Foods We Should Refrain from for Our Health

<Milk>

Milk used to be beneficial to us – it strengthened our teeth and bones. However, now it weakens them. Originally, milk strengthened our teeth and bones, and remedied gastrointestinal disorders and lung diseases. When we drink milk sold in the market these days, our teeth fall out and our bones become weak. At one time, milk was a calcium supplement. These days there is the possibility that it removes the calcium in the body. So many diseases are prevalent among cows that in order to combat them, medicines are mixed into their feed. Not only that, cows are continuously injected with drugs and antibiotics. Milk, therefore, contains large quantities of antibiotics and toxic substances, making it very detrimental to those who drink it. In a certain country where its citizens drank large volumes of milk, young men and women were in need of dentures because their teeth were becoming weak and falling out.

I once had the opportunity to travel with a man who was raising many dairy cows. When I told that dairy farm owner I did not drink milk, he replied that he did not either. He said that dairy cows sometime contact mastitis and secrete pus when they are milked, and so not only do they always need to be injected with antibiotics, the antibiotics are mixed into their feed. He said that in many cases, even if the cow becomes sick, they just sell the milk after straining and boiling it. That was why he did not drink milk either. I told him that I instead drink milk from goats fed with grass from the unpopulated mountains, and he praised me for doing so.

Though we should not drink the milk in the markets, for those of you who would still like to drink milk for the sake of your family’s health, I would like to recommend that you raise your own dairy cows or goats. If you feed them wild grass and grains, you will be drinking the best milk. Such milk not only strengthens our teeth and bones, but also contains remedies to cure gastrointestinal disorders and also many peptic problems, to aid our digestion.

<Artificial seasoning>

The president of a soy sauce company does not eat the soy sauce his company makes, and instead eats homemade soy sauce. The president of a seasoning company does not eat the seasoning his company makes; even the employees of that company choose to marry women who either do not use such seasoning at all or consume small amounts of it. This is because they all know how harmful seasoning is. There were many cases of palsy and paralysis among young people in Japan and so one knew why. Doctors later discovered that artificial seasoning was the main cause. Seasoning is so detrimental that when its raw ingredients are stored in a new steel drum, they puncture a hole in it.

In the past, everyone enjoyed food without adding seasoning to it. Now people say they cannot eat unseasoned food because it does not taste good. This is because the seasoning has paralyzed their taste buds so that they cannot taste anything. When seasoning was first sold in Korea, one small bag lasted an entire month. These days, however, people add at least one tablespoon of seasoning to everything they cook. Their taste buds have become so paralyzed that they have to first add seasoning to their food before eating it. Once you stop using seasoning, your taste buds will be newly revived after some time, and you should be able to eat everything deliciously without having to add any seasoning.

<Salt>

Salt is a “silent killer” Salt is an essential food that forms the blood in out body. Though the daily amount needed per person is approximately two to four grams, people these days eat tens of times more than they should. This results in high blood pressure, fainting and sudden death.

In a certain country where people consume salt excessively, fainting is the cause of half the death in the country while 25% of the population suffers from high blood pressure. Though salt is beneficial to our body, due to its overuse, it is now called the “silent killer.”

<Sugar> 

Sugar should also be used moderately. Using too much sugar may be even more harmful than meat. People say that sugar is the thief of calcium since it removes even the calcium that is in our body. If we eat excessive amounts of sugar, our bones become weak and our teeth decay, which means our bones are also melting away. In severe cases, our bones may be completely damaged.

Not only that, sugar also hinders the tissues in our body from working properly, has a direct effect upon the brain, and at the same time, is detrimental to our stomach’s functions. In its fermented state, sugar clouds our brain and makes us peevish. There was an incident in a hospital in America where a nurse murdered several babies by slashing them with a knife and breaking their bones during a violent fit. An investigation into the case revealed that the nurse scooped sugar into her mouth as if she was eating cereal. Sugar, like liquor, destroys us. Any person or family that consumes excessive amount of sugar will become very peevish and thus it will be almost impossible for such person or family to be happy.

<Eggs>

These days, diseases among chickens have become so widespread at poultry farms that they mix antibiotics and drugs consisting of mercury. They even feed chickens chemical drugs and confine them in cages for the sole purpose of having them lay eggs, and after a while, they become lame.

Eating such eggs may cause mental derangement and in severe cases, cause insanity. It is better not to eat such eggs. If you would like to eat eggs, you should move to the countryside and raise your own chickens. Eating the eggs of chickens that have been fed grains and are allowed to feed freely on the grass in the fields is very healthy for your body. If you boil such eggs, you will see the yolk is very yellow and the eggs are very tasty. Eggs from a poultry farm may be larger, but the yolk is whitish and thin, and they are not very tasty. These days, poultry farms supposedly feed chickens artificial coloring to make the yolk of the eggs they sell more yellow than the yolk of natural eggs.

<Liquor and Tobacco>

Liquor makes our blood acidic. The number of people who have died from drinking is said to be far greater than the total number of those who died from both World Wars. There are many instances where even young people have died from alcoholism. Their faces turn black, and their stomachs, kidneys, and livers are completely ruined before they die. People normally drink strong liquors such as Soju or whiskey. However, if you were to put a match to them, they would become inflamed. If something that strong enters our soft stomach, how irritating it must be! Moreover, we cannot tell how many crimes and accidents were caused by liquor and how many families were ruined. Not only does it drive people insane, liquor also steals our vitality. That is how it not only destroys us but also our families. Each person has approximately 15 billion brain cells, and a countless number of them die each time we have a drink. Unfortunately, there is no way to revive dead brain cells.

Tobacco is also extremely harmful to us. Even from a financial standpoint, our nation’s wealth is disappearing into the sky along with the smoke. Around thirty years ago, there was a report that people spent approximately $66 million annually on cigarettes in our country (Korea). We cannot imagine how high the figure is now.

Smoking gives rise to different kinds of diseases in our respiratory organs and every other organ in our body; its consequences are much fatal than drinking. When people stop smoking, they immediately begin to gain weight and their complexion grows brighter. However, they start smoking again, they begin to immediately lose weight. Tobacco is especially fatal to our bronchus and lungs, and can cause cancer. Most people blindly follow others into smoking for the first time, thinking it looks good, not because it tastes good or because they really want to smoke. However, once they become addicted to smoking, they cannot set themselves free from it for the rest of their lives. They dragged around by it until they become diseased and die painfully, leaving their families behind.

<Sour Kimchi, Red Pepper Powder>

  there are times when we eat kimchi even though it has turned a little sour, but we should throw it away without regret once it becomes sour. Sour kimchi is the same as liquor and it makes our blood acidic.

Next, let me mention red pepper powder. It is alright now since rubber gloves are available, but long ago, mothers could not sleep after making kimchi for the winter. They would spend all night trying to cool their burning hands with their breath. If hot red pepper powder makes even the thick skin onour hands burn and smart, what will happen after it is swallowed and enters our soft stomach? Not only will it bore into our stomach and ruin it like alcohol, it will also later taint our blood. Red pepper paste made from hot red pepper powder is only good as medicine for dysentery diarrhea. Dysentery diarrhea may be cured by drinking charcoal powder dissolved in water or by eating boiled cranesbills, a wild herb that can be found on riverbanks. If you have tried everything and nothing seems to work, you can try eating several pieces of garlic mixed with one tablespoon of red pepper paste with your meal. You will see immediate results. There is no other use for hot red pepper paste than that. If you would like to eat peppers, you can grow mild peppers that are somewhat sweet when they have ripened red. They are nutritious and good for your health.

<Coffee and Soft Drinks>                                                                                                        

There is nothing beneficial about drinking coffee. When we drink coffee, our skin turns pale and loses its elasticity, the functions of our brain are weakened, and our nervous system is destroyed. Drinking coffee may keep us awake. However, this is not because we simply cannot fall asleep – it is the beginning of insomnia, the very beginning of our nervous system’s destruction. Coffee stimulates our minds and body, and so we feel energetic and it seems as if we are working more efficiently after we drink it. However, a little while later, we feel weak and we lose stamina. Just as alcohol is stimulating at first only to make you feel warm out later, we become exhausted. What follows is total exhaustion, headaches, nervous prostration, and later, tremor of the hands and many other irrevocable diseases.

In addition, beverages like soda pop, cola and Bacchus are not good for us. It is better to buy fruits and drink fresh squeezed juice. Water is the best beverage.