Live Like A

Seventh-day

Adventist!!

Seek The More Abundant Life!

“ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

John 10:10

• Live longer/better here, plus enter into eternal life

• Enjoy total health: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social

A Better Quality of

Life

10 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100 You don't need to eat yogurt and live on a mountaintop, but you do need to floss By Deborah Kotz

U.S.NEWS & WORLD REPORTS February 20, 2009, and updated January 2012

Here are the 10 Health Habits That Will Help

You Live to 100!

• 1) Don’t Retire

• 2) Floss Your Teeth daily

• 3) Move around: walk, bike etc.-don’t sit all day

• 4) Build muscle with strength training

• 5) Get at least 6 hours of sleep daily

• 6) Consume whole foods, not supplements

• 7) Learn to cope with stress

• 8) Live like a Seventh-day Adventist

• 9) Have a regular daily routine

• 10) Have regular social contacts with family and friends

What Does It Mean To:

“Live Like a Seventh-

day Adventist”??

Does This Describe Us? • 1) Live 10 years longer than the average

American

• 2) Cherish our bodies which are on loan from God

• 3) No smoking, use of alcohol or overindulgence in sweets

• Follow a vegetarian diet: rich in fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains and nuts

• Get plenty of exercise

• Focused on family and community

Another View

of Seventh-day

Adventists…

Here is a book that looks at

four places in the world

where people live the

longest: Sardinia, Italy;

Okinawa, Japan; the

Nicoya Peninsula, Costa

Rica; and Loma Linda,

California.

Their living longer is not

due to pills, surgery, or

medications.

Living longer in these

“Blue Zones” involves

lifestyle, and choices

Loma Linda’s Blue Zone Secrets

• Have a sanctuary in

time-the Sabbath

• Maintain a healthy body

weight

• Regular moderate

exercise

• Spend time with like

minded friends-we go to

church!

• Snack on nuts

• Give something back-do

ministry

• Eat meat in moderation-

if at all. The author

thinks this is a side dish

for “many” of us

• Eat an early light dinner

• Put more fruit in the diet

• Drink plenty of water

What are We Really

Doing?

A Revealing Look

At Diet in our

Church…

Adventist Health Study-2 (2002-2008)

• Total vegetarians (vegan)—4%

• Lacto-ovo vegetarians—31% (eat eggs and

dairy)

• Pesco vegetarians—11% (eat fish daily)

• Semi-vegetarians—6% ( eat meat more than

once monthly, but less than once weekly)

• Non-vegetarians—46%

Adventist Health Study-2

A look at Black Church Members

• 25% of Black SDA’s are Vegetarians

• On the average Black SDA’s are overweight

• Average BMI for men 27.4 and for women

29.6 (This should be less than 25)

• Elevated BMI causes increased risk of

diabetes, hypertension heart disease and

certain cancers

Some Conclusions From The Adventist

Health Study…

• Frequent eating of fruits and vegetables lowers the risk of several cancers (colon, prostate)

• Eating nuts and whole grains reduces the risk of heart attack

• The closer you are to being vegetarian the lower the risk of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes.

• The closer you are to being vegetarian, the better for weight control

The Adventist Health Message… It Works!

It Started With A Vision… In June, 1863 Ellen G.

White received her first major health reform vision. She received other visions on health and wrote an extensive body of information that serves as the framework for our health ministry today.

“I saw that it was a sacred duty to attend to our health, and arouse others to their duty”

The Diseases of The End Times

Much Preventable

Pain and Suffering

ADDICTIONS

What would Jesus Do If He

were here?

“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and

preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”

Matthew 4:23

What Does It Mean To:

“Live Like a Seventh-

day Adventist”??

Living Like Jesus

“But when he saw the

multitudes, he was moved with

compassion on them, because

they fainted, and were scattered

abroad as sheep having no

shepherd.” Matthew 9:36

Living Like A Seventh-day

Adventist!

• To attend to our health

• To help others to attend to

their health

• To live as Jesus did

A Ministry of the Park Hill Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Health Ministry Department

3385 Albion Street

Denver, Colorado 80207

Phone: 303-333-5089 E-mail: parkhill@denverparkhillsda.org