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Nutrition

A Discussion of Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12. Why is it so vital? What are the symptoms of deficiency? Why is that to be avoided? What are the best sources? Learn that and more in this article.

About Legumes and Nuts in the Diet

Among the most economical sources of good protein are legumes. Protein-rich nuts and seeds are also economical, as only small quantities are used at a meal.‍

Absorption and Handling of Food

Since what is on our plates one minute begins going into our bloodstreams the next, it's wise to ingest only the highest quality foods for proper absorption of nutrients.

Aging

This article lists the major factors in aging: psychological, nutritional, lifestyle, blood chemistry, and metabolic factors. Also included are instructions for checking BMI, a list of antioxidant-rich foods, and a list of anti-aging herbs.

Anticoagulants

In the last 10 or 15 years, there have been perhaps 30 foods and herbs discovered having very fine anticoagulant effects with no side effects whatsoever. Learn in this article what some of those are.

Are Animal Products Safe Today?

Years ago, Ellen G. White indicated that, because of the increase of disease, the time would come when it would be no longer safe to use animal products. Has that time come? Learn more in this interesting article.

Baking Soda and Baking Powder

While baking soda makes a good, inexpensive household cleaner and laundry booster, find out in this article why it's best to eliminate it and baking powder from your list of kitchen ingredients.

Bowel Disease

Our modern way of life is conducive to bowel disease. By changing our habits of eating and other lifestyle factors, we may avoid or heal bowel disease. Share this list with those you love.

Caffeine

Caffeine has many pharmacologic actions in the body. And it's present in products besides the abundance of caffeinated beverages. Learn why this wrongly deemed "pick-me-up" is a real detriment to health.

Calcium

Calcium is highly promoted, in its various forms, and strongly suggested to daily ingest and daily supplement. But too much calcium is detrimental to our health. Find out why in this article.

Care of the Nerves

The natural laws of health go a long way in taking care of the nervous system. Find out what simple things you and your loved ones can do to produce a calming effect.

Causes of Cravings II

Appetite is a normal and protective mechanism; but when used to support cravings, it becomes destructive. It should be possible to discover the causes of cravings and to eliminate them.

Cheese

Generally, an unpleasant flavor in food heralds danger, and apparently this principle holds true for cheese. This article provides data to support the fact that "cheese is not fit for food." Healthful substitutes are available. Recipes for 2 homemade ones can be found in this counseling sheet.

Chocolate vs. Carob

Carob (a superior substitute for chocolate) has a greater likelihood of being processed under more sanitary conditions than chocolate. Carob contains no harmful methylxanthines. It does not require sugar nor fermentation. Learn more about this healthful option in this article.

Cholesterol Reduction

What is cholesterol? Where does it come from? Why is too much of it dangerous? What are the ways it can be reduced? Learn the answers to those questions and more in this helpful article.

Cravings

There are several situations and certain foods which promote indefinite cravings that can cause unrest and unfulfilled longing, and sometimes result in irrational behavior. Alterations in the lifestyle can prevent much of the distress.

Criteria to Judge Nutritional Excellency

This short list includes some of the most common criteria - from proper growth ... to freedom from disease ... to length of life - that can help to judge nutritional excellency.

Dangers of a High Protein Diet

In our quest to get enough protein, is there a risk of getting too much? This article outlines how much protein to aim for, and which kinds are best. It also provides significant warnings about protein overload.

Designer Diets

A vegan diet is the best choice to obtain and maintain optimum health. Learn here about what foods to include and which ones to avoid when dealing with Heart Disease, Hypertension, Detoxification, and a list of other ailments.

Eating Between Meals

When studies were done to determine the emptying time of the normal stomach and if eating between meals affected it, some subjects were given between-meal snacks while others were not. The results were eye-opening.

Effect of Diet on Consumption of Alcohol

There are certain habits of life that are known to increase the thirst for alcohol, and tend to initiate its use in the young. Learn more in this short-but-informative article.

Effect of Diet on Thinking

What is eaten determines how one approaches life. Personal discipline, victory over trials, the temper, disposition, and even memory are influenced greatly by the food we eat.

Elimination and Challenge Food Sensitivity Diet

If an allergy or food sensitivity is present, these simple directions and listings of FOODS TO AVOID and FOODS TO INCLUDE may be quite helpful. For optimum health, items marked with an asterisk (*) should always be avoided.

Food Sensitivity Diet

With food sensitivities becoming more common, many are opting to try eliminating certain foods, on a rotation basis, to determine the culprit(s). Find here a simple schedule.

Free Fats

Fats are concentrated foods and cannot be handled in the blood very readily. There are many diseases that are increased by a high level of fat. Learn here some of the serious factors involved.

Gluten-Free Grains

Have you or a loved one gone "gluten free" and are looking for alternatives to gluten-containing grains that were previously prepared? Learn the various benefits of incorporating the items on this list.

Grains

Grains represent the most important single item in the diet. It is important to study carefully how they should be cooked and used. This article provides such helpful information.

Hair Analysis

In this Q&A format article, Dr. Agatha answers a question that many others have had: Is hair analysis scientifically accurate or is it a scam? Her answer is interesting.

Harmful Effects of Cheese

Why is cheese not the health food previously thought? What are the dangers in its use? Dare to read on. Find a healthful alternative and become victorious in the cheese challenge.

Health Recovery Program

An estimated 75% of diabetics could be cured simply by following the Health Recovery Program outlined in this article and the General Principles for overall good health.

Health and High Protein Intake

This article about the effects of high protein intake includes calcium loss, protein's effects on the immune system and kidneys, as well as a list of preventive measures.

How to Cook Vegetables

Vitamins, minerals, and delicious flavors are lost in preparing vegetables. Legumes and grains have to be cooked until tender or sprouted to be best utilized. Learn more in this counseling sheet about How to Cook Vegetables.

How to Strengthen the Immune System

This discussion promotes healthful living. Advice on diet, the importance of regular daily patterns of sleep and other lifestyle routines, including suggestions for spiritual development, and recommended herbal teas and supplements are well outlined.

Instructions on Eating

The digestive system is accurately timed and does the most efficient work when kept on a regular schedule. By carefully heeding the instructions found in this article, you can feel much better and also avoid many illnesses.

Iron

Iron is one of the special interest nutrients that many Americans are taking for a supposed deficiency. Yet, the level of hemoglobin (blood iron) which most Americans carry appears to be too great for the most optimum health. Find out more in this article.

Laws of Health

What are the 10 laws of health? This article lists the principles of Diet, Water, Sunshine, Purity of Life, Cleanliness, Temperance, Exercise, Rest, Air, Trust in Divine Power.

Learning and What Interferes with It

Each person must play his own part to produce a clear mind, capable of keener perception and greater memory retention. What interferes with learning? What improves it? Find out in this article.

Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sugar Diet

America leads the world in heart disease. It is possible to prevent heart attacks (and other conditions) through proper diet and lifestyle. Find healthful recommendations in this article.

Magnesium Deficiency

Signs of magnesium deficiency can initially develop unnoticed and may not be diagnosed (and thus the condition goes untreated) until symptoms are more obvious. Find out more in this article.

Main Dishes

"Main Dishes" is a quick reference list for choosing foods that will supply proteins and B-vitamins. Grains, seeds, certain vegetables and tubers, legumes are the categories of foods comprising the list. This is one to save.

Meals and the Two-Meal Plan

Adopting a two-meal plan can certainly save time and money but also increase energy, cure irritability, and lessen the risk of developing cancer. This compilation of scientific health information explains.

Milk

Remember the "Milk is good food" slogan that subtly instructed adults and children to drink more of it? And the "Got Milk?" ads with white-moustached celebrities, glamorizing milk drinking? Years before each of those dairy campaigns, wise counsel was given, advising against it.

Multiple Sclerosis - 3

Do you know how clothing, temperature, lifestyle, water, and exercise affect those with multiple sclerosis? Did you know that MS is more common in those living at a certain latitude and in certain environs? What do you know about any laboratory test to diagnose MS? All these and more are discussed.

My Going Home Plan #2

Health retreat guests may feel overwhelmed at the thought that they will be faced with doing all their own daily healing routines, once they are home. This sample daily schedule is intended to assist and simplify life for those fearful of the challenge.

Nightshades and Ill Health

People with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions are often strongly advised to omit "nightshades" (tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and white potatoes from their diet. Find here a list of healthful substitutes.

Notes on Cheese, Pasteurization, and Contamination

This eye-opening article on Cheese, Pasteurization, and Contamination shares the reality of just how harmful cheese is to human health ... and the incentive to avoid dairy products in the diet.

Number of Meals and Distance Apart

This compilation of quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy, regarding the number of meals and sufficient hours in between, can be quite helpful on our journey toward optimum health.

Nutrition and Human Development

Among the criteria of indications of nutritional excellency are: a good memory, good mental function, growth and maturation in a proper length of time, etc. Learn more in this article.

Pain and Fever Control Without Aspirin - 2

Pain sufferers will want to read this discussion, which addresses the treatment of pain naturally. Pain influences are discussed. Exposure to chemicals is addressed. Exercises are described. Hydrotherapy instructions are provided. This is a must-read.

Peptic Ulcer - 1

A 2022 NIH report stated that peptic ulcer disease (PUD) affects four million people worldwide annually. This discussion provides details anyone suffering with PUD would want to know and share—from surprising causes to simple natural methods of treatment.

Peptic Ulcer - 2

This 25-point detailed discussion about the natural treatment modalities for peptic ulcers that are known to be successful is well worth the read! In addition, learn about the true cause, as well as the factors that irritate and exacerbate the condition.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

Most women—over 90 percent—have been said to experience some form of PMS. This is a detailed discussion, filled with amazingly simple options designed to improve the life experience of women and, indirectly, her associates.

Prevention And Treatment of Colds

Read this discussion to learn how deep breathing, drinking water after a cough, taking baths and showers, certain dietary practices, and other simple practices can stimulate the immune system for healing. Also learn what to avoid, like rich foods, antibiotics, even aspirin and more!

Principles of Weight Control

Are you done with diets? Better yet, be done with the diet and lifestyle that led to unhealthy weight gain. Join a growing population changing their diet and lifestyle to live a longer and healthier and more fulfilled life. "Principles of Weight Control" shows you how and why you'll want the change.

Prostate Disease - 2

Enlargement and cancer of the prostate and their likely causes, irritants, as well as natural treatments (including the use of water and nutritional specifics) are discussed.

Proteins

Vegans are often asked, "How do you get your protein?" It's good to know how much protein the body needs and what kinds are best. Should we be concerned about getting too much? How much is too much? This article explains.

Rationale for Altering the Plant Steroids in the Diet

This is a brief and yet most important discussion about plant sterols and their effect on menopausal symptoms, menstrual bleeding, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. It emphasizes the strict control of the diet and acknowledges the powerful value of wise choices.

Rationale for Fat-Free or Low-Fat Diets

Fats are essential for proper functioning of the body, but "added fat" in foods is not necessary. Most foods contain some fats. So, even when selecting a healthful diet entirely free of "added fats," a sufficient amount of fat is supplied.

Rationale for the Diet Used in Reducing

This is likely the most brief, simple, and yet most effective, discussion about weight loss. It is well worth the read, even for those considering adopting a total raw diet and why that might not be the best decision to sustain for the long term. Very interesting and easily adaptable in the life!

Rationale for the Gluten-Free Diet

The number of individuals on gluten-free diets is quickly increasing. What is the rationale for going gluten-free? What are some of the symptoms of gluten intolerance and gluten sensitivity? What are some alternatives to gluten grains?

Rationale for the Health Recovery Diet (HR Diet)

The health recovery diet can relieve symptoms of hypoglycemia, fatigue, allergies, headaches, depression, skin problems, digestive symptoms, and a host of other disorders.

Rationale for the Nightshade-Free Diet

Dr. Norman Childers of Rutgers University experimented with a nightshade-free diet in individuals with arthritis and other forms of skeletal pain. Learn here the results.

Rationale for the Raw Diet

Read about some of the health benefits of having a raw-food meal plan. Also learn whether it's the best long-term protocol for obtaining and maintaining optimum health.

Role of Diet and Health in Preparing a People for Christ's Second Coming

This reference list from The Holy Bible and The Spirit of Prophecy provide guidance regarding the role of diet and health in preparing (and helping others to prepare) for the Second Coming of Jesus.

Salads

This interesting discussion of various salads mentions why it is a good practice to include a salad at every meal, whether a fruit salad or garden fresh salad of greens, or potato, or carrot salad. Also explained: how salads should be stored and when best during the meal they should be eaten.

Seasonings and Spices

Seasonings may not be exactly what you've been thinking. Read these informative details for interesting, if not outright surprising, facts about much of what is likely in your kitchen cabinets right now. You might even learn the cause of some of your most nagging digestive issues.

Set Points for Weight Control

If followed, this set of instructions related to nutrition and other aspects of lifestyle can help reduce your set point for weight control, reduce cholesterol, and improve overall health.

Shopping List

For those wanting to improve their grocery shopping and return home with healthy products, here is a great beginning. Foods are categorized into fruits, vegetables, grains, pastas, legumes, nuts and seeds, dairy, bread, crackers and condiments. And bit of worthy advice is offered for each group.

Snacks and Eating Between Meals

To snack or not to snack? That is a common question. Some are lured into grazing, eating all day long. Others are taught to have regular meals at regular times, with nothing in between but water. Which is the best approach to achieve optimum health and vitality?

Sprouting

Follow these easy-to-follow instructions for simplest method of sprouting seeds that can be readily available during the winter season, when greens are in short supply. Learn other advantages of sprouting, what seeds to sprout, as well as how to use them.

Suggestions for Controlling Sugar Intake

Though most people love sweets, they (the sweets) don't always love us back. Rather, refined sugar can do a lot of harm to our health. This counseling sheet contains a list of suggestions for controlling sugar intake.

The Effect of B-Vitamins on the Nerves

B-vitamins form an essential part of the enzyme economy of the tissue cells. A deficiency can be seen in the skin, heart, digestion, blood, and other body systems, including the nerves.

The Irritated Stomach

This discussion of the irritated stomach includes what may be the surprising factor of its influence on the disposition and the learning capacities of the sufferer. Less surprising may be the overload of a nutrient to the point of death in the diabetic or one with kidney disease. Still, read on.

The Long Cooking of Grains

This discussion of cooking times for grains is indispensable for those who eat oats, corn grits, whole grain rice, whole grain wheat, cracked wheat, even the plant seed quinoa, or waffles! Improper cooking times can lead to blood pressure or blood sugar issues, heart attack, lupus, or Alzheimer's.

The Milk Myth

The infamous advertising question, "Got Milk?" has convinced many that they should. But should they? Discover the reasons for dispelling the MYTH of "milk is good food."

Thinness

This discussion about weight may be just the information those watching their weight are looking for. Whether you're thin or overweight, you will want to take note of these important points that show how emotional crises, chewing well, even sleep patterns affect your weight.

Three Essential Classes of Foods

Do you ever rush into the grocery store and simply (but regretfully) purchase foods you are accustomed to, rather than those you know would be better for your health? Use this as a handy grocery shopping guideline for foods to include on your list or ones to delete from your list.

To My Kind Host or Hostess

Have you ever wondered how to prepare healthy meals for guests on a total plant-based diet, but you preferred not to ask them directly? This letter provides a simple guideline and may prove the help you're looking for.

Top 10 Food Groups Causing Sensitivity

This counseling sheet is a list of foods more likely to cause sensitivity than others. ‍We recommend that everyone totally leave out the food groups with an asterisk (*) after them.

Twenty Tips on Food Dehydration

Demand for dried foods is driving interest in dehydrating foods among do-it-yourselfers. These twenty recommended tips for dehydrating foods will likely prove very valuable and easy to remember.

Vegetarian Diets For Pregnant and Nursing Women

During pregnancy the most favorable diet for a woman is a totally vegetarian diet. It furnishes the unborn baby with a wide array of nutrients, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, as well as the major elements of protein, carbohydrates, and fats.‍

Vitamin B12

With a growing population of 60-year-olds and beyond, being properly informed of vitamin B12 requirements is essential. Younger persons may also find themselves deficient in B12 simply from taking megadoses of vitamin C, or eating cooked eggs, or even taking oral contraceptives.

Vitamin D

The "D" in Vitamin D doesn't stand for "Deficient." But many people, especially in northern climates, are deficient in Vitamin D. Find out more about why it's important to get plenty (but not too much) of this "vitamin."

Vitamin Supplements

Ever wonder whether it really is a good idea to depend on vitamin and mineral supplements on a daily basis? Supplementation is discussed in a easy-to-understand manner, while it teaches the reader important bodily processes and answers probably the most frequent question about supplements.

Ways to Lower Cholesterol

While some cholesterol is needed by the body, the body produces all that it requires. This counseling sheet provides helpful information regarding the foods to include and avoid for keeping cholesterol levels healthy.

Why Breakfast?

The benefits of eating a healthy breakfast can go further than possibly expected. It is an opportunity to put a well-laid plan into operation for a happy family experience everyone can look forward to with a measure of excitement.

Yeast-Free Foods

When trying to eliminate all yeast products from the diet, it's sometimes difficult to know exactly all that should be avoided. This list will be helpful in the "going yeast-free" process.

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