What is Influenza (Flu) “The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year. Signs and symptoms of flu People who have the flu often feel some or all of these signs and symptoms: Fever* or feeling feverish/chills Cough Sore throat Runny or stuffy nose Muscle or body aches Headaches Fatigue (very tired) Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults. *It’s important to note that not everyone with flu will have a fever. How flu spreads Most experts believe that flu viruses spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby. Less often, a person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, eyes or possibly their nose. Period of contagiousness You may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick. Most healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick. Some people, especially young children and people with weakened immune systems, might be able to infect others for an even longer time.” From CDC.gov...

Facts about sedentary lifestyles: Estimates indicate that nearly 250,000 deaths per year in the US — about 12  percent of total deaths — are due to a lack of regular physical activity.  Surveys show that only 22 percent of American adults get enough leisure-time  exercise to achieve cardiovascular fitness. The 1991-92 Behavioral Risk Factor  Surveillance Study data show the following have a sedentary lifestyle: Caucasian population — 56.2 percent men and 56.4 percent  women African-American population — 62.8 percent men and  67.7 percent women Hispanic population — 61.5 percent men and 61.9 percent  women Asian/Pacific Islanders — 56.6 percent men and 64.7  percent women American Indian/Alaskan Natives — 50.8 percent men and  64.1 percent women It has also been found that people with lower incomes and less than a 12th  grade education are more likely to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Thirty-eight  percent of people age 55 and older report essentially sedentary lifestyles. One National Children and Youth Fitness Study found  that: at least half of youth do not engage in physical activity that promotes  long-term health. less than 36 percent of elementary and secondary schools offer daily  physical education classes. most classes were unlikely to foster lifelong physical activity. Source: Risks of Physical Inactivity – Maryland Heart Center | University of Maryland Medical Center http://umm.edu/programs/heart/health/the-heart/inactivity#ixzz2fd7YeV00 University of Maryland...

Adam’s Defeat—Christ’s Victory: Adam and Eve fell through intemperate appetite. Christ came and withstood the fiercest temptation of Satan, and, in behalf of the race, overcame appetite, showing that man may overcome. As Adam fell through appetite, and lost blissful Eden, the children of Adam may, through Christ, overcome appetite, and through temperance in all things regain Eden. Aids in Discerning Truth: Ignorance is no excuse now for the transgression of law. The light shines clearly, and none need be ignorant, for the great God Himself is man’s instructor. All are bound by the most sacred obligations to God to heed the sound philosophy and genuine experience which He is now giving them in reference to health reform. He designs that the great subject of health reform shall be agitated, and the public mind deeply stirred to investigate; for it is impossible for men and women, with all their sinful, health-destroying, brain-enervating habits, to discern sacred truth, through which they are to be sanctified, refined, elevated, and made fit for the society of heavenly angels in the kingdom of glory….  The apostle Paul exhorts the church, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”  Excerpt from  Counsels on Diet and Foods, Page 70 Ellen G....

Chapter 3—Health Reform and the Third Angel’s Message Counsels on Diet and Food by Ellen G. White As the Hand to the Body:   December 10, 1871, I was again shown that the health reform is one branch of the great work which is to fit a people for the coming of the Lord. It is as closely connected with the third angel’s message as the hand is with the body. The law of ten commandments has been lightly regarded by man; but the Lord would not come to punish the transgressors of that law without first sending them a message of warning. The third angel proclaims that message. Had men ever been obedient to the law of ten commandments, carrying out in their lives the principles of those precepts, the curse of disease now flooding the world would not be.—Testimonies for the Church 3:161, 162, 1873 To Prepare a People:  Men and women cannot violate natural law by indulging depraved appetite and lustful passions, and not violate the law of God. Therefore He has permitted the light of health reform to shine upon us, that we may see our sin in violating the laws which He has established in our being. All our enjoyment or suffering may be traced to obedience or transgression of natural law. Our gracious heavenly Father sees the deplorable condition of men, who, some knowingly but many ignorantly, are living in violation of the laws that He has established. And in love and pity to the race, He causes the light to shine upon health reform. He publishes His law, and the penalty that will follow the transgression of it, that all may learn, and be careful to live in harmony with natural law. He proclaims His law so distinctly, and makes it so prominent, that it is like a city set on a hill. All accountable beings can understand it if they will. Idiots will not be responsible. To make plain natural law, and urge the obedience of it, is the work that accompanies the third angel’s message, to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord.” Excerpt from Counsels on Diet and Foods, Page 69 by Ellen G. White Read more books at Ellen G. White...

“You need to exercise temperance in all things. Cultivate the higher powers of the mind, and there will be less strength of growth of the animal. It is impossible for you to increase in spiritual strength while your appetite and passions are not under perfect control. Says the inspired apostle, “I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” My brother, arouse yourself, I pray you, and let the work of the Spirit of God reach deeper than the external; let it reach down to the deep springs of every action. It is principle that is wanted, firm principle, and vigor of action in spiritual as well as temporal things. Your efforts lack earnestness. Oh, how many are low in the scale of spirituality, because they will not deny their appetite! The brain nerve energy is benumbed and almost paralyzed by overeating. When such go to the house of God upon the Sabbath, they cannot hold their eyes open. The most earnest appeals fail to arouse their leaden, insensible intellects. The truth may be presented with deep feeling; but it does not awaken the moral sensibilities, or enlighten the understanding. Have such studied to glorify God in all things?—Testimonies for the Church 2:413, 414, 1870 Ellen G. White [Excerpt from ‘Counsels on Diet and Foods’, Page 63 Ellen G. White.] Read More books at Ellen G. White Writings...

    Kale or borecole is a vegetable similar to cabbage, with green or purple leaves. Kale is one of the healthiest veggies you can have for dinner, lunch or breakfast. One serving, contains about 30 calories, it provides a day’s worth of vitamin C, twice the recommended daily intake of vitamin A, and nearly seven times the recommended amount of vitamin K. People who are on blood thinners such as warfarin should check with your Doctors before eating Kale because of the high contents of Vitamin K.. Vitamin K is abundant in kale but also found in parsley, spinach, collard greens, and animal products such as cheese. It is also great for juicing. Vitamin K is necessary for a wide variety of bodily functions, including normal blood clotting, antioxidant activity, and bone health. Kale’s health benefits are primarily linked to the high concentration and excellent source of antioxidant vitamins A, C, and K — and sulphur-containing phytonutrients.  WebMD   See Easy Ways to Prepare Kale Source of Information Medical Encyclopedia; Health magazine; The American Journal of Clinical...