Subject: v5n12 God's Food For Life AlphaOmegaFood.com Volume Five, Number 12, December, 2005 http://www.alphaomegafood.com ddpolk@alphaomegafood.com 877-200-0862 or 731-423-5313 Contents: Christmases Past Eight Principles of Food & Health Gift Certificates at AlphaOmegaFood.com American-Made Needak SoftBounce Rebounders Exercise Videos from AlphaOmegaFood.com Marilyn's Vegetable Casserole ............................................................................ A Word from the LORD: "Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." - Luke 2:10-11 KJV ...................................................................... Christmases Past As a former minister of music in a Baptist church, I recall many Christmas experiences that were rather harried. Each year it was my responsibility to plan, compile, design, construct, rehearse, and perform better and better Christmas programs at whatever church I was serving. Each year I sought to tell the story in a fresh setting that would render yet another viewpoint of the greatest story ever told. One would think that such a simple story as the virgin birth would be cut and dried and boring, especially for those who had heard it a hundred times. But such was not the case. Each year the story took on more meaning and depth, yet simple to grasp on the surface. After all, you can't change Christmas. That's right, but you can see it from so many different angles that it never gets old and boring. One year an old man told the story to his two grandchildren and we wove the promise of a Messiah into a fully costumed and dramatized living testimony. Another year we used a creation vs. evolution debate to help our congregation realize that science supports the Biblical account of creation and the coming of the Messiah. Still another time we used a telescope that I had built to get the story going about how the Magi had anticipated the birth of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. In all of these dramatizations the story came alive. Couched in beautiful music sung by a choir and accompanied by orchestra, the stories brought home to each one in the congregation that this story was the greatest story ever told. The story of how sinful mankind was loved so much that Almighty God, the Creator of everything, reached down to earth and submitted Himself to his very creation, just to save them from being forever lost. I pray that you have read the Christmas story from the Bible and realized that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Each of us fits into the Christmas story in a unique way. Tell your story, go and tell it on the mountains; over the hills and everywhere that Jesus Christ is born, and there is salvation in Him alone. Merry Christmas and may God bless you all. ...................................................................... Eight Principles of Food and Health In the monumental long-term research project on disease vs diet, The China Study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell has summarized the conclusions he has reached by listing eight principles that can bring great health back to life. He begins by listing the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. They are: "live longer, look and feel younger, have more energy, lose weight, lower your blood cholesterol, prevent and even reverse heart disease, lower your risk of prostate, breast and other cancers, preserve your eyesight in your later years, prevent and treat diabetes, avoid surgery in many instances, vastly decrease the need for pharmaceutical drugs, keep your bones strong, avoid impotence, avoid stroke, prevent kidney stones, keep your baby from getting Type 1 diabetes, alleviate constipation, lower your blood pressure, avoid Alzheimer's, beat arthritis, and more..." "Principle #1: Nutrition represents the combined activities of countless food substances. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Dr. Campbell, the brilliant world-renowned biochemist, states that the complex nature of foods and chemicals in them combine with the intricacies of the human body to produce reactions and products that defy the simplicity of mankind's thinking. "The misguided may trumpet the virtues of one specific nutrient or chemical, but this thinking is too simplistic." In my opinion, God has designed whole foods that are simply too complicated for mankind to understand. "Principle #2: Vitamin supplements are not a panacea for good health. Because nutrition operates as an infinitely complex biochemical system involving thousands of chemicals and thousands of effects on your health, it makes little or no sense that isolated nutrients taken as supplements can substitute for while foods." Dr. Campbell also points out that vitamins can be dangerous since they are not in synergy as with whole foods. "Principle #3: There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants." Dr. Campbell points out that there is a vast difference in the nutrient composition of animal and plant foods. There are some essential elements that are not found in animal foods, such as fiber. And there are some essential nutrients that animal foods have little if any, such as antioxidants and minerals providing alkalinity. There are some nutrients that are essential but that are not in plants. There is no cholesterol in plants, but cholesterol is not an essential nutrient, since our liver makes cholesterol when needed. There is no vitamin A in plants, but beta-carotene in plants enable the body to make adequate vitamin A. There is no vitamin D in plants, but our body can make all we need with sunshine on our bare skin. With synthetic dosage of vitamins A and D there is a risk of toxicity from over dosage. Vitamin B12 is one nutrient that is essential but is not in commercially produced plants. However, as Dr. Campbell says, when plants are grown in organic soil the B12 producing microbe is there in the plant and we gain the B12 when we consume the organic fruits and vegetables. "Principle #4: Genes do not determine disease on their own. Genes function only by being activated, or expressed, and nutrition plays a critical role in determining which genes, good and bad, are expressed." Dr. Campbell states that genes are expressed or activated by environment, especially diet. In his research, he found that cancer genes were profoundly impacted by the consumption of protein. "In my research group, we learned that we could turn the bad genes on and off simply by adjusting animal protein intake." "Principle #5: Nutrition can substantially control the adverse effects of noxious chemicals." There is a great misconception that chemicals alone cause cancer. Therefore, it is deduced that we need to eat organic cows rather than commercially grown ones. Chemicals may initiate the cancer, but it's the nutrition that either promotes cancer or suppresses it. Animal protein promotes cancer growth, and plant protein suppresses it. "Principle #6: The same nutrition that prevents disease in its early stages (before diagnosis) can also halt or reverse disease in its later stages (after diagnosis)." No matter what stage of disease, good nutrition can slow, stop, and even reverse disease. "Principle #7: Nutrition that is truly beneficial for one chronic disease will support health across the board." The plant based diet will support good health regardless of the disease with which the body is burdened. There is no cancer diet, or heart diet, or diabetic diet, but there is one diet and lifestyle that can beneficially support health and that is the plant based diet. "Principle #8: Good nutrition creates health in all areas of our existence. All parts are interconnected." Although Dr. Campbell does not acknowledge that God has created this magnificent synergy of creation, he does admit that diet alone cannot bring healing, but that our bodies were meant to move and to be balanced in spirit, in body, in mind, and in intellect. We must not think that a good diet can overcome inactivity and vice versa. The Lord made us in His image and we need spiritual, physical, and intellectual exercise to be well balanced and healthy. The China Study can be ordered by calling Hallelujah Acres at 1-800-915-9355 and using our Pin, ACO. Please tell them that Doug & Marilyn Polk are your Health Ministers. We would appreciate it and it won't cost you any more to do that. May God bless you and keep you. ...................................................................... Gift Certificates Are Available at AlphaOmegaFood.com We have installed gift certificates on our web pages to help you give a healthy gift to your friends, family, and loved ones. Just go to your favorite place on our web and you will find a gift certificate that you can send by email to someone. For instance, you can go to http://www.greenstarjuicers.org/greenstar2000.htm> and click on the Gift Certificate picture. Then at checkout your card will be charged the amount of $379.00 for the gift certificate. The shopping cart will have a Gift Certificate ID number that you can email to your recipient. That someone can then go to our web site and order products and at checkout they can insert the gift certificate ID and be credited with the gift certificate amount. It's easy and fast and secure. Call us if you have questions at 877-200-0862. ...................................................................... American Made Needak Rebounders With the weather outside so frightful, it is great to have a Needak Rebounder that can help us with our stretching, aerobic, and weight bearing exercises. Marilyn and I use our Needak almost every day, especially in the winter months. It is easy on the joints, but gives the needed action to move our lymph fluid and to tone and stretch our muscles, while elevating our respiratory and heart rates. For those who are physically challenged, there is the Stabilizer Bar, which allows one to hold on either sitting or standing on the rebounder. See these sturdy, long lasting rebounders at . See below some excellent exercise videos for rebounding in the next section. ...................................................................... Exercise Videos From AlphaOmegaFood.com The newest exercise video is from the Sneider family. It is a 50 minute workout on rebounders that goes from stretching to aerobics to resistance rebounding. What a great way to get and stay in shape in the privacy of your own home. See Dr. Harry Sneider, a rebounding pioneer, and his wife Sarah and son, Rob take you though a wonderful set of seven distinct routines that will keep you in top shape. We also have Champion Rebounding by kick boxing champ Jerry James, a best seller. Former fibromyalgia sufferer, Carol Brophy, also has a very popular video called "Carol's Health Bounce" for the less athletic. These and other exercise videos can be seen and ordered at or call us at 877-200-0862. Most videos come in DVD or VHS format. ...................................................................... Marilyn's Vegetable Casserole I (Doug) have two sons who love this recipe and won't have Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or Easter without it. And, to tell the truth, I like it too. It is a casserole that is full of vegetables although it is a cooked dish. Balance it with a good raw green salad full of variety and you've got a great meal. Here it is. 1 small pkg. mixed vegetables 1 large pkg. broccoli, cauliflower, carrot mix 3/4 cup Veganaise or Nayonnaise 2 tablespoons Rice Dream milk substitute 2 tablespoons Earth Balance or butter blend 1 can water chestnuts, drained & chopped Cook vegetables together in a small amount of salted (1/2 tsp) water. Drain. Mix vegetables, Vegenaise, rice (or almond) milk, margarine substitute, and water chestnuts in a bowl. Spray a 9" x 13" dish with olive oil. Pour vegetable mixture in dish. Top with whole grain cracker crumbs and shredded cheese substitute (optional). Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until bubbly. .................................................................... January Support Group Meeting Soup and Chili Pot Luck will be our January group meeting at our home at 36 Fox Pond Cove in Jackson. Make your plans to be with us Saturday, January 7th at 6:30 p.m. We'll be sharing some great recipes and ways to make the Hallelujah Diet and Lifestyle work for you. Call us at 731-423-5313 and let us know at least one week before our meeting so we can have room for you. ...................................................................... For Toll Free Ordering ONLY, call 1-877-200-0862. For health consultations and questions about our products, please call 731-423-5313 or email us at ddpolk@alphaomegafood.com. Back Issues of "God's Food For Life" are available on the home page Click the "Back Issues" button at far right. 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