• CONSIDERATIONS TOWARDS GAINING ABUNDANT HEALTH AND ENERGY
  
  To start your day:
  - drink a glass of luke-warm lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
  - Do 15 minutes of GENTLE exercises & deep breathing
  - Spend time in prayer / meditation / journaling
  
  
• Drink 8 glasses of water per day (approx 2l – listen to your body)
• Be relaxed when eating, and chew your food well (eat ‘mindfully’)
• Your food should be as natural (“God-made”) as possible
• No heated or processed fats (margarines, fried foods etc…)
• Avoid / limit nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, sugar and wheat
• Include Avocado, seeds, nuts, vegetables, brown or basmati rice
• Have five to eleven portions of fruit and vegetables every day
• Eat raw food first (eg have a salad before a cooked meal)
• Ensure that you are getting some healthy fats in your diet:
  Omega 3 foods include – fish such as tuna, mackerel, salmon, herring and flaxseed oil
  Omega 6 foods include – seeds such as pumpkin, sunflower, sesame and safflower, avocado, olive oil
• When you change your diet, your “T” cells can increase within 5 to 15 days (ie, your body’s immune response improves)
  

REMEMBER THAT POSITIVE THOUGHTS ARE IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

FIVE STEPS TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR EATING HABITS
(from Mary-Anne Shearer)

1. Start all cooked meals with some raw vegetables (includes salad), and fresh fruit before breakfast
2. Eat natural fresh fruit before a sweet / chocolate cake/ biscuit etc
3. Eat avo / nuts/ seeds before chips / cheese / biltong
4. Eat one bowl of fresh fruit every day (one “fruit-meal” per day), can be with ¼ to ½ cup of nuts / seeds
5. Slow down and eat mindfully and simply
   
   Note that the following (in excess) has a negative effect on the endocrine system (ie your hormones)
   
   Alcohol and sugars
   Gluten (wheat – bread, biscuits etc)
   Mercury – eg fillings (take chlorophyll to help)
   Aspartame (sweeteners, diet drinks etc)