FOOD AS MEDICINE

I am always amazed at people's reactions to using food as medicine.  Do they think this is something new?  Food as medicine is ancient!  Only in the last century has society become almost exclusively dependent on pills.  Now I am not knocking pills or medicine, God knows I have used plenty of modern medicine. But let me also add, I know personally that modern medicine cannot cure all ills.  Once I started to study my illnesses, causes, medicines, foods, etc, I was able to drastically improve my health with my diet.  I have been incorporating what I have learned into my diet over the past 30 + years and guess what - I am much healthier than I was 30 years ago.  Thirty years ago, I was told by my doctor I could be an invalid, or I could push back and see how far I could go.  That is when I actually started doing research and improving my health.  Believe me, I am not an invalid.  In the past thirty years I have helped to raise 7 grandchildren, traveled the country, taught Sunday School, stayed active in my church, cooked monthly for 250 homeless, manage our church bookstore and served as primary caregiver to my husband who suffered from dementia, depression and COPD.  Without my research and dietary changes, I know that would not have been possible.  So, believe me, you are getting information from someone who has been there, is there!

Bottom line: take what you eat seriously.  Think of every bite you take as good medicine or bad medicine.  Think of food as preventative medicine and you will start to rethink what and how you eat.

Are you including these foods in your diet?

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