Choose Life

Batya Shemesh

Description

The Creator of the World commanded us to choose life. Choosing life means choosing health, physical and spiritual. Batya Shemesh writes fascinating explanations to Bible passages from the perspective of an alternative healer.

 

Choose Life fuses Biblical wisdom, science and Chinese Medicine to form basic principles that can be easily followed. She also shares many ideas for practical uses of herbal remedies, vitamins and other natural supplements that have worked for her own patients for decades.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Choose life

Informations

• Publié par: Toplink Publishing, LLC
• Date de parution: 07 février 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781950256495
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Choose Life

A Practical Guide to Health and Nutri tion
Batya Shemesh


Copyright © 2019 by Batya Shemesh.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my parents for introducing our family to the world of natural foods when I was only thirteen years old.
I would like to thank my teachers and colleagues for everything I’ve learned from them and applied in so many ways.
I also would like to thank my patients for trusting me, not giving up hope and for being willing to make life changes for their health and for the health of their fami lies.
I must give praise and appreciation to my husband David for standing by my side doing everything he can to help me succeed in my work and in my studies. His support and aid in writing this book is price less.
Most of all I would like to thank God in heaven for giving me the intuition and talent to be a healer and the knowledge to write this book and present the many secrets wi thin.


Table of Contents
Introduc tion
1. A Healthy S tart
2. God’s View on Nutri tion
3. Keeping Ko sher
4. Don’t Cook a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk
5. Healthy Coo king
6. Choosing Life on a Bu dget
7. The Acid/Alkaline R atio
8. Yin, Yang and In Bet ween
9. God’s View on Alternative Medi cine
10. God’s Phar macy
11. Uncommon Remedies to Common Mala dies
12. Life, Death and Longe vity
13. Anatomy of a Soul
Glos sary


Disclaimer
This book is designed for educational purposes only. The readers may find the information valuable to be better informed consumers of health care. This book is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice from a licensed physician. This book is not meant to be used, nor should it be used, to diagnose or treat any medical condition. For diagnosis or treatment of any medical problem, consult your own physician or health care professional. The publisher and author are not responsible for any specific health condition that may require medical supervision and are not liable for any damages or negative consequences from any treatment, action, application or preparation, to any person reading or following the information in this book. Any use of this information is at your own risk.


Introduction
Deuteronomy 30:1 9-20
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you, life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and J acob.
In the above verses, God is announcing to the people of Israel that He is about to give them free choice. When they were in the desert, their choices were very limited. They ate manna from heaven and they were guided by their leaders every step of the way. Moses is speaking to a nation on the verge of entering the Land of Canaan. They would have to be independent and make many selections in life. Moses gives them two choices; life and good or death and bad.
The Torah promotes life. Moses tells the Israelites, “Choose life!” The Sabbath is a day of rest where all work is prohibited. It begins on Friday at sunset and ends the next day after nightfall. This full day of rest every week gives us health and life. However, if someone is sick on the Sabbath or even if there is a slight chance of danger, all the laws of Sabbath are br oken.
On the same note, we must make all efforts to sustain life, to be strong and healthy. The laws of nature are also God’s laws. Therefore, when we keep them we show respect to our Cre ator.
Any self-respecting person guards his life by going to the doctor and seriously deliberates over following his orders. If you are very diligent, you will make healthy choices in your life style. For instance, with conscious intent, lower your consumption of high cholesterol foods. Some people are also careful about getting enough sleep and exer cise.
This book is for those who are looking for more than just the minimum. They are willing to make the efforts to eat right, cook and avoid processed food. Individuals that try as hard as they can to be healthy should be respected and admired, but instead they are often looked down upon. The strength that it takes to avoid eating unhealthy foods and actively prepare and cook healthy foods is a serious challenge for the average person. Anyone who does so should be esteemed. Those who pursue a healthy life style don’t look for admiration because their efforts produce results. Feeling good and healthy is the best reward of all.
Sometimes I wonder how people can eat so much junk and apparently still seem to be healthy. It has taken me decades to figure out the answer. After years of experience I’ve discovered a few very important points. Major life stresses rob us of our sorely needed nutrients. If you have no reserves, you can collapse physically or mentally when any trauma occurs. People who are used to poor nourishment adapt to it, but they cannot possibly achieve to be as smart or as successful as their God-given potentials allow. After many years of nutritional deficiencies, people age rapidly and suffer the consequences of their poor d iets.
Studies show that Americans who have economic difficulties statistically have shorter lives than their richer neighbors. This is not only because of the stress of the financial burden but because fresh produce is expensive in America and poor families choose less expensive and less nutritious foods instead. In countries like Israel where fresh produce is inexpensive and abundant and there is modern health care, the poor and the rich have similar lifes pans.
We can never be sure that life will be perfect. No insurance can prevent heart disease or stroke. However, with proper nutrition and exercise you can have a better life; you will have the strength to cope with life’s challenges. You don’t have to be rich to eat healthy and you don’t have to be one hundred percent perfect with your diet. What you must have is knowledge. When Moses was in the desert, he presented the Israelites the good and bad deeds that will give life or take it away. In this book, I will present to you the good foods and lifestyle that can have the potential of giving you a new and improved life.
Your Family is Your Ticket to a Good Life
Some people say that they want to live but really, they embrace death. How do we know? They do things that ruin their lives. One example is being nasty to your close ones. If you would, God forbid, get sick, your family will be the only ones that will be there for you. By yelling and fighting with family and distancing them, you destroy your own life.
Another example of welcoming death is people who smoke or take drugs. If you don’t care about your health enough to make it your top priority, then you are choosing death. Some parents do not insist that their children eat healthy food because they don’t like it. The truth is that children have a very strong desire to live. If you explain to your children that specific foods will prevent major diseases, you would be surprised with their reactions. Parents tell their children that the good food is healthy, but the concept of health is hard for children to understand. Explain what diseases people have because of poor health. Take a few days to enumerate health problems until they come up with the question, “What should w e do?”
When my son was seven years old, he was having a binge on popsicles that his father bought him in the grocery store. I explained to him that there are a lot of diseases in the world and one of them is diabetes. “Diabetes comes from eating too many sweet things.” I explained, “Many people become weak from this disease and they can become blind or lose a leg. Millions of people have died from diabetes.” My son’s reaction was amazing. He looked at me with blame in his eyes, “Why didn’t you tell me that there was a disease called diabetes that was caused by eating s ugar?”
From that day on I realized that no matter what their age, children have a right to informed consent. To give children food that is not good for them, you would have to explain the risks and benefits. If you don’t, you are tricking them. They trust us to take good care of them so how can we deceive those innocent souls? Until they develop enough to fully understand, you should praise them for eating healthy so that they grow up big and st rong.
The drawback is that many parents do not know what is healthy and what isn’t. They cannot afford to eat only organic or become vegans. This book is for everyone, rich or poor. You can eat and be healthy on a very small bu dget.
The literal transition of Deuteronomy 30:15 is, “See! I have set before you, life and goodness, death and evil, and you shall choose life.”
Just as in Deuteronomy, Hashem (our nickname for God) set the good and the bad. In this book I will set before you, foods that are good