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
that if you follow
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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
gonna 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
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that 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,
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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
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"Blue Zones The
Science of Living Longer."
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"The 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's Harvard
University Medical School,
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"Living Longer
and Living Better."
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All of these secrets
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are being revealed
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
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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,
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working together 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,
there were these centenarians
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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
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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
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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 a mother,
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you see, I have a
very, very good diet."
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And then they
came to another man
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who was just about 100,
but he was a very active 100,
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and he was asked,
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"What is it that's
keeping you so healthy
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living to just about 100?"
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And then he looked
at his interviewer,
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and he said, "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
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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
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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,
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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.
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Is a health a matter of chance
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 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.
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Or do our lifestyle choices
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
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or, you know, it doesn't matter
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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, that says this,
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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,
I want you to be happier.
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And so there are
certain principles
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that we must follow if
we're going to live longer.
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And so lifestyle
choices play the key role
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in determining both the quality
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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
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of some of the
Adventist 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,
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"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 of death
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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
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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,
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,
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eating the right foods 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
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extends the life of
telomeres that are attached
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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,
and altering the genetic codes
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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
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is to share 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,
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and they tested diets to see
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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
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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, while 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
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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
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in men are lung,
colon cancer, rectum cancer,
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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
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are directly related
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 2 is growing
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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 2
diagnosed every single day.
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More and more people
are getting diabetes,
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20.8 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's
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%
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are overweight or obese.
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And obesity is growing.
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According to the
latest statistics,
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66% of Americans are overweight,
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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
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lies 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 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
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that osteoporosis
affects 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,
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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
oftentimes, 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 overlooked
the emerald blue waters
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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 ask 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
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these killer
diseases like cancer,
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heart disease, diabetes,
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high blood pressure and stroke?
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How can we avoid
or reduce the risk
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of these killer diseases?
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Not buy 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
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in preventing 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.
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The Egyptians were dying
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, arthritis,
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high blood
pressure, obesity, rheumatism,
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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.
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And Dr. Rosalie David,
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of Manchester University
in Manchester, England
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did many autopsies to
see what they were dying of.
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And Dr. Claude Rufeis
did X-rays on 14,000 mummies,
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and they discovered
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that it's likely
that Ramsay's II of Egypt
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died of a massive heart attack.
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And so in later dynasties,
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the Egyptian
lifestyle included a diet
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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 lifespan?
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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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In studies done on
these Egyptian mummies
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confirm, 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 in stark contrast
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to that of the Egyptians.
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Exodus 15:26 says this,
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"If you
diligently heed the voice
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of the Lord your God
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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,"
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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,
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and give ear to
His commandments,
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keep all his statues,"
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this is not only
the Ten Commandment law
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but these are laws of health.
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And then God says,
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"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."
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So we can do something
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about these killer
diseases, my friends.
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And Psalm 105:37
says about the Israelites,
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"And there was none
feeble among his tribes."
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So yes, we can choose God's way,
00:20:53.78\00:20:57.29
the Bible way, the best way
00:20:57.32\00:21:00.29
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
00:21:08.20\00:21:10.03
all of these things, my friends,
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the Bible's
ancient health principles
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are a universal
prescription for wellness.
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Here's our prescription
right here in the Bible,
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not a pill, yes,
00:21:22.34\00:21:24.75
just a simple pill
isn't going to do it.
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But there are no shortcuts.
00:21:27.92\00:21:29.82
It's not like that there
is some miracle strength pill,
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it takes discipline to do these.
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They're simple,
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.39
these principles
we're talking about
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are very simple,
00:21:40.16\00:21:41.76
but it takes
discipline to do them.
00:21:41.80\00:21:45.57
It is a matter, my
friends, of making good choices,
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that's what it is
00:21:50.64\00:21:52.27
because we shall be individually
00:21:52.31\00:21:54.91
for time and eternity
what our habits make us.
00:21:54.94\00:21:59.31
And so, my friends, we
need to develop good habits,
00:21:59.35\00:22:04.05
very good habits
00:22:04.09\00:22:05.69
because God has
given us health insights
00:22:05.72\00:22:08.62
in His Word.
00:22:08.66\00:22:09.99
God has
principles for good health.
00:22:10.03\00:22:12.63
He's given us a
simple remedies or principles
00:22:12.66\00:22:17.00
to achieve better health.
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And this is right
in the Garden of Eden
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from the beginning "At creation,
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God place the first human beings
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in a garden with
adequate exercise,"
00:22:27.84\00:22:31.21
they were to dress
and keep the garden
00:22:31.25\00:22:33.88
"and pure water
and clean fresh air,
00:22:33.92\00:22:38.52
and abundant
sunshine, and a natural diet"
00:22:38.55\00:22:42.22
of fruits, nuts,
grains and vegetables
00:22:42.26\00:22:45.56
and "rest of
body and peace of mind
00:22:45.59\00:22:48.76
instructing them to
exercise self-control
00:22:48.80\00:22:53.37
trusting in God."
00:22:53.40\00:22:55.00
So here we have it right
there in the Garden of Eden.
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And "Ministry of
Healing" page 127 says this,
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"Pure air,
sunlight, abstemiousness,
00:23:03.08\00:23:06.31
rest, exercise, proper diet,
00:23:06.35\00:23:09.48
the use of water,
trust in divine power,"
00:23:09.52\00:23:13.09
these, my friends,
are the true remedies.
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And that's what
we're going to be studying
00:23:16.83\00:23:19.09
in this series,
the true remedies.
00:23:19.13\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\00:23:27.34
And here they are
right in the word wellness.
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We have all of these
00:23:32.57\00:23:34.58
wrapped up in the word wellness.
00:23:34.61\00:23:37.85
First, we have water.
00:23:37.88\00:23:39.71
Are we drinking
adequate amounts of water?
00:23:39.75\00:23:42.88
Are we using water as
a healing remedy as well?
00:23:42.92\00:23:47.82
So how much water
do we need every day?
00:23:47.86\00:23:51.86
What do we need
for optimum health?
00:23:51.89\00:23:54.56
We're going to be studying that.
00:23:54.60\00:23:56.16
And then exercise,
00:23:56.20\00:23:57.93
are we getting
adequate exercise?
00:23:57.97\00:24:00.74
Are we exercising regularly?
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.51
Are we
disciplined in our exercise?
00:24:03.54\00:24:06.11
Are we going
out in the outdoors,
00:24:06.14\00:24:09.04
whether it's raining
or whether it's snowing
00:24:09.08\00:24:11.65
or whether the sun is shining?
00:24:11.68\00:24:14.18
We're going to
be studying exercise
00:24:14.22\00:24:17.22
and the benefits of exercise
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.45
and the detrimental
effects if we don't exercise.
00:24:19.49\00:24:23.89
And then love,
00:24:23.93\00:24:25.83
I tell you
scientific studies are showing
00:24:25.86\00:24:30.30
that those people who
have love and even trust in God
00:24:30.33\00:24:34.60
do much, much
better with their health.
00:24:34.64\00:24:38.87
And so we're going to
study that aspect as well.
00:24:38.91\00:24:42.21
And then lifestyle,
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.15
what kind of
lifestyle should we have?
00:24:44.18\00:24:47.38
That's abstemiousness,
what does that word mean?
00:24:47.42\00:24:50.69
What does temperance mean?
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.55
It means abstaining from
everything that is harmful
00:24:52.59\00:24:56.12
and using those
things that are good.
00:24:56.16\00:24:58.89
Abstaining from alcohol, drugs,
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.26
or those things that
are harmful to our bodies
00:25:01.30\00:25:04.63
and using wisely
that which is good.
00:25:04.67\00:25:07.57
And then nutrition, I
love to study nutrition,
00:25:07.60\00:25:11.94
nutrition is my favorite thing.
00:25:11.97\00:25:14.01
I've been doing nutrition
in classes and cooking schools
00:25:14.04\00:25:17.81
for 48 years now.
00:25:17.85\00:25:19.85
And we're going to
study those parts of nutrition
00:25:19.88\00:25:24.72
that are going to
give us optimum health.
00:25:24.75\00:25:27.82
Fruits, nuts,
grains, and vegetables,
00:25:27.86\00:25:30.33
the very thing that God gave us
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.49
in the Garden of Eden.
00:25:32.53\00:25:34.33
And then environment,
00:25:34.36\00:25:36.16
we're going to be studying
the environment and fresh air.
00:25:36.20\00:25:40.24
Are we breathing properly?
00:25:40.27\00:25:42.40
Are we getting good fresh air?
00:25:42.44\00:25:44.57
Are we opening our windows?
00:25:44.61\00:25:47.51
Are we letting the
sunshine in and the air come in?
00:25:47.54\00:25:52.35
And then
sunshine, we need sunshine
00:25:52.38\00:25:56.48
but we live an
indoor life today,
00:25:56.52\00:25:59.15
and we want to get
out there in the sunshine.
00:25:59.19\00:26:02.86
And then sleep,
00:26:02.89\00:26:04.96
are we getting
adequate amounts of sleep?
00:26:04.99\00:26:07.83
How much do we need?
00:26:07.86\00:26:10.00
And what happens
when we have sleep debt?
00:26:10.03\00:26:12.97
We're going to be
talking about that.
00:26:13.00\00:26:15.37
But here's your
prescription, my friends,
00:26:15.40\00:26:18.01
here's the prescription.
00:26:18.04\00:26:19.74
It is this,
00:26:19.77\00:26:21.11
every day choose to
make health a priority.
00:26:21.14\00:26:25.01
Choose to make
your health a priority.
00:26:25.05\00:26:29.08
And yes, we can be
healthy, my friends, by choice.
00:26:29.12\00:26:33.79
It's our choice.
00:26:33.82\00:26:35.19
If we use God's
health assurance plan,
00:26:35.22\00:26:38.69
and by following
God's health assurance plan,
00:26:38.73\00:26:41.66
my friends, we can
increase our possibility
00:26:41.70\00:26:46.00
of living longer
and healthier lives.
00:26:46.03\00:26:50.77
And so God says in 3 John 2,
00:26:50.81\00:26:54.54
"Beloved, I
wish above all things
00:26:54.58\00:26:57.51
that you may
prosper and be in health,
00:26:57.55\00:27:00.75
even as your soul prospers."
00:27:00.78\00:27:04.19
God promises, my friends,
to give you abundant health.
00:27:04.22\00:27:09.09
And so May God
bless you abundantly
00:27:09.12\00:27:12.99
as you choose to
incorporate into your lifestyle
00:27:13.03\00:27:18.17
these wellness
secrets and live abundantly
00:27:18.20\00:27:23.51
today and
tomorrow choose God's way.
00:27:23.54\00:27:27.14
It's the best way.
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