“Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
Picture this, you are cutting up onions in your kitchen
while preparing dinner for your family. You accidently cut your finger. You don’t
have to tell your body, “fix my finger”. Your body automatically sends the
needed cells to the site of trauma, they stop the bleeding and start the
healing process. And once enough little soldiers are at the site to provide
healing your body tells your cells to stop sending more. Within a few days or
weeks, depending on how bad the cut, it is healed. Our body has the ability to
heal ALL sickness and pain within your body. So why are some of us still suffering?
We have barriers in place stopping that healing. And guess who puts those
barriers there???? WE DID!!!
Many times when our body experiences symptoms such as pain,
or high blood pressure or breathing problems, western medicine is designed to
give you medicine to alleviate the symptoms, but not fix the problem. Then they
put a diagnosis on these problems (migraines, hypertension, asthma), when in actuality
they are just your body calling out to you to let you know that you need to get
back in balance.
The first line of breaking your holistic healing barriers is
diet.
I will be honest, even though I am a nurse, I never
understood how eating unhealthy can poison your body. This goes beyond just
becoming obese and getting diabetes or high blood pressure. Each meal that we
ingest changes our body’s chemistry. According to Heather Tick, MD, author of Holistic Pain Relief, our gut is the
gateway between the outside and inside world of our body, and diet is more
powerful in preventing disease than either drugs or medical care. Diet can
nourish cells or leave them vulnerable to further damage.
For many of us when we think of pain we correlate it to
inflammation within our bodies. The truth is our body needs a low level of
inflammation at all times in order to function properly. When we take anti-inflammatory
medications to relieve pain, we are also wiping out the good inflammation. In
addition to that if you are eating unhealthy foods that cause inflammation,
then all you are doing is confusing your body between inflammatory and
noninflammatory states.
Foods that cause inflammation:
Sugar Refined
flour Saturated
fat
Vegetable oil Dairy
products Processed
meat
Fried foods Artificial
sweeteners Gluten
Excess alcohol
All the good stuff, I know right???? I thought the same
think when I first started studying about holistic healing. But let’s get real
for a second. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. What do majority of
Americans eat on a regular basis??? SUGAR! We are a people addicted to food. So
next time you judge or question someone who is labeled an addict for what they
put in their body for enjoyment, don’t forget about your own poisons. The only
difference is that our poisons are cleared by the FDA.
Last week we got our minds in the right place to start
healing, now it’s time to make physical changes to maintain our healing. I
encourage you all to educate yourselves about eating unprocessed and
unpasteurized foods. Last week, I bought some cheese that was a different brand
from what we usually buy because I recently started shopping at a Farmer’s
Market versus the typical grocery store. My daughter made eggs with the cheese,
and it did not melt. I was hesitant about eating it, but she is 8 years old, I thought
maybe it was the way she cooked it. Later in the week, we used the cheese again
for cooking, and again it did not melt. I looked at the package and it clearly
said pasteurized. It got thrown away, if
my cheese does not melt when being cooked it has no place in my body because
then my body will not be able to break it down properly, and all those
chemicals that were put into it to make it that way are now in my body!
For many of us, breaking our sugar addiction may seem
difficult. It still is for me. One of the most effective ways I have found in
changing my eating habits was to start with a fast. I fasted for one day and
during my lunch break at work and any time I would feel tempted I would find a
quiet place, pray and remind myself why I am doing this. Remind myself that I am
tired of being in pain, and spending money on doctor’s visits and medicine, and
tired of being a food addict. God should be your go-to, not food. After my fast
I started shopping at a Farmer’s Market buying all fresh vegetables and meats.
There are many “diets” that you can use as a starting point, but personally I do
not work well with following diets and they are more easily broken than
followed. So I just told myself I would only buy raw, natural foods and only
eat limited carbs. Some diets that can work well when trying to make a
lifestyle change include:
Mediterranean diet Alkaline diet Gluten
free diet
The Specific Carb diet Nightshade
free diet Blood-Type
diet
Elimination & 4 day diet
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine
eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reigns be consumed within me”
(Job 19:25-27).
Remember my friends that change may not always be easy and
may not feel good. Job suffered tremendously and still kept his faith that God
would restore him. You can also make the changes needed in your life to receive
holistic healing but you cannot look to God to do all of the work. Next week we
will discuss exercises that promote holistic healing. Until then I encourage
you to really look at your eating habits and start to make changes that will
benefit you in the long run. For some people slowly taking away foods will be
easier than just stopping cold turkey, but whatever your preference, is
perfectly fine as long as you have an end goal. Holistic healing will only be
possible if your diet is changed. You cannot put old oil in your car and expect
for it to run well. The same goes for your body, you cannot keep ingesting
poison and expect to be healthy.
References
Adams, M. How to Heal
Yourself in 15 Days. http://www.manataka.org/page2037.html
Tick, H. Holistic Pain
Relief.
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