Now, Harvard is
one of the oldest,
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most prestigious
schools here in America,
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founded in the 1600s
and they tested diets
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to see which diet could extend
the life of the telomeres,
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and the Mediterranean diet won
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because it solely focuses
on whole plant-based foods,
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not processed foods that
may or may not even be vegan.
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And so, these telomeres can
actually extend our life from,
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and keep us from
these chronic diseases.
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What are the top major causes
of death in the United States?
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Well, heart disease,
my friends, is number one,
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and cancer is number two,
and stroke is number three.
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Heart disease is the
number one killer in America
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with over 600,000
deaths every year.
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And according to the
American Heart Association,
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heart disease
and stroke statistics
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from 2015 from 190 countries
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found that 17.3 million
deaths were from heart disease.
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That's an alarming
amount, my friends,
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17.3 million deaths
just from heart disease alone
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when it's preventable.
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But this is the good news,
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heart disease can be reversed
with lifestyle practices.
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Now, not only reduced
but studies have shown
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that heart disease
can actually be reversed.
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Many heart attacks
are even preventable
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with a good lifestyle.
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What are the three
big contributing factors
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to heart disease?
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Smoking, where we can
determine not to smoke,
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and high blood
pressure, and high cholesterol,
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those can be lowered as well
by a good lifestyle and by diet.
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And then cancer is
the number two killer.
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In fact, the top three
cancer killers in men are lung,
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colon cancer, rectum
cancer, and prostate cancer.
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And in women it is
lung, breast cancer,
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colon cancer, and rectum cancer.
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And so these again
are directly related
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to lifestyle practices.
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So how can we reduce the
risk of cancer, my friends?
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And I know this
is a horrible disease
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and we can reduce our risk.
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We can best
reduce the risk of cancer
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by our lifestyle choices.
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The best diet and
lifestyle practices
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can significantly
reduce the risk of cancer,
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and then diabetes too
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is growing in
epidemic proportions worldwide,
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and childhood
diabetes is growing as well.
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And Health Statistics
show hundreds of new cases
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of Diabetes II
diagnosed every single day.
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More and more people
are getting diabetes.
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Twenty point eight million
people in the United States
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have diabetes
and over 14 million
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are even unaware that
they have the disease.
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So diabetes is growing
and people aren't even aware
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that they have the
disease and yet, again,
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it is something that
we can do something about.
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And then there is
the obesity problem,
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not only here in
the United States,
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my friends, but
around the world.
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In many countries over
56% are overweight or obese.
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And obesity is growing
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according to the latest
statistics 66% of Americans
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are overweight with
31% of these being obese.
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And so, we can control
some of these chronic diseases
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by our lifestyle practices.
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According to the
World Health Organization,
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"The obesity problem lies
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in the widespread
sedentary lifestyle
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and a diet over-rich
in calories and fats."
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And so, we live a
sedentary lifestyle
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and we have over-rich foods
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with lots of
sugar and high fats.
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And this is one,
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these are the causes of obesity.
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And then
osteoporosis is also on the rise
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and yet we can do
something about osteoporosis.
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World statistics show
that osteoporosis affects
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one in two women,
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and it's not only
affecting women today,
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my friends, it is
also affecting men,
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and one in three men are
affected by osteoporosis.
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But 50% of the
women will get fractures
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and 30% of the men
will get fractures.
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Now I know with lifestyle
practices this can be changed
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because who does
osteoporosis hit, my friends.
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It hits white
females that are small boned.
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And so, I'm a prime candidate
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and yet I started with
weight bearing exercises
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and putting all
of these practices
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in to the best of my ability
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and I have gained 10% bone mass.
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So I know that we can
do something about it.
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And when people
develop these diseases,
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they seek for a cure,
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they want something but
often times it is too late.
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Well, let me use
this illustration.
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There's a famous old monastery
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situated on the side of a cliff.
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My husband and I went up
one of these not long ago,
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and this monastery overlooks
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the emerald blue
waters of the Mediterranean.
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And there was a visitor
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that wanted to go
into this monastery,
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but the only way up was
in this old wicker basket.
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And it was being
hoisted up by a rope.
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And so, as the
visitor got into the basket,
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he was a little frightened
and asked only one question
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and he said to the monk,
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"How often do
you change the rope?"
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And he said, "Oh, don't worry,
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we change it
every time it breaks."
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Now, my friends,
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that's the way some
people treat their health.
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They want to fix
it when it's broken
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and sometimes it's too late.
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So how can we avoid
these killer diseases,
00:17:41.09\00:17:43.73
like cancer,
heart disease, diabetes,
00:17:43.76\00:17:46.90
high blood pressure and stroke?
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How can we avoid or reduce
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the risk of
these killer diseases?
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Not by a pill, my friends.
A pill isn't going to do it.
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It's going to be
God's health assurance plan
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and that's what
we're talking about here.
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We're talking about
God's plan for wellness.
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So let's travel to Egypt
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and see if we can
discover clues in preventing
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the world's
leading killer diseases.
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Well, studies done
on the Egyptian mummies
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confirm the
truthfulness of God's Word.
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The diseases killing
people in the 21st century,
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they're not new,
the Egyptians were dying
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of these diseases as well.
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And they did many studies,
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and they found
that they were dying,
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the Egyptians were
dying of heart disease,
00:18:36.21\00:18:38.78
arthritis, high blood
pressure, obesity, rheumatism,
00:18:38.81\00:18:43.82
sexually transmitted diseases
and now they've even discovered
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that they were
dying of cancer as well.
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The same things, my
friends, that we have today.
00:18:50.76\00:18:54.60
And Dr. Rosalie David
of Manchester University
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in Manchester
England did many autopsies
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to see what they were dying of.
00:19:01.50\00:19:03.91
And Dr. Claude Rufeis
did x-rays on 14,000 mummies,
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and they
discovered that it's likely
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that Ramses II of Egypt
died of a massive heart attack.
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And so, in later dynasties
the Egyptian lifestyle included
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a diet high in fat and sugar.
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Does that sound like
anything we have today,
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with a high degree of inactivity
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which contributed
to a shorter life span?
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And so that's what
we are faced with here,
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high fat, high
sugar, and inactivity.
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And studies done on
these Egyptian mummies confirm,
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my friends, the
truthfulness of God's Word.
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In the Old Testament,
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the health of the
Israelites stands out
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in stark contrast to
that of the Egyptians.
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Exodus 15:26 says this,
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"If you diligently
heed the voice of the Lord,
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your God, and do what
is right in his sight,
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and give ear to His commandments
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and keep all of His statutes."
00:20:10.44\00:20:12.67
So we have to do something here.
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We need to diligently
heed the voice of God,
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and do what is right,
00:20:18.05\00:20:19.88
and give ear to
His commandments,
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keep all His statutes.
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This is not only
the Ten Commandment law
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but this is our laws of health.
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And then God says, "I will
put none of the diseases on you
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which I have
brought on the Egyptians.
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For I am the
Lord who heals you."
00:20:37.27\00:20:40.34
So we can do something
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about these killer
diseases, my friends.
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In Psalm 105:37 says
about the Israelites,
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"And there was none
feeble among his tribes."
00:20:49.54\00:20:53.72
So, yes, we can
choose God's way,
00:20:53.75\00:20:57.35
the Bible way, the best way
00:20:57.39\00:21:00.32
because the
accuracy of the Bible
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is once again confirmed
through medical science.
00:21:02.86\00:21:08.16
Science is
confirming all of these things,
00:21:08.20\00:21:11.20
my friends.
00:21:11.23\00:21:12.57
The Bible's
ancient health principles
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are a universal
prescription for wellness.
00:21:15.04\00:21:18.81
Here's our prescription
00:21:18.84\00:21:20.48
right here in
the Bible not a pill.
00:21:20.51\00:21:23.81
Yes, just a simple
pill isn't going to do it,
00:21:23.85\00:21:27.88
but there are no shortcuts.
00:21:27.92\00:21:29.98
It's not like that there
is some miracle strength pill,
00:21:30.02\00:21:34.62
it takes discipline to do these.
00:21:34.66\00:21:37.03
They are simple,
00:21:37.06\00:21:38.39
these principles we're
talking about are very simple,
00:21:38.43\00:21:41.86
but it takes
discipline to do them.
00:21:41.90\00:21:45.43
It is a matter, my
friends, of making good choices.
00:21:45.47\00:21:50.64
That's what it is
00:21:50.67\00:21:52.41
because we shall be individually
00:21:52.44\00:21:54.84
for time and eternity,
what our habits make us."
00:21:54.88\00:21:59.25
And so, my friends, we
need to develop good habits,
00:21:59.28\00:22:03.92
very good habits,
00:22:03.95\00:22:05.65
because God has given us
health insights in His Word.
00:22:05.69\00:22:09.96
God has
principles for good health.
00:22:09.99\00:22:12.59
He has given us
eight simple remedies
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or principles to
achieve better health.
00:22:15.83\00:22:19.80
And this is right
in the Garden of Eden
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from the beginning.
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At creation God
placed the first human beings
00:22:24.14\00:22:27.74
in the garden
with adequate exercise,
00:22:27.78\00:22:31.21
they were to dress
and keep the garden,
00:22:31.25\00:22:33.78
and pure water,
and clean, fresh air,
00:22:33.82\00:22:38.49
and abundant sunshine,
00:22:38.52\00:22:40.82
and a natural
diet of fruit and nuts,
00:22:40.86\00:22:43.66
grains and
vegetables, and rest of body
00:22:43.69\00:22:47.20
and peace of
mind instructing them
00:22:47.23\00:22:50.33
to exercise
self-control trusting in God."
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So here we have it, right
there in the Garden of Eden.
00:22:55.00\00:22:59.01
In Ministry of
Healing, page 127 says this,
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.78
"Pure air, sunlight,
abstemiousness, rest, exercise,
00:23:02.81\00:23:08.15
proper diet, the use of
water, trust in divine power,
00:23:08.18\00:23:12.95
these, my friends,
are the true remedies."
00:23:12.99\00:23:16.83
And that's what we're going
to be studying in this series,
00:23:16.86\00:23:20.10
the true remedies.
00:23:20.13\00:23:22.36
We're going to be studying
00:23:22.40\00:23:23.83
each one of
these eight principles
00:23:23.87\00:23:27.24
and here they are
right in the word wellness.
00:23:27.27\00:23:32.51
We have all of these
wrapped up in the word wellness.
00:23:32.54\00:23:37.85
First we have water.
00:23:37.88\00:23:39.68
Are we drinking
adequate amounts of water?
00:23:39.71\00:23:42.85
Are we using water as
a healing remedy as well?
00:23:42.88\00:23:47.76
So how much water
do we need every day?
00:23:47.79\00:23:51.89
What do we need
for optimum health?
00:23:51.93\00:23:54.60
We're going to be studying that,
00:23:54.63\00:23:56.03
and then exercise.
00:23:56.06\00:23:57.93
Are we getting
adequate exercise?
00:23:57.97\00:24:00.67
Are we exercising regularly?
00:24:00.70\00:24:03.44
Are we
disciplined in our exercise?
00:24:03.47\00:24:06.07
Are we going
out in the outdoors,
00:24:06.11\00:24:09.04
whether it's raining,
or whether it's snowing,
00:24:09.08\00:24:11.71
or whether the sun is shining?
00:24:11.75\00:24:14.18
We're going to
be studying exercise
00:24:14.22\00:24:17.09
and the benefits of exercise
00:24:17.12\00:24:19.55
and the detrimental
effects if we don't exercise,
00:24:19.59\00:24:23.79
and then love.
00:24:23.83\00:24:25.73
I tell you studies,
scientific studies are showing
00:24:25.76\00:24:30.37
that those people who
have love and even trust in God
00:24:30.40\00:24:34.64
do much, much
better with their health.
00:24:34.67\00:24:38.81
And so we're going to
study that aspect as well.
00:24:38.84\00:24:42.24
And then lifestyle,
00:24:42.28\00:24:44.15
what kind of
lifestyle should we have?
00:24:44.18\00:24:47.42
That's abstemiousness.
00:24:47.45\00:24:48.98
What does that word mean?
00:24:49.02\00:24:50.82
What does temperance mean?
00:24:50.85\00:24:52.62
It means abstaining from
everything that is harmful
00:24:52.65\00:24:56.06
and using those
things that are good.
00:24:56.09\00:24:59.06
Abstaining from
alcohol, drugs, or those things
00:24:59.09\00:25:02.60
that are harmful to our bodies
00:25:02.63\00:25:04.63
and using wisely
that which is good.
00:25:04.67\00:25:07.44
And then nutrition,
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.10
I love to study nutrition.
00:25:09.14\00:25:12.04
Nutrition is my favorite thing.
00:25:12.07\00:25:13.98
I've been doing
nutrition in classes
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.85
and cooking
schools for 48 years now,
00:25:16.88\00:25:19.91
and we're going to
study those parts of nutrition
00:25:19.95\00:25:24.79
that are going to
give us optimum health.
00:25:24.82\00:25:27.72
Fruits, nuts,
grains, and vegetables,
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.26
the very thing that God gave us
00:25:30.29\00:25:32.49
in the Garden of
Eden and then environment,
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.13
we're going to be studying
the environment and fresh air.
00:25:36.16\00:25:40.24
Are we breathing properly?
00:25:40.27\00:25:42.34
Are we getting good fresh
air? Are we opening our windows?
00:25:42.37\00:25:47.48
Are we letting the sun
shine in and the air come in.
00:25:47.51\00:25:52.35
And then
sunshine, we need sunshine
00:25:52.38\00:25:56.58
but we live an indoor life today
00:25:56.62\00:25:59.09
and we want to get
out there in the sunshine
00:25:59.12\00:26:02.79
and then sleep.
00:26:02.82\00:26:04.93
Are we getting
adequate amounts of sleep?
00:26:04.96\00:26:07.63
How much do we need?
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.96
And what happens
when we have sleep debt?
00:26:10.00\00:26:12.97
We're going to be
talking about that.
00:26:13.00\00:26:15.14
But here's your
prescription, my friends,
00:26:15.17\00:26:18.01
here's the
prescription, it is this.
00:26:18.04\00:26:20.88
Every day choose to
make health a priority.
00:26:20.91\00:26:24.98
Choose to make
your health a priority.
00:26:25.01\00:26:28.98
And, yes, we can be
healthy, my friends, by choice.
00:26:29.02\00:26:33.76
It's our choice, if we use
God's health assurance plan
00:26:33.79\00:26:38.69
and by following God's health
assurance plan, my friends,
00:26:38.73\00:26:43.20
we can increase our possibility
00:26:43.23\00:26:46.13
of living longer
and healthier lives.
00:26:46.17\00:26:50.84
And so, God says in 3 John 2,
00:26:50.87\00:26:54.54
"Beloved, I
wish above all things
00:26:54.58\00:26:57.61
that you may
prosper and be in health,
00:26:57.65\00:27:00.75
even as your soul prospers."
00:27:00.78\00:27:04.29
God promises, my friends,
to give you abundant health.
00:27:04.32\00:27:09.19
And so, may God
bless you abundantly
00:27:09.22\00:27:12.89
as you choose to
incorporate into your lifestyle
00:27:12.93\00:27:17.97
these wellness secrets
00:27:18.00\00:27:21.34
and live
abundantly today and tomorrow.
00:27:21.37\00:27:25.17
Choose God's way,
it's the best way.
00:27:25.21\00:27:28.54