Johnny's Health Blog 7-11-15
Good morning everyone! I missed blogging yesterday so I'm doing it on a Saturday instead. My blood sugars are doing well, holding at 127 again. Yesterday the count was up to 140 and I was wondering why. I found out that it was because I ate two handfuls of cherries the night before as I didn't have any last night and my count was back down. This sucks because I really like cherries! I mean damn I gave up ice cream, chips and other things I like and now I have to give up cherries as well? I realize now I shouldn't eat them as a late night snack but rather I should only have ONE handful with supper. I'll try that tonight and see if it works. If the count goes up then I'll know I can't eat cherries period. I hope that's not the case but if it is so be it.
I had a person ask me for some advice earlier this morning. That felt good in fact I felt honored to share some things with him. I'm glad to see the blog is getting some attention and even better people are paying attention and are looking for better ways to reduce weight and improve their health without medications. I also caution them to keep taking their medications until their situation improves and the doctor says they're good to go. So once again here's my FDA disclaimer: This statement has not been evaluated by the
Food and Drug Administration. This blog is not intended to diagnose,
treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Today's health tip is about emotional and spiritual health. Stress, anxiety and depression are killers. They all have been proven to cause premature aging, ulcers and weakened immune systems just to name a few physical side effects. This is why I feel spiritual health is the most important factor in life because if your spiritual life isn't in order it can affect everything else in your life. Do you want to be happy in your own skin? You have to love yourself in order for that to happen. I don't mean being arrogant about it but rather just being able to love who you are when you look into the mirror. If you can't say to yourself "I'm proud of you" when you look into the mirror things are out of whack. Spiritual and emotional health problems will manifest into physical ones as they can cause you to raid the fridge for comfort, drink too much and sometimes you can't sleep at night. This will not only cause you to gain weight and lose health but it will crush your spirit. There's also major side effects from taking the antidepressants doctors prescribe for you. In my case I was given wellbutrin for quitting smoking. While it did work to reduce cravings it actually made me very edgy when in fact it was supposed to have the opposite effect. Here's one of the best articles I've found about those drugs and the fact they don't really work! In the study you'll see that people who took a sugar pill were actually better off experiencing the "placebo" effect.
What's the solution? One solution at least for me is read some books to give you tips on how to deal with stress naturally. For me the Holy Bible is a great source of spirit food. Even if you don't believe as I do the book of Proverbs is a great book of advice! The scriptures there hit home hard sometimes if you're sick in your spirit and they make you realize where you've gone wrong. The book of Psalms is another good source of spirit food. They give me reassurance that even in rough times God is always here to help pick me up and dust me off. There's hundreds of other good books out there as well. I love books by Brian Tracy, Grant Cardone and others that teach you exercises and techniques to get your goals in order and give you tips on how to reduce stress and manage your time. The bottom line here is once you find what combination works for you stick with it. If you feel that inner peace when you wake up for the day you'll know it. Then you're on the right track and you just need to make it a habit. There's also tons of free videos on youtube from the people I mentioned above and also by other speakers like Tony Robbins so you can't use the excuse "I can't afford it". If you have internet access that's all you need, the rest is FREE! Just go to youtube and type in what kind of video you're looking for and I'm 99% sure you'll find one.
That's it for today! Live to Win NOW!!!
Johnny
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