Healthy Living

I attended the "Healthy for Life" seminar last 16 July 2005 at the CCF in St. Francis Square -- the guest speaker is a Pinoy Medical Doctor who hails from Fort Lauderdale, Florida (I forgot his name... oops!).  He talked about healthy living and relates it with what the Bible has to say.  He speaks very  confidently and energetically.

Here are some excerpts from the seminar:

A. Our Responsibility to stay healthy

• Choose Life / Choose Health.


• No one else is responsible for your health but you.


• God wants us to be healthy: "Beloved I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul" (3 John 1:2)

B. On Aging and becoming old

• In the Philippines, the average life expectancy is 67 years.


• But in Genesis, people lived over 900 years.
  
  
  
  • Adam: 930 years
  
  
  • Noah: 950 years
  
  
  
  


• "The length of our days is seventy years - or eighty, if we have the strength..." (Psalm 90:10)


• "...yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years" (Genesis 6:3)


• From Medical Science: The genetic potential of man is 120 years.  (Hmmm, that's a nice thought... Wow, I can live up to 120 years!)


• Why do we die young?
  
  
  
  • We have done our purpose in life
  
  
  • We die of a premature death
  
  
  
  


• Free Radical Theory: "Abnormal oxygen molecules (those that lack one electron) are present in our environment and in our bodies.  It is good in normal amounts but destructive in excessive amounts."


• We are a triune being:
  
  
  
  • Spirit
  
  
  • Soul
  
  
  • Body
  
  
  
  


• "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?..." (1 Corinthians 6:19)

C. Keys to good health and long life (L.O.N.G.E.V.I.T.Y.)

• LIFESTYLE

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  • don't smoke
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • avoid alcohol (but if you can not avoid it, choose to drink red wine - it is rich in anti-oxidants)
  
  
  • avoid stress
  
  
  • maintain normal weight (rule of thumb: the first 5 feet of your height is 100 pounds. add 5 pounds for every inch over 5 feet)
  
  
  • take adequate sleep (6-8 hours per day)
  
  
  • avoid cell phones (Oh no! I have 3 of those things!)
  
  
  • dental health - keep your teeth and gums healthy
  
  
  
  

• OUTLOOK
  
  
  
  • Only 5% of people have positive attitude
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Positive attitude enhances NK (Natural Killer) cells. NK cells are specialized to kill certain types of target cells, specifically cells that have become infected with virus or cells that have become cacerous.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7)
  
  
  
  

• NUTRITION
  
  
  
  • Recognize "clean" and "unclean" meats (Leviticus 11)
    
    
    
    • Clean meats (those that you can eat):
      
      
      
      • animals with split hooves and cud chewer (vegetarian animals)
      
      
      • seafoods: fish with fins and scales
      
      
      • creatures in the air: non meat eating birds or insects with jumper legs (grasshoppers or locusts)
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Unclean meats (those that you can NOT eat):
      
      
      
      • pigs, dogs (tsk tsk tsk, such a waste... goodbye kilawing dog, lechon baboy, crispy pata, kare kare, sisig and all you yummy pig cuisine)
      
      
      • shrimp, squid, crabs (goodbye too calamares, bubba gump, and my favorite crabs and lobsters)
      
      
      • Do you love eating Pork and Shrimps?
        
        
        
        • Pigs are like RATS!
        
        
        • Shrimps are like COCKROACHES!
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• GOOD REST
  
  
  
  • Sleep 8 hours a day
  
  
  • The brain produces melatonin during sleep
  
  
  • Melatonin = sleeping hormone = anti-cancer
  
  
  • Rest one day a week
  
  
  
  


• EXERCISE
  
  
  
  • Exercising 3 hours a week reduces the chance of heart attack or stroke by 54%
  
  
  • Exercise increases secretion of HGH (human growth hormone), dopamine, seretonin and endorphins
  
  
  • In the Philippines, there is a high incidence of diabetes due to peolpe eating huge amounts of white rice - white rice does not contain any nutrients.
  
  
  • When eating, eat protein first before rice.  This will slow down the absorption of the carbohydrates contained in the rice.
  
  
  • Every hour active adds 1-1/2 hours to your life.
  
  
  
  


• VITAMINS
  
  
  
  • Take multivitamins/vitamin supplements daily
  
  
  • Vitamin E
  
  
  • Vitamin C
  
  
  • Vitamin A in the form of Beta-Carotene
  
  
  • Selenium
  
  
  
  


• IMMUNITY
  
  
  
  • Avoid activities that will increase production of free radicals (smoking, pollution, stress, etc.)
  
  
  • Chelation Therapy (to treat toxicity in the body - lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, etc.)
  
  
  • Intravenous Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy (to kill or inhibit growth of anaerobic microorganisms).
  
  
  • Xanthones - anti-oxidants (from Mangosteen)
  
  
  
  


• THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER
  
  
  
  • Pray without ceasing; In everything give thanks.
  
  
  • People who pray live healthier and longer lives.
  
  
  
  


• YEN (Desire or Purpose)
  
  
  
  • What is you assignment in this world?
  
  
  • What is your purpose?
  
  
  
  

I must admit that this is the first time I've attended this kind of a seminar that correlates religion and the medical profession so nicely.  I'm impressed!  I definitely learned a lot here.

So now, having learned how to live a healthy life, I expect that I am going to live beyond December 7, 2045.