Teaching Children About Health
With 4 Simple Concepts

A good pace to start when teaching children about health is to use a basic natural health model. Here are 4 basic concepts to incorporate into a healthy lifestyle.

The B-O-D-Y Natural Health Model

1. B stands for Bless - divinely care for your health by giving attention to your mind, body and spirit.
   • Have faith in a divine power.
     
   • Cultivate a positive mental attitude by being aware of your thoughts and words.
     
   • Address negative emotional issues.
     
   • Assist your emotional, spiritual and physical well-being with high vibrational natural remedies, such as herbs, supplements, homeopathics and essential oils.
     

2. O stands for Optimize - make your health regimen more effective.
   • Eat a diet rich in organic whole foods. Ideally a diet should consist of 50% fruits and vegetables, preferably raw.
     
   • Learn about and use applied kinesiology or instinctual intuition to streamline your diet and supplement regimen.
     
   • Get plenty of rest.
     
   • Incorporate enjoyable physical activities into your daily living.
   
   

3. D stands for Detoxify - remove toxins or poisons from your body.
   • Avoid pollutants like electromagnetic radiation and chemicals, such as food preservatives, pesticides, herbicides, toxic vaccinations and additives to personal care and household products.
     
   • Eat a diet rich in fiber and if necessary, use a fiber supplement to clean your digestive system.
     
   • Drink clean, living water. Avoid tap water and over filtered water like reverse osmosis water.
     
   • Do several internal body cleanses a year. This can be accomplished with a herbal cleanse or with a cleansing diet.
   
   

4. Y stands for Yield, which means to produce your desired results effectively.
   • Ask yourself, "How do I feel physically, emotionally and spiritually?" "Am I in alignment with how I desire to be?"
   • Analyze the health of each body system, through nutritional and symptom questionnaires.
     
   • Evaluate your lifestyle and progress and tweak your health habits.
   
   

In large part, children become who they are through the modeling of their parents. So, the best way to teach your children to live a natural health lifestyle is to incorporate these concepts into the family's daily life. The age of the child will determine the language and depth that these concepts are explained.

Teaching children about health, and to respect and appreciate their bodies as a divine temple can help them to weigh the consequences of their decisions and actions on their personal well-being.

So remember, bless, optimize, detoxify and yield your way to good health.

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