A New Beginning
Like many people today, my first warning sign that I was experiencing a serious health problem, was when I found myself in the hospital literally fighting for my life. The doctors told my husband to call my family and to start making "final arrangements." They offered no hope to my family that I would survive the usually fatal disease which was invading my body at a rapid pace. I am blessed to have survived this ordeal, but sadly there are those whose first symptoms of a serious health crisis is death - such as those who die as a result of a heart attack or an aggressive disease similar to the ones which I have miraculously survived.
When I was diagnosed with cancer in 1970, I remember the doctors telling me that cancer in children and teens was considered a rare occurrence. Today, cancer in children and young people is as common as a cold. And adults are not left out of this scenario either! But it does not have to be this way. Have you ever stopped to think why this is happening to all of us? Why is cancer and other disease and illness increasing at an alarming rate in our country, and all around the world?
I believe that we do not have to look much further than what we buy in the grocery store, cook to death in our microwave ovens, and then sprinkle to obsession with salt, sugar, and anything else that we can do to it to make it more palatable. It is my opinion that the lack of proper nutrition and the knowledge of same, is one of the major reasons why we are such a sick society. In such an advanced and enlightened age as ours, I believe this to be an outrage and a travesty.
There are so many things we can all do and should do to learn how to become healthier, but we need to take that first step and decide that you want A New Beginning - A New Life! It is okay if you start and then stop, and then start all over again. None of us are perfect, especially not me, however, you need to take that first step. Do not be so hard on yourself as you begin this process. It takes some time to get adjusted to a new way of eating.
Of course, given today's fast-paced life,
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