The Economics of Healthy Living

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The Economics of Healthy Living
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I will praise you, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made. Psalm 13914
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What does it mean to live healthy?

• Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. (I
  Corinthians 619)
• What we put in, on or around our bodies.
• Skin, brain and lungs absorb chemicals just as if
  they were ingested.
• Abundant health is physical, emotional and
  spiritual (III John 2).

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What do you put in your temple?
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Water

• Critical to life
• Necessary for digestion
• Test water for ph balance
• Water pitcher filters
• Whole-house filters
• Cost to maintain and replace filters

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Vegetables and Fruits

• The USDA recommends 5 to 9 servings of fruits and
  vegetables daily.
• Average American less than 2 servings
• College students 0 to 1 servings
• Ideally, 75 percent of your daily diet should be
  raw vegetables and fruit.

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Vegetables and Fruits

• Organic vs. non-organic vs. non-GMO
• Be a locavore
• Resources at local gardening supply, hardware or
  farm supply store
• LocalHarvest.org
• PickYourOwn.org
• Organics section in your market
• Share with friends or neighbors

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Fresh is best

• Gardening kidsgardening.com
• Check the local library or community college or
  continuing education for courses.
• Resources at local gardening supply, hardware or
  farm supply store.
• Education and activity for the whole family.

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Meats

• Grain-fed vs. grass-fed
• Cage-free vs. free-range vs. free-farmed
• Sources
• Farm/ranch supply
• LocalHarvest.org
• Befriend the butcher
• Raising your own - FFA or 4H

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Other

• Dairy
• Grains
• Fatty oils
• Herbs, seasonings

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Medicine

• Using plants Genesis 29, Ezekiel 4712,
  Revelation 222
• Safe
• Economical
• Supported immune system means higher resistance.
• Microbials cannot mutate against oils.

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Just 26 seconds after exposure to chemicals,
they can be found in every organ in the
body.Source Top 10 Killer Household
Chemicals by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
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Personal care products

• Most common harmful ingredients
• Mineral oil
• Propylene glycol
• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
• Sodium Fluoride
• Collagen

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Cleaning supplies

• Borax
• Baking soda
• Vinegar
• Therapeutic-grade essential oils
• Thieves Household Cleaner