A HEALTHY HEART
A Healthy Heart has two factors to consider. Your spiritual and natural well-being. Proverbs 23:7 KJV says this, for as a man or woman thinketh in their hearts, so is he or she. (Paraphrased)
Psalm 51:10 KJV says we should ask God if we know that we need a Healthy Spiritual Heart boost. He can create in us a clean heart, Our God; and renew a right spirit within us. (Paraphrased).
The Kingdom Prescription
LAUGHTER has a twofold benefit. It keeps you light in spirit and exercises your lungs, stomach muscles, lifts off stress, changes your heart rate to a normal rhythm, clears out unsettling thoughts, and clears your tear ducts as they release tears through laughter. Proverbs 17: 22 says, A merry or joyful heart does good like a medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Laughter gives you an increase in your ability to move into areas without hesitation.
Laughter lightens the heart, mind, and soul of things that were tied up. Laugh about it instead of cussing about it. How delightful to learn that laughter really is the best medicine and will perhaps add as many good years to your life as other familiar health tips.
The Kingdom Prescription
Here are 4 heart healthy benefits to consider.
Lower Your Blood Pressure. Aim for 134/76. (Average is140/80). The key is to stay close to the limit but not go over.
Keep your Blood Vessels/Arteries Clean. Keep your cholesterol total at 200 0r below. Commit to eating good clean vegetables, fish and poultry. Eat beef, pork and sugary snacks on special occasions.
Maintain Better Blood Sugars: This is HUGE! Keeping your blood sugars, at 98 or below is a heart saver. Get your A1C to 5.8 or Lower is walking in optimal health. (Genesis 6:3b says for he also is flesh, yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. )
Keep a Slimmer Belly: HUGE! This is the number one trick and trap for never having Type-2 Diabetes and a stroke. Obesity is that killer weapon that will take out a healthy heart in a matter of months in some cases. Surely it will shorten your lifespan. Even if you are not carrying around much extra weight, having visceral belly fat greatly raises the risk of heart disease.
The Healthy Heart requires us to take the two-step dance method that will keep us on our toes to rid our bodies of excess body fat, keeping our blood pressure within normal limits, keep balanced blood sugars and eating to stay healthy. Alright you have the melody-what is your next move?
Written by Dr. Ruby McMillian Th.D.
With excerpts from The Doctor’s Diet