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Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
KJV 1 Corinthians 6:19,20
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Barb ✨ Joy

11/6/2020

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This post is dedicated to a dear sweet friend
who kindly gave me a whole stack of farm-fresh organic rhubarb.
Well I certainly had a most delicious two weeks of creating different dishes
for breakfast, dinner, and dessert with this versatile vegetable.
And many a more scrummy ideas were in tow  ..but alas! I ran out of barb..
​
Following is a selection from my creations 💝 enjoy!
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BerryBarb + Oats

3-5 sticks of Rhubarb
​(leaves trimmed, chopped)
1 cup Mixed Berries (frozen)
200ml Cococoast Watermelon Water
¾ cup Rolled Oats
 
 
♨️ sml pot: all ingredients
stew: 16mins, med-hi heat 
 
Serves: 1

Pear+Barb Porridge

3-5 sticks of Rhubarb
​(leaves trimmed, chopped)
1 sml Pear (chopped)
200ml Dewlands Guava & Apple Juice
¼ cup Semolina
 
 
♨️ sml pot: all ingredients, except semolina
stew: 12mins, med-hi heat
add semolina: +4mins, med heat; mix in immediately
 
Serves: 1

PassionBarb Pudding

​3-5 sticks of Rhubarb
​(leaves trimmed, chopped)
½ cup Mango (frozen, chopped*)
½ cup Pineapple Chunks (chopped*)
200ml Cococoast Passionfruit Coconut Water
2 tbsp Chia Seeds
 
*mango & pineapple do not break down when stewed, so you will need to chop these to the size you are happy to eat in your pudding
 
 
♨️ sml pot: all ingredients, except chia
stew: 16mins, med-hi heat
 
👏 bowl: stewed fruit
add chia seeds*: combine well
 
*chia only takes ~16mins to thicken, so you can enjoy this warm, or refrigerate and enjoy it later as a cold dish
 
Serves: 1

YBarbuzb Jelly

3-5 sticks of Rhubarb
(leaves trimmed, chopped)
1 lge Orange (peeled, chopped)
300ml Cococoast Yuzu Coconut Water
2 tbsp Psyllium Husks
5 tsp Stevia
 
 
♨️ sml pot: all ingredients, except psyllium
stew: 16mins, med-hi heat
 
👏 bowl: stewed fruit
add psyllium husks: combine well
 
❄ refrigerate: ~1hr*
 
*psyllium only takes ~16mins to thicken, so the refrigeration time is just to cool the jelly
 
Serves: 2

Barbalo Soup

3 med Spud Lite Potatoes (chopped small)
​2-3 sticks of Rhubarb
(leaves trimmed, chopped)
500ml Water
1 tbsp Onion Soup (powder)
1 tsp Veggie Salt
½ tsp Garlic (powder)

♨️ sml pot: all ingredients
stew: 30mins, med-hi heat; until potato soft
 
*you can enjoy this soup clear & chunky, or whiz it and enjoy it thick & smooth, or I like to lightly mash it and enjoy it thick & a little chunky
Serves: 1

Barb Bread

6-7 sticks of Rhubarb*
​(leaves trimmed, chopped)
200ml Pineapple Juice*
2 tsp Chia Seeds*
100g EV Coconut Oil (melted)
400g Gluten Free Co. Banana Bread Mix
 
*you are wanting to achieve 250g of stewed fruit mix to add to the bread mix
 
 
♨️ sml pot: rhubarb & pineapple juice
stew: 16mins, med-hi heat
​👏 bowl: stewed fruit
add chia seeds: combine well
sit: 16mins
add oil: combine well
add bread mix: combine well*
spoon mix: into baking paper lined 20cm round cake tin
 
*I found adding the bread mix in small amounts gradually, and mixing in well between worked well to ensure it was evenly combined
 
♨️ oven: preheated 150°
bake: 50-60mins
stand to cool: 16mins

​Serves: 12

mmm.. 🤤 think I may go enjoy a piece of Barb Bread now

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..without a cause?

11/5/2020

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There is a divinely appointed connection between
​sin and disease....
​Sin and disease bear to each other the relationship of
​cause and effect.

—Testimonies for the Church 5:443.

Disease never comes​ without a cause.
The way is first prepared, and disease invited
​by disregarding the laws of health.

—How to Live 5:70.

The majority of diseases which the human family
have been and are still suffering under,
have been created by ignorance of their own organic law.

—The Health Reformer, October 1, 1866.

Heredity

Many are suffering in consequence of the transgressions of their parents; they cannot be censured for their parents’ sins, but it is nevertheless their duty to ascertain wherein their parents violated the laws of their being; and wherein their parents’ habits were wrong, they should change their course, and place themselves, by correct habits, in a better relation to health.
—The Health Reformer, August 1, 1866.

Secret Vice

This vice is laying waste the constitution of very many, and preparing them for diseases of almost every description.
—A Solemn Appeal, 53.

The Condition of the Mind

That which brings sickness of body and mind to nearly all, is dissatisfied feelings and discontented repinings.
—Testimonies for the Church 1:566.
Nothing is so fruitful a cause of disease as depression, gloominess, and sadness.
—Testimonies for the Church 1:702.

Drugs

Drugging should be forever abandoned; for while it does not cure any malady, it enfeebles the system, making it more susceptible to disease.
—Testimonies for the Church 5:311.

Unhygienic Surroundings

Filth is a breeder of disease.
—The Review and Herald, February 4, 1896.
A neglect of cleanliness will induce disease.... Stubborn fevers and violent diseases have prevailed in neighborhoods and towns that had formerly been considered healthy, and some have died, while others have been left with broken constitutions to be crippled with disease for life. In many instances their own yards contained the agent of destruction, which sent forth deadly poisons into the atmosphere, to be inhaled by the family and the neighborhood.
—How to Live 4:61.

Impure Air

The effects produced by living in close, ill-ventilated rooms are these: The system becomes weak and unhealthy, the circulation is depressed, the blood moves sluggishly through the system because it is not purified and vitalized by the pure, invigorating air of heaven. The mind becomes depressed and gloomy, while the whole system is enervated; and fevers and other acute diseases are liable to be generated.... The system is peculiarly sensitive to the influence of cold. A slight exposure produces serious diseases.
—Testimonies for the Church 1:702.

Imperfect Breathing

Stomach, liver, lungs, and brain are suffering for want of deep, full inspirations of air.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:67.

​Indoor Life

Close confinement indoors makes women pale and feeble, and results in premature death.
—The Health Reformer, April 1, 1871.

Damp Rooms

Rooms that are not exposed to light and air become damp.... Various diseases have been brought on by sleeping in these fashionable health-destroying apartments.
—How to Live 4:62.

​Exposure to Cold

When we overtax our strength, and become exhausted, we are liable to take cold, and at such times there is danger of disease assuming a dangerous form.
—Testimonies for the Church 3:13.

Improper Clothing

In order to follow the fashions, mothers dress their children with limbs nearly naked; and the blood is chilled back from its natural course and thrown upon the internal organs, breaking up the circulation and producing disease.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:531.
Women especially are the victims of various maladies which might be lessened, if not entirely prevented, by right habits of life. Half their sufferings may be attributed to their manner of dress, and the insane desire to conform to the fashions of the world.
—The Health Reformer, February 1, 1877.

Improper Diet

Indulging in eating too frequently, and in too large quantities, overtaxes the digestive organs, and produces a feverish state of the system. The blood becomes impure, and then diseases of various kinds occur.
—Spiritual Gifts Volume 4a, 133.
It is the wrong habit of indulgence of appetite, and the careless, reckless inattention to the proper care of the body, that tells upon the people. Habits of cleanliness, and care in regard to that which is introduced into the mouth, should be observed.
—Unpublished Testimonies, July 10, 1896.

Overeating

What influence does overeating have upon the stomach? It becomes debilitated, the digestive organs are weakened, and disease, with all its train of evils, is brought on as the result.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:364.
And the dyspeptic—what has made him dyspeptic is taking this course. Instead of observing regularity, he has let appetite control him, and has eaten between meals.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:374.

Flesh Foods

The liability to take disease is increased tenfold by meat eating.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:64.
When we feed on flesh, the juices of what we eat pass into the circulation. A feverish condition is created, because the animals are diseased, and by partaking of their flesh, we plant the seeds of disease in our own tissue and blood. Then, when exposed to the changes in a malarious atmosphere, to prevailing epidemics and contagious diseases, these are more sensibly felt, for the system is not in a condition to resist disease.
—Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896.
Their bodies are composed of what they eat. But when suffering and disease come upon them, it is considered an affliction of Providence.
—Testimonies for the Church 3:563.

Flesh Diet

The mortality caused by eating meat is not discerned.... Animals are diseased, and by partaking of their flesh we plant the seeds of disease in our own tissues and blood.
—Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896.
The prevalence of cancers and tumors is largely due to gross living on dead flesh.
—Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896.
The meat is served reeking with fat, because it suits the perverted taste. Both the blood and the fat of animals is consumed as a luxury. But the Lord has given special directions that these should not be eaten. Why? Because their use would make a diseased current of blood in the human system. Disregard of the Lord's special directions has brought a variety of difficulties and diseases upon human beings.... If they introduce into their system that which cannot make good flesh and blood, they must endure the results of the disregard of God's word.
—Unpublished Testimonies, March, 1896.

Simple grains, fruits, and vegetables
have all the nutrient properties necessary
to make good blood.
​This a flesh diet cannot do.

—Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896.

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What a legacy!

11/4/2020

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Disease has been transmitted to your offspring, and the free use of flesh meats has increased the difficulty. The eating of pork has aroused and strengthened a most deadly humor that was in the system. Your offspring are robbed of vitality before they are born.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:94.​

Parents sin not only against themselves
in swallowing drug poisons,
but they sin against their children.
The vitiated state of the blood,
the poison distributed throughout the system,
the broken constitution, and various diseases,
as the result of drug poisons,
are transmitted to their offspring,
and left to them a wretched inheritance,
​which is another great cause of the degeneracy of the race.

—How to Live, 50.

Thousands are devoid of principle. These very ones are transmitting to their offspring their own miserable, corrupt passions. What a legacy! Thousands drag out their unprincipled lives, tainting their associates, and perpetuating their debased passions by transmitting them to their children.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:351.
The physical and mental condition of parents is perpetuated in their offspring. This is a matter that is not duly considered. Wherever the habits of the parents are contrary to physical law, the injury done to themselves will be repeated in future generations.
Satan knows this very well, and he is perpetuating his work through transmission....
​Those who will indulge the animal passions and gratify lust will surely stamp upon their offspring the debasing practices, the grossness, of their own physical and moral defilement. By physical, mental, and moral culture all may become co-workers with Christ. Very much depends upon the parents. It lies with them whether they will bring into the world children who will prove a blessing or a curse.

—Unpublished Testimonies, January, 1897.

If the mother is deprived of an abundance of
wholesome, nutritious food,
she will lack in the quantity and quality of blood.
Her circulation will be poor,
​and her child will lack in the very same things.

—Testimonies for the Church 2:382.

Tobacco and liquor stupefy and defile the user. But the evil does not stop here. He transmits irritable tempers, polluted blood, enfeebled intellects, and weak morals to his children.
—Testimonies for the Church 4:31.
Parents who freely use wine and liquor leave to their children the legacy of a feeble constitution, mental and moral debility, unnatural appetites, irritable temper, and an inclination to vice....
The child of the drunkard or the tobacco inebriate usually has the depraved appetites and passions of the father intensified, and at the same time inherits less of his self-control and strength of mind.

—The Health Reformer, August 1, 1878.
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Should we be afraid of COVID-19?

20/3/2020

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"if you have all those eight principles, I'm not really worried about you if you were to come in contact with the coronavirus with the precautions that we've talked about, and we can still be a very positive influence in the world; but it does underscore the need that NEWSTART needs to go viral."
- Dr. Neil Nedley

Dr. Nedley and Pastor Doug Batchelor On
The Best Coronavirus Prevention

https://youtu.be/0KZ4A-JEG7k
Dr. Nedley joins Pastor Doug Batchelor with Amazing Facts
to discuss the Coronavirus (COVID-19),
the fears surrounding it and
​how to build up your immune system to avoid the effects of the virus.

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God Misrepresented

11/3/2020

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Physical and moral health are closely united.
—How to Live, 32.
Mental and moral power is dependent upon the physical health.
—The Health Reformer, November 1, 1871.
The brain nerves which communicate to the entire system
are the only medium through which Heaven can communicate to man,
and affect his inmost life.
Whatever disturbs the circulation
of the electric currents in the nervous system,
lessens the strength of the vital powers,
and the result is a deadening of the sensibilities of the mind.

—Testimonies for the Church 2:347. 

The children of God cannot glorify him
with sickly bodies or dwarfed minds.
Those who indulge in any species of intemperance,
either in eating or drinking,
waste their physical energies
​and weaken moral power.

—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 53.

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Their Own Course

11/2/2020

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God is not responsible
for the suffering which follows the non-conformity
​to natural law and moral obligations to him.

—The Health Reformer, October 1, 1871, par. 3.
When standing by the graves of their children, the afflicted parents look upon their bereavement as a special dispensation of Providence, when by inexcusable ignorance their own course has destroyed the lives of their children. To then charge their death to Providence is blasphemy.
—Testimonies for the Church 3:136.
Many persons complain of Providence because of the discomfort and inconvenience which they suffer, when this is the sure result of their own course. They seem to feel that they are ill-treated of God, when they themselves are alone responsible for the ills which they endure.
—The Review and Herald, October 16, 1883.

Sickness
​and premature death
do not come without a cause.

—How to Live, 61.

The violation of physical law, and the consequence, human suffering, have so long prevailed that men and women look upon the present state of sickness, suffering, debility, and premature death as the appointed lot of humanity.
—Testimonies for the Church 3:139.
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The Favourable & The Unfavourable

11/1/2020

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#favourable

The Bible is a leaf from the tree of life,
and by eating it, by receiving it into our minds,
we shall grow strong to do the will of God.
—The Review and Herald, May 4, 1897.

If physical exercise were combined with mental exertion,
the blood would be quickened in its circulation,
the action of the heart would be more perfect,
impure matter would be thrown off,
​and new life and vigor would be experienced in every part of the body.

—Testimonies for the Church 3:490.

Fresh air is the free blessing of Heaven,
calculated to electrify the whole system.

—Testimonies for the Church 1:701.

Bathing helps the bowels, stomach, and liver, giving energy and new life to each.
—Testimonies for the Church 3:70.

Nature will restore their vigor and strength
in their sleeping hours, if her laws are not violated.

—A Solemn Appeal, 62.

Bring to your aid the power of the will,
which will resist cold,
​and will give energy to the nervous system.

—Testimonies for the Church 2:533.

#unfavourable
Children are permitted to indulge their tastes freely, to eat at all hours....
The digestive organs, like a mill which is continually kept running, become enfeebled, vital force is called from the brain to aid the stomach in its overwork, and thus the mental powers are weakened. The unnatural stimulation and wear of the vital forces make the children nervous, impatient of restraint, self-willed, and irritable.

—The Health Reformer, May 1, 1877.
This is the way you treat the stomach. It is thoroughly exhausted, but instead of letting it rest, you give it more food, and then call the vitality from other parts of the system to the stomach to assist in the work of digestion.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:363.
The poor tired stomach may complain of weariness in vain. More food is forced upon it, which sets the digestive organs in motion, again to perform the same round of labor through the sleeping hours. In the morning there is a sense of languor and loss of appetite; a lack of energy is felt through the entire system.
—How to Live, 55.
If all the hours of the day are well improved, the work extended into the evening is so much extra, and the overtaxed system will suffer from the burden imposed upon it. I have been shown that those who do this often lose much more than they gain, for their energies are exhausted, and they labor on nervous excitement. They may not realize any immediate injury, but they are surely undermining their constitution.
—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 65.
Those who are excited, anxious, or in a great hurry would do well not to eat until they have found rest or relief, for the vital powers, already severely taxed, cannot supply the necessary gastric juice.
—The Review and Herald, July 29, 1884.

By allowing ourselves to form wrong habits,
by keeping late hours,
by gratifying appetite at the expense of health,
we lay the foundation for feebleness.
By neglecting to take physical exercise,
by overworking mind or body,
we unbalance the nervous system.
Those who thus shorten their lives
​by disregarding nature's laws,
​are guilty of robbery before God.

—The Review and Herald, December 1, 1896.

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Real Common Sense

11/12/2019

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In order to live a perfect life,
we must live in harmony with those natural laws
which govern our being.

—Testimonies for the Church 3:163.
​Let it ever be kept before the mind that the great object of hygienic reform is to secure the highest possible development of mind and soul and body.
—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 120.
Anything that lessens the physical power enfeebles the mind and makes it less clear to discriminate between good and evil, between right and wrong.
—Special Testimonies On Education, 35.
If our physical habits are not right, our mental and moral powers cannot be strong; for great sympathy exists between the physical and the moral....
​Habits which lower the standard of physical health, enfeeble the mental and moral strength.

—Testimonies for the Church 3:50, 51.
By indulging in a wrong course of action in eating and drinking, thousands upon thousands are ruining their health, and not only is their health ruined, but their morals are corrupted, because diseased blood flows through their veins.
—Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896. Morals Corrupted.
Irregularity in eating and drinking, and improper dressing, deprave the mind and corrupt the heart, and bring the noble attributes of the soul in slavery to the animal passions.
—The Health Reformer, October 1, 1871.
He designs that the great subject of health reform shall be agitated, and the public mind deeply stirred to investigate.
—Testimonies for the Church 3:162.
When we adopt the health reform, we should adopt it from a sense of duty, not because somebody else has adopted it.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:371

There is real common sense in health reform.
—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 57.

Children reared in a healthful way are much more easily controlled than those who are indulged in eating everything their appetite craves, and at all times. They are usually cheerful, contented, and healthy. Even the most stubborn, passionate, and wayward have become submissive, patient, and possessed of self-control by persistently following up this order of diet, united with a firm but kind management in regard to other matters.
—The Health Reformer, May 1, 1877.
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AMAZING BREAKTHROUGH!

11/11/2019

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~ excerpt from ‘​Why We Sleep’ 2017; Matthew Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology
Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment
that makes you live longer.
It enhances your memory and makes you more creative.
It makes you look more attractive.
It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings.
It protects you from cancer and dementia.
It wards off colds and the flu.
​It lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke, not to mention diabetes.
​You'll even feel happier, less depressed, and less anxious.
Are you interested?
While it may sound hyperbolic, nothing about this fictitious advertisement would be inaccurate. If it were for a new drug, many people would be disbelieving. Those who were convinced would pay large sums of money for even the smallest dose. Should clinical trials back up the claims, share prices of the pharmaceutical company that invented the drug would skyrocket.
Of course, the ad is not describing some miracle new tincture or a cure-all wonder drug but rather the proven benefits of a full night of sleep. The evidence supporting these claims has been documented in more than 17,000 well-scrutinized scientific reports to date. As for the prescription cost, well, there isn't one. It's free. Yet all too often, we shun the nightly invitation to receive our full dose of this all-natural remedy — with terrible consequences.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,
to eat the bread of sorrows:
​for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
​
Psalm 127:2 KJV

If you're not sleeping, you're not healing.
~ Shawn Stevenson "Sleep is not for the weak"
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The Richest Possession

11/10/2019

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Many have inquired of me, What course shall I take best to preserve my health? My answer is, 
Cease to transgress the laws of your being;
cease to gratify a depraved appetite, eat simple food,
dress healthfully, which will require modest simplicity,
​work healthfully,
and you will not be sick....
​
—The Health Reformer, August 1, 1866.
​Many are suffering in consequence of the transgression of their parents. They cannot be censured for their parents’ sins, but it is nevertheless their duty to ascertain wherein their parents violated the laws of their being; and wherein their parents’ habits were wrong, they should change their own course, and place themselves, by correct habits, in a better relation to health.
—The Health Reformer, August 1, 1866.
Health is a great treasure.
It is the richest possession that mortals can have.
Wealth, honor, or learning is dearly purchased,
if it be at the loss of the vigor of health.
None of these attainments can secure happiness
​if health is wanting.

—Christian Education, 16.
If we would have health, we must live for it.
—The Health Reformer, December 1, 1870.
That time is well spent
which is directed to the establishment and preservation
of sound physical and mental health....
​It is easy to lose health, but it is difficult to regain it.

—The Review and Herald, September 23, 1884.
We can ill afford
to dwarf or cripple a single function of mind or body by overwork,
or by abuse of any part of the living machinery.

—The Review and Herald, September 23, 1884.
When we do all we can on our part to have health, then may we expect that the blessed results will follow, and we can ask God in faith to bless our efforts for the preservation of health. He will then answer our prayer, if his name can be glorified thereby; but let all understand that they have a work to do. God will not work in a miraculous manner to preserve the health of persons who are taking a sure course to make themselves sick.
—How to Live, 64.
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A Morbid Appetite

11/9/2019

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Intemperance of any kind is a violation of the laws of our being.
—The Health Reformer, March 1, 1878.
The laws of our being cannot be more successfully violated than by crowding upon the stomach unhealthful food just because it is craved by a morbid appetite.
—How to Live, 52.
Eating merely to please the appetite is a transgression of nature's laws.
—Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896.
Any course of action in eating, drinking, or dressing
that is unhealthful
injures the fine works of the human machinery,
and interferes with God's order.
Obstructions are created in bone, brain, and muscle,
which destroy this wonderful machinery that God has organized
​to be kept in order.

​
Any misuse of the delicate workmanship results in suffering.
—Unpublished Testimonies, May 19, 1897.
God has not changed, neither does he propose to change, our physical organism, in order that we may violate a single law without feeling the effects of its violation.... By indulging their inclinations and appetites, men violate the laws of life and health; and
if they obey conscience,
they must be controlled by principle in their eating and dressing,
rather than be led by inclination, fashion, and appetite.

—The Health Reformer, September 1, 1871.
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Berry Coconut Ice

11/8/2019

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Vanilla Layer:
1 cup Coconut (dessicated)
¼ cup EV Coconut Oil (melted)
2 tbsp Soy Milk
1 tbsp Erythritol
1 tsp Vanilla extract
👏 bowl: all ingredients for vanilla layer; combine well
❄ ramekin: split mixture between 2 ramekins; press down evenly
freezer: ~10mins; while preparing berry layer mixture
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Berry Layer:
1 cup Coconut (dessicated)
¼ cup EV Coconut Oil (melted)
2 tbsp Soy Milk
1 tbsp Strawberry powder
1 tsp Erythritol
^¼ tsp Hibiscus powder*
👏 bowl: all ingredients for berry layer; combine well
❄ ramekin: split mixture between the 2 ramekins, atop the vanilla layer; press down evenly
freezer: 16mins, to set
​
Serves: 8
Store: fridge

*use from ⅛ up to ¼ tsp of Hibiscus powder depending how deep you want the berry layer colour
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Coconut Ice Mint

11/8/2019

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Vanilla Layer:
1 cup Coconut (dessicated)
¼ cup EV Coconut Oil (melted)
2 tbsp Soy Milk
1 tbsp Erythritol
1 tsp Vanilla extract 
​👏 bowl: all ingredients for vanilla layer; combine well
❄ ramekin: split mixture between 2 ramekins; press down evenly
freezer: ~10mins; while preparing mint layer mixture
​
Mint Layer:
1 cup Coconut (dessicated)
¼ cup EV Coconut Oil (melted)
2 tbsp Soy Milk
1 tbsp Erythritol
1 tsp Peppermint extract
^¼ tsp Spirulina powder*
👏 bowl: all ingredients for mint layer; combine well
❄ ramekin: split mixture between the 2 ramekins, atop the vanilla layer; press down evenly
freezer: 16mins, to set
​
Serves: 8
Store: fridge

*use from ⅛ up to ¼ tsp of Spirulina powder depending how deep you want the green colour: it cannot be tasted up to the ¼ of a tsp
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We Reap What We Sow

11/7/2019

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The Lord has made it a part of his plan
that man's reaping shall be according to his sowing.
And this is the explanation of the misery and suffering in our world,
which is charged back upon God.

The man who serves himself,
and makes a god of his stomach,
will reap that which is
the sure result of the violation of nature's laws.


He who abuses any organ of the body
to gratify lustful appetites and debased passions
will bear testimony to the same in his countenance.
He has sown to fleshly lusts,
and he will just as surely realize the consequence.


He is like a hunted being;
he is a slave to passion,
the chains of which he is unwilling to break.
...
He is left to the natural processes of corrupting practises
which degrade him beneath the brute creation.
His sinfulness has ruined the mechanism of the living machinery,
and nature's laws, transgressed,
become his tormentors.
​

—Unpublished Testimonies, May 19, 1897.
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An Inestimable Blessing

11/6/2019

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​God, the Creator of our bodies,
has arranged every fiber and nerve and sinew and muscle,
and has pledged himself to keep the machinery in order
if the human agent
will co-operate with him and refuse to work contrary to the laws
which govern the human system.

​—Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896.
​He requires us to obey natural law,
​to preserve physical health.

​—Testimonies for the Church 3:63.
All our enjoyment or suffering
​may be traced to obedience or transgression of natural law.

​—Testimonies for the Church 3:161.
Those who understand
something of the wisdom and beneficence of his laws,
and perceive the evidences of God's love
and the blessings that result from obedience,
will come to regard their duties and obligations from
an altogether different point of view.
Instead of looking upon the observance of
the laws of health as a matter of sacrifice and self-denial,
they will regard it, as it really is,
an inestimable blessing.

​—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 120.

​If Christians will keep the body in subjection, and bring all their appetites and passions under the control of enlightened conscience, feeling it a duty that they owe to God and to their neighbors to obey the laws which govern health and life, they will have the blessing of physical and mental vigor. They will have moral power to engage in the warfare against Satan; and in the name of him who conquered appetite in their behalf, they may be more than conquerors on their own account.
​—Testimonies for the Church 4:36.
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The Entire Being.

11/5/2019

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The laws governing the physical nature are as truly divine in their origin and character as the law of the ten commandments.
​Man is fearfully and wonderfully made;
for Jehovah has inscribed his law
​by his own mighty hand on every part of the human body.

—Unpublished Testimonies, August 5, 1896.
God's law is written by his own finger upon every nerve, every muscle, every faculty which has been entrusted to man.
—Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896.
Every law governing the human machinery is to be considered just as truly divine in origin, in character, and in importance as the word of God. Every careless action, any abuse put upon the wonderful mechanism, by disregarding his specified laws of the human habitation, is a violation of God's law. This law embraces the treatment of the entire being.
—Unpublished Testimonies, ​January 11, 1897.​
Our first duty,
one which we owe to God, to ourselves, and to our fellow men,
is to obey the laws of God, which include the laws of health.

—Testimonies for the Church 3:164.
It is just as much sin to violate the laws of our being as to break one of the ten commandments, for we cannot do either without breaking God's law.
—Testimonies for the Church 2:70.
The human being who is careless and reckless of the habits and practises that concern his physical life and health, sins against God.
—Unpublished Testimonies, May 19, 1897.
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Avo + Eda

11/4/2019

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How yummy this old favourite is.. smashed avo on toast with salt  + pepper

Nigella seeds are a sensational substitute for black pepper #winning
And I decided one day to try this classic dish on a bed of spelt noodles.. #WoW #nextlevelwinning
Add some roasted edamame in there.... and that's just next level again!
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1 lge ripe Avocado
1/4 cup Roasted Edamame
1 tbsp Nigella Sativa
1 cake Spelt Noodles
​♨️ pot: spelt noodles
cover: with boiled water
sit: 7mins
👏 bowl: mash avocado
add: nigella seeds; mix in well
add: herbamare, to taste; mix in well
​👏plate: cooked & drained spelt noodles; dust with herbamare
add: avocado & nigella mix on top of noodle bed
sprinkle: a bit more nigella over whole plated food
sprinkle: roasted edamame over whole plated food
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3Leaf Salad

11/4/2019

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..another simple salad sure to delight, that you can add to your Sabbath lunch menu options
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​1/2 Red Onion (diced, soaked)
7 stems Kale (trimmed from spine, chopped)
2 stems Celery (incl. leaves, chopped)
1 cup Endive (chopped)
1/2 cup Black Olives (sliced)
1/4 cup Almonds (slivered)
1/4 cup Roasted Edamame
Dressing:
​1 Lemon, juice of (fresh squeezed)
1/3 cup Water
3 tbsp Braggs Soy Sauce
1 tsp Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
​👏 bowl: finely diced onion
sit: in water to soak while preparing the remaining ingredients
👏 jar: all listed dressing ingredients; shake well
👏 bowl: all salad ingredients, except dressing; toss through well
drain: soaked onion, add to salad; toss through
add: dressing to salad 30mins before serving,  to allow the dressing to make the kale tender
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Caye + Carr

11/3/2019

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Cayenne + Carrot Salad
..a delish dish to serve at your next Sabbath lunch #simples!
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7 Carrots (peeled, grated)
4 cloves Garlic (minced)
1 tbsp Coriander Ground
4 tbsp EVO Oil
3 tbsp Verjuice
1 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper
​👏 jar: garlic, coriander, oil, verjuice, salt, cayenne; shake well
👏 bowl: grated carrots, dressing; combine well

❄ refrigerate: 5hrs
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Fruit Salad

11/3/2019

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Fruit Salad
..thought you knew what a fruit was? think again. Google for yourself to find out the botanic classifications of your favourite plate of dinner veggies; and then! wait til you find out that there is not actually any such classification as vegetable - but rather that vegetable is simply a culinary term.. ha!
So with thus introduction, ere below is a refreshing savoury fruit salad for you: again increasing the medicinal qaulities twofold by eating leafy greens with fruits.
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2 stems Kale (trimmed from spine)
2 ripe Truss Tomatoes
2 punnets Medley of Mini Tomatoes
2 Cucumbers
1 yellow Capsicum
1 orange Capsicum
1 red Capsicum
2 lge Dill Gherkins
7 lge Green Olives
2 handfuls Baby Spinach
👏 bowl: combine salad ingredients, in following order
add: chopped kale & truss tomatoes; lightly dust with herbamare
add: chopped mini tomatoes & cucumbers; lightly dust with herbamare
add: chopped capsicums; lightly dust with herbamare
add: sliced gherkins & olives
add: washed baby spinach; lightly dust with herbamare
combine: all ingredients well
* sit for 30mins before eating; to allow the fruit's juices to make the kale tender
Serves: 2
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Ginger Snapped!

11/3/2019

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I finally snapped ..GINGER SNAPPED! with not being able to get a ginger cookie that's not loaded with sugar, "wheat", dairy ..and all the other nasty 'food-like' ingredients they put in.
I would think I had found one, order it online ..but then the retailer would contact me to say they don't have it, and aren't getting it; that they just haven't updated their website.
So with this happening to me for the last time, just days ago mind you, in the words of my kitty..
I madez diz! ​😁 👐 💫 🍪
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1 cup Erythritol*
¾ cup EV Coconut Oil (melted)
¼ cup Maple Syrup
3 tsp Ginger ground
¾ tsp Cinnamon ground
½ tsp Cloves ground
¼ tsp Himalayan Salt
1 lge Egg
2 cup Kamut flour
​
​👏 bowl: all ingredients, except egg & flour; combine well
add: egg; combine well
add: flour; combine well

♨️ oven: preheat 180°c
baking tray: mixture rolled into 3cm balls on baking paper; lightly pressed to flatten cookies slightly
bake: 12mins
*to me this is alot of sweetener. BUT! I like a nice strong ginger flavour. So I found this amount of sweetener is a nice balance with the strength of the ginger. So if you do alter the amount, just keep in mind, the ginger may end up being overpowering ..jus'sayin!
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Kiwi + Kale

11/2/2019

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Kiwi + Kale Salad
..my how my mind was blown! the day I discovered the flavour sensation of adding leafy greens to my morning fruit salad. I used kale simply because that it was I had in my fridge at the time, but I have since tried baby spinach and....... ummm!! yummm!!! When leafy greens are eaten with fruit, their medicinal  qualities increase twofold.
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2 Kiwis 
1 stem Kale (trimmed from spine)
1 Orange
​
1 Apple
👏 bowl: chopped kale & fruit, combine well
* sit for 30mins before eating; to allow the fruit's juices to make the kale tender
​Serves: 1
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BFF Salad

11/2/2019

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Best Fruits Forever Salad
..this simple salad is refreshing not just to the palate, but also to one's health
Have this for breakfast every morning and you'll be giving your immune system a boost! with the following being just a few of the health benefits:
  • Apples: provide living water. The fruit acids in apples help cleanse the liver. Apples starve out bacteria, yeast, mold, other funguses, and viruses from the intestinal tract and liver. Great for dissolving gallstones.
  • Oranges: provide a combination of calcium and vitamin C. Oranges are a great fruit that allows for easy absorption and conversion of nutrients. They have an ability to uproot and disperse sludge and sediment that can settle in the gallbladder. 
  • Mangoes: have a unique phytochemical compound that helps the liver's immune system destroy the pockets of bacteria that create liver abscesses. Mangoes help your liver from aging and cells from dying while improving bile production.
  • Apricots: offer easily assimilable vitamin A, are rich in antioxidants, and help prevent aging.
  • Kiwis: fruit acid has a dissolving effect on gallstones unlike any other. Kiwis also provide various nutrients upon which the liver relies.
  • Coconut: when only used in small amounts, is very helpful in lowering viral and bacterial loads.
These are just the fruits that I happened to have in my fridge. Add some banana if you like; berries, grapefruit, pitaya, papaya, grapes, fresh figs ..they are all packed with healthful life giving properties.
Add some kale too or baby spinach, like in my Kiwi + Kale salad, and boost your salad's medicinal qualities by twofold!
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1 Apple
1 Orange
1 Mango
2 Apricots
4 Kiwis
1/4 fresh Coconut meat
👏 bowl: chopped fruit, combine well
* the juice from the fruits will be plenty to dress this fruit salad, no added juice required.
Serves: 2
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The Laws of Organic Life

11/1/2019

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Health, strength, and happiness depend upon immutable laws;
but these laws cannot be obeyed where there is no anxiety to become acquainted with them.

—The Health Reformer, September 1, 1871.
God in his wisdom has established natural laws for the proper control of our dress, our appetites, and our passions, and he requires of us obedience in every particular.
—The Review and Herald, October 16, 1883.
He who hungers and thirsts after God will seek for an understanding of the laws which the God of wisdom has impressed upon creation. These laws are a transcript of his character. They must control all who enter the heavenly and better country.
—Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896.
It is the duty of every human being, for his own sake and for the sake of humanity, to inform himself or herself in regard to the laws of organic life, and conscientiously to obey them.... It is the duty of every person to become intelligent in regard to disease and its causes. You must study your Bible, in order to understand the value that the Lord places on the men whom Christ has purchased at such an infinite price. Then we should become acquainted with the laws of life, that every action of the human agent may be in perfect harmony with the laws of God. When there is so great peril in ignorance, is it not best to be wise in regard to the human habitation fitted up by our Creator, and over which he desires that we shall be faithful stewards?
—Unpublished Testimonies, December 4, 1896.
The Lord has made it a part of his plan
that man's reaping shall be according to his sowing.

—Unpublished Testimonies, May 19, 1897.

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.

—Testimonies for the Church 3:161.
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This Wonderful Habitation

11/12/2018

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It is best for those who claim to be sons and daughters of God to avail themselves, while they can, of the opportunities now presented to gain a knowledge of the human system, and how it may be preserved in health....
The Lord will not work a miracle to preserve any one in health who will not make an effort to obtain knowledge within his reach concerning this wonderful habitation that God has given.
By the study of the human organism we are to learn to correct what may be wrong in our habits, and which, if left uncorrected, will bring the sure result, disease and suffering, that make life a burden....
​Let the mind become intelligent, and the will be placed on the Lord's side, and there will be a wonderful improvement in the physical health. But this can never be accomplished in mere human strength.

—The Medical Missionary, December 1, 1892.
In order to be fitted for translation, the people of God must know themselves. They must understand in regard to their own physical frames, that they may be able with the psalmist to exclaim, 
“I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
—Testimonies for the Church 1:486. ​
Physical life cannot be treated in a haphazard manner.
Awaken to your responsibilities.

—Unpublished Testimonies, August 25, 1897.
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    To affect change, by the grace of God, believe and claim the promises in His Word.
    ​🍞  KJV Psalms 103:1-5
    Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
    Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
    Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
    Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
    Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
     
    🍞  KJV 1 John 5:14,15
    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
    And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
     
    🍞  KJV Psalms 37:3-5
    Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
    Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
    Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
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    🍞  KJV Mark 11:24
    Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
     
    🍞  2 Corinthians 5:17
    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
     
    On February 11th 2018, I bowed in repentance and with a contrite heart before my God.
    Uplifting my tearful plead for forgiveness and intense petition to be a vessel meet for His purpose, I prayed with thankfulness for opening my eyes to the truth.

    I was unaware of the path God had now set my feet upon  👣  Praise the Lord!
    Not only, as the verse says, “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”, but He has given me new desires of my heart. [Ps 37:4]
    From one who before had absolutely no interest in time invested in cooking, from one who was bound by seemingly unconquerable attachments to particular foods, from one who though knowing the truth would indulge my lower passions and give in to appetite rather than exercise strength of will and control by exercising higher powers. From this such one.. comes this blog  💞  glory to God!
     
    Through this blog I hope to share the journey that God takes me on in exploring the ‘science above all other sciences’ - cooking! [MM270.6]
    As He leads me into new heights of health exploration, I pray you can join in to partake of the blessings also.
    And it is my prayer that He leads you in the most monumental blessings that make up the testimony of your own experience  🙏
     
    🍞  KJV Mark 11:22,23
    And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
    For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
     
    📚  It is for our own benefit to keep every gift of God fresh in our memory. Thus faith is strengthened to claim and to receive more and more. There is greater encouragement for us in the least blessing we ourselves receive from God than in all the accounts we can read of the faith and experience of others. The soul that responds to the grace of God shall be like a watered garden. His health shall spring forth speedily; his light shall rise in obscurity, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen upon him. Let us then remember the loving-kindness of the Lord, and the multitude of His tender mercies. Like the people of Israel, let us set up our stones of witness, and inscribe upon them the precious story of what God has wrought for us. And as we review His dealings with us in our pilgrimage, let us, out of hearts melted with gratitude, declare, “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people.” Psalm 116:12-14. DA 348.2

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