WARNING: What I’m about to share with you might be so different from what you’ve been taught and led to believe your entire life, that it might be too unsettling to digest at first. 

The orthodox health community and those who profit off poor health by the billions might even consider what I’m about to share with you as heresy.  That’s OK though, remember there was a time when masses of certain folks thought the Sun orbited around Earth instead of the other way around.  Just because seemingly everyone believes in something doesn’t make that belief accurate or even correct.

Before I share with you how to NOT get sick EVER (the 5 points at the bottom of this article), let me first share some bad news, the simple truth about health, and then some really good news with you.  First the bad news…

BAD NEWS:  With all the “so-called” advances in health care, people (especially in the U.S. where I’ve lived my entire life) are sicker now days than ever.  Obesity rates are steadily climbing, and this is even true in younger and younger children, and there are more diseases being coined and diagnosed every day.
Right here I have to state the obvious problem – the big “A” elephant in the room of our society.  There is a HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST that is warping peoples’ beliefs about health.  The obvious conflict of interest is that there is lots and lots and lots of money to be made from poor health. There is a whole industry that profits from poor health – think about how much money is made from health insurance, cancer research, experimental drugs, and over the counter pharmaceuticals just to call out a few.  When you put them together with food manufacturers and the host of chemical companies that create chemical ingredients and processes to make food more affordable that tastes good, how much money do you think that represents?  With all that money, do you think they could have any influence over how information about health is presented to the people?  Do you think that, with all that money, they would ever voluntarily release research findings that would make the public not trust their product or service and not spend money on their brand? If anything, the companies have no interest in telling the whole truth about their research if they happen to find that their product or service causes the public harm, for that would hurt their potential for profits.  To the contrary, the incentive is for companies to release marketing campaigns that bolster public trust and confidence in such a way that people feel comfortable and even compelled to spend money with the brand. Hmmm…

Keep in mind that big businesses are in business for ONE THING – to make maximum profits for shareholders, PERIOD. But you say, “Don’t we have governmental agencies that protect us by making sure those big companies conduct business in a way that does not cause harm to the people?”  To which I would ask, “Have you ever seen the revolving door of CEO’s and higher-ups who go back and forth between working with these so-called watch dog governmental agencies, lobbying groups, and health care, pharmacy, and food companies?”  There’s your obvious conflict of interest. The people who work in these positions are individuals just like you, who are trying to make a comfortable living.  Large salaries make material comfort easy to come by. Can’t knock ‘em for that.

ANOTHER MAJOR PROBLEM is that most people assume that someone is watching to make sure corporations, businesses, and agencies are operating on the up and up.  Well, if everybody assumes someone else is watching, then who’s actually watching?

Let me clear the air now, and state for the record, that it’s NOT the fault of processed food manufacturers, big pharma, health insurers, and the like, that we’ve become such a physically ill society.  These entities are NOT TO BLAME for the obesity rates and poor health of individuals.  These businesses are just doing what businesses are designed to do.  Businesses are in business to make money!  They have no commitment or obligation to the health of the people.
THE FAULT LIES WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.  It is the responsibility of the individual to do his or her own thinking and to take control of his or her own actions. In the case of children, it is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to protect the child.  Don’t blame the doughnut industry or your family doctor if YOU buy into the slogan that “a doughnut a day keeps the doctor away.”  You have to be more intelligent than that, and the same is true for any food you choose to eat.  Think!

Ok, so before I share with you the simple truth for how NOT to get sick, let me share the simple truth about health and some good news with you…

MY HOPE is that the light in you will resonate with the light in this simple truth about health, and that, for your own sake and your progeny, you will begin to unravel the great health mystery yourself.  My hope is that you start conducting yourself in accord with a health paradigm so that you are healthy and so you can pass on healthy habits and thought patterns to your children (or grandchildren) if you have any.

SIMPLE TRUTH:  Our default, natural, physical state is a state of HEALTH and EASE.

HEALTH and EASE are only lost when there is sufficient interference.  Interference is anything that pollutes/contaminates your blood, anything that impedes digestion and causes your bowels to become obstructed, or anything that disturbs your thought patterns.  I’ll leave it to you to research each of these areas of interference.

GOOD NEWS:  HEALTH and EASE can be restored if lost (this process is not easy due to an individual’s habituated thought patterns and actions, yet the process is simple).  For any disease or condition of poor health that you’ve developed, you can “un-develop.”  There is no such thing as an incurable disease.  For every so-called incurable disease out there, you can find cases of individuals who have somehow overcome that disease and made a full recovery(conventional health care professionals are trained to call these recoveries “miraculous”).  If the disease was incurable, then there would be no such cases of individuals who made full recoveries.  If one human can recover, then the power to recover is in all humans, as we are all made of the same stuff.  The question is “What is this power that all human beings have?”  I’ve eluded to it several times already, and will at least once more by the end of this article, but prefer that you see it for yourself rather than give a name to it.

Ok, drum roll…..

Here are the 5 points you need to know and DO to NOT get sick ever again:

1. Eat only when hungry – Our bodies have an intelligence built into the biological design that causes us to feel hungry when the body is ready (to digest) or needing to take in food (whether it be for needed energy or to replenish). To be hungry is not the same as to have an appetite(appetite is a euphemism for craving, like an addict).  Know the difference and start to exercise your power to act consciously and under your own control at all times.
2. Eat only what’s meant to be eaten – For many, this area can be a little confusing at first, so the first thing I suggest is to stop eating what you know you would not have been eating 500 years ago. Often times people are focused on what they should “add” to their diets, which is not most important.  It’s more important to “subtract” and “eliminate” certain foods from your diet than it is to add healthy foods.  Foods that “interfere” with your natural biological functions should be avoided at all cost.
3. Eat only enough to no longer be hungry – Think about this analogy: If you wanted to wash the optimum amount of clothes in the washing machine, you wouldn’t want to stuff it so much that the door wouldn’t close, would you? If you fill the washer to about 80% full, this will allow space for the clothes to get sloshed around with the water and soap so that cleaning will occur. No sloshing would happen in the overstuffed washer.  Think about this when eating, because it is about the same for your stomach juices that break food down.  This is also a good place to mention the importance of chewing your food so thoroughly that when you swallow, it’s like drinking your food.  Chewing like this not only helps to break down your food further for easier digestion, but it helps you eat slower so that, if you are paying attention, you can notice when your hunger has been satisfied and keep from overeating to the point of being full.
4. Make sure your colon doesn’t get clogged – Following numbers 1-3 above will take care of this, but if you find yourself in a jam, consider taking an enema. Most people I talk to these days don’t even know what an enema is.  Many people I’ve polled (mostly Gen Xers or Millennials) think an enema is something you purchase at the drug store to help the bowels move.  Enemas are not a product you purchase; enemas are a process of using water to bathe your colon, and flushing out compacted feces, should your body need a little assistance.  The Egyptians of antiquity, who are the oldest known developers of the enema science and practice, recommended, if you are ill (congested, head-achy, etc…), doing an enema until the water coming out is as clear as the water going in.  If you have a family member who was born before 1940, ask them what an enema is and if it used to be a known and normal part of home health care and doctors’ house calls.  Napoleon Hill, author of Think & Grow Rich, is even quoted as saying he took an enema every 10 days, once he figured out the trick to good health in his later years.  You might even be interested in researching the coffee enema if looking to detoxify your body.  Fasting is another powerful health promoter, but these are practices that empower individuals to take charge of their own health so they may never get sick; these are not practices that empower profiteers, so don’t expect them or their respective industries to tell of these.  Your health is not their responsibility.  Your health is your responsibility.
5. Believe rightly – Make sure your beliefs lead to you conducting yourself in ways that support your health, if health is a priority for you. Wrong beliefs lead to wrong actions (like eating fake food), and wrong actions lead to wrong results (like poor health and sickness).  Follow the guidelines above 100% and then DON’T WORRY.  Worrying results from fear, and fear interrupts your thought patterns, increasing your susceptibility to “dis-ease” (which is the opposite of EASE). To grasp the power of your mind (thoughts and beliefs), just think about what the placebo effect is and what a hypochondriac is. You are encouraged to also check out Masaru Emoto’s book, The Secret Life of Water, and to do a little research on the power of positive thinking.  Right belief is rooted in truth, leads to right action and proper conduct, and produces thought patterns that make dis-ease impossible.  Your physical health relies on the quality of your mind.  As the saying goes “as above, so below.”  So if you are or become sick, it is because of your mind, not your genes or some germ.  Fix your mind (paradigm/beliefs), and your body will not break down.

Cheers to your health!

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One question I had to ask myself was, “What kind of life do I want to live?”  Growing up does a job on us doesn’t it?  You know—all the beliefs that are engrained in us from our parents, friends, family-friends, aunts & uncles, elders, TV & society, government, various industries (like medical and pharmaceutical to name two) and, school.  Then there are our misinterpretations and misunderstandings, in addition to whatever else keeps us from thinking clearly and has us deeply confused.  But let’s face it, the mind is like a double edge sword—it can be our greatest strength if we control it OR our greatest weakness if we don’t.  In fact, if we don’t have control over our minds, we are wise to know that other forces are out there working day and night to control our minds so we choose their product or brand.

Here’s the skinny:  At some point I decided there is a life that I am meant to live and that I want to live.  That’s when I realized that if the life we have at any given point is not what we want it to be, that is because the things we’ve done haven't created that life.  If we want a more prosperous life, then we have to do things that contribute to the building of a prosperous life.  

“Doing things” means that choices have to be made.  Choice is an activity that starts in the mind.  So, our minds cannot be distracted by illness—because, as most will admit, it's difficult to think of anything but how bad we feel when we are ailing. 

The next logical question for me then was, “Is there anything I can do to keep from getting sick?”  Answer: Yes.  Then “WHAT can I do to keep from getting sick?”  It took some time for me to figure this one out, because of all that “growing up” (and "being raised") I mentioned earlier, but now the solution to “how not to get sick” is pretty simple to me—Don’t eat when you're not hungry, don’t eat fake foods, and don’t eat too much (basically).  When people get sick, 999 times out of 1000, it is because of the way they eat.  People either eat too often, they eat too much, they eat the wrong things, OR they eat too much of the wrong things too often.

I’ve been on this path for quite some time now, calling myself many names along the way:  vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian, and some other names that have to do with the eating rules you're supposed to follow if you belong to that group. I stopped labeling myself because relying vegan rules, or paleo rules, or any book rules meant I didn’t have to think for myself -- I could simply consult the book if I had questions I wanted answers for (and if I don’t exercise my thinking muscle, how can I expect it to get stronger/better?).  I also realized that none of those categories (vegetarian, vegan, weight watching and calorie counting, paleo, etc…) ever made "complete" sense as a one-size-fits-all kind of eating plan for every person on this planet.  My philosophy now is “I do the best I know how as often as I can, and strive to see clearer and improve as I grow.”  I've developed my own 3 simple food/eating principles that I’ve found incredibly enlightening, empowering, and health-promoting/maintaining/securing, AND leaves the responsibility of thinking and learning about food, eating, and self with the individual.

Here are my 3 food/eating principles:
1) Eat only when HUNGRY,
2) Eat only what is MEANT to be eaten, and
3) Eat only ENOUGH to not feel hungry anymore.

Right away you might notice that these guiding principles don't do the thinking for you, instead they ask you to pay more attention to your body and to think. You have to pay attention to when you are hungry versus when you have an appetite.  What's the difference?  You also have to pay attention to when you feel satisfied and practice self-restraint (self-control) when you've had "enough" to eat. And you have to think (and think accurately) if you hope to learn and know what is meant to be eaten. Many people are content to simply say food is meant to be eaten.  Well, we have to do a little digging and critical thinking if we hope to determine the truth about the so-called foods that are being sold in grocery stores, convenience stores, fast food and chain restaurants, etc. Many so-called foods are not real food at all. Begin your journey of learning what is meant to be eaten today, for your health and the health of any little ones that may be under your supervision and care.

I haven’t even gone into how thoroughly we should chew or where our minds should be while we eat.  Let’s save that conversation for later.  For now, this is an excellent starting place to regain control over a most important aspect of our lives and as a first step toward prosperity.  What do you think might happen if you followed these principles for 1 week or 1 month?  I guarantee that it will be tougher than you might think (at first).  If you try it, notice your relationship with food, the physical difference of living this way for a week, the psychological challenges that it poses (do you control you, or do other forces control you?), and journal about your process/progress.  This is a great step to make on the road to taking control of your life!

True PROSPERITY cannot be achieved without SOUND HEALTH!!!

~Damon

 
*Disclaimer:  These views are mine and mine alone.  I am not a licensed or certified healthcare practitioner, and these views have not been evaluated by the FDA. These views are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please seek medical advice from a qualified healthcare professional prior to making significant changes in your health related practices or trying any new regimen or program for reasons related to personal health.

Y’all know I had to include that!  It’s the law!  :-) LOL