Healthy lifestyle can help a body fight off disease

FOR 44 years I have studied natural health — hundreds of articles, books, documentaries, speakers, conversations and my own experiences. As a 74-yearold activist, I collect health wisdom to live it and share it.

External germs are not the main root cause of disease; they are the scavengers that attack when the body is weak and out of balance . ...

Disease has two main causes — too much bad stuff and not enough good stuff.

Stop the bad stuff: anything containing processed sugar, white flour, processed vegetable oil and chemical additives. Check the labels. Sugar causes or worsens 60-plus diseases. Stop all booze, cigarettes, cocaine, meth, heroin and pharmacy drugs unless absolutely necessary . ... Stop using toxic chemicals at home, in the garden, at work or in cosmetics. Stop eating meat, dairy, anything microwaved and cooked food. Cooking destroys most nutrients.

Eat raw, living, plant foods — 100% raw, preferably organic, is best . ... For the best health, we need living plant foods . ...

Get enough good sleep. Hour for hour, the hours slept before midnight benefit us more than the hours slept after midnight.

Get sunshine on most or all of your skin most days. Never burn. Start with a few minutes and increase . ...

Walk or jump on a trampoline — average an hour or more every day — plus other exercises. Too much sitting is as deadly as cigarettes.

Develop close friendships. Have heart-to-heart conversations often. Forgive and ask forgiveness. No grudges. Many warm hugs — when there is no pandemic.

We will all die, but I am devoted everyday to live healthy until I die — why suffer?

Most hospital beds would be empty if people would get serious about their health! Would a car owner put water or dirt into the gas tank and expect the car to run? Preventing disease is always better than treating disease. Sadly many people take far better care of their car, house and pets than their own body. The only material possession we each have from birth to death is our body. No other material possession can give us more misery or more pleasure . ...