Facts, Lies or Truth About Healthy Living?
 

I would imagine that living a healthy life would be something on the radar of just about everyone who visits this site. At least I would hope so - being sick is no fun!

Bro. E. Benicasa (aka DR. E. Bacon) and I have been having a discussion about this on another thread with an entirely different original post, and so I thought I would move our discussion to a new thread about this issue that should concern all of us.

Some questions to get started... and feel free to chime in with anything else concerning the subject of healthy living.

Do you eat and live healthy?

Do you think all the "facts" that we've been spoonfed by the Feds are things we should accept at face value?

Healthy living - what does it mean for you and your family?

Do you think as Christians eating and living healthy is something we should be concerned about?

If you have a couple of minutes to watch it... here is a video originally posted by EB, and it is a good starting point for the discussion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4#t=17

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I liked the cool doo wop in the background!

Yes healthy eating should be important to us all. It does seem like the medical community comes up with all kinds of conflicting studies.

It seems YHWH wanted men to be farmers. The good foods God has graciously given modern man has injected full of chemicals. That's possibly the greatest danger.

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My concern exactly too. All these man-made chemicals, and genetically modified "foods" translated - "garbage" for our bodies - are so ingrained into our culture and way of life, that at times, it seems overwhelming as to how to go about getting rid of them.

And yes, farming or for us at least - gardening - is a wonderful way to connect with the necessities the Lord has already provided us with, and is what our bodies really need to be healthy.

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I guess I'll try to answer one of the questions ...

Several years ago, our family began a conscious effort to strip the shelves of our pantry of chemically-laced foods, as much as possible. This is an ongoing process. Trying to rid our pantry of any foods containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was a huge challenge, and still is. It is hard sometimes to find ingredients for recipes and comfort foods that we have always eaten without having to use products containing HFCS.

Next, we began to use the least amount of processed wheat and sugar. We buy our wheat flour that is grown organically from a local wheat farm. We use turbinado sugar as much as possible in recipes that we can substitute it in. Sodas are banned from our house (although our teenage kids have occasionally drank one or two - but then report massive headaches from it!)

So... as a family we have seen the overall benefit of making changes away from the chemicals, additives, and genetically modified foods, although I know we have a lot more work to do.

I would like to be able to buy unhomogenized milk and cream but nothing close by for us to do that. :( I don't really want to have a cow, because that is so much work, and care for just one cow, but who knows, maybe one day in the future we will.

We also hunt, and eat venison year round. I buy organic meat from a local supplier who gets it fresh straight from the farm. Check out http://www.zayonfoods.com They supply organically fresh/never frozen meat to all 48 states. You can see if they are in your area. Awesome, awesome product they offer!

Exercise is also something we try to get more of, but it can be difficult as both my husband's job, and mine are sedentary. We make it a priority to get out and move as much as possible every day.

We also have a garden, and buy our produce locally too (such as fruit) that we aren't growing in our garden.

This is what our family has done so far, and we certainly need to continue.

I look forward to hearing what other people have done with lifestyle changes for the better, and hope we can all encourage each other!

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http://drhyman.com/blog/2011/05/13/5...will-kill-you/

5 reasons High Fructose Corn Syrup will kill you.

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http://www.westonaprice.org/

KeptByTheWord get in touch with Weston Price Foundation they will hook you up with local farmers or co-ops for unhomogenized unpasteurized milks.

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INteresting. Thanks for sharing.

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I would really like to get some raw milk...

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http://www.realmilk.com/

They will direct you to someone in your area for raw milk, butter, yogurt, kefir and cheeses.

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I have relatives who have done all this and they don't seem to be any healthier? The theories abound on what is good and what is not.