Living To Be 100

Good health starts with good nutrition. By eating a well-balanced diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, we can look forward to a long, healthy life. Unfortunately, our health is compromised by the consumption of junk food, processed food, and a high intake of fat and sugar. This leads to chronic nutritional deficiencies which weaken our immune systems and promote disease.

Although the United States government has set Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) guidelines for vitamins and minerals and other nutrients, the RDA intended to help reduce severe nutritional deficiencies. However, researchers have discovered that, because of our poor diets, only a small percentage of the U.S. population gets even the RDA levels of many important nutrients. Poor nutrition causes a weakened immune system and is a contributing factor as to why disease is so prevalent. We are a nation of overfed but malnourished individuals.

Quality nutritional health supplements can help supply the essential nutrients missing from our diets. To be useful, nutrients must be of the highest quality and must be bioavailable–in a form that the body can use and absorb.

Companies that sell nutritional supplements are required to undergo stringent testing of their product. Their tablets should be able to disintegrate after 20 minutes in solution. Many products not only fail this test, but fail less stringent tests.

How can you be sure of getting quality supplements when there are so many on the market? In an independent study, author Lyle MacWilliam, wrote NUTRISEARCH COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS (Northern Dimensions publishing 2007). In his book, he rates 1500 nutritional products in the United States and Canada.

The highest-ranking honor which MacWilliam bestowed on a top-rated nutritional company was his NutriSearch Gold Medal of Achievement Award. This award was only given to four of the 394 manufacturers of supplements. USANA is one of the four nutritional supplement companies to receive this award.

Find out more about USANA at: http://margaretpriddy.usana.com

What is wheatgrass?  It is the young wheat plant and is a raw, living food. The benefits of wheatgrass juice are many. Taken internally or used externally, it acts as an antiseptic. Wheatgrass is 70% chlorophyll, one of the plant foods highest in chlorophyll.

What is chlorophyll? Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives plants their green color. It is known for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and is also regarded as a detoxifying and blood-building agent. It has been shown that chlorophyll provides some protection from carcinogens.

Chlorophyll has been called the blood of plant life because the molecular chlorophyll structure resembles the molecular structure of hemoglobin. While the atom in the middle of a human hemoglobin molecule is iron, the atom in the middle of the chlorophyll molecule is magnesium.

Chlorophyll from wheatgrass purifies the blood and liver. It also improves blood sugar levels. Wheatgrass juice is high in vitamins A, B, C and E and contains amino acids, essential fatty acids, antioxidants and enzymes. Wheatgrass juice, a super food, also contains minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium and others.

Chlorophyll is high in iron and iron attracts oxygen. Iron and oxygen partner together to burn waste and remove from the body toxins, poisons, mucous, putrefaction, bad odors and harmful bacteria.

Dr. Ann Wigmore, an educator, reported that wheatgrass therapy, combined with living foods, helped eliminate cancerous growths.

Wheatgrass juice aids in the metabolism of nutrients and increases the enzyme level in cells. Since it doesn’t take much energy to digest wheatgrass juice, it is considered an efficient source of energy.

How Much Wheatgrass Juice to Take

One- to two- ounces of freshly-squeezed wheatgrass juice should be taken on an empty stomach. Wait 30-45 minutes before eating or drinking anything else. Take daily for maintenance.

For a therapeutic dose, take between 4-8 ounces daily. If more than four ounces are to be consumed, it should be taken rectally as a colon implant. Wheatgrass juice has a strong tast and has a jolting effect.

Wheatgrass juice has a strong cleansing effect on the digestive tract and taking too much initially may act as a laxative and may also cause nausea. But increasing the amount taken over a period of time will build tolerance. Dosage can be raised an ounce per week or whatever amount is comfortable.

Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice

• is high in oxygen and helps to keep the brain and body tissue in a highly oxygenated environment

• helps stop the growth of unfriendly bacteria

• is a superior source of chlorophyll

• detoxifies the blood and colon walls

• is used in the treatment of anemia, constipation, bad breath

• can be used externally in the treatment of burns and wounds

• is used in cancer prevention

• neutralizes toxins in the body and helps purify the liver

• improves blood sugar levels

• is a super food that strengthens the immune system

• is an internal deodorant for the body

• pulls poisons from the gums; useful in treating pyorrhea

• can remove heavy metals from the body

For more information on health, nutrition and state-of-the art supplements, go to:

http://margaretpriddy.usana.com

This information is for educational purposes only and is not meant to diagnose or treat any condition. Always consult your physician before embarking on any course of treatment. 

When we pray for healing, we must believe that we are healed. We must think, act and speak health even though we may see and feel the contrary happening in our bodies. Scripture tells us to pray without ceasing. And we are to keep ourselves uplifted through scriptures from the Bible and other inspirational literature.

If we stop talking endlessly about our infirmaries and endlessly confess our health, it will manifest. Let us wax strong in faith by observing God’s promises. Say these scriptures on healing often and give thanks continuously for having received that which we have petitioned.

I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. Psalm 30:1,2

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases… Psalm 103:2,3                                                          

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with hiis stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease among the people. Matthew 4:23

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord… Jeremiah 30:17

We must also take important steps in the natural to facilitate our healing:                      

• eat a nurturing diet
• reduce stress                                                                                                        
• get a good night’s sleep
• take natural supplements
• drink eight glasses of pure water daily (not tap water)
• rid ourselves of negative, critical, vengeful thoughts
• get fresh air and sunshine
• exercise

For more information on health, nutrition and state-of-the-art supplements, go to:

http://margaretpriddy.usana.com

This information is for educational purposes only and is not meant to diagnose or treat any condition. Always consult with your physician before embarking on any course of treatment.

On this blog, I will write health articles, ranging in topics from degenerative diseases to relaxation techniques to making your home a healthy place to live in. Having been a registered nurse for over 25 years, I have taken care of patients suffering from chronic, and even fatal, diseases. In my immediate family, my love ones have been stricken with heart disease, stroke, cancer and other illnesses. Undoubtedly, someone close to you has face similar health issues. Maybe even you, yourself.

But I have also seen illnesses resolve quickly when, sometimes, a small, seemingly insignificant treatment was administered. The treatment could simply be a matter of supplying the body with a vitamin or mineral that was deficient.

Of course, preventing illness is preferable to treating it, and I’m convinced that most of the illnesses that befall us are preventable. And I am dedicated to pursuing this theory as well as living a long, healthy life. It will take work and discipline: a willingness to explore and understand what the body needs right down to the cellular level and to effect whatever lifestyle changes are needed to enjoy optimum health.

Information on vibrant, healthy living has not been hidden from us; but we often look for it in the wrong direction, if we look for it at all. My mission is to provide you with quality health information so that together we can live in peace and harmony in our bodies.

It’s an exciting, lifelong journey. Wanna come along?                           

Margaret Priddy, R.N.

This information is for educational purposes only and is not meant to diagnose or treat any condition. Always consult with your physician before embarking on any course of treatment.