Basic Nutrition Info You Can Understand and Use

This may sound like an unbelievable statement, but at its core is this: if you give your body what it needs, it can better handle the things you give it that it doesn't need. The nutrition info on these pages will help you make good decisions about living healthier.

First and foremost, the Bible makes it clear what things God provided and intended to be used for our food and nourishment.

Our bodies are amazing in their ability to regenerate cells, blood, even some organs if given the right basic nutrition building blocks. These building blocks are nutrients, otherwise known as vitamins, minerals, amino acids (protein), and fatty acids (the good, essential fats every-body needs).

The human body needs over 90 nutrients EVERYDAY to repair itself, make new cells and function properly: 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 amino acids and 3 fatty acids. 90 nutrients!

Let this fact sink in. How many of the 90 did you get today? How about yesterday or all last week? If the answer isn't 90 EVERY DAY then your body is running off of a deficit. It's having to make due, or pull from your bones and muscles, or tap into reserves that were intended to sustain you past 100 years old (but we're using them up in our 30's so when 40 hits and we start to breakdown we say it's normal!). I can't stress enough that God intended and made provision for our bodies to last—in good health and strength—well into our 100's. One of the things we MUST do to achieve this is get our 90 nutrients EVERY DAY. Learn more about what those 90 nutrients are in one of our healthy living tips.

So you ask, can't we just eat our apple-a-day and grab some veggies and be OK?

Did you know...

Our farmlands have been depleted of essential minerals. This is according to U.S. Senate Document #264, which dates back to 1936. !
There is no such thing as "Eating Right". If the minerals aren't in the soil where the food is grown, they are not in our foods. So, any food grown on our farmlands since 1936 are lacking essential minerals!
Our bodies need no less than 90 essential nutrients, and there are as many as 10 deficiency diseases that can result for each nutrient that is missing for any length of time. This is a total of up to 900 diseases that can be prevented with proper nutrition.
Many major diseases have been eliminated in the livestock industry years ago by simple inexpensive nutritional supplementation.
There are at least 5 groups of people in the world whose average life span exceeds 100 years. Remarkably, they all have some things in common. (Dr. David Wallach explores each of these, shares more nutrition info and his knowledge on essential nutrients in the CD "Dead Doctors Don't Lie")

Now, if we all ate only fresh, organic raw foods (with an emphasis on superfoods) perhaps we wouldn't need to supplement. But let's face it, most of us just don't eat that way! Because of this, just to get your basic nutrition, everyone on the traditional American diet absolutely needs a good vitamin. If you're not sure what a "good vitamin" is, read our healthy living tip Choosing Good Vitamins on this topic.

You can also try a really good liquid multi vitamin/mineral that we found to be effective yet affordable.

Once you've done the absolute minimum necessary for good health by committing to take a good multi vitamin and mineral supplement that also strengthens your major body systems and is a good source of nourishing herbs and antioxidants, consider following this step-by-step guide towards superior nutrition and health.

STEP ONE
Get as much nutrition info as you can! We've made this easy with our healthy living tips. Exercise? Diabetes? Curing the Common Cold? Vitamins? Essential Oils? Whatever the topic, our past tips page is a great resource. You can also have a new tip sent to your inbox every week by completing the quick and easy form on our home page.

STEP TWO:

Take our Lifestyle Analysis. This complete but simple questionnaire examines everything: your eating habits, health history, emotional and physical status. This information helps you determine which of your body systems (Digestive, Intestinal, Respiratory, Immune, Urinary, Structural/Muscular, Circulatory, Glandular, Nervous) are strong, and which need support and/or strengthening.

Don't assume you're in good health! Find out now!

STEP THREE:

Once you've decided on a path to your better health, we recommend you start the process of changing your entire lifestyle into a healthier one. This entails:

Clean air & water: Whether you fit your home with a complete home filtration system or just start with a water cooler and purified bottled water, or a filter for your tap, clean water is a must. Did you know that the primary way for unwanted chlorine to get in your system is not from drinking water but from your SHOWER?! Solving this problem is a quick fix -- get a shower head filter from your local home improvement or hardware store. For more information, read our healthy tip about water.

Now that you have clean water, stop pollutants and germs ready to infect you from the air. Clean air can best be achieved through diffusing essential oils with a diffuser. There are many diffusers on the market, including very affordable plug in diffusers as well as more expensive but more effective nebulizing diffusers.Or you can always start getting oils into the air with just a basic oil burner. Contact us to discuss options or purchase a diffuser.

We also recommend replacing your air filters in your home and office often. When you do, make sure you treat them with essential oils perfect for purifying the air such as the single oil Eucalyptus easily found in your local health food store, or contact us for some wonderful the oil blends.
Living environments free of harsh chemicals: Get the toxic products out of your routine. Replace them with things that won't harm you or your loved ones, and that will actually help you stay well. The Thieves line is one excellent way to do this using Young Living Products. For some wonderful recipes using essential oils found in most health food stores and other materials you probably have in your cabinets RIGHT NOW, read this healthy tip. But don't stop there - change over your bath and shower products, lotions, even perfumes. Contact Fit By Faith to sample the scents we've created or we can help you design your own signature scent!

Replace your medicine cabinets and emergency kits with healthy alternatives:

Whether you're at home or on the town, Jordan Blends should be with you at alltimes to handle just about any emergency or healthcare situation that may arise. For single oils no home should be without read our Medicine Cabinet Must-have tips on Lemon and Peppermint.

STEP FOUR:

No matter what your personal analysis determined to be a strength or weakness, we recommend that everyone have an intestinal cleanse at least twice each year (spring and fall works well). Learn more about the importance of cleansing in the healthy tip: Spring Cleaning (Internally, that is!). Think you're ready to try a cleanse for yourself? Contact us today for information on several ready-made cleanses you can try or for information on a cleanse you can do by using simple foods from the grocerry store.

We hope this nutrition info helps you make the decision to start your journey to better health today.

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