Caught With High Blood Pressure
| The thief comes
only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full. John 10:10, NIV. |
Your blood pressure
is markedly elevated. Have you seen your doctor?" That was the first warning
that I had hypertension. Attending a national convention in San Francisco,
I found myself attracted to a routine health screening booth in the Moscone
Convention Center exhibit hall. Since then I have learned that sometimes
the first symptom of heart disease is sudden death. Anxiously I went to
the telephone to call a physician friend.
My father had died from heart
disease just 10 days after my mother succumbed to diabetes and depression.
Of course, I had inherited genes from my parents. The husbands of both
of my younger sisters had strokes. Now I discovered myself suffering from
high blood pressure, and I didn't want to have it!
Having heard of the natural
lifestyle medicine taught at Weimar Institute, I contacted Dr. Vernon Foster,
who urged me to enter the NEWSTART lifestyle program that had just begun.
While there I learned the eight natural remedies that put me on the road
to better health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance (self-control),
air, rest, and trust.
Eighty percent of men are
able to discontinue blood pressure medication in less than three weeks.
After adopting a whole plant food diet and regular exercise, I observed
a steady drop in my weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol. Now more than
10 years later I continue to be blessed with improved health. I have just
returned from a 41-mile family backpack trip in the Rogue River Wilderness.
Ten years ago I'm not sure I would have made it!
The good news is that you
don't have to be what you are. You and I can take charge of our lives right
now. You can use your power of choice to select healthy, natural foods
and choose a stronger immune system. Even the testimony of a healthy Christian
is more effective. Jesus came so that we "might have life, and . . . have
it more abundantly" (John 10:10).
| Are you following God's health principles
so you can enjoy the abundant life Jesus wants us to have? |
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