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A GREAT BREAKFAST

Dieticians, nutritionists, physicians, and other healthcare providers advocate starting the day with breakfast. An early meal helps to activate and stimulate the brain. Ending the nocturnal fast helps jumpstart your entire metabolism. It brings the nutritional building materials for proper maintenance and repair of the organs. The gastrointestinal tract is stimulated and bowel action isContinue reading “A GREAT BREAKFAST”

THE SPIES AND THE CAREFREE DAYS OF INFANCY

In the section of the Torah titled “Shelach Lecha,” men are sent into Canaan to spy out the challenges that the Children of Israel will face in their upcoming campaign to inhabit the land. Will this Holy Land support them and furnish their needs? Will they be able to overcome the impediments of people, terrain,Continue reading “THE SPIES AND THE CAREFREE DAYS OF INFANCY”

THE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYNDROME

Websites and books discuss Lyme disease as a cause of long term symptoms and disability. It has been postulated that the Lyme infection persists after the acute condition resolves. The bug continues to be active, wrecking havoc. Fatigue, cognitive impairment, and pain are the most common expressions of this syndrome. Patients have reported maladies affectingContinue reading “THE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYNDROME”

YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME

One of the ten commandments given at Mt. Sinai to the Children of Israel admonishes against worshiping other gods. What are “other” gods? Idols. The people should not bow down to, serve, or give devotion to any deity, object, or idea that can be described. God of the bible is not of the earthly world.Continue reading “YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME”

MEDITATION FOR SOUL AND BODY

We live in a material world. Upon leaving the womb, we begin to explore all the wonders of this new life. An infant commences this journey with highly focused awareness of those aspects of the physical realm that impact it most strongly. Novel cognitive adventures thrill, stimulate, fashion, and guide the developing child’s mind. BrainContinue reading “MEDITATION FOR SOUL AND BODY”

FREEDOM AND PASSOVER

The holiday of Passover is about freedom. The Israeli slaves were freed from their bondage. The purpose of this redemption was to allow and encourage freedom of choice to do the right thing. The “right thing” meant that they would follow God. The Bible describes the event as God taking the Children of Israel outContinue reading “FREEDOM AND PASSOVER”

LOSING LUNG VOLUME?

The aging process is associated with deterioration in every system and organ of the human body. Different tissues show this decline in varying ways. There are similarities insofar as cellular decay and inadequacy is concerned. This can be addressed with micronutrient supplements. On a more macro level, limiting the corrosion requires preventions and interventions uniqueContinue reading “LOSING LUNG VOLUME?”

Song of Heartburn

(sing to the tune of: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) My throat has felt the fire of the acid once again It scored a high of nine-point-five on scale of one to ten I know it’s bound to fade but I will guzzle milk till then My heartburn rages on. (chorus) I’veContinue reading “Song of Heartburn”

WHY WERE THERE TEN PLAGUES IN EGYPT?

(Reposted because of changes I made) In the Torah, in the book of Shemot (Exodus), in the parashahs of “Va’eira” and “Bo,” the ten plagues are documented. These are often seen as punishments upon the Egyptians for their having enslaved and mistreated the Children of Israel. But commentators have noted that it could have beenContinue reading “WHY WERE THERE TEN PLAGUES IN EGYPT?”

LYME DISEASE AND THE “AFTER-ILLNESS”

There are millions of people who suffer from multiple chronic and disabling symptoms. Their physical examinations and laboratory testing are all normal. This syndrome usually follows a medical illness. It manifests after recovering from an infectious disease, surgery, trauma, injury, stroke, heart attack, or a flare-up of another chronic condition, like Crohn’s Disease. After researchingContinue reading “LYME DISEASE AND THE “AFTER-ILLNESS””