Getting Back to (Healthy) Basics

While cruising the 'net, I came across this story regarding our need for natural food. It is important for us to take care of ourselves. I will admit that I do not do it as much as I should. Both of my parents died due to illnesses that could have been prevented.

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At graveside services, we commit the deceased to the ground—ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Yet, we often don’t consider that the earth we were created from was filled with the very minerals our internal organs required to function properly.




God created the first natural pharmacy in the Garden of Eden and this should define our health choices. “And God said, ‘See I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be your food.’” (Genesis 1:29).

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Unfortunately we have depended on pharmaceutical drugs and prescriptions to maintain our health, with pretty dismal results. Biochemical medicine confirms that herbs neutralize toxic effects in the body and provide the needed minerals and vitamins for health, with no side effects!



Minerals matter!



Minerals are the basic constituents of all matter and remain as ash after decomposition (death). About 4—5% of your body weight is mineral matter, primarily in your skeleton. After death, organic matter in your flesh evaporates into the atmosphere or the soil leaving about five pounds of elemental mineral ash.



To function properly, your body primarily needs calcium, phosphorous, iron, sodium and potassium. These minerals assist in energy production. You also need iodine and silicon (which are necessary for proper assimilation of calcium).



Natural minerals come from the soil. Unfortunately, mass farm production, use of fertilizers and pesticides have diminished the earth’s natural mineral composition in most soil. Remember, if natural minerals are not present in the soil from which food is grown, the food won’t contain the minerals either.



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Choose health care reform by growing your own pharmacy in your yard; from a planter box on your balcony or in a pot on your front stoop.



GROW YOUR OWN HERBAL PHARMACY



in four easy steps:



If you don’t have much time or space, start small. Find a sunny spot for a tomato plant and a few herbs; you can expand as your schedule and growing area will allow later. You can grow veggies anywhere on rooftops, along curbs and driveways, in front and side yards; even in pots!



DIG



Compact beds need 3 to 4 square feet. Get four, 2’ x 4’s; nail them in a square and place them in your sunny spot or if you have space lay out a 4’ x 4’ area in your yard. Loosen the soil with a spad fork or tiller, then dig down 10” to 12” into the dirt. Over that area, spread a 3” to 4” layer of compost and a light layer of 5-10-10 fertilizer. Mix evenly with your spading fork. For pots, just fill with soil & fertilizer and plant the seeds or seedlings.



PLANT



Set out herbal or veggie seeds or plant seedlings in rows. You can tend to the rows from all sides of a 3 x 3 without having to create a path in the garden.



TRELLIS



All vine crops, such as tomatoes and pole beans need a sturdy support. An A-frame of wood or a wire mesh will do. If you want to, just plant the tomato plant in a pot and let it hang for sprawling growth.



WATER



Irrigate your seedlings and transplants regularly—as often as three to four times per week in hot or windy weather; keep soil moist but not soggy. Avoid wetting foliage, if hand watering, apply water in furrows or basins around the plants. Soaker hoses between rows are other good options. Eating something – anything that you grew for the first time, will change your life and attitude forever.



Fit 4 Life Tip: Pick up some parsley!



Parsley is an herb with more Vitamin A per ounce than carrots, 3x more vitamin C as oranges and 2x as much iron as spinach. Chew 3 sprigs a day and you will cleanse and detoxify your blood and freshen your breath (it’s great for absorbing the odor of garlic). Other bonuses of parsley are that it treats jaundice, menstrual and urinary difficulties, asthma, coughs, and indigestion. You can also use parsley as a diuretic and laxative. For more natural herbal remedies consult your local naturopath or dallas@lifebydallas.com



Renette Dallas (www.lifebydallas.com) is a natur- opathic doctor (N.D.), minister, author, lecturer, certified fitness trainer, raw food chef, and lecturer with expertise in nutrition, herbal therapy, enzyme therapy and magnetic therapy. She is the creator of the healthy organic snack product, Life by Dallas Popcorn.