Why Do I Get Sick?

Why do I age? Get Sick? Get disease? Will I get cancer or heart disease? How will I look and feel ten years from now?
This might seem hard to believe...but, we as humans don't actually age, we don't get sick and we don't get diseases - our cells do. Our body's health is dependent on our cells' health. So to slow down aging, limit sickness and prevent disease we must protect and properly feed our cells. If you were to put buttermilk in your car's gasoline tank - it would get a "disease" and stop working.
What are cells made of?
Cell are made up of many atoms. When these atoms are healthy the cells replicate (make and exact copy) and keep the body young, well and disease free. What makes an atom healthy is that it has "paired" electrons.
How do cells age, get sick and get diseases?
Atoms missing an electron are not just "bad" - they actually destroy surrounding atoms by stealing their electrons. An atom missing an electron is called a Free Radical. Free Radicals alter or destroy cells. Cells that die, and cells that replicate in a damaged state are the cause or contribute to premature aging, sicknesses and diseases such as cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and many others.
Where do Free Radicals come from?
The following is but a small list of where Free Radicals are produced in great numbers: Smoking, Stress, Sunlight, Pesticides, Pollution, Airline Travel, Medications, Foods, Food additives, Exercise, X-rays, Chlorine in treated water, Mercury in seafood and teeth fillings and many more.
So what is the solution? How do I protect myself (my cells) from Free Radical damage?
The solution is Antioxidants. Antioxidants have "extra" electrons that they can give to Free Radicals, which eliminates their harmful effects. Antioxidants are your body's defense against destructive Free Radicals. Therefore they are your defense against aging, sickness and disease.
Where do Antioxidants come from?
Antioxidants are found in fruits and vegetables. They are also found in other types of foods such as nuts, oils, beans, etc. Research studies suggest that organic foods have higher concentrations of antioxidants than processed foods grown with pesticides.
Antioxidants are also found in high quality vitamin supplements, which are recommended by the American Medical Association because most adults do not eat the right foods to properly feed their cells.

"Don't underestimate the threat free radicals pose to our health. Scientists now believe that free radicals are causal factors in nearly every known disease, from heart disease to arthritis to cancer to cataracts. In fact, free radicals are a major culprit in the aging process itself. By controlling free radicals, antioxidants can make the difference between life and death, as well as influence how fast and how well we age."

Lester Packer, Head of Packer Laboratory,

Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology,

University of California at Berkeley

1. Above information compiled from brochure published by the Health Awareness Foundation. For scientific references, you may visit their website at: www.healthawarenessfoundation.org

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