Eight Health Principles

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1.

“Perfect cleanliness, plenty of sunlight, careful attention to sanitation in every detail of the home life, are essential to freedom from disease and to the cheerfulness and vigor of the inmates of the home.” Ministry of Healing, p.276.

Sunlight has a stimulating effect on the immune system, as it increases the oxygen supply to the skin and has the similar effect as exercise to speed up the metabolism.

Sunlight also stimulates the liver, which increases its ability to deal with toxins, and therefore help ease the burden of the immune system.

Vitamin D Production

Vitamin D is actually a hormone. Although it is found in some foods, the body actually makes all we need in the skin - if we have sun.

Vitamin D plays an important role in the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the intestinal tract and aids their transport and distribution through the body. It ensures that the proper proportions of calcium and phosphorus are deposited in the bones and teeth, making them straight and strong. It also prevents rickets and osteomalacia - very painful and deforming diseases.

Exposing your face to sunlight for just 15 minutes will give you more than your daily requirement. It was discovered in 1904 that sunshine penetrates through skin, and causes a chemical reaction to happen that converts the cholesterol in the skin to vitamin (or hormone) D. A study involving 30 patients with hardening of the arteries showed an almost 13% decrease in blood cholesterol levels following 1 single sunbath. As the concentration of cholesterol in the skin goes down, the cholesterol in the blood, the plaque in arteries, etc. is also reduced.

• Regulates Sleep And Other Cycles- Light entering the eye affects the action of the hypothalamus, a small organ in the brain that has the task of regulating our biological clock, or our “circadian rhythm”.
• Promotes Health of The Skin - Regular moderate exposure to sunlight protects the skin and builds up a natural resistance to the harmful effects of UV light.
• Jaundice in Newborns
• Produces Oxygen & negative Ions
• Soothes the Nerves
• Helps the Heart and Circulation– it lowers the resting pulse rate by toning up the heart muscle and other blood vessels.
• Stimulates the Immune System
• Helps control Diabetes
• Aids Digestion – Sunshine has the ability to penetrate into the organs and affect each cell.
• Aids Elimination of Waste
• Reminds Us of Our Finiteness “The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.” Psalm 134:3, 135:1.

Discover the Healing Power of the Sun: Sign up for The 8 Laws of Health seminar to explore how sunlight supports your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. A deeper dive into each area above and learn practical ways to harness the sun’s benefits for your health, energy, and vitality.

Class includes:

• How to take a sunbath
• How to prevent skin cancer

“Temperance alone is the foundation of all the graces that come from God, the foundation of all victories to be gained.” Temperance, p. 201

What is the meaning of temperance? The word temperance, when used in the context of health, has three very distinct meanings: one, moderation is the use of that which is good; two, total abstinence from that which is harmful and three, sel

1. Moderation is the proper use of what is good.
2. Total abstinence is the complete avoidance of what is harmful.
3. Self control

The book Temperance (E.G. White) states: “True temperance teaches us to dispense entirely with everything hurtful, and to use judiciously that which is healthful. There are few who realize as they should how much their habits of diet have to do with their health, their character, their usefulness in this world, and their eternal destiny. The appetite should ever be in subjection to the moral and intellectual powers. The body should be servant to the mind, and not the mind to the body.” Temperance, p 138

“In order to preserve health, temperance in all things is necessary, temperance in labor, temperance in eating and drinking… By exercising temperance in daily life, they may be sanctified through the truth.” Temperance, p 141.

• Temperance In Appetite
• Temperance In Dress
• Temperance In Labor
• Temperance In All Things
• Temperance In Study
• Temperance In the Married Life
• The Problems of Self-Abuse
• Promises to the Overcomer

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Class also includes:

• Cell phones use and effects on our children’s mental health

Prior to Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb in 1879, people in the West typically slept nine hours a night. With modern technology and artificial lighting, we now average just seven hours, often at the expense of our health.

Sleep deprivation can make you: quick-tempered, low on energy, concentrate poorly, easily distracted, sleepy during the daytime, less efficient, more prone to make mistakes and have accidents, suspicious and fearful, clumsy, unhappy, irritable, more prone to illness and more.

Learn the Importance of Sleep:

• Maintain the Health of the Immune System
• Blood Composition
• Energize the neurons
• Restore Nervous Control
• Aids Learning Processes
• Allows for Proper Growth and Repair
• Allows for House-Cleaning to be Done.

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Class also includes:

• Learn the Principles of Proper Rest
• The different types of fatigue

• Strengthens your heart muscle – making it pump more efficiently.
• Brings your high blood pressure down or your low blood pressure up.
• Increases the oxygen carrying of your blood.
• Lowers your resting pulse rate.
• Promotes better blood circulation.
• Greatly accelerates waste elimination.
• Causes the body to increase the size and number of your blood vessels.
• Powers your lymphatic system.
• Stimulates deep abdominal breathing.
• Relaxes muscle tension.
• Releases negative emotions.
• Is the best counterbalance to mental or emotional fatigue.
• Helps you when stressed.
• Charges your brain and nerve cells with electrical energy.
• Prepares you for intense mental concentration.
• Sharpens your mind.
• Helps digestion and reduces gas and constipation.
• Strengthens your muscles, bones and ligaments.
• Prevents bone mineral loss and actually build your bone density.
• Balances your hormonal system.
• Beautifies your figure and complexion.
• Is an invaluable aid to weight loss and keeps it off.
• Actually gives you more energy than it consumes.
• Slows the aging process, keeping you younger looking.
• Increases endurance and delays the onset of fatigue.
• Stimulates the production of endorphins.
• Helps prevent cancer.

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Class also includes:

• Principles of Exercise:
• Establish Realistic Goals
• Target Heart Rate for Exercise
• Reward Yourself
• Choosing the Best Exercise
• Beneficial Effects of a Massage – and the Effects of Starting Early in Life

All cells and tissues in our bodies are formed by the food we eat.

Godly Trust: Our Savior calls us to look unto Him and place our full faith and trust in Him. Jesus says: “Come unto me…and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28. This is a positive prescription for the healing and maintenance of physical, mental, and spiritual health.

• Realize who possesses the solution to our problems and who does not.
• Believe that God loves you and wants to reward you.
• Christ at the center of our lives verses:         
  Friend centered, enemy centered, church centered, self centered, spouse centered, family centered, money centered, work centered, possession centered, pleasure centered

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“In order to have good blood, we must breathe well. Full, deep inspirations of pure air, which fill the lungs with oxygen, purify the blood. They impart to it a bright color and send it, a life-giving current, to every part of the body. A good respiration soothes the nerves; it stimulates the appetite and renders digestion more perfect; and it induces sound, refreshing sleep…

“If an insufficient supply of oxygen is received, the blood moves sluggishly. The waste, poisonous matter, which should be thrown off in the exhalations from the lungs, is retained, and the blood becomes impure. Not only the lungs, but the stomach, liver, and brain are affected. The skin becomes sallow, digestion is retarded; the heart is depressed; the brain is clouded; the thoughts are confused; gloom settles upon the spirits; the whole system becomes depressed and inactive, and peculiarly susceptible to disease.” Ministry of Healing, p 272.

• Oxygen: Essential for conversion of food into energy
• Energy: If there is plenty of oxygen (aerobic respiration), each glucose molecule will produce 36-38 molecules of ATP (our energy storage molecule).
• Circulation: “Perfect health requires a perfect circulation…” Ministry of Healing, p 293.
• Fat in the diet thickens and slows the blood -Agglutination
• Sugar in the diet thickens the blood and lowers oxygen levels
• Overeating greatly affects the blood flow.
• A sedentary life compromises the circulation
• Unevenly distributed clothing disrupts even circulation.
• Lack of trust in God or feelings of guilt hinder circulation

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Class also includes:

• Deep Breathing Exercises
• Toxic Air/Pollution
• What is in Tobacco Smoke/Benefits of Quitting
• What are Negative Ions
• Indoor Environmental Effects

Intracellular fluid is the water in the trillions of cells throughout the body. Extracellular fluid is the water outside of the cells. Our bodies are approximately 60% water. Males have a relatively higher water content due to less body fat and more skeletal muscle. Body fat is the least hydrated tissue – 20%. Bone contains more water than fat (upt to 33%). Skeletal muscle is about 65% water.

• Chemical Reactions: Learn how our body is one big chemical reaction. Our body contains thousands of varied, constantly interacting chemicals. Every chemical reaction that occurs in the body does so in a water environment and water plays an important part in many reactions.
• Temperature Control
• Lubrication
• Transportation
• Nerve Conduction

Discover the Healing Power of water: Sign up for The 8 Laws of Health seminar to explore how staying hydrated supports your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. A deeper dive into each area above, and learn practical ways to harness the benefits for your health, energy, and vitality.

Class also includes:

• How much water? Factors that affect the amount of water needed
• Do’s and Don’ts of drinking water
• Hydrotherapy