Your Good health depends on you - what you eat makes you

1. “YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS -
SECRETS OF A LONG, HEALTHY
LIFE”
TEXT OF A LECTURE DELIVERED
BY
GBOLA ADEBISI (F.D)
AT THE
2006 ZANAS FEAST OF BARACUDA
ON 17 APRIL 2006
AT BLUE ISLAND RESORT
LEKKI – EPE EXPRESSWAY, KEKKI. LAGOS STATE

2. SEVEN DEADLY SINS
 COMMERCE WITHOUT ETHICS
 PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
 POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLE
 KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT
CHARACTER
 SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY
 WEALTH WITHOUT WORK
 WORSHIP WITHOUT SACRIFICE

3. OBJECTIVES
At the end of this “interaction”, participants
should have:
 Developed a better understanding of basic nutrition and how it
affects healthy living
 Understood relationship between active lifestyle and prevention of
chronic diseases
 Realized the importance of moderate, regular exercise and work –
outs
 Known that each one should take active interest in his/her health
 Realized that the body is has been so wondrously put together by
almighty Allah with a natural immunity that is capable of self –
healing. All the “owner” has to do to stay healthy and happy is to
assist nature in doing its work.

4. WHY CAN’T I LIVE FOREVER?
 Machines – break down due to - wear and tear, neglect
and or abuse – service or replace parts – same with
humans
 But humans – unlike machines – replace worn out cells
on a daily basis – Healing of injuries – minor or severe –
is routine
 So ageing and break – down should just be normal.
 Devitalized and de - mineralized foods resulting from:
 Farming methods that do not rejuvenate the soil
 Chemical farming techniques that contaminate the soil
 Over – processing and de – vitalization of food
 Chemical preservatives, artificial colours and flavours
 Irradiation
 Man – made foods devoid of natural nutrition
 Pollution: Water, Air, Agricultural

5. A NEW WORLD, A NEW WAY!
Paradigm shift in Medicine – the Pasteurian concept of
cause and effect – viruses, bacteria or fungi as cause of
disease is giving way to the clear understanding that it
is the weakened immune system – due to man’s health –
destroying habits – over – eating, eating the wrong things, lack
of exercise, smoking, drinking alcohol etc. BACTERIA, VIRUSES
and FUNGI enter only at the latter stage – to serve as ‘natural
undertaker’ of a weakened immune system.
BASIC CUASE OF DISEASE:
• Constant over – eating
• Over – indulgence in proteins
• Poor digestion
• Sluggish bowel movement
• Poor Environment – pollution, smoking, alcohol
• Lack of exercise

6. NEW DAWN, NEW DISEASES!
A century ago the world’s major scourges
were infections and childhood diseases.
“Today it’s coronary – artery illness, diabetes
and cancer. These are lifestyle disorders that
have everything to do with poor diets and
sedentarism” says Holden MacRae, a Sports
Medicine Professor at California’s Pepperdine
University. (extracts from NEWSWEEK
Magazine, edition dated February 20, 2006
Page 37)

7. TAKE CHARGE, TAKE AN ACTIVE
INTEREST
 Too many of us do not have the slightest idea of how to
maintain good health
 When illness strikes, we rely on our doctors to cure us.
 We fail to realize that “the cure” comes from within.
 Nature has provided us with a wondrous immune system,
and all we have to do is take proper care of this inner
healing force.
 Repeated studies show that even modest changes in
lifestyle can bring marked changes in health. For
instance, the longer people stay on their feet during the
day, the leaner they are.

8. NOTABLE QUOTES
“The significant problems we have cannot be
solved at the same level of thinking with which
we created them” – Albert Einstein.
“Your food shall be your Medicine” –
Hippocrates, father of Medicine.
“A wise man should consider that health is the
greatest of human blessings:
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil,
ignorance.”

9. YOU AND YOUR GUT!
 Good Health starts from the stomach
 You are what you eat.
 The Mental Health Foundation revealed in February
2006 that studies had clearly linked ADHD (Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Depression,
Alzheimer’s and Schizophrenia to junk food and the
absence of essential fats, vitamins and minerals in diet.
 An Oxford University Study published in May 2005
showed that junk food and highly processed diets caused
bad behaviour and learning difficulties in children. It also
suggested that ADHD could be ‘treated’ by an improved
diet, rather than by medication.

10. YOU AND YOUR GUT!
 What are these culprits?
- Fizzy drinks
- Fast foods – processed carbohydrates – meat pies,
doughnuts, cakes, chocolates, burghers, Big Macs etc.
- News came during the week of February 05 2006 of
the story of a young man of 20 who died of
malnutrition in Britain, having never eaten anything
but Chips, White toast and Baked beans, a diet which
caused fatal liver cirrhosis.

11. IMPORTANCE OF FRUITS
 Oldest form of food known to Man. Adam ate
an Apple; the forbidden fruit of heaven.
 Fresh fruits - natural staples of Man -
substantial quantities of essential nutrients in a
rational proportion. Excellent sources of
minerals, vitamins and enzymes. Easily
digested - cleansing effect on the blood and
GIT.
 Ensures good health. Ailments caused by
intake of unnatural foods can be successfully
treated by fruits.

12. WATER: FOR HEALTH, FOR HEALING, FOR
LIFE
Water, water everywhere, yet not enough did we
drink. Water, water everywhere, still our bodies did
shriek and shrink
Chronic dehydration is a primary cause of many
serious, chronic diseases
Four Mistaken assumptions in Modern Medicine:
1. Dry mouth is the only sign of dehydration
2. Water is a simple substance that only dissolves and circulates
different things – not an inert substance – life – sustaining and
life - giving
3. The human body can regulate efficiently its water intake
throughout the life – span of the person – sensation of thirst
decreases as a person ages
4. Any fluid can replace the water needs of the body – many
beverages used commonly do not function like water in the body.

13. WATER, THE BIZARRE AND THE
SIMPLE
 The Human body – 75% water and 25% solid
matter
 The Brain is 85% water and extremely
sensitive to any dehydration or depletion of its
water content
 The Human body rations water efficiently –
serving the most needy and starving the less
important. The brain takes absolute priority
over all other organs
 Sensation of thirst decreases as we age.
Elderly people are less able to recognize
dehydration than younger men

14. CONSTANT OVER – ACIDIFICATION OF THE
BODY
The human body is designed by Nature to
function optimally at 80% alkaline and 20%
acidic. So should be the proportion of our
diets.
But instead, most people’s diet is inverted
80- 90% acid forming - foods and only 10%
Alkaline. There is an abundance of Sugar
and High protein in our diets. Too much of
refined carbohydrates.
Lack of fresh, green food

15. CONSEQUENCES OF OVER – ACIDIFICATION
An unbalanced, overly acidic diet produces
sick cells, and a sick body. You’ll see the
effects of this acidic imbalance in:
 Low energy and fatigue
 Digestive problems
 Excess weight
 Unclear thinking and depression
 Aches and pains
 Just feeling “sick and tired”

16. Basic Alkalazing Diet Suggestions
 Eat green vegetables with almost every meal
 Eat legumes and grains – Beans, maize and such like foods
 Eat fruits regularly and generously – Oranges, Pine Apples,
Apples, Mangoes etc
 Increase alkali – forming foods – Soy beans, Carrots, Onions,
Cauliflower, Cabbage, Coconuts, Spinach. All vegetable juices
are alkali
 Avoid acid – forming foods – Pork, beef organ meats – Liver,
Eggs, Turkey, Corned beef, Sour cream, Coffee, Tea, Beer,
Wine, Soda Pop (Coke/Fanta), Margarine and Butter
 Feature proteins in your diets – Fresh soy beans, Soy oil, fresh
fish
 Drink plenty of Water
 Limit Milk, Ice cream and especially Cheese
 Avoid Smoking or chewing Tobacco
 Avoid Alcoholic beverages.

17. REGULAR EXERCISE
 Improves digestion and elimination
 Increases endurance and energy levels
 Promotes lean body mass while burning fat
 Lowers overall blood cholesterol while increasing the
proportion of “good cholesterol” (HDL) to “bad”
cholesterol (LDL)
 Reduces stress and anxiety, which are contributing
factors to many illnesses and conditions.
In addition, regular exercise has been known to:
 Elevate mood, increase feeling of well – being
 Reduces anxiety and depression

18. TAKE – AWAYS – CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
 Avoid Foods that contain Additives and Artificial Ingredients
 Increase your consumption of Raw products (Fruits, Seeds,
Plants - High fibre content
 Avoid over – cooking your foods
 Undertake moderate exercise – min. 3 times a week
 Avoid excessive intake of common salt
 Develop a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
 At 35+ consider taking a dietary supplement – multivitamins,
multi – minerals; preferably of natural origin.
 Drink at least 2 big bottles (‘Ragolis’ size) of Water daily
 Have a healthy (but safe) sex life!

19. LIVING WELL
AND
EATING WELL
YOUR HEALTH
IS IN
YOUR HANDS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION