**************We have the power to be healthy by how we eat!!!!

I have been searching for the fountain of Youth (being healthy) for the last 18 years and it has been quite an adventure! I have learned a lot but still have only touched the tip of the iceberg!

In the Word Of wisdom in the Doctrine and covenant sec. 89. It teaches to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and very little meat. What great advice! So many of us are malnutritioned and aren't getting the mineral in our fruits and vegetables because the soil has been depleted through the years, so it is important to take trace minerals.

We have so many toxins in our society (water, air, food, sugar, negative attitude) that we build up toxins in our bodies which changes our body to a more acidic environment, where germs and toxins do thrive and cause disease. It weakens our immune system, so we can't fight off the germs that are in our body and we get diseases.

We have the power to stay healthy or become healthy again! I get busy and eat what is easy. A number of years ago my daughter and I went to a raw preparation class given by Agi, she makes the best raw foods. I bought video's and recipe books on how to prepare raw veggies and nuts, and started to makes some of these recipes, but got lax. I am going to commit to prepare some of those amazing raw recipes to go along with steamed veggies, healthy soups, salads, brown rice, juicing etc.

Teaching children how to eat healthy. Teaching children to be responsible for their health!!!

Does anyone want to e-mail me their story about what they are doing to help their children understand what needs to be done to stay healthy. Or what you are doing to be healthy!!!

While raising my children I read as much as I could about how to raise healthy children. I made every effort to teach them how to eat a healthy diet of veggies and fruit and whole grains (and raw nuts), a little meat. I still have 5 growing boys at home and I am still trying to teach them good eating habits!!! It is a challenge sometimes!!!

I tried to teach them that it was mine and their responsibility to take care of themselves, not the Doctors or the Governments responsibility.

I taught them how important it was to drink a lot of water. And to try not to get carried away with eating a lot of sugary desserts and candy. I didn't say they could never have it though; I knew they would feel deprived and get carried away and eat too much sweets if I kept them from eating any sweets at all.

I always have to add that good health is always about body, mind and spiritual health. We always feel more healthy when we are active and living a well balanced life. Most important to me is having a good relationship with my Heavenly Father and with Jesus our Savior and Redeemer. If we have a good relationship with them it help us handle the trial in our life and health problems!!!

Life happens and we will have set backs in our health even when we try hard to eat healthy. Car accidents, falling, slipping on snow, breathing and drinking in toxins into our body will cause bad health. (solution: cleanse the body (herbs) and drink clean filtered or distilled water). Another thing that causes health problems is not knowing how to handle stress and having it in your life a high percentage of the time!!! Not getting enough restful sleep.