Physical, mental, and emotional demands test our fortitude as we face challenges daily. After giving birth to my youngest, I couldn't figure out why my energy wasn't returning. My immune system was low and I was developing sleep problems. I thought I was simply doomed to bad genes. My dad died at 53 from ventricular fibrillation and his dad died at 57 of heart disease. Mom's mom died in her 50's of cancer.
One week on steroids, after an allergic reaction to an Easter Lily, made me realize how good it felt to have so much energy. I put on full make up and hair everyday, was looking for things in the house to clean, and friends said I was radiant. More than a week on steroids, however, would have put me over the edge. I prayed for another solution and the good Lord led me to a woman named Sue Becker who explained the nutritional benefits of fresh ground whole wheat. My problems were nutritional. I thought I had been doing well nutritionally - I ate lots of salads and occasionally (seldom really) cut out sugar, but that wasn't enough.
Out of the 44 nutrients we need to survive, wheat supplies about 36 of them. But not the wheat flour you buy in the grocery store. Not even the "whole wheat flour" in the store. It has to be ground fresh or the nutrients oxidize within 24 to 36 hours and go rancid. "Whole wheat flour" in the store is fake and nutrient deficient. It's not the whole grain at all. The germ, which is made up of oil and houses most of the nutrients, has been taken out of the flour on the shelf because that's the part of the wheat that decays the fastest when the grain is ground into flour.
The effects of simply adding real fresh ground whole wheat bread to my diet were noticeable immediately. My cravings for sugar and white flour were gone, my energy was surging, and I slept without Ambien for the first time in years. I feel stronger and more energetic than I did when I was a child. My immune system is stronger and my outlook on life is positive, despite the war zone I find myself in daily. We're all soldiers in this battle for a healthy life and we shouldn't go down without a good fight. That's why I arm myself with daily bread. God has provided what we need to fight off the diseases of our day and not be doomed to the genes we inherited. If real bread was the killer, why would the prayer say, "Give us this day our daily bread"? Fake bread is the deliciously deceptive killer. Real bread is our sustaining supply that satisfies hunger and restores health and weight to where it should be.