Making It Easy - Linking Nutritional Benefits of My Favorite Healthy Foods

Three of our members encouraged me on the topic of nutrition and avoiding bad foods. I am not an expert, which I have proven with my bad habits. However, I can link some of my favorite foods and their benefits, with the experts explaining.

Walnuts are the ultimate heart medicine, and cholesterol fixer. Good for -

• Anti-oxidants
• Omega 3
• Anti-cancer
• Lower weight and blood sugar
• Brain function

Almonds are massive nutrition sources. Good for -

• Anti-oxidants
• Vitamin E
• Blood sugar control
• Magnesium, good for many benefits, including blood sugar
• Lowering bad cholesterol (beats statins, believe me; my cholesterol is perfect because one member sent me walnuts until I was addicted)
• Weight loss

Brussels Sprouts are funny, ugly, and delicious. Good for -

• Lots of nutrition
• Incredible amounts of Vitamins K and C
• Anti-oxidants, fiber, and potassium
• Omega 3 and also lowers blood sugar
• Can be boiled, microwaved, or cooked crispy

Kidney Beans are not just for chili. Good for -

• Protein, fiber, and iron
• Lowering blood sugar
• Satisfying hunger and improving digestion

Kale is the superstar of greens and lasts all winter under the snow. Did God plan that?

• "For example, one cup (67 grams) of raw kale packs 684% of the Daily Value (DV) for vitamin K, 206% of the DV for vitamin A and 134% of the DV for vitamin C (2)."

Collard greens.

"Collard greens are a good source of calcium and the vitamins A, B9 (folate) and C. They’re also one of the best sources of vitamin K when it comes to leafy greens. In fact, one cup (190 grams) of cooked collard greens packs 1,045% of the DV for vitamin K (6).

Vitamin K is known for its role in blood clotting. In addition, more research is being done regarding its ability to improve bone health (7Trusted Source).

One study in 72,327 women aged 38–63 found that those with vitamin K intakes below 109 mcg per day had a significantly increased risk of hip fractures, suggesting a link between this vitamin and bone health (8Trusted Source)."

<whew!>

Spinach

"Spinach is a popular leafy green vegetable and is easily incorporated into a variety of dishes, including soups, sauces, smoothies and salads.

Its nutrient profile is impressive with one cup (30 grams) of raw spinach providing 181% of the DV for vitamin K, 56% of the DV for vitamin A and 13% of the DV for manganese (9).

It’s also packed with folate, which plays a key role in red blood cell production and the prevention of neural tube defects in pregnancy (10Trusted Source).

One study on the neural tube defect spina bifida found that one of the most preventable risk factors for this condition was a low intake of folate during the first trimester of pregnancy (11Trusted Source).

Along with taking a prenatal vitamin, eating spinach is a great way to increase your folate intake during pregnancy."

GJ - Spinach loves the cold damp weather of early spring and easily lasts when planted before the winter. It bolts (goes to seed and is bitter) when the weather warms and bugs work it over late in spring. Early fresh spinach is a treat, right from the garden. Ask my rabbits.

More leafy greens are described here.

Dr. Fuhrman emphasizes beans (of all types), greens (of all types), plus uncooked nuts and seeds. If you want the book, I will be happy to mail it to you. I am getting it for about 99 cents.

Vimeo - Testing Chapel Improvements

 Vimeo Player will appear below this message.

Improvements: 

Second desktop - Melanchthon - for sound.

Using files from the second computer, not from an Internet link.

Original and best desktop - Luther - for Vimeo.

Camera - original one since the tripod has not arrived for the new one (which is much bigger).

Ways To Improve Home Reception

Use Google Chrome for the browser.

Clear the browser history. Very important.

Adjust the Vimeo player - set it on automatic or on a lower setting (less demanding). Look for the sprocket (gear) on the lower right of the Vimeo player.

Guess what? My cell phone went bonkers so don't try to phone tonight. email - greg.jackson.edlp@gmail.com

Response to Previous Post about Rolf, OJ, and ELCA

Responding to This Justification Post - 

From a reader:

Dear Pastor Jackson,

I have struggled for a long time with 2 Cor. 5:19.  There are many interpretations of this verse.  I had come to think mine was unique, if I could back it up.  

I have to start with a translation, taken literally from the Greek:  "That is that God was in Christ the world reconciling to himself not reckoning to them the trespasses of them and having put in us the message of reconciliation."

The word reconcile is often equated with justification, and this is the verse used to prove it, because it supposedly defines reconciliation with non-imputation of sins.  Reference is made to Psalm 32:2, but that psalm is spoken by David, a believer, and the non-imputation is toward believers.

I agree somewhat with Lenski that reconcile is used in two ways.  This first way is not justification.  Furthermore, the imputation / reckoning is not about the imputation of Christ's righteousness, but literally this: not reckoning to them the trespasses of them, because the trespasses are reckoned to Christ.

I think too little is made of a parallel between verse 19 and 21.  Verse 21 explains and augments verse 19: "The one not knowing sin on behalf of us sin he made that we might become the righteousness of God in him."  As in verse 21, verse 19 is about Christ taking on our sins and the sins of the world (John 1:29).  The purpose was that "we might become the righteousness of God in him," not that all have become the righteousness of God in him, as the UOJists proclaim.  I don't recall who said it, maybe Aegidius Hunnius, but nowhere in Scripture is the righteousness of Christ imputed without faith.

Phil 3:9 bolsters this: "And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith."

Of course, the UOJists will says that is subjective justification, and does not disprove universal justification, but a proper reading of 2 Cor. 5:19 does when compared with all of Scripture.  Nowhere is Christ's righteousness imputed without faith except in a spurious reading of 2 Cor. 5:19.

This shined brightly when I saw your posts again from Justification and Rome, p. 72 

"When does the imputation of Christ's righteousness take place?  It did not take place when Christ, by doing and suffering, finished the work of atonement and reconciled the world to God. Then and there, when the sins of the world were imputed to Him and He took them, Christ became our righteousness and procured for us remission of sin, justification, and eternal life. 'By thus making satisfaction He procured and merited (acquisivit et promeruit) for each and every man remission of all sins, exemption from all punishments of sin, grace and peace with God, eternal righteousness and salvation.'"

"But the imputation of Christ's righteousness to the sinner takes place when the Holy Spirit brings him to faith through Baptism and the Word of the Gospel. Our sins were imputed to Christ at His suffering and death, imputed objectively after He, by His active and passive obedience, fulfilled and procured all righteousness for us. But the imputation of His righteousness to us takes place when we are brought to faith."

This is stated so beautifully and fully comports with my interpretation of 2 Cor. 5:19, that it is about the imputation of the world's sins to Christ, not the imputation of Christ's righteousness to the world, a matter that requires faith in the procured and promised forgiveness of sins.  Verse 20 concerns this latter reconciliation when it says: "Be ye reconciled."

Blessed New Year to you.

Beans, Green, Nuts, and Fruit

Nine days ago I realized my pancreas warrantee had expired. I began reading Furhman's book above, realizing I need a revolution in my habits.

I have lost a pound a day since then. 

My all-American diet previously included:

1. Some McDonalds and diet drinks.
2. Too much bread and bakery.
3. Portions too large.
4. Not enough exercise.
5. Desserts - the staff of life.

Fuhrman's book emphasizes

1. Greens 

2. Beans - various types

3. A variety of fruit, blueberries, apples, oranges

4. Nuts like walnuts especially, almonds

5. Low on eggs, meat, cheese, and fish

6. No sugared or diet drinks.

Lunch today -

A small can of kidney beans with walnuts

A bowl of blueberries

Water

Lunch was delicious, satisfying, and a boatload of good nutrition. Breakfast was two eggs and one piece of NY rye toast.

I really enjoyed the beans and blueberries because I was slightly hungry but not starving. The dessert cravings have gone away slowly. Giving up diet cola has been tough. 

At the gym they said they would be swamped with  new memberships in January-February, cancellations starting in March. Consider your New Year's resolutions on hold.

I sent Fuhrman's book to four people because eating is more than a matter of weight and blood sugar, though both matter a great deal. A lot of information is about heart healthy/blood pressure improving foods. 

Your Daily Wake-Up Article

ELDONA is almost 100% Ft. Wayne, where seminary students were expected to kiss the OJ ring of Robert Preus and David Scaer. It warmed my heart to see Jim Heiser and Rolf Preus shoulder to shoulder for one brief, shining moment.

Today I made some cinnamon pour-over coffee and sat down to read something interesting, amusing, shocking, or outrageous.

 Robert Preus taught this nonsense to his students at Ft. Wayne, but clearly saw the errors in his final book, Justification and Rome. Rolf and Daniel were too clueless to edit the counter-arguments out of the book.

The ALPB Online Discussion Forum was supposedly on the topic of the ELCA Bishop kicked out of her own political group. But no, it was actually another debate between the ELCA journalist-pastor Charles Austin and Rolf David Preus, son of Robert Robert Preus, son of Jake Preus, who also began Jack Preus - LCMS President and brother of Robert Preus. I think Rolf is back in the LCMS to stay, though he was ELS, then in his own Rolf Synod, then in fellowship with ELDONA, then back in the LCMS.

 Jay Webber (ELS) and Jon-Boy Buchholz traveled to the Emmaus conference to promote OJ, which also tickles the granite heart of Matt the Fatt. Why did the professors stay away in droves? Why did three synods rely on these two yokels?

What staggered me was the realization that they were debating - again - even though both teach the same Objective Justification, the world being absolved of all sin, somehow without the Word, without the Means of Grace, without faith in Jesus Christ.

I use control-f on each issue of Calvinist News (nee Christian News, nee Lutheran News), looking for key words to see how the Walther worshipers are doing. The cub editor never lets these terms appear on the grace-infused pages of his tabloid:

1. Justification by Faith
2. The Means of Grace
3. The Efficacy of the Word.

The terms in blue are basic to Biblical, Lutheran doctrine. Justification by Faith is named repeatedly in the New Testament and taught by the Holy Spirit with great clarity. Efficacy as a word-group in Greek is also used many times over and taught in various ways, such as Isaiah 55:8ff.

The Means of Grace serves as short-hand (like the Holy Trinity) for what the Scriptures teach - God's grace only coming to us through Instruments or Means - the invisible Word of teaching and preaching - and the visible Word of the Sacraments.

When ELCA pastors and professors speak of grace, they mean that the entire world is already forgiven. Like the WELS-LCMS-ELS OJists, the concept of faith makes ELCA angry, but they normally tiptoe around their Helen of Troy to avoid unpleasantness.

Robert Preus' last book, edited posthumously by Rolf and Daniel, includes many quotations devastating to the foolish cause of Objective Justification. Rolf tried to deny this, but when he gave his Dakota lectures, he failed to cite Justification and Rome.

So why does Rolf argue with Charles Austin? Neither one seems to concede their mutual unfaith, their dogma from the Halle and Norwegian Pietists, their repudiation of the Scriptures and the Book of Concord.

My other puzzlement is how clergy can be so offended by - and against - the King James Version but let these Scriptural blasphemies rule their lives and their dying synods. 

Robert Preus' dying words can be read in the graphics below.

 Ft. Wayne and Wayne Mueller - a merger of false teachers. 

 The rank stupidity of J. P. Meyer has been endorsed by the new edition of his work, editing by Panning, the New Testament professor.

Has anyone read a more astonishing rah-rah for Universalism?

 It's time for you to make a decision for OJ.

 Valleskey's legacy - to make J. P. Meyer took relatively wise.

 Here is the start of it all in the Synodical Conference, which has united all Lutherans with ELCA.

New Year's Eve - Holy Communion Service - 7 PM

 Unforgettable! Braaten denied and mocked Christian doctrine in his notorious Braaten-Jenson Dogmatics.

 Finding this hard to find and expensive, our group put together Luther's Sermons, the Lenker series and the Postils.

The New Year's Holy Communion service will begin at 7 PM. We will have all or most of the upgrades in place: a second desktop for sound, hymn files on that computer, and a camera manufactured recently.

Everything else will be classic, old, and appreciated - The Lutheran Hymnal, Luther's Biblical theology, the liturgy and hymns.

 Travis and Lauren, aka the Newly-weds, have been guiding the audio and video expansion.

From the Father and the Son - Credal Question

Someone asked about the filioque controversy, from the Latin word for "and the Son." Latin has that little trick, adding "que" to a word for "and." The "filio" part is from the word for son or daughter, which we still use as "filial respect" a phrase today chiefly honored by its absence.

I know that Concordia, Ft. Wayne, has promoted Eastern Orthodoxy so much that they have turned out a number of graduates who joined EO immediately after graduation. EO seems to exist in the LCMS as a safe cover or transition point for becoming a Roman Catholic priest. Ft. Wayne graduates tend to be obnoxious, rude, know-it-alls, emulating their favorite OJ professor. Even those who despise Scaer follow his example.

So this matter comes up among Lutherans via the two LCMS seminaries, Ft. Wayne and St. Louis. 

The Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire continued to exist and thrive after the Fall of the Western, European Empire. The Bishop of Rome, now known affectionately as the Pope, asserted his primacy over all other bishops, the "first among equals," which was very annoying to the Eastern Orthodox.

The Emperor Constantine was bolder, calling himself "First of the Apostles." 

Creeds are fashioned over time, the Apostles Creed being so early that no one seems to know when it originated. The Nicene Creed was written later, to deal with the Two Natures in Christ.

EO was not happy with "and the Son" being added to the Nicene Creed, a change which happened much later. Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy were estranged at that point and that continued, like a married couple who live a thousand miles apart.

Eastern Orthodoxy had so many bitter, bloody controversies that they fell into an emphasis upon extreme smells-and-bells and flexible dogma. Those mainline ministers who chafe at the short-comings of their denominations and synods are attracted to EO, especially worship with anything-goes doctrine.

Long ago, Jay Webber insisted that I read a book on Melanchthon's discussions with the Eastern Orthodox, that coming from a someone who confessedly knew nothing about Luther except the usual negative drivel. Ft. Wayne at work!

The chap who helped edit Missouri's Lutheran Service Book joined EO as soon as the hymnal was out. He also denounced Justification by Faith at that time (following EO). But, that is no shock - an editor of the NIV Concordia Self-Study Bible, after retiring as a St. Louis professor, also repudiated the Chief Article. In both cases, they wanted to add works to justification, typical of Rome, EO, and ELCA.

Some years ago, I was reading on the Internet when a LCMS pastor wrote, "Sit down everyone and grab a beer. I have joined the Eastern Orthodox Church." 

So where are we? I see filioque as a sign that people are being taught and disturbed by Eastern Orthodoxy but not by Biblical Lutheran doctrine. <Sigh> I have to get out my Paul Kelm Luther quote on the hay wagon. 

The Lutheran (ELCA-WELS-LCMS-ELS-CLC) seminaries do not teach Biblical doctrine. They openly despise Luther's teaching and the Book of Concord. They gave it away during the Reformation's 500th Anniversary. 

What Did the Church Growth Experts Say? - "It's All about the Numbers!"

 Waldo Werning, Fuller Alumnus, Self-Proclaimed Church Growth Expert, David Valleskey Pal

I knew the late Waldo Werning. I hesitate to say "sainted Waldo Werning." When I rebuked him for lying about his Fuller attendance, he went ballistic on me. An ELS pastor asked me, "What did you do to Werning?" I said - "I pointed out his lies."

When I asked Werning earlier if he went to Fuller, he said he did. I wrote that in my Day-Timer and quoted it to him. When someone starts a hog farm, one does not wonder where the smell comes from. He plagiarized Fuller and the WELS/LCMS mission bosses ate that up. We were still FB friends when he died. He said before he died, "Are you staying out of trouble?" I said, "No."

Werning said, echoing Kent Hunter (Fuller DMin! - like Larry Olson) - "You must measure the numbers and let growth be growth and non-growth be non-growth."

Google says we averaged 2,000 views per day in December, a lifetime total of almost 9.5 million. No ads. No monetization. So much from "a spare room in a rented house," to quote a Matt the Fatt staffer who had to erase his plagiarized blog.

 "Downplaying?" Yuk, yuk, yuk. That is how one gets to be president of Mordor. He was in a class all by itself - Church Growth and state prison.

Abusive Churches - WELS/ELS Certainly Fits - Add LCMS, Not as Consecrated and In-Bred

I have spoken to two ex-WELS members in the last day. I am not going to add any personal details. But that is the setting for what follows.

People do not realize they are in an abusive cult because they are surrounded by those who constantly tell them that God is honored and pleased to have such a wonderful group of Christians - if only the rest were as good. An abusive cult will love-bomb people into the group but also hate them out. Someone who is ex-WELS is the worst of all reprobates, especially if that individual is onto the abuse and talking about it.

The two main components are the abuse (emotional, physical, sexual) and the foul doctrine. The evil doctrine allows and energizes the abuse. WELS teaches universal absolution without faith, which is handy for murdering one's spouse and using the youth group as sex slaves. But WELS also lays down its own law on everyone, and that law has no mercy, no forgiveness, and no fruits of the Spirit.

WELS has a long list of unrepentant, adulterous clergy and teachers. If they are in with the In Crowd, they are guilt-free. However, if a dissenter exhibits any mortal failing, the In Crowd will bury that person in verbal abuse, shun to a fare-thee-well, and excuse their behavior as discipline.

WELS has taken the verse "All men are liars" to a new level - Exponentially, one might say. Thus, they are pleased to brag about their dozens of rules about fellowship principles but will not admit they violate all of them - and have for decades. One proof of that is the shock in the voice of WELS members who do not realize they have been in bed with ELCA (and its forerunners) for many decades. "I never knew that!"

Support for the United Nations? Sure.

Pose with the head of ELCA at a leadership conference? Lie about it. "We had to take their money or someone else would have spent it."

Study at Fuller Seminary? Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, brag, deny. By all means, promote the men who studied there and lied about studying at Fuller. Here is a good one: "I am glad I was there so I could witness against their false doctrine."

Have any of the Ten Commandments survived the brutal regime of WELS? No. False doctrine is promoted as "a gray area of Scripture." The Eighth Commandment applies to dissenters who talk about doctrine, murder, adultery, and child abuse.

Murder? - "That was a long time ago." I am quoting a pastor.

But the worst part of this abusive behavior is the members and church workers try to adjust for the false reality imposed on them. Either they go along with all of it, which is extremely dangerous for the soul, or they snap out of it and get expelled.

Missouri does some of this. The Little Sect on the Prairie re-elected Pope John the Malefactor for being abusive. The micro-mini sects specialize in abuse.

My prescription for healing is two-fold.

First, begin reading the Lenker set of Luther's Sermons to hear the true Gospel and the Reformer's brilliant practical applications.

Second, leave the sect behind whenever that is possible. Worship at home is better than going along with an abusive, false-teaching group. Reading a book on abusive churches will help people realize that they come in all flavors, all confessions.

An ex-WELS pastor told me it was all over for the Wisconsin sect when he read in Mark Schroeder's spin-report that WELS does not repent. Once a sect has reached that level of self-absolution and self-absorption, there is no help.

The Word can address all these problems, but not if no one will wield the Sword of the Spirit.

Testing the New Set Up Today

That was quite a commotion when they delivered our new video camera. Just joking - this is a hard drive for a 1956 computer. Be thankful.

After I get some routine things done, I will see what has changed with the new set-up. First I will run a hymn with the same camera. No, I will not sing. If the tripod comes or if the camera fits on the old one, I will run another test. 

I have dubbed one reader the Torquemada of Typos, so feel free to remind me of rare and understandable slips.

The Candy Bomber - 20 Tons

 

Luther Energized - Chapel Wired for Two Desk Tops

My task was to get separate fiber optic bandwidth into the chapel. The only thing left for the trials was - the 4K camera and tripod donated by a member. That is how we started out. While I was cogitating about doing online services, a camera and tripod arrived from Brett Meyer. 

I have been moving hardware around but not finishing the library. I got the Christmas computer working with the LG screen but no-go on the Internet. I had a router problem, the pop-up said. 

I found a spare router jack to run cat5 into the chapel, parallel to what we are using. Both chapel desktops now run on about 800 megs download and 900 upload (your experience may vary). The teaching/writing computer is separate; there are hard drive and Dropbox backups.

Tomorrow I will test drive the new camera. It comes down to having newer equipment for more speed and less bottlenecking. The laptop (Snowball - motto - "I will work harder") will be in the library for Wiki searches.

CCNA, CIW Associate, A+, Linux+, Net+, iNet+

Eureka! The Missing Link.

 "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth." Archimedes did the bathtub sloshing and said "Eureka!" which is Greek for I have found it - not the tub - but the way to use buoyancy for testing.

I did not make the big leap into computer science, though I took a lot of courses in it and earned some certifications. Every day I use HTML coding and sometimes basic networking.

I tried to activate the library computer. Yes, it was plugged in. The problem was linking to the Net. One way did not work so I did some other things. 

One way to improve Vimeo is to use one computer alone for its labor. I imagine CPU power, RAM, and broadband all share in that. 

I set up the laptop using wireless to achieve some independence. Several things still intrude on perfection - slow upload, old laptop. Ozarks Go (fiber optic) was not available to soothe my nerves, so I watched some YouTube on the topic and tried something. 

My dream was to use the Christmas desktop for the hymns, doing that in the chapel and running the upload/download at around 800, separate from the Vimeo desktop.

I looked over the Ozarks GO router and found a Cat 5 jack (RJ45 to be precise) and ran the cord from there to the library.  The computer shook hands with the cable feed and told me I had the wrong phone number down. I don't mind being wrong, but being right and getting nowhere with a screen - ack! Soon I had it on the Drudge Report, which is my way to measure Left Wing hysterics. 

So it was a success. The next part is setting up the second chapel, its cat5, the computer and its screen. First I will set it up roughly and smooth out the details later this week. 

Another ingredient is the 4k video camera. 

 Name your favorite Bonar hymn.
No fair using the Bethany Lutheran Hymnal blog.

Nutrition Revolution

I am going to summarize what I have been learning about nutrition, since I have been doing so much so wrong.

Walnuts are especially good for the heart. They are a satisfying snack and provide good cholesterol. I used them on ice cream, but that was not wise.

Raw nuts and seeds are very worthwhile for a variety of reasons. 

Furhman emphsizes green vegetables and leafy greens for the bulk of food, far more satisfying and a major advance in lowering blood sugar.

He also advocates a wide variety of foods for the vitamins and micro-nutrients in them.

 Eat To Live, why?

On the obvious bad list:

Corn syrup drinks and diet drinks are equally bad in upsetting blood sugar. Fruit juices should be viewed as drinking sugar syrup (usually fortified with corn syrup). "Sugar-free" juices are as bad as diet soda pop. 

Raw fruit is good because the pulp reduces the sugar effect and adds nutrients. Oranges - very good. Orange juice - very bad.

White bread products drive blood sugar up. Whole grain bread is far better. Popcorn adds to blood sugar without being nutritious. 

Fuhrman is wary of our overly meaty diets, does not like cheese and eggs, and puts all three on the seldom eaten list, yea even fish.

My parents grew up on their family farms, so they looked at vegetables as delicious and satisfying, many of those plants emphatically disliked by us children. That undoubtedly contributed to their long lives (90+ and 85) and infrequent need for doctors. However, they were happy to enjoy the post-WWII boom in fast foods and desserts. We ate TV dinners in front of the TV. Hungry? - warm up a donut. They were so well made that a petrified donut could be made fresh by a stay in the oven. I can smell the aroma now.

Unfortunately, I was only given a 70 year warrantee on my pancreas. I decided to reduce candy to zero, junk food close to zero, portions to medicinal size. Fuhrman said a bowl of green vegetables was satisfying. Really? - I had a large bowl of green beans (cooked) - and he was right! Night snacks are oranges only or oranges and walnuts.

 "Put that hissy thing down, NOW!"

I can disclose the secrets of the food industry. Do not let them know the following...

Bad food makes us crave more bad food until it reaches the point where even our favorite bad food makes us feel ill (or worse). Bad food makes us sluggish and ultimately damages the body in many ways, but always in little, baby steps.

Bad food is expensive - highly processed, and manufactured to last a long, long time. That means lots of salt and corn syrup. Sugar/salt makes us crave sugar/salt, and we get thirsty, so we drink sugar/salt soda pop with sugar/salt in it. Some people drink enormous amounts of corn syrup drinks or diet drinks, all day long, or coffee all day, often with fake cream and fake sugar. Now power drinks are normal for many. A local doctor measured a teen at 300 blood pressure - and the young man did not know it.

Excess caffeine in diet cola leads people to feel sluggish from loss of potassium, so they drink more. I speak from experience.

God created many ways to make alcoholic beverages, but they are also destructive when used to excess. One of the worst outcomes of college and seminary campuses is the excessive use of alcohol, which leads to dependence and ultimately addiction.

Back to the Sunny Side of Life

Sun gives us the best form of Vitamin D3. Walking once a day is considered the best way to exercise, by doctors of every persuasion. You will find very few people out walking, and the kids are bent over their digital toys while walking, even while biking.

But here is another bonus - good food generates a lot of energy and replaces craving sugar/salt/fat with a normal appetite. 

• Fad Diets Are Destructive - 
• Habits Are Life-Giving

Fad diets are the greatest invention since the slot machine. All of the diets are deeply flawed, which is why there are so many of them. It means nothing but woe, to lose 20 pounds and gain 30 back. I saw a series of pictures, before and after, in a cartoon - after, after, after - meaning even more cigs and weight.

If you can name three diets quickly, you are addicted. It really requires a meal by meal, day by day change in food buying and food eaten. 

 Seventh Day Adventists live the longest?

Amira - Singing Phenom - A "Little Drummer Boy" Version I Can Enjoy

 

Today Is Boxing Day in Britain and Canada, eh?

When we lived in Canada we learned that Boxing Day was the day when servants were given presents. We did not have any servants. 

It was vacation day for everyone, so we enjoyed it. We went to see an older couple and they were amused by my sliding down the driveway on the ice and falling. Now it is a shopping day for people, but I remember as being completely quiet, no business.