Tip 44. Activity
is not the same as exercise.
Are you active? Do you
exercise? Exercise is s
u
perior for h
e
alth to mere activity. While both activity and exercise are important as they are involved in vi
t
al physical
mov
e
ment,
t
hey vary in degree and benefits. Bo
t
h activity and exercise
em
ploy the
b
ody in voluntary m
o
v
e
ment.
Activity uses the body to a limited d
e
gree and gener
a
lly to achieve a specific purp
o
se. Exercise employs the body over
t
he widest
p
ossible ran
g
e of mov
e
ment for the
p
articular pu
r
pose of maintaining or acquiring
muscle tone and control
w
i
th max
i
m
u
m joint flexibility. Activity requires less physic
a
l effort and
o
ften less
c
o
nscious
eff
o
rt once the
r
outine has
b
een established. Exercise demands considerable physical ef
f
o
rt
a
nd is more beneficial
a
s mental
concentrati
o
n is simulta
n
eously employed.
Tip 45. Alkalise.
The body requires a lar
g
e alkaline r
e
serve for its daily activity. The many
emergencies of acid formation through the day from
wr
o
ng foods, fa
t
igue, mental stress and
lack of sleep can be
met by the
c
ompetency
of the alkaline reserves.
Boosting t
h
e normal body reserve
o
f alkali by liberal use
o
f alkali-forming foods is
essential for
those suffe
r
ing from allergies.
The foods which should
be excluded from the diet are tea, co
f
fee, chocol
a
te, cola dri
n
ks,
alcohol,
su
g
ar, sweets
a
nd foods c
o
ntaining su
g
ar, refined cereals, meats, fish,
chicken,
tobacco, milk, cheese,
b
utter, smoked, salted, pickled foo
d
s
and foods containing a
n
y chemical additives, p
r
eservatives and flavouring. These f
o
ods cause
e
ither toxic
a
ccumulatio
n
s or
over-stimulation of adre
n
al glands or
strain on p
a
ncreatic e
n
zymes prod
u
ction or dis
t
urb the blood sugar
balance.
Tip 46. A
n
y cure begins
w
ith det
o
xification.
To heal dis
e
ase, first r
e
move t
o
xins.
The first and most basic
principle of
nature cure is that all fo
rm
s of dise
a
se are due
t
o the same cause, namely, the accumulations
of waste materials and
b
odily refuse
in the syst
e
m. These waste materials in t
h
e
h
ealthy individual are r
e
moved fr
o
m
the system through the organs of elimination.
In the dise
a
sed person,
toxins are s
t
eadily piling
up in the b
o
dy through years of faul
t
y habits of living. These bad habits are such as wrong
f
eeding, improper care of the body and habits contributing
to enervation and nervous exhaustion such as
worry,
o
v
erwork and excesses
of all kinds.
It follows fr
o
m this basic
principle th
a
t the only
way to cure disease is to
employ
me
t
hods which will enable
t
he system to throw off these toxic
a
ccumulatio
n
s. All natural treatments are
actually dir
e
cted towards this end.
Tip 47. As noted before, to heal d
i
sease, first remove toxins. If
y
ou do not,
y
our
bo
d
y
w
i
ll.
Your body
a
pplies this
p
rinciple by creating "symptoms." This second basic principle
o
f nature cure is that
all acute
d
iseases s
u
ch
as fevers, colds, inflammation, digestive distur
b
ances and
skin erupti
o
ns are nothing more than self-ini
t
ia
t
ed efforts on the part of
t
he body to throw off the accumulat
e
d waste materials.
All chronic
d
iseases
such as heart disease, dia
b
etes, rheumatism, ast
h
ma, kidney disorders, arethe results of contin
u
ed suppression of the acute diseas
e
s
through h
a
rmful meth
o
ds such
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