Four Ways We Prevent Healing in Our Bodies

Did you know that God created our bodies with an innate ability to heal and repair on a daily basis? Just think about when you fall and bruise and scrape your knee. Your body brings inflammation and swelling to heal that area, and where the skin is broken eventually heals with a scab. Did you also know that your body has the ability to detect and kill cancer cells and repair and kill cells that are damaged? Only God could create such an amazing body. But today, we’re going to look at four ways we OURSELVES prevent healing in our bodies by what we do. Are you ready?

We don’t hydrate properly. Every cell, organ, and system in our body needs proper hydration to function properly. That includes our digestive system, our circulatory or cardiovascular system, our brain and nervous system, our bones and skeletal system, our respiratory system, our endocrine system, our excretory system, and our lymphatic system which is a part of our immune system just to name a few. This is why your doctor tells you to increase hydration when you get a cold or the flu. Water is the medium for all the chemical reactions that take place in our bodies especially when fighting disease. Without adequate water, your immune system and all these other important systems simply can’t work as God intended.

We become sedentary. Our bodies were created to move during the day. With so many inventions, it’s easy for us to become sedentary –you know—like a couch potato! With cars and remote controls, we must plan to move more than ever before. This daily movement benefits every system in our body which includes our circulatory system, digestive system, excretory system, skeletal system, brain and nervous system, etc. It also keeps our bones strong. How many times has a doctor told you to walk or exercise daily for your heart, your brain, your bones, your colon, your kidneys? An important part of the immune system is the lymphatic system. In fact, our lymphatic system which is our trash disposal system is the only body system that only works when we move. All of our other systems are enhanced with movement, such as the circulatory system that has its own pump—the heart which works without us doing anything. but our lymphatic system requires movement to circulate lymph fluid throughout our body AGAIN removing trash such as toxins, bacteria, etc. When we become sedentary, our organs, body systems, and lymphatic system simply can’t work as God intended.

We eat processed foods instead of whole foods. One clear message I learned in the cancer journey is that our bodies were never created by God to eat processed foods. God clearly tells us in Genesis 1:29 that seed-bearing plants were the food given for Adam and Eve to eat. Daniel also ate these plants and fared better. Later in Genesis, meat and other forms of animal protein were added. In the term “processed food,” I’m referring to added chemicals, dyes, preservatives, pesticides, and herbicides, and removing the fiber from foods such as brown rice to white rice, whole grain flour to white flour, etc. We are to eat foods the way God made them because He is the creator who designed food to enhance our healing.

It’s only in this day that scientists now can prove that the plants in Genesis 1;29 such as fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, lentils and beans, herbs and spices, and grains contain phytochemicals, antioxidants, nutrients, and fiber that all promote healing in the body. And what foods does research show that Americans eat the least of? Yes, it’s these foods in Genesis. The average American only eats 2-3 servings a day of fruits and vegetables, and we tend to think that French Fries is a healthy vegetable—it is not! When we eat highly processed foods loaded with chemicals, but low in necessary nutrients and fiber, our body simply can’t work as God intended.

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We don’t make sleep a priority. It’s during deep sleep that our bodies go deep on the healing and repairing. In deep sleep, a hormone called melatonin is released which is a major immune builder and cancer fighter. It’s during deep sleep that our body heals, detoxes, and repairs cells. In this hustle and bustle world, we tend to cut sleep short to get ahead in life. Unfortunately, we only hurt our own health. When we don’t prioritize sleep, our body simply can’t repair, detox, and heal as God intended.

I’ve come to realize that God desires for us to be healthy, and in my own life, I’m usually the reason I’m not healthy. Each health incident I’ve had in my life goes back to one or more of these principles—adequate hydration, exercise daily, a nutrient-rich diet filled with fiber for the gut, and sleep as a priority.

As a cancer patient and survivor, these are just four of the steps that enabled me to thrive during cancer treatments and prevent my cancer from returning. These four ways or steps also help prevent cancer in the first place. And they also prevent autoimmune conditions which are now over 100 different ones in the US, heart disease, dementia, and digestive issues. Why? Because all four enable our God-given healing to work as God intended. When we fall into these four traps, we prevent healing in our bodies.

How many of these traps have you fallen into?

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Four Ways We Prevent Healing in Our Bodies

For Your Health,

Ginny

Ginny Dent Brant is a speaker and writer who grew up in the halls of power in Washington, DC. She has battled cancer, ministered around the world, and served on the front lines of American culture as a counselor, educator, wellness advocate, and adjunct professor. Brant’s award-winning book, Finding True Freedom: From the White House to the World, was endorsed by Chuck Colson and featured in many TV and media interviews. Unleash Your God-Given Healing: Eight Steps to Prevent and Survive Cancer was released in May 2020 after her journey with cancer and was recently awarded the First Place Golden Scrolls Award for Memoirs, a finalist in Serious Writers Book of the Decade, and Second Place in both Selah Awards for Memoirs and Director’s Choice Award for Nonfiction at the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer’s Conference. It recently received the Christian Authors Network’s (CAN) Gold Award for Excellence in Marketing for reaching 62.5 million people with a message of cancer prevention and survival. It was written with commentary from an oncologist and was featured on CBN’s Healthy Living Show, Atlanta Live, and CTN’s Homekeepers along with over 75 media outlets. Learn more and cancer and wellness prevention blog and book information at www.ginnybrant.com. Ginny is on YouTube