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THE SEVEN PILLARS OF HEALTH:
The Natural Way to Better Health for Life
(Publication Date: January 2, 2007; Published by Siloam, an Imprint of Strang Communications; ISBN 1-59185-815-1; 304 Pages; $19.99).

Designed so that readers can incorporate the concepts a day at a time, THE SEVEN PILLARS OF HEALTH takes only fifty days to complete in exchange for a lifetime of wellness. In this primer and its supplemental workbook, Dr. Colbert reveals how changing just a few simple habits can lead to dramatic recoveries, as seven crucial pillars are repaired:

#1 Water: Most of us know the dangers of dehydration, but do you know how to hydrate properly? Dr. Colbert goes beyond explaining how much water we should drink each day and thoroughly assesses the various types of bottled water on the market, provides a website for checking the water quality in your area, and explains the science of filtration systems to ensure that your water isn’t doing more harm than good.

#2 Sleep and Rest: Discover the causes of insomnia, the keys to a perfect night of sleep, and the truth about sleep aids (both herbal and pharmaceutical). Dr. Colbert also reveals why beauty rest is so important; sleep and rest (along with water) are key secrets to looking younger.

#3 Living Food: Give your menu a makeover, eliminating the “dead” foods that are full of chemicals. From choosing the right grains and the right proteins to fighting diabetes and high cholesterol, Dr. Colbert delivers a fact-packed guide to eating well, with eye-opening information on irradiated foods, artificial sweeteners, the canola-oil controversy, going organic, and whether Teflon and plastics cause cancer during food storage and preparation. He also exposes the hidden dangers of MSG (with ways to minimize your intake) and debunks the myth of fat-free “nutrition,” clarifying which fats are good for you and essential.

#4 Exercise: What kind? How often? How long? If exercise always falls to the bottom of your to-do list, Dr. Colbert has a new approach—revealing new benefits and options that include ballroom dancing—to get you moving.

#5 Detoxification: When Dr. Colbert talks about detoxification, he is not prescribing a dubious “cleanser cocktail.” Instead, he addresses the ways you can reduce toxicity in your body and your environment on a continual basis, with solutions for minimizing your risk. His research spans everything from air pollution to mercury dental fillings, from poisonous household products to dust mites and second-hand smoke, with ways to spark the body’s natural detox organs (and a handy chart for balancing acid- and alkaline-forming foods).

#6 Nutritional Supplements: They’re not just for people who eat unbalanced meals. Agribusiness has depleted much of America’s farming soil, growing produce that actually contains fewer nutrients. But the world of supplements is complex (there are eight different forms of Vitamin E alone). Dr. Colbert’s expert guidance includes a complete exploration of antioxidants, current debates regarding specific supplements, and nutrient charts for essential foods. He also tells readers, according to their age, exactly what they need to take daily, walking them through the maze of information now available on this topic.

#7 Freedom from Stress: From the healing powers of abdominal breathing and laughter to reframing your perception of even the most seemingly dire circumstances, Dr. Colbert opens a path to physiological and emotional well-being—culminating in a foundation of spiritual peace.

One of the country’s foremost authorities on the integration of natural and conventional health care, Dr. Colbert brings a twenty-first-century approach to a field popularized by best-selling physicians such as Andrew Weil. He writes in a friendly, non-threatening tone that blends proven science with stress-reducing spirituality. As they master a pillar each week, readers will find daily special “points to ponder” and “action steps,” plus fascinating charts, sidebars, and quizzes to clarify every step of the plan.

In the head-to-toe tradition of Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz’s #1 New York Times best-seller You: The Owner’s Manual, THE SEVEN PILLARS OF HEALTH is a comprehensive guide to renovating your “primary residence,” the body that will house you for the rest of your life.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Don Colbert, M.D., is a board-certified family practice physician, a best-selling author, and a dynamic public speaker. Over the past twenty years, he has treated more than 25,000 patients, always integrating body, mind, and spirit into each of his healthcare strategies. His tremendously popular books, including Stress Less: Breaking the Power of Worry and Other Destructive Habits and the best-seller Toxic Relief, top 4 million copies in print. He and his wife, Mary, live in Orlando, Florida.

THE SEVEN PILLARS OF HEALTH: The Natural Way to Better Health for Life Publication Date: January 2, 2007
Published by Siloam, an Imprint of Strang Communications

4 Reasons WHY Our Bodies Matter to God
Sources: Ed Young’s Message “Bodyology” 1999 from Fellowship Church Grapevine, TX www.fellowshipchurch.com , and the book Heaven by Randy Alcorn 2004 Tyndale Publishing.

1) Our bodies were created in God’s Image….Psalm 139:13-16 Msg“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God---you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.

Gen 1---God spoke All of creation into existence and it was good; Light (separated light from dark to create day and night), Sky, Water and Land, Earth—green up with a variety of seed bearing plants/ fruit bearing trees, Lights to govern the day and night; Sun and Moon, Fish and Sea life/ Birds of the air, Earth generate life of every sort of animal--cattle/ reptiles/ and wild animals; Except the creation of man and women (Adam and Eve), the pinnacle of creation was very good. God rolled up His sleeves and really got involved as read in Gen 1:26-28 Msg; “God spoke, Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of the Earth. God created human beings; He created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take Charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds of the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of the Earth. God looked at everything He had made; it was so good, so very good!

Gen 2:7 “The Lord God formed the Man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive, a “living being” (Hebrew word for living being is nephesh—often translated soul)! The point at which Adam became nephesh/ living being/ soul is when God joined his body (dust) and spirit (breath) together. Adam was not a living human being until he had both material (physical) and immaterial (spiritual) components. Thus, the essence of humanity is not just spirit, but spirit joined with the body. –Taken from the book Heaven by Randy Alcorn.

Gen 2:18 Msg God said,”It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.”vs 21-25 God put Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man (Adam) to make the Woman (Eve) and presented her to the Man. The man said, “Finally, bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh! Name her woman for she was made from man.” Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.

2) Jesus wore flesh (a human body) and became human. He was born in a manger to a virgin Mary, Was tempted in every way as we are, however was without sin and Lived 33 years on earth. John 1:14 Msg—The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-king glory, life Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.

3) Your Body is a TEMPLE of the Holy Spirit….God lives in YOU. 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20 Amplified “Do you not know that your body is a temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit who lives within you, Whom you have received (as a gift) from God? You are not your own, You were bought with a price (purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own). So then, honor God and bring Glory to Him in your body.” Romans 12:1-2 NIV “Therefore, I urge you brothers, to offer your bodies as “Living Sacrifices”, holy and pleasing to God for this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is; His good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Your daily choices in regards to your bodies health, wellness and self care is seen as a spiritual act of worship to God (Work, Play and Rest)!!

4) Our Bodies will be Resurrected!! Our resurrection bodies will be free of the curse of sin, redeemed, and restored to their original beauty and purpose that goes back to Eden. The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of redemption (the empty tomb)—both for mankind and for the earth. Indeed, without Christ’s resurrection and what it means—an eternal future for fully restored human beings dwelling on a fully restored Earth—there is no Christianity. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins…(and) we are to be pitied more than all men” 1 Corinth 15:17,19.

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinth 5:17 When you’re on the New Earth, for the first time you’ll be the person God originally intended you to be, without any of the “bent” of sin.

All of Creation hopes for, even anticipates the resurrection;

Romans 8:19-23 “The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

What does it mean that creation waits for God’s children to be revealed? Our Creator, the Master Artist, will put us on display to a wide-eyed universe. Our revelation will be an unveiling, and we will be seen as what we are, as what we were intended to be---God image-bearers. We will glorify him by ruling over the physical universe with creativity and in community, showing respect and honor for all we rule. We will be revealed at our resurrection, when our adoption will be finalized and our bodies redeemed and resurrected. We will be fully human with righteous spirits and incorruptible bodies. (From the book Heaven by Randy Alcorn pg 121 Chapter 11 “Why does all creation await our resurrection?”)

The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson

"O God and King, Please expand my opportunities and my impact in such a way that I touch more lives for your Glory!! Let me do more for you!

Prayer; "Lord, keep me safe from temptations that pull at my emotions and my physical needs, that call out to my sense of what I deserve, what I have the "right" to feel and enjoy. Because You are the TRUE source of all that is really LIFE, Direct my steps away from all that is not of you."

You were SHAPE'd by GOD

God deliberately SHAPE'd and Formed YOU to serve Him in a way that makes you unique (one of a kind). Only You can fulfill the Purposes for your LIFE that you were given.

S=Spiritual Gifts H=Heart A=Abilities P=Personality E=Experiences
---God Loves you so much. He knows every detail about your life and who you are. He has special purposes just for you and He'll continue to give you all you need to fulfill them.
" We're the clay and You're the Potter; All of us are what You made us to be." Isaiah 64:8 Message

The 5 Purposes of LIFE are; by Rick Warren "The Purpose Driven Life"

1) Worship (You were planned for God's Pleasure)--"You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For You created everything, and it is for Your pleasure that they exist and were created." Rev 4:11 NLT

2) Fellowship (You were Formed for God's Family)--"We are all parts of His one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others." Romans 12:4 NLT

3) Discipleship (You were Created to Become Like Christ)--"God knew what He was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love Him along the same lines as the life of His Son...We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in Him." Romans 8:29 Message

4) Service (You were SHAPED for Serving God)--"It is God Himself who has made us what we are and given us NEW lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago He planned that we should spend these lives in helping others." Ephesians 2:10 TLB

5) Evangelism (You were Made for a Mission)--"The most important thing is that I complete my Mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me---To tell people the Good News about God's Grace." Acts 20:24 NCV

Impossible Is Nothing

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare!! Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is Nothing!!
Miami USA Muhammad Ali 1964...The first time he stepped into the ring, Muhammed Ali was told he was too scrawny to be a boxer. "Forever Sport Adidas---Ad"