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COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n In his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success<\/a>, the late Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> wrote the following related to the third law of success:<\/p>\n The Basic Third Law<\/strong><\/p>\n The all-important law coming next in time order is GOOD HEALTH.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are physical beings. The mind and the body form the most wonderful physical mechanism we know. But man is made of matter. He is basically 16 elements of organic, chemically functioning existence.<\/p>\n He lives by the breath of air\u2014which is the breath of LIFE<\/strong> itself. If the bellows we call lungs do not keep inhaling and exhaling the oxygen-containing air, man won\u2019t live to achieve any goal. You are only one heartbeat away from death! As the lungs pump air in and out, so the heart pumps blood through and intricate system of veins and arteries. These must be supported by food and water.<\/p>\n And so man IS<\/strong> just what he eats<\/em>. Some of the most famous physicians and surgeons have said that 90% to 95% of all sickness and disease comes from faulty diet!<\/p>\n Most people are in utter ignorance of the fact that it does<\/em> make a difference what we eat! Most people, and the customs of society, have followed a regimen of eating whatever tastes good to the palate.<\/p>\n Adults are babies grown up. Observe a nine-month-old baby. Everything that comes into his hands goes to his mouth!<\/p>\n My youngest brother may not like to read this in print, but I remember when he was about nine months old, and had managed to creep into the basement coal bin. We found him trying to eat little chunks of coal\u2014his mouth and face well blackened!<\/p>\n You may laugh at babies trying to eat silver cups and chunks of coal. Or at people who dip small mice into a sauce, and, holding them by their tails, drop them as a delicious delicacy into their mouths.<\/p>\n If you do, they will laugh back at you. They will tell you that mice eat clean grain and clean foods, while you dip slimy, slithery oysters and other scavenger seafoods into cocktail sauces, and consider them a delicacy!<\/p>\n You think adults have actually LEARNED<\/strong> any better than nine-month-olds babies? Go to your fancy grocer\u2019s and you\u2019ll find on his shelves canned eel and canned rattlesnake.<\/p>\n WHY? As I said, humans know nothing at birth! We have to learn! <\/em>But most of us do not know that! And, again, what we don\u2019t know, we don\u2019t know<\/em> that we don\u2019t know! And somehow, ever since babyhood, most humans seem to have grown up putting everything into the mouth. Most have grown up eating just whatever seemed to taste good\u2014and whatever they saw others eating. There has been little education or even study about WHAT<\/strong> we ought\u2014or ought NOT<\/strong>\u2014to eat.<\/p>\n Most degenerative diseases are modern<\/em> diseases\u2014penalties for eating foods that have been demineralized in food factories\u2014usually an excess of starch, sugar (the carbohydrates) and fats. Others are caused by a type of malnutrition\u2014lack of needed minerals and vitamins in foods. Then people try to put the “vitamins” back into their systems by buying pills at the drugstore!<\/p>\n A famous director of a “Physical Fitness” program, lecturing at Ambassador College, reminded us that the medical profession has made great strides toward eliminating communicable diseases, yet is having little success coping with the increase of the non-communicable diseases,–such as cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, kidney diseases. These latter are affected by faulty diet.<\/p>\n Of course there are other laws of health\u2014sufficient sleep, exercise, plenty of fresh air, cleanliness and proper elimination, right thinking, clean living.<\/p>\n Right now “jogging” has become the physical fitness fad. Even men in their late forties read a book by a self-professing “expert,” and suddenly are straining their hearts running two miles every day. “More and more exercise<\/em>!” cry the faddists.<\/p>\n Why do humans tend to go to extremes? Exercise is good\u2014it profits a little\u2014but like most things, it can be carried past the law of diminishing returns. You can get an overdose that can cause harm. We are prone to forget the admonition of TEMPERANCE<\/strong> in all things.<\/p>\n What is the value of this excessive exertion in running two miles a day? It induces blood circulation. It gets circulation even to the extremities. And that <\/em>is good. Stimulating blood circulation is<\/em> good. Stimulating blood circulation is <\/em>important. But we can also DESTROY HEALTH<\/strong> by going to unwise extremes. There is as much danger in overdoing exercise as in neglecting it.<\/p>\n Circulation can be induced without over-exertion or danger. I have never forgotten a lecture I heard as a young man in the days of the Chautauqua. The lecturer had been physical trainer to President Howard Taft. Immediately following the close of the Taft administration, this physical trainer managed to secure a list of all\u2014or nearly all\u2014of the centenarians in the United States. He personally visited every one. He asked to what they attributed their long life. One never used tobacco, and gave that as the reason. But another used tobacco all his life and still lived past a hundred years. One “tee-totaled”\u2014but another drank beer and brandy all his life. And so it went. When he had interviewed them all, he analyzed his notes and was surprised to learn that ONLY ONE THING<\/strong> was common to them all. Yet not one gave it credit for his long life. Every one had taken a vigorous daily rub-down. Some with a bath towel, following a daily bath. Some with a brush But in one way or another, each had stimulated blood circulation even to the extremities of toes and fingers by daily rubbing or massaging.<\/p>\n Many ask how I (now in my nineties) keep up the energy, vigor and drive. I\u2019m sure there is more than one reason\u2014but I do not “jog” or go in for fads. I WALK<\/strong>\u2014the best exercise for one of my age. But ever since I heard that lecture, perhaps 60 or more years ago, I have taken a daily RUB-DOWN<\/strong>. Method? A generous-size bath towel, following a daily shower. I try to get enough sleep. I watch elimination (very important). I try to be careful about my diet. And I have a tremendous INCENTIVE<\/strong>\u2014a driving PURPOSE<\/strong> in life, because I have learned what is <\/em>life\u2019s PURPOSE<\/strong>. That spurs to action! I have a mission to accomplish that is more important than my life. There\u2019s not much time left\u2014and it MUST<\/strong> and WILL<\/strong> BE ACCOMPLISHED!<\/strong> Besides all this I draw on a greater and higher Power. I think that gives the answer.<\/p>\n The average person has never stopped to realize that it is not natural<\/em> to be sick. Sickness and disease come only from violation of nature\u2019s laws<\/em> of body and mine\u2014the physical LAWS<\/strong> of health. Most people have not learned<\/em> that there are any such laws! They suppose that occasional illness or disease is natural in the course of life. Nothing could be farther from the truth.<\/p>\n Sickness should not be taken for granted. Some authorities go so far as to say that we do not catch<\/em> a cold\u2014we eat<\/em> our colds and fevers! They explain that a cold or fever is merely the unnatural and rapid elimination of toxins and poisons stored up in the glands, resulting from improper diet.<\/p>\n Now what about the great and the near-great of the world? They usually do not know all there is to know about the laws of good, vigorous health with clear, alert minds. But, compared to the average<\/em> of the population, they know a great deal. They have, as a rule, enjoyed, shall we say, comparatively<\/em> good health!<\/p>\n As an example, the President of the United States always has a White House physician who is constantly watchful over the President\u2019s physical condition. A President is virtually required to get in certain exercise. President Eisenhower played golf frequently. President Kennedy took a daily swim. President Taft had a physical trainer who watched the overweight President daily.<\/p>\n Yet, there are many things that even these important people do not know about the causes of sickness, disease, debility.<\/p>\n One factor I think has worked universally in favor of such men. Mental attitude does<\/em> have considerable influence on physical condition. Most “successful” men\u2014as the world evaluates success\u2014do think constructively, positively, in a mental attitude of confidence. They do not allow themselves to think negatively or assume an attitude of fear, worry, or discouragement. They do not allow themselves to get into uncontrolled moods of griping, complaining. They enforce on themselves emotional balance. And, mindful of the responsibilities on their shoulders, they probably put more restraint on dissipation than most people.<\/p>\n Without health one is direly handicapped, if not totally cut off from achievement. The fourth Law of Success is largely dependent<\/em> on good health.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Many factors, including genetics and environment, affect health.\u00a0 But so do choices.\u00a0 (BTW, the fourth Law of Success in The Seven Laws of Success<\/a> is “drive”).<\/p>\n Over a decade ago, I wrote a book related to natural health (which is still available) titled Combining Old and New : Naturopathy for the 21st Century<\/a>.\u00a0 In addition to going over various views of health, causes of illness, and naturopathic modalities, it includes basically two chapters written by\u00a0the late Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> (which were public domain and hence usable in a commercial book) on aspects of health.<\/p>\n People can influence and improve their health by making better choices.<\/p>\n Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n Does God Heal Today?<\/a> This is a booklet by Roderick C. Meredith on healing. COGwriter In his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success, the late Herbert W. Armstrong wrote the following related to the third law of success: The Basic Third Law The all-important law coming next in time order is GOOD HEALTH. We are physical beings. The mind and the body form the most wonderful physical mechanism we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctrine","category-wcg-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nSpiritual Benefits of Fasting <\/a>Jesus said, “But by Prayer and Fasting” and this article by Dr. Meredith focuses on fasting and provides his physical and spiritual fasting tips. Does fasting help prevent heart disease?
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\nWho Was Herbert W. Armstrong? How is He Viewed Today?<\/a> Includes quotes from the 1973 edition of The Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong<\/em> and explains who he was and how he should be viewed today.
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