God's Food For Life AlphaOmegaFood.com Volume Five, Number 6, June, 2005 http://www.alphaomegafood.com ddpolk@alphaomegafood.com Contents: Testimony From a Former Meat-Eating Farmer How Expensive is the Hallelujah Diet & LifeStyle? How Expensive is Heart Disease, Cancer, etc.? Marilyn's New Book Helps You Get Started Vaccinations Are Very Dangerous New EcoQuest Air Purifiers Remove Fears Why Soak Your Nuts and Seeds? Fruit Slush ............................................................................ A Word from the LORD: "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death." - I John 3:14 KJV ............................................................................. Marilyn and I would like to ask you to pray for our son, Dean, who is spending two months in Tasmania as a Summer Missionary. He is helping a church with their youth ministry. Tasmania is 15 hours ahead of us here in Tennessee. ............................................................................. Testimony From a Former Meat-Eating Farmer I was big and fat. This didn't really bother me much. I had high cholesterol and high blood pressure. High cholesterol tends to run with fat people and so does high blood pressure. When I had these problems, there was a pill to take care of this and the insurance paid for most of it. Next my blood tested pre-diabetes. They have pills for this but it later turns into shots. I hated the thoughts of shots; and sticking my finger all the time didn't sound good, plus the diabetic diet is absolutely horrible! My thought process said, "You can't live without meat! Vegetarians are way out in their thinking." But the thought of sticking my finger everyday and someday losing my legs made me think I could take the bitter pill of "no meat". Thank God for beans, potatoes, bananas, and all the other fruits and vegetables and nuts. I have been able to stay off meat without much trouble. I have learned to like and enjoy a salad, and I really like carrot juice! As a result of mainly staying of all meat, I have been able to come off Zocor (the cholesterol medicine), Hyzaar (the high blood pressure medicine), and am no longer in the pre-diabetes category. Plus, I lost 30 pounds and can now tie my shoes and breathe at the same time! Wonderful! (This testimony came from one of our former Get Healthy! Stay Balanced students, J. Shellabarger,) ............................................................................. How Expensive is the Hallelujah Diet & Lifestyle? In order to fairly compare the H.D. with other lifestyles, we must consider the alternative diets. The demonstrated result of the H.D. is to become healthy and disease free. So the other alternatives to achieving this state are very limited, if not nonexistent, since there are precious few diets that promise this. Some would say that another diet would be cheaper, but I would argue that point with the following considerations. Most other diet plans are MORE expensive than the H.D. because they have products that MUST be used in order to satisfy the requirements of the diet. Not so with the H.D. You can do the H.D. with very little investment in supplements and media. In fact, the Hallelujah Diet and Lifestyle are listed for free on our web site at home page. The supplements are actually whole foods (BarleyMax, CarrotJuiceMax, BeetMax - we primarily use the BarleyMax) with the exception of the colon cleanse, Fiber Cleanse, which is a combination of fiber and herbs. The basic foundations of the diet are fasting from the dangerous foods and feasting on the natural raw foods that God intended for our bodies to have. Granted, organic whole foods are more expensive than commercially grown foods, but organic foods have no or very minute amounts of pesticide residues, which could promote cancer. So why pay for commercially grown and processed foods at the grocery, at the fast food restaurant, at the doctor, at the clinic, at the hospital, and at the funeral home? Why not just pay for organic foods ONCE, at the grocery store! That way you get a REAL BARGAIN. Because of the health that comes from eating raw, natural, organic foods, it is well worth the sacrifice of fasting from the dangerous foods and lifestyles that lead to disease and death. After all, the scripture says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." (Romans 12:1). The next article will show how the Standard American Diet (SAD) is much more expensive than the H.D. ............................................................................. How Expensive is Heart Disease, Cancer, etc.? Let's compare the cost of the Hallelujah Diet and Lifestyle (H.D.) with the cost of eating the Standard American Diet (SAD). Assuming that if one gets on and stays with the H.D., he or she will probably not get the degenerative diseases that beset most Americans (Proven conclusively by the China Study and thousands of other studies), and that if he or she continues on the SAD, he or she will follow the norm and be a victim of the SAD, let's compare the costs of each. For a husband and wife on the H.D.: cost per month in addition to normal living costs = $34.95 (BMAX 1 month supply for 2), $128.00 (Organic carrots), $500.00 (groceries). Total of about $662.95 per month (much of which would be necessary anyway). No drugs, no surgery, no radiation, no doctor visits, hospital stays, etc. We haven't had health insurance in almost 6 years. We do have accident insurance. For a husband and wife on the SAD: possible costs: monthly health insurance - $400.00; prescription drugs - $50.00; OTC drugs - $20.00; heart surgery - $165,000.00; partial hip replacement - $82,000.00; stroke - $60,000.00; gastric surgery - $31,000.00; heart attack - possibly your life!; cancer surgery - $50,000.00 to $100,000.00. In addition, your life will be dependent on drugs, treatments, tests, possible radiation, constant doctor visits, hospital stays, high insurance premiums, and your life savings will likely be eventually consumed by your illnesses. Please come back to the Garden and trust God's original diet to bring healing, health, vitality, and longevity to your life. "Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? harken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness."- Isaiah 55:2 KJV After several hours of trying to find the cost of surgeries from cancer, heart disease, etc. on the internet, I found one site, , where you can find an accurate list of costs of specific treatments and hospital ratings (and that, only for a free sample). If anyone out there knows where I can find detailed info on costs of particular surgeries and treatments, please email me your source. Thank you. ............................................................................. Marilyn's New Book Helps you Get Started If you are having trouble staying with the Hallelujah Diet & Lifestyle there is help from my dear wife, Marilyn. She has a recipe book entitled "Hallelujah! Simple Weekly Meal Plans" that helps you get organized to provide delicious and simple meals for you and your family. It provides a weekly plan of healthy eating that follows the H.D. and gives you help in planning each meal for four weeks. We have tried these meals and they are good! Order yours by calling 1-800-915-9355 and please use our Pin, ACO. That way we get a little commission for the book and it doesn't cost you any more. May the Lord lead you into a healthier lifestyle with Marilyn's book. ........................................................................... Vaccinations Are Very Dangerous! In his weekly "Healthy Tips" Brother George Malkmus says that Dr. Russell Blaylock's newsletter has uncovered evidence that concludes that vaccinations are a MAJOR cause of autism in children. We do not have the space to expand on these alarming findings, but you can read about them in Dr. Blaylock's Monthly Journal Wellness Report . Subscriptions are available at that email address. If you would like to subscribe to "Health Tips" go to and to the right side of the page subscribe to Health Tips. This evidence shows that our CDC has dropped the ball and let a dangerous toxin, mercury, loose on our children. ............................................................................ New EcoQuest Air Purifiers Remove Fears With the confusing articles by Consumer Reports magazine and some media, EcoQuest air purifiers took a hit even though they were not one of the ones studied in the CS magazine article. The media has badmouthed ozone even though it is God's way of removing pollutants from outdoor air. Ozone is and has been used for sanitizing food, water, and air and is safe when used responsibly. For 19 years EcoQuest (Alpine) has produced the most effective, safest, and most economical air purifiers on earth. By innuendo our company products were lumped into those which were not safe and effective. Now the company has modified its newest machine, the Fresh Air 2 to be totally free of ozone when set in the normal mode. Not that ozone is dangerous when used as directed, but the company wanted to show that our machines use four other technologies that are very effective in removing pollutants from indoor air. So if you want to guarantee clean, fresh, healthy indoor air in your home, office, RV, or motel room, come to us for help. Visit our EcoQuest web site at and look over the wonderful air and water products. Send us an email at and insert "Fresh Air" in the subject window or call us at 877-200-0862. ........................................................................... Why Soak Nuts and Seeds? Soaking nuts and seeks causes an almost magical thing to happen. God packaged seeds and nuts in strong containers that are more advanced than any of today's technology. Nuts and seeds have been found that are hundreds and even thousands of years old that still are able to sprout. It's obvious that the Lord wanted us to have a food source that could be stored for long periods without spoiling. Seeds and nuts fit the bill. In addition to having strong outer shells or bran, they also have enzyme inhibitors inside, which retard digestion by whomever eats them. It's not uncommon for a seed to pass right through a bird and sprout a plant when expelled as droppings. The same thing happens when we eat raw seeds and nuts. The powerful enzyme inhibitors prohibit the digestive juices from dissolving the seed and making the nutrients available to the body. So what do you do? Soak them! Yes, if you soak raw nuts and seeds until they swell they will absorb the warm water and the germinating process begins. In effect, the seed comes back to life. The enzyme inhibitors are broken open and the nutrients are readily available to the body. If the seeds or nuts were kept in water or in moist surroundings they would continue to geminate and sprout. So you have two wonderful options. One - you can drain the swollen seeds or nuts and put them in the dehydrator set at 105 degrees F. and dry them until they are crispy again. Then freeze them because they will quickly spoil without their God-given packaging. Take them of the freezer as you need them on salads, smoothies, etc. Or you can put the seeds or nuts in a sprouter and continue the germinating process until you have beautiful sprouts, which have many more times the nutrition than the dry seed had. And soaked nuts and seeds have much more flavor and are easier to digest than the dry, raw nuts. You still get the essential fatty acids as well as the micronutrients, vitamins and minerals in God's special long-term packages, but broken open for perfect assimilation. Isn't God good? God is good all the time and all the time God is good! ........................................................................... Local News Simple Weekly Meal Plans can be purchased at Maple Leaf Health Store on North Highland. Marilyn still gets a small commission when you purchase her book from Stephanie. Thanks! Much to our disappointment, a class did not come together for the June 6 start date. If enough people call us, we will set another date for the 9-week "Get Healthy! Stay Balanced" classes. The June Pot Luck and Support Group Meeting is June 28 at 6:30 PM at 36 Fox Pond Cove. Please call or email us by noon on June 27 if your can come. .............................................................................. Fruit Slush (This is one of our kids' favorites on a hot summer day. You'll probably need to double the recipe!) 1 cup fresh apple juice - I know this is more work for you but well worth the extra effort. 1 cup frozen organic strawberries - I buy lots of strawberries in the early summer and freeze them - great to have on hand for slushes and smoothies. Pour juice in your blender* then add strawberries. Blend, pour into a pretty glass, and sip. *We recommend the K-Tec Champ HP3 Blender or the VitaMix. For information on these blenders see . ............................................................................. 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. For information on EcoQuest products, see Doug & Marilyn Polk, Health Ministers (Doug is also an N.D. and a Certified Natural Health Counselor) AlphaOmegaFood.com 36 Fox Pond Cove Jackson TN 38305-9130 731-423-5313 If you received this email by mistake or if you would like to be removed from the list, simply reply to this email and type "remove" in the subject window. 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