Our scripture for this month tells us that when we heed the Word of God we can make wise decisions with simple actions. So what is the simple action that can help us make wise decisions concerning insurance? Simply speaking, insurance works like this.

You pay monthly premiums to the insurance company and the company pays for a portion of your medical bills in case of illness or trauma. Your insurance premiums and those of other insurance carriers pay for MEDICAL bills! That means that you are paying for medication and hospital care that the established medical authorities say you need in order to overcome whatever physical, emotional, or mental condition you find yourself.

If you have an accident, the money pays for hospital care, surgery, medication, room, etc. If you have a major illness it pays for a portion of that long term care, depending on how much coverage you have.

This is common knowledge and nothing new. But realize one thing - very little of this money you pay for health insurance is going to PREVENT illness or to EDUCATE you to how to avoid illness. Your insurance coverage will also be restricted from some of the practitioners that could help you most like Health Ministers, Naturopaths, and other educators. Most of your premiums will pay for doctor visits, drugs, surgery, radiation, chemo, and hospitalization as prescribed by standard medical practice for your particular ailment.

While we want the best care we can get for our money, we need to realize something. The Center for Disease Control admits that almost 70% of all disease can be prevented by lifestyle choices - that is by diet and exercise. And insurance does not prevent us from making bad choices. It simply pays for the mistakes we make and pays for it with our money and the money of our friends and neighbors. Americans have the most expensive medical care in the world and the World Health Organization says that we are number 17 in effectiveness of that care.

One of the things for which health insurance can truly be appropriate is for accident or trauma care. In those cases, surgery and hospitalization are frequently necessary. But often, we are given drugs that do little more than deaden our pain and suffering without promoting healing. There is a better way to health than depending on health insurance and medical care as cure-alls. Listen on.

You would think that insurance would insure that you did not get the effect of a cause. For instance, a life buoy would be insurance that you would not drown in the event of being swept overboard. A parachute would be insurance that you would not impact the earth at breakneck speeds if the plane went down.

So why doesn't health insurance keep us from getting sick? That is a GOOD question. One that should be asked more often. Health insurance does not help us to avoid disease so why is it called health insurance? That is another good question. It should be called disease insurance. And in some cases health insurance insures that we will be protected from good health because of the disease care we get. Have you ever been to visit the heart bypass patient who is eating a bacon and eggs breakfast that the doctor and R.D. prescribed? It's like they are insuring that the patient returns for another operation if he is lucky. Ridiculous!

So health insurance does not protect us from ill health. Yes, it may protect us from being financially wiped out by the monstrous costs of our ineffective health care. But no, it is not insurance against getting sick!

If you have stayed with me thus far, thank you for being open minded. I realize health insurance is almost like a god to Americans. Any political candidate that doesn't address the thirst for subsidized health care is destined for defeat. If you think that defense spending is tremendous, know that health care spending is 4.3 times that of national defense, or 16% of GDP (gross domestic product).

So, what should health insurance pay for? In my opinion health insurance should insure that we remain healthy. It should help us to avoid illness. Here is a list of things health insurance could address.

• Promote nutritional training in medical schools
• Pay for nutritional teaching by approved practitioners
• Pay for nutritional therapy as well as traditional therapy
• Pay for trauma care
• Reward patients for opting out of drugs and onto a healthier diet
• Reward medical doctors for using nutritional therapy as an alternative to medical therapy

What is the best health insurance? I believe it is the closest thing to the perfect diet that was given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The Bible says that when God created the earth, sun, moon, stars, the plants and animals and finally man and woman, He pronounced it "very good". When God calls something "very good" it means that it is perfect. And that is just what the original diet of Genesis 1:29-30 was. Perfect! Today we can get very close to that diet by eating organic fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and supplementing them with concentrated fresh carrot and barley juices. Marilyn's book "Hallelujah Simple Weekly Meal Plans" can help you to delicious and healthy meals. The Hallelujah Diet book can increase your knowledge of how to insure that you and your family can be protected from today's degenerative diseases without sacrificing your nest egg. Try it for 21 days. Go to our web site and learn how to eat to live!

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Marilyn and I juice about 15-20 pounds of carrots per week. With the Green Star you don't have to juice every day. That's right! Green Star juice keeps in tightly closed canning jars for 3 to 5 days in the refrigerator. In my opinion, it is the best juicer for cancer treatment and the best health insurance you can buy. Call us for this special low price at 877-200-0862. It is so low we cannot advertise it on the Internet.

Marilyn and I love to make home made pizzas on Friday nights. We get out our Nutrimill and grind up our red wheat berries in a flash. The Nutrimill is a variable speed mill that can grind grain coarse as corn meal or as fine as fine flour, and without a big mess or lots of noise. We then put our fine whole grain flour into our Zojirushi Bread Machine and set it for Basic Dough. In about an hour and a half we have a big ball of perfect whole grain dough, which we halve and make two large pizza crusts. We bake the crust at 350 and then begin making our raw pizzas. Be sure to take advantage of our low prices on both these great machines by calling us at 877-200-0862 or going to our web site an ordering online.

This is a great recipe for whole grain bread, especially if you have a Nutrimill and a Zojirushi bread machine. In our opinion, the two best and most convenient machines for making your own whole grain breads and pastry.

• 1-1/2 cups pure water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 cup raw honey
• 1 tablespoon liquid lecithin

The nutritional and health information in this web page is based on the teachings of God's Holy Word- the Bible, as well as personal experiences. We do not offer medical advice or prescribe the use of diet as a form of treatment for sickness without the approval of a health professional. Because there is always some risk involved when changing diet and lifestyles, we are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences that might result. Please do not apply the information in this web page if you are not willing to assume the risk. If you do use the information in this web page without the approval of a health professional, you are prescribing for yourself, which is your constitutional right, but Alpha Omega Food assumes no responsibility.