“I was extremely fit and strong, and made much of our food from scratch, yet my body was still nearly destroyed.  I took no vitamins, believing the lie that they only caused expensive urine.”  Sharon L Graham

What are you willing to sacrifice so that you can nourish your body with the most comprehensive and high quality supplements?

…my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6; NIV)

I did long distance cycling.  I took several aerobic classes each week.  I ran (jogged) six days a week.  In the winter months I did cross country skiing as well as down hill skiing.  I was fit and strong.  I also enjoyed preparing much of the food we ate from scratch.  I made our own yogurt, bread, and granola.  I made our own pasta sauce from the tomatoes we grew in our garden.  I even made our ketchup.  I picked ample berries and other fruits in the summer months and froze them to use all winter long.  I also dried various fruits and vegetables in a food dehydrator and enjoyed those in the winter months.

Yet, in spite of all the good things I was doing, I still began developing some very bizarre physical symptoms.  My hip and knee joints began screaming at me that they no longer wanted to run.  It was harder and harder to get out of bed each morning with stiffness and soreness becoming a constant companion.  Common items such as detergents and cleaning products brought headaches, a burning, sore throat, and even mental confusion.  My once strong and fit body was having a revolt.

Many of you know much of my story.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with what happened, I’ll offer the condensed version.  We now know that my immune system was being severely damaged from the chemicals in our fairly new home as well as from a large, new church building of which we frequented often.  We also know that various chemical exposures while working as a nurse played into this growing nightmare as well.

My body literally became allergic to most all things in the environment.  It saw common, everyday items such as plastic, synthetic fibers, perfumes, and detergents as “foreign” substances and as something it must attack.  That caused destruction at the cellular level in my body which in turn brought major inflammation, infection, and destruction.

In spite of my healthy diet and rigorous exercise, my body still succumbed.  The training I had as nurse still echoed in my head saying that vitamins only caused expensive urine.  That was nearly twenty five years ago and I’ve learned a “tad” from that journey.  Thankfully, and to God be the glory, my body has been restored.  Among the many things God used during the restoration process was a number of vitamins and supplements.

The basic unit of the body is the cell.  Life begins in the cell.  If the cells are unhealthy, when they multiply, forming other cells, those cells will also be unhealthy.  (Like begets like.)  It’s impossible for the body to heal when the basic cellular unit is being harmed or lacking the nutrients it needs to multiply healthy cells.  After trying many, many supplements and spending thousands of dollars, I began to grasp this concept.  It was only after providing my cells with the nutrients they needed, and ridding my body of the things causing destruction, that my body could heal.  For me, supplements are a matter of life and death.  I choose LIFE!

Prayer Power
Father, I pray that my words will inspire and educate.  I pray against anyone feeling condemnation or guilt.  May our readers be empowered with this information.

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Blessings on you as you seek Him for why you should take supplements.

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