on the simple principles of a Wellplanet, Staying Green and Lean through Christ.
Wellness ?
Our national obsession for wellness has not made us well. What is missing? Have we forgotten some critical secret to a simpler healthier life? Could the way we grow, eat, and share food be a miracle cure for obesity, world hunger, curbing greenhouse gases, and even reducing oil dependency? Can exercise be reclaimed as the beautiful healing gift it is, over the chore we have made it to be?
There is a deeper Spiritual link to faithfully restoring our health. The community of Wellplanet.org believes a compassionate, greener, and healthier world is possible through Christ who strengthens us.
Working with all churches, all faiths, we can create a higher consciousness of care for the earth and all who dwell here; health and wellness for ourselves, our neighbor, and our planet through one integrated effort of three practical principles of diet, exercise, and prayer.
Three principles
- Eat five fresh fruits and vegetables a day, or more.
- Exercise thirty minutes a day, or more.
- Pray for clarity regarding personal and global health for all.
Eat
If you concentrate on eating real, whole, and healthy foods first, there is less room for processed empty calories, refined sugars, and cheap meats (base your diet on a 2000 calorie diet).
Whole unprocessed foods in their most natural state are how nutrition was intended by the creator who provided for us. Antioxidants, dietary fiber, and other nutrients are removed when whole foods are over processed.
Trusting the creator, eating foods in the most natural state, will help us navigate through the fast food and diet industry madness we currently live in.
Exercise
The more you exercise, the more efficient all the systems of the body work.
Exercise is the single most effective preventative action you can take against the current epidemics of heart disease, obesity, hypertension, type II diabetes, osteoporosis, loss of muscle mass (Sarcopenia), ADD, arthritis, and depression.
Exercise has also been linked to improving hundreds of other conditions of the body, including reducing risks of most cancers and Alzheimer’s disease. Truly, our creator intended for us to be physical creations.
Prayer
When we pray, Jesus says we are to pray for God’s will be done and not our own, trusting that He will lead us to what is right and just.
This happens by allowing God’s still small voice to be heard through silence. No cell phones, iPods, televisions, video games, or computers; only simple moments of quiet meditation. This will reconnect us to our source of life and we learn wellness from there.
Deep contemplative prayer is possible when we stop the chatter, let go of the anxiety, and reconnect to our creator…“your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.”