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Vitamin A

April 21, 2022 by Dave

Do you have sufficient Vitamin A?

Let’s take a look at what vitamin A is all about and then we will determine the best way to obtain it:
Most people get enough from the foods they eat. Deficiency is rare in the United States, with the exception of some premature infants who may have low levels for the first year of their life.

Benefits of Vitamin A

Helps promote skin growth.
About half of the vitamin A that we need can be provided by Beta-carotene in fruits and vegetables. Beta-carotene is what makes them red, yellow, and orange.
Beta-carotene, a fat soluble compound, is converted in the liver to vitamin A. This type is referred to as a provitamin.
Helps the liver flush out toxins.
Improves vision.
Bone maintenance and reproductive health.
Stimulates the renewal of skin.
Reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin A turns into a purple pigment in the retina so we can see at night.
Helps to strengthen the immune system.
Reduces bile and fat in the liver – thus helps to prevent obesity and diabetes.
Important for the production of insulin-producing cells during fetal development.
Found in plants with carotenoids.

Deficiency of Vitamin A

Vitamin A deficiency can cause rashes, dermatitis, and eczema.
Vitamin A deficiency may cause the outer segments of our eyes’ photoreceptors to deteriorate and impair vision. A condition called xerophthalmia which is the inability to see in low light may lead to blindness if not treated. This is a common symptom for young children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding women in many underdeveloped countries.
Vitamin A deficiency could lead to the destruction of beta cells in adults.
Most people get enough from the foods they eat. Deficiency is rare in the United States, with the exception of some premature infants who may have low levels for the first year of their life.

Sources of Vitamin A

Think green leafy, yellow and orange vegetables for the healthy way to get this vitamin.

Carrots are well known for abundant levels of beta-carotene but this nutrient can also be found in leafy green vegetables, bell peppers, spinach, squash, broccoli, and sweet potatoes. Beta-carotene is part of the carotenoid family.

Fruits that contain higher levels of vitamin A include cantaloupe, apricots, and mangos.

Carrots are loaded with vitamin A and juicing is an excellent way to quickly get the nutrients to the cellular level in our bodies.

The standard American diet would include eating “organ meats” as a source of vitamin A, but cholesterol can be a problem along with digestion issues. The major source of vitamin A for those on the SAD diet (standard American diet) would be from dairy products.

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Vitamin A Warnings

10,000 units, 1 or 2 daily. This dosage should normally not be exceeded. Vitami A is one of the few nutrients which, in excessive amounts, can cause toxicity. Because it is fat soluble, it stays in the body’s fat tissues rather than washing out readily. Prolonged over-dosage (more than 100,000 units daily for adults) can lead to hair loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, skin problems, fatigue, headaches and liver enlargement.

However, it must be noted that vitamin A is one of the most frequently missing nutrients in processed foods, and supplementation in order to correct long-standing deficiencies is frequently required.

Additional Sources:
[1] National Institute of Health, office of dietary supplements
Michael Donaldson, Hallelujah Acres
JAMA. 2002;287(1):47-54.doi;10.1001/jama.287.1.47
[2] Food & Behavior Barbara Reed Stitt

Health Diet Plan and Your Connections For Success

April 19, 2022 by Dave

Make it your own!
First of all make this “your” diet plan and learn as you go! Develop your plant-based diet along with a vitamin and supplement plan that works for you.

Over time you will develop a routine and habits that will lead to better health. This will allow the body to receive all the nutrients that it requires and help to eliminate toxins from the body that hinder our health and are the root cause of many illnesses. If your health seems to be pretty good but you are feeling exhausted or tired then this diet will definitely rev you up some.

Don’t beat yourself up:
If you find yourself worrying about that dessert you took but didn’t really want to…don’t let that discourage you from continuing. Just focus on moving forward and getting as much of the raw, nutritious vegetables and juice that you can into your body.

Make the gradual changes by replacing the harmful foods with the healthy foods. You will feel better and have more energy which will motivate you more yet.

Let’s Get Started With Your Health Diet Plan

Slim healthy Woman losing weight. Health and diet

Even though it is not reported too often in the mainstream media, there has been a tremendous amount of research and studies that demonstrate without doubt that humans’ natural biological diet for maximum health, strength, power, and endurance will come from raw fruits and vegetables.

The 85/15 Goal
There was a period of time that I had to increase my cooked portion of food because I was losing too much weight. I have now found the good balance where I can maintain my ideal weight. Over time you too will develop what works for you.

The goal for the average person is to eat 85% raw uncooked, unprocessed fruits and vegetables, and 15% Vegan cooked option.

The food we eat can either build up and nourish or destroy our bodies. We do have a choice!

The Barley Max product is loaded with live enzymes and nutrients to assist with our nutritional needs as a food supplement. The patented process maintains these live enzymes by using low heat so they are not damaged. I would highly recommend this to be taken daily.

Why Food Alone is Not Enough

Deficient In Nutrients:
Even those eating all the right foods may be deficient in nutrients. Many people are lacking at least one vitamin. Studies show that today’s vegetables are lacking the amount of nutrients that they had just a few decades ago. The ability to eat enough raw foods to obtain all the nutrients the body needs is not practical. Over time, our soils have been depleted of some major nutrients that feed the vegetables and fruits that we eat. This lack of nutrients can compromise our immune system from working properly.

For this reason it is recommended to get these nutrients by additional means.

Juicing for Nutrients — Fresh carrot juice

Juicing:

The goal is to get the maximum nutrition directly to our cells. We accomplish this when the rich nutrients are easy to assimilate and require minimal digestive effort. This also allows more energy to be focused on rebuilding of cells.

When we juice we separate the pulp/fiber from the juice. By removing the fiber, which is the carrier of the nutrients, we will bypass the digestive system that destroys some of the nutrients and very quickly and efficiently get the nutrients into our bloodstream.

The quantity of nutrients is also important, as discussed above. For example carrots are the richest source of beta-carotene, which is converted to Vitamin A by the body, and is loaded with other nutrients. By juicing one 8 oz glass of carrot juice you would have the equivalent of eating one pound of carrots.

When my schedule allows, I juice mixed raw greens – approx 15% spinach, kale, parsley, etc- with carrots and take twice a day on an empty stomach. The other times when home juicing is not practical, due to busy schedules, the CarrotMax or the BeetMax is an excellent choice. I personally use the TrioMax which is the BarleyMax, BeetMax, and CarrotMax combined. This is a very powerful powder mix that will power your cells.

Supplements:

The need for supplements is essential in the world we live today. Many people, even with their best effort, are deficient in one or more areas. Our bodies are continually being bombarded with the “bad things”, whether it be food, air, or the water we drink, we need to combat these elements the best we can to rebuild or just maintain our health.

New research shows that the overwhelming majority of people are deficient in vitamin D3. Also Vitamin B12 is not found in plant foods so vegans and vegetarians are typically low in B12. Don’t rule out low B12 if you eat meat though. About 40% of people tested had low-to-normal levels of B12 in their blood and 17% of those were low enough to have symptoms of deficiency.

It is very important to be informed in the differences of supplements. Slight differences can make a big difference. For example vitamin B12 comes in two different kinds – methylcobalamin and cyanocobalamin. The cyanocobalamin is cheaper but is not found in nature and needs to be converted by the body into methylcobalamin before it can be utilized. Read more…

The supplements and vitamins page has the full description, needs, and recommendations to help you determine your needs.

How important are vitamins? Vitamin D3 is needed by every cell in your body to survive. D3 regulates immune function, inflammation, thyroid function, skeletal development, blood sugar, cell growth, tumor development, and helps keep your mind peaked.

What to avoid, and why!
We added the word replace because it would be difficult for most people to follow any kind of health diet plan if they were asked to remove only, as most diets do.

The one thing that surprises most people is that there’s a healthy alternative for almost everything you crave! And, good tasting too!

It’s important to realize that almost every physical health problem we experience has a diet related cause, other than accident, of course.

God created and designed us to be nourished with living (raw) foods, so it is imperative that the greatest percentage of our daily food intake be raw foods – and that we avoid the foods that are causing the problems in the first place.
Weekly meal plans are not easy at first!
Starting out, one of the hardest things to do is planning out meals. What do I eat? What groceries do I need? How do I make them?

The easiest way to get started and to learn a new way of preparing foods is to use the “Simple Weekly Meal Plan” recipe booklet. I love using this because it has the grocery list for the week and daily meal plans with recipes. These can be adapted for your specific needs as you develop your style of preparing these foods. Click Here, and then click on “Books” then “Recipe Books” at the top of the page. You will have many other recipe books to add to your collection as you work your way into it.

Change!
I would probably be correct in saying that change will be difficult for you especially when it comes to food & Diet. Food is part of our life tradition, it is a big part of social events and entertainment. Remember, we are gradually replacing the unhealthy with the healthy.

Another obstacle to diet change is “addiction”!! – Yes we can become addicted to certain foods because of some ingredients that are added to the food. In fact, some animal studies show that sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine. Once we start placing healthy foods and nutrition into our bodies we gradually stop craving these types of food.

All this effort will be worth the return that you will experience in your life by making the change from the SAD (Standard American Diet) diet to the healthy diet.

Note from the author:
This quote by Dr. Thomas Fuller is so true when it comes to making diet changes: “Health is not valued till sickness comes”.

After 3 months on this diet, my doctor took me off my blood pressure and cholesterol medicine, which after many years still remain normal, including my weight.

There is a long list of those who have recovered from very serious illnesses by adopting this diet and embracing it fully. The body is very complex and each with its own individual physiological makeup. Occasionally new studies and research may cause us to make corrections or some changes to the current diet plan as listed.

Healthy Diet

February 18, 2021 by Dave

What is a Healthy Diet? Let’s Examine!

Our bodies are super complex and along with that come many different forms and ideas of what we should eat, how we should exercise, which vitamins and supplements we should take and the list goes on. So…just what is a healthy diet?

Just like an automobile, we will slow down or break down if we use the wrong fuel!

Unlike an automobile, we can gradually start to substitute good for the bad!

But it still needs to taste good, something that I enjoy, and look forward to every day.

So what is the proper fuel for our bodies?

Let’s go back to the creation – the garden – in Genesis 1:29. And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food”.

You can radically change your weight, how you feel, and overcome most all physical problems by embracing a raw whole plant food diet as 85% of your daily food intake – It’s not as bad as it sounds – there are many great tasting recipes available that will allow you to replace almost all of the things you have enjoyed in the past. The remaining 15% of your daily diet should be the cooked portion of vegetables, grains, beans, whole grain rice, etc.

In a nutshell:

The major cause of illness today is toxicity and deficiency!!
There’s no pill available that we can take to eliminate the toxic state of our bodies.
There’s no pill available that will give us all the nutrition that the body requires.
A healthy diet requires eliminating the bad and adding the good.
85% of our food intake should be whole raw vegetables, fruits, seeds, and whole grains – The food that God made and packaged for us.
A healthy diet will stimulate weight loss, eliminate illness, and promote more energy. The healthy diet will create healthy cells by offering the proper nutrition while avoiding and eliminating the toxins.

In the book of Daniel we read – Melzar consented to Daniel to eat pulse (vegetables and grains) for ten days instead of the meat and wine that the king had offered. “And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the portion of the king’s meat”.

It takes more than food!

Just a healthy diet of food though, does not insure a healthy body! You may have the perfect diet and yet cannot lose weight or overcome an illness because other negative lifestyle factors are producing an acidic condition in our bodies.

For total physical health our lifestyle must include living plant based foods, natural high quality supplements, stress management, exercise, plenty of pure water, sunshine, and rest.
Rest – Sleep is critical for our overall health. Lab rats died in two to three weeks when denied the chance to rest. Sleep deprivation can change several hormones that are important for good health. Lack of sleep can add to our stress levels and hinder our decision making.

Stress – We all experience stress but when it becomes too extreme we may experience a range of health issues such as depression, mental health struggles, heart disease, and poor gut health.

Acidic foods such as animal or dairy based foods can tax the body as it struggles to maintain an alkaline state creating anxiety, weight gain, and other health related issues.

Spiritual – A spiritual walk with the Lord is key to reducing stress and the overall health of our physical bodies. Find a quiet time every day to pray and meditate on those issues that are creating stress or anxiety in your life. It has been reported that as much as 90% of doctor visits have a stress related symptom.

Sunshine – Too many of us are avoiding the sun like the plague! Sunshine plays an important role in our overall health and avoiding it is culprit for many illnesses. See more on sunshine…

When the suns UV rays contact our skin the cholesterol is converted into a ProVitamin D which is converted into a vitamin D metabolite. This is stored and used by the body as needed.

Eating a poor diet of animal fats along with low antioxidant levels can have damaging effects to the skin that leads to skin cancer. Also overexposure causing burning of the skin will cause damage and premature aging.

Researchers have found that over 80% of all people have less than optimal blood levels of vitamin D.
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Stay away from these!

Over time, the ubiquity of highly processed grains along with the extended shelf-life of food products, we have gradually come to accept this as the normal.

Additives along with removing all the healthy, or living parts of the food have made long shelf life possible, along with higher financial gains for the suppliers. These food products are devoid of essential nutritional components!

Many of the packaged / processed foods contain very dangerous and toxic chemicals which cause chronic acidosis and inflammation within our bodies. Dangerous toxins and exitotoxins are introduced into the body.

Research confirms that inflammation is found in most cancer and dementia patients.
For sure we need to avoid what creates these toxins that many people put into their bodies. Medicinal drugs, vaccines, chlorine and fluoride in our water plus all the chemicals in our environment are all a factor in making our cells sick.

Sugar, processed flour, too much starchy white potatoes, white rice, and products that contain them can have the same effects as being over-weight or a drug addict, which can lead to disability.

Change is difficult
Okay so most of us know and would agree that healthy food should be used to nourish and sustain our bodies but… the addicting forces of the “bad” food can cause us to eat in a way that is detrimental to our health.

Many people ask me, how do I go about getting started with a healthy diet and then keep things rolling in a positive direction.
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I would probably be correct in saying that diet change would be difficult for you especially when it comes to food. Food is part of our life tradition, it is a big part of social events and entertainment.

Another obstacle to change is “addiction”! – Yes we can become addicted to certain foods because of the ingredients that are added.

Some medical research has shown that sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine.

I must say that any type of diet that promotes health and vitality will take effort along with some determination.

The diet that promotes fatigue and sickness is the path that most people are on. This diet is the SAD diet, Standard American Diet.

The Healthy Diet is really a common sense approach to providing our bodies with the proper nutrition so that it will seek its ideal weight and allow our immune system to function as God intended.

Research Director, at Hallelujah Acres,Dr. Michael Donaldson, PhD from Cornell University, has substantial research and documentation on the benefits of a plant based diet.

Through our connections and with over 20 years of experience many resources are available for your use including simple meal plans, books, videos, recipes, and advanced top of the line supplements.

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