The Healing Response is what your body does—its best effort—to get you better when you are threatened with any health problem. These can be physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual. Your body needs energy. You – The Energetic You – require it. Without it, you are a slug – sliding down a path you would rather avoid.

Principle #1, called The Battery Principle, concerns how to obtain, store and access useful energy.  There is a ton of credible scientific information on this topic. The challenge is to use this information to enhance your health.

Body energy comes from food. It’s that simple. Various foods are better sources than others. No surprise here! Ideally, an avocado, tofu, organic milk and a grain source, eaten regularly, will improve your “ever-ready” bunny gusto.

Notwithstanding this, the pure vegan has to be careful. If supplements are not part of the diet, eventually the overzealous vegetarian will become low or deficient on several nutrients. Many of us will seriously try, and even succeed most of the time, by having a “well-rounded” diet of  grains, fruits, vegetables, some meat-n-potatoes, and dairy. But food, like petroleum products, must be processed if it going to become useful energy. If the processor is “state of the art,” ample energy is produced.

The food processor is called a mitochondia; we have millions of them. These little processors, often called energy factories, are found is in all of your cells, but most abundantly in your heart and brain cells.

Here is where the work of producing energy takes place. You need to supply the right nutrients for the mitochondria to work well. The mitochondria need an optimal supply of phosphate bonds, best obtained from organic fruits and vegetables but also available in many food sources. For the mitochondria to operate at warp speed, they need efficient membrane function. One of the most effective is called  Co-Enzyme Q10. 

One more health pointer for an optimal revved-up system is to appreciate that your healing response requires healthy blood vessels. Breathe fresh air, drink pure water, and take anti-oxidants. Being truly alive means “living the life that the life within you wants to live.”

Are you ready to do this? Start now! Get smart. Principle #1 of The Healing Response is about getting empowered with power.

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