Chapter E1. Motivating your Daughter to get health 'smarts' - If you, MOM, are healthy and happy, is it more likely that your daughter will follow your example? There are only two answers to that question, yes and YES. If you want 'Leontyn' to eat healthy, then junk food gets tossed out of the window and you eat mostly vegetarian (fresh and ORGANIC) food. As a motivator for you and 'Leontyn', the food MUST be TASTY!!! The following cookbooks 'deliver' healthy & tasty: The Garden of Eden Longevity Diet (Dr. A. V. Constantini; order: [email protected]) The Airola Diet and Cookbook (Dr. Paavo Airola) Of course, you are doing a lot of exercise and feeling happier and healthier as a result; one component of helping depressed people is getting them to exercise more (but avoid health damaging excessive exercise). The best exercise is one that you ENJOY, challenges you aerobically, and does not threaten your joints. Avoid sports on hard surfaces (e.g. tennis on hard courts). If you must jog, buy good running shoes and jog on grass; better to get shoes dirty than wrecked joints. Some sports that are good aerobically and are not hard on the joints: cross country skiing (and 'Nordic-Track') water jogging bicycling (and stationary biking) 'Stairmaster' BRISK walking At least once a year have a good chiropractor examine your spine. If their is a problem, you can ask him if the sport you most emphasize is contributing to the problem. What else to show by example? You are: 1. taking supplements (vitamins, herbs, minerals, etc.) 2. take time to relax and get much restful sleep 3. avoid all the dumb things (booze, cigarettes, coffee, excess sun bathing, amalgam fillings, junk food, etc.) 4. in a happy marriage with both partners faithful 5. in a house and neighborhood not threatened by pollution 6. not talking about health 24 hours a day but it is an important part of life 7. breastfeeding your babies in the presence of your older children 8. once or twice year doing a short (4-7 days) juice fast (assuming fasting 'agrees' with you) under a doctor's supervision 9. having periodic checkups to verify your health status 10. discussing latest medical research reports in the news --------------------------------------------------------------------------- copyright Brent Rooney ( [email protected] )