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by Bill Perkins
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. 1Cor. 3:16
(Note: "you" is plural in the original Greek, so this is referring to the Body of Christ collectively as the spiritual Temple of God as the Holy Spirit dwells within us.)
I’m amazed at the stats regarding what we eat compared to how long we live. RFKJr has drawn a lot of attention with his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign, and President Trump is apparently fully onboard.
We Are What We Eat
The food offered in the USA is horrible. Much like Big Pharma, which has lobbied/controlled much of our government’s pharmaceutical approvals, Big Food is just as guilty.
One of the first things RFKJr did when he was confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services was to ban most of the same food dyes Europe has never allowed.
How foods get approved in the U.S. to begin with is, of course, suspect. Much of what they have approved for Americans to eat simply shortens our lifespans.
Dr. Mercola lists these stats from a recent study(1):
Nearly 38% of cardiovascular deaths in Canada are linked to ultraprocessed foods. These products contribute to 96,000 new heart disease cases and 17,400 deaths each year.
Eating just one additional daily serving of ultraprocessed food raises your risk of obesity by 7%, abdominal fat by 5%, and Type 2 diabetes by 12%.
Ultraprocessed foods increase cognitive decline risk by 16% and stroke risk by 8%, with the strongest effects seen in Black participants.
Processed meat products like hot dogs and deli meats are linked to a 43% higher risk of death from neurodegenerative diseases and a 13% higher all-cause mortality risk.
Even small amounts of ultraprocessed food trigger inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction that accelerate aging and drain your energy daily.
Mercola summarizes:
“Ultraprocessed foods dominate grocery store shelves today in the form of frozen dinners, packaged snacks, and fast-food items. While they offer convenience, they are engineered to hijack your appetite and flood your system with harmful compounds. These products, stripped of real nutrition and loaded with additives, trans fats, and artificial ingredients, are slowly clogging your arteries and setting you up for a heart attack or stroke.”
So if you throw caution to the wind and just eat what tastes good, without understanding what to avoid, you can easily shorten your lifespan by 5 to 15 years.
So it’s not a question of saving money if what you’re eating is killing you!
Consider these facts:
Ultraprocessed vs Processed vs Fresh
If you continually eat what is called “ultraprocessed” foods you have:
50% increased risk of cardiovascular disease-related death
48%-53% increased risk of anxiety and other common mental health disorders
12% greater risk of Type 2 diabetes
21% greater risk of premature death due to any cause
40-66% increased risk of heart disease-related death, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and sleep problems
22% increased risk for depression
That’s incredible!
So what foods are “Ultraprocessed”?
Ultraprocessed is a catch-all category that means most foods that have been pre-packed for sale in plastic or cans.
The primary stage in processing “ultra-processed” food involves basic preparations such as removal of inedible parts of the grain, cleaning cereals, and parboiling.
Secondary processing includes baking, freezing, fermentation, and frying. The third stage turns the grains into edible products.
In short, ultraprocessed foods are probably what many of us already think of simply as processed foods — those shiny, packaged, nothing-to-do-with-nature products found at fast-food restaurants and gas station mini-marts.
Studies have found the following ultraprocessed foods are associated with higher risk of death:
> Ready-to-eat meat, poultry and seafood products
> Artificially- or sugar-sweetened beverages, such as soft drinks
> Ultraprocessed breakfast foods
> Dairy-based desserts
How To Identify “Ultraprocessed” Foods:
> If an item has a long list of ingredients not found in the average kitchen and that the average consumer won't recognize, such as colorings, preservatives and other additives.
> Foods that have been stripped of fiber.
> Foods that contain large quantities of calories, fat, sugar or salt.
> Foods low in cost, convenient, easy to prepare and difficult to stop eating.
Examples:
Potato chips
Frozen French fries
Candy
Store-bought cookies
Soft drinks
Refined grain pretzels
Commercial bread
Sweetened breakfast cereals
Baking mixes
Cooking at home goes a long way toward reducing consumption of ultraprocessed foods. You'll find yourself shopping at natural foods stores like Pilgrims, Natural Grocers, or Trader Joes. Yes, they're more expensive, but worth it.
Restaurants (especially fast-food restaurants) are notorious for tinkering with their recipes to achieve a certain flavor, which could involve using less-than-nutrient-dense ingredients.
However, in some cases, getting unprocessed, whole food isn’t that simple, whether it’s an issue of affordability, availability, or accessibility.
I found this chart to be helpful.
It’s impossible to live in America and not eat some processed foods. So knowing what to TRY to avoid MOST of the time is what we should strive for.
If you’re not convinced this is a big deal, here's an 8-minute video overview by Mercola:
At my age (76), I'm not sure how much difference all this will make... but hey, Susie and I are giving it the Ole College Try! Better late than never! 😎
Use us, Lord!
CQLJ!
BP
References:
Ultraprocessed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/3/e009892
The links in the Additional Resources below are meant to help us be wise and aware as we make decisions living in the concluding moments of the Church Age.
So this section is to offer more insight into our adversary's worldwide actions to help us make good decisions between now and our exciting exit. Hey, a lot of nut-cases are still pushing the va((ines! And some deluded people are still taking them!
CQLJ!
---Clicking on any fuzzy picture below usually clears it up---
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Rom. 13:1-6
President Trump has been in the Middle East this week trying to get a lot of different countries to stop killing each other. At the same time, he's letting the world know the USA is moving away from the abominable Woke Biden Polices.
Here is an amazing excerpt from President Trump's Riyadh speech:
Thank you, Lord, for the things we don't deserve!
2-minute video
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is interviewed by Charlie Kirk.
"Will the COVID shots remain on the child vaccination schedule?"
"I'd love to see the evidence to show that giving young, healthy children another COVID shot would help them, but that evidence does not exist, and so we're not going to rubberstamp things at the FDA."
"I don't think you're going to see a push at the CDC to be pushing COVID shots in young, healthy children. That is something that's being discussed right now. I think you're going to see some announcement on that in the coming weeks, but I know they are trying to review all of the scientific data."
"And guess what? There's no data. There's no good randomized control data that the current version, the latest formulation, of the COVID shot, is necessary for young, healthy children. Other countries have already recommended against it.
Other leading countries in Europe have recommended against it for young, healthy children. So I think you're going to see a look at this, and you're going to hear something forthcoming."
Well, that's a start!
Article and/or 55-minute Video
Renowned attorney Larry Klayman predicted on USAWatchdog.com that there would be full-blown, legal civil war happening in the court system. He also predicted that violence from the “rabid left” would not only increase but explode. He was right.
Researchers have documented a dramatic rise in pediatric-onset chronic conditions over the last two decades.
Post-COVID-19 Vaccine Syndrome (PCVS) refers to a prolonged, multi-system illness that emerges after mRNA vaccination. It is characterized by persistent symptoms such as fatigue, chest pain, brain fog, palpitations, and neurological or autoimmune dysfunction—lasting for months to years.
PCVS has been reported in 64.6% of vaccinated individuals for at least one year following injection, increasing to 83.9% among those who received booster doses (Shrestha, et al.):
Collectively, these data point to a sustained post-vaccine illness syndrome that is contributing significantly to the growing burden of chronic disease across all age groups. Removing COVID-19 mRNA injections from the market would eliminate a major, preventable driver of the current chronic disease epidemic.
- Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
Article by Naomi Wolf
"...it looks to me as if both Casey Means and Calley Means have been sent to us by scarier interests than the CIA."
because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery (Greek word is pharmakia/drugs). Rev. 18:23
Commissioner Dr. Makary asserted:
“Look, we want to deliver more cures and meaningful treatments to Americans, and we’re using 2 principles - gold standard science and common sense. Now, when it comes to that particular product (Novavax C19 vaxx) which I can’t get into too much detail on because it’s still in the review process.
"Americans want to know if they should take a COVID booster. They want to know when they have a co-morbid condition if they should take it. They want to know if their 12-year-old healthy girl should be getting a 6th COVID jab this fall.
"I cannot in good faith recommend that a young healthy girl get another COVID jab.”
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Democrat lawmakers in states like Minnesota, Illinois, and Connecticut are seeking control of homeschoolers. It is all part of a broader plan to end parental rights and education freedom. - Alex Newman
A California research collective known as Noah’s Ark Scan says it will begin the first controlled excavation of the Durupınar Site on Mount Ararat’s southern flank once a preservation framework is in place with local universities.
“After securing additional information in cooperation with local universities in Turkey, we will establish a site-preservation plan and confirm whether the structures discovered through radar scans are artificial or natural,” the team told the Korean outlet FN News.
Ground-penetrating radar carried out by the group has revealed what members describe as “a rectangular structure” lying several metres below the surface. The anomalous shape sits inside a flat, oval hill some 160 metres long—almost exactly the length assigned to Noah’s Ark in Genesis.
In a typical archaeological excavation of this size and magnitude, a rectangular area will be laid out and every few inches that they dig down will be carefully examined. It will be quite interesting to see what they find if this dig receives the necessary approvals.
But despite all of the optimism, the dig could be months, if not years, away. Excavation permits are still pending. Noah’s Ark Scan says fieldwork will not begin until protective measures are agreed with Turkish authorities and regional universities.
Realize that Turkey, being basically run by Muslims, has no desire to prove the Hebrew Bible to be accurate in any shape or fashion. Since 2014, the Islamic state has destroyed scores of ancient artifacts and other human history treasures. They have no problem blowing up or bulldozing anything that would give credibility to Israel.
Although Israel is not technically connected with Noah’s Ark, the Old Testament has a historical and factually accurate account of the ancient flood that occurred about 4500 years ago.
Since 2014, the Islamic State has destroyed cultural heritage on an unprecedented scale, primarily in Iraq and Syria, but also in Libya. These attacks and demolitions targeted a variety of ancient and medieval artifacts, museums, libraries, and places of worship, among other sites of importance to human history.
Between June 2014 and February 2015, the Islamic State's Salafi jihadists plundered and destroyed at least 28 historic religious buildings in Mosul alone. Many of the valuables that were looted during these demolitions were used to bolster the economy of the Islamic State.
If you're interested in a great 5-minute Noah's Flood recap by Answers In Genesis, CLICK HERE
END, Compass eNews, May 15, 2025
