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Episode 24:23 Sunshine vs Sunscreen - Which Is More Harmful? During this time of the year, most medical doctors will tell you to put on sunscreen whenever you go outside. Even better (or worse)... they'll tell you to do your best to avoid the sun. Why? Because, in their opinion, sun exposure can cause skin cancer. But is that true? Can sun exposure cause skin cancer? It might. However, there is mo...

Episode 24:22 The Reason Why You Should Change Your Eating And Sleeping Habits As you already know, summer is much different than winter. Specifically, the days are longer. In fact, here in Alabama we are currently getting four more hours of sunlight each day than we will six months from now. In northern states like New York the difference is even more significant… currently 6 more hours of sunlig...

Episode 24:21 Are You Ready For The "99 Days Of Summer Challenge?" What if I told you that your health could improve significantly this summer. Would you be interested in learning how? Of course you would! Well, guess what? It can! Your health can significantly improve this summer. How? By taking the 99 Days Of Summer Challenge? What is the 99 Days Of Summer Challenge? It's a set of health-promoti...

Episode 24:20 How To Look Great At The Beach Everyone wants to look great at the beach. There's nothing wrong with that. The problem is that most people DON'T look good at the beach. Or, stated another way, most people don't like how they look in a pair of shorts or a bathing suit. They want to look better. They want a "beach body." They just don't know HOW to get one. Don't know what they need to...

Episode 24:19 Medical Doctor vs Holistic Doctor? The 3 Differences You Really Need To Know We live in a country where our health care system is dominated by the medical model.  That's not good. Why? Because this reliance on the medical model has led to: 1) Sky rocketing health care costs. 2) Ever increasing levels of chronic disease. 3) Epidemic rates of childhood illnesses. 4) Declining life expe...

Episode 24:18 Consider Taking These Supplements For Strains, Sprains, Tears, and Broken Bones People often ask me if nutritional supplements can help their body heal. My answer is always a resounding "Yes." This is especially true when the healing involves muscles, bones, ligaments or tendons. Or, stated another way, when a person is recovering from a strain, sprain, pull, tear, or broken bone. On...

Episode 24:17 Breakfast: What To Eat, When To Eat… Should You Eat? On last week's episode we talked about the importance of having a healthy morning routine. Specifically, we talked about a morning routine centered around SWEEP: Sunlight. Water. Earthing. Exercise. Prayer. On this week's episode we add a very important factor: Breakfast. Specifically, we address three very important questions rega...

Episode 24:16 The Healthiest Way To Start Your Day One of the best ways to assess a person's health is by asking them to describe the first hour of their day. For some people, that first hour is jam packed with activity… stressful activity. It starts with an alarm clock and then morphs into a flurry of events culminating with some unhealthy food item being jammed into their mouth as they race out...

Episode 24:15 The Amazing Healing Power Of Grounding (Earthing) Fasting is one way to reduce inflammation and help your body heal. Improving your mindset through prayer and/or meditation is another. Both require effort. Effort you may not be excited about making… or you may not feel well enough to make. Fortunately there's another way. A natural way to reduce inflammation and help your body heal....

Episode 24:14 The Mind-Body Connection Your health… what goes on in your BODY… is not just a reflection of what you have been doing. It's also a reflection of what you have been THINKING. In fact, what you have been "thinking" has more of an impact on your health than what you have been "doing." It's true. It's important, therefore, to make sure your mindset is healthy. That you think health-promo...

Episode 24:13 The BEST Way To Reduce Inflammation And Improve Your Health  Inflammation is the common denominator in virtually every chronic disease. Get rid of the inflammation (in a natural and safe manner) and you'll increase the chances of your body healing.  Of the disease disappearing. But, HOW do you do that? HOW do you reduce the inflammation in your body? HOW do you get your body to heal...

Episode 24:12 The SECOND Best Way To Improve Your Health    The following is a list of the top ten causes of death in the United States:   1) Heart disease 2) Cancer 3) COVID-19 4) Accidents 5) Stroke 6) Chronic respiratory diseases 7) Alzheimer's 8) Diabetes 9) Chronic liver disease 10) Kidney Disease   Of these, all but one (Accidents) are marked by chronic inflammation. Read that again: Nine of...

Episode 24:11 How To Heal Your Body… In Less Than 20 Minutes Understanding how to heal your body of chronic disease isn't hard. Seriously. It's simply a matter of correcting whatever is CAUSING your body to be sick. Whatever is causin g it to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, hormone imbalances, digestive disorders, skin conditions, neurological problems, fatigue… or any...

Episode 24:10 The Problem With Wheat, Dairy, Corn And Soy For millions of Americans, eating wheat, dairy, corn and soy is a problem. Why? Because these foods cause their bodies to become inflamed… and an inflamed body is likely to develop one or more chronic diseases. Chronic diseases ranging from brain fog and insomnia… to acne, eczema or psoriasis… to irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, infertili...

Episode 24:9 How To Reduce Inflammation Naturally In last week's episode (Episode 24-8) I shared with you the number ONE cause of most chronic health problems… Inflammation. Unfortunately, very few medical doctors understand the connection between inflammation and disease. As a result, they tend to "treat" chronic health problems with drugs. Drugs that only manage a person's symptoms. Drugs that h...

Episode 24:8 The ONE Cause Of Most Health Problems A man goes to the doctor complaining that he feels lousy. Specifically, he's been experiencing a lot of brain fog, fatigue, stomach problems and insomnia. His doctor runs some tests and tells the man that he has Type 2 Diabetes and needs to start taking a drug. The man complies. A few months later the man returns to the doctor because he is still...

Episode 24:7 How Mardi Gras, Lent, And Valentine's Day Can Improve Your Health Believe it or not… There are health lessons you can learn from Mardi Gras. There are health lessons you can learn from Lent. There are health lessons you can learn from Valentine's Day. Each of these lessons are important. Each of these lessons are health-promoting. Unfortunately, none of these lessons were taught to yo...

Episode 24:6 The Key To Successful Prayer: Understanding The Difference Between Your Spirit, Your Soul, And Your Body   The past two episodes of the Get Healthy Alabama podcast focused on how to use prayer AS a treatment.   Emphasis was placed on shifting your focus AWAY from your ailment and towards the perfection of God.   A perfection that resides within you!   Several listeners have already ta...

On last week's episode we talked about how to use prayer AS a treatment. The topic created quite a stir as people aren't used to using prayer AS a treatment. Instead, they are only accustomed to using pray FOR another form of treatment. For example, people are only familiar with praying…  1) For God to heal them. 2) For God to give the doctor wisdom. 3) For a specific treatment to work. Certainly...

  Episode 24:4 Need A Healing? Here's The BEST Way To Pray   When it comes to healing, most people believe in the power of prayer.   And, when we pray, we typically pray for three things:   1) For God to heal the person.   2) God to give the doctor wisdom.   3) For a specific treatment to work.   Praying like this is certainly good.   Unfortunately, it's not Biblical!   That is, nowhere in the Bib...

Episode 24:3 The Roadmap For "Not Getting Sick" Imagine having a roadmap you could follow. A roadmap that would help your body heal from chronic disease and get you off of prescriptive drugs.  Would you be interested in it? Of course you would. Now, imagine that this same roadmap, if followed, would also PREVENT you from getting sick. Would your interest be even greater? Once again… of course it w...

Episode 24:2 How To Detox The Right Way: Part Two There's a lot of talk this time of year regarding "doing a detox." On this episode we teach you the right way to do one. Specifically we share six topics you need to know if you want to get the most out of a detox program: 1) It's NORMAL for there to be toxins in your body. 2) It's NOT normal to have an abundance of them. 3) An abundance of toxins...

Episode 24:1 How To Detox The Right Way: Part One What better way to start the new year than with a "detox?" While that certainly is a good idea, most people make a BIG mistake when it comes to detoxification programs. Specifically, most people limit their "detox" to the use of nutritional aids to cleanse their physical body, And, while that's helpful, it's not enough.  You see, your health is det...

Episode 23:52 Want To Know The Future? Here's Our Predictions For 2024 With 2023 coming to an end, a lot of people are wondering what to expect in 2024.   We, of course, have the answers. Or so we think. On this episode we share 7 health-related predictions for the year 2024. Some of these predictions are encouraging. Others are not. In fact, a few are quite depressing. However, there IS a silver...

Episode 23:51 Viruses and Bacteria: What You Need To Know And WHY You Need To Know It What's the difference between viruses and bacteria? There are several answers. One is that bacteria are "living" organisms. Viruses are not. Another difference is that bacteria reproduce… viruses do not. They replicate. And because viruses replicate, they need a "host"… an entity they can attach to and use as a "...