All I know is that certain foods make me feel un-well while other foods give me energy, I don't experience as much pain and they help to stabilize my moods.

I encourage you to count "live" foods as a category to keep stocked in your refrigerator and storage bins. Plus, how you cook them makes a difference. I'll explain more in a moment, but first let's start a bit further down the line and look at allergies and what role food and allergies play in our lives.

When you and I read information about what foods or food substances people are allergic to, what types of things come to mind more often? Steak? Green beans? Or more likely, food preservatives and food additives?

If you guessed the latter, you're correct. Countless books have been written about which artificial substances are capable of harming the human body. Food preservatives and food additives are one "food" source that the body doesn't need at all. Think of them as artificial food. Our real body doesn't like artificial anything.

Okay. Now let's approach this problem from the opposite direction. What types of foods are best? If you say "real" foods or "live" foods as we're calling them today, you would be absolutely on target. Send you to the front of the class with a celery stick! And maybe a couple tablespoonfuls of almond butter! Ooh, yum-m-mie!

You and your fellow hungry companions will be happy to know that you're not stuck with eating salad for the rest of your lives. (Or eating it plain without salad dressing.)

However, you would be wise to consider consuming your foods in as natural a state as possible. I'll repeat that... eat your food in its most natural, fresh-from-nature state as possible. Why? For several reasons:

A: Live foods contain more bio-available enzymes that quickly aid the body in digestion, plus they come in a usable form. These enzymes help to manufacture exactly what your body needs. (More later.)

B: Live foods work best when fresh and in their original state ("made by Mother Nature") with the exception of such products as yogurt, which contains acidophilus and other fortified compounds. Live, good bacteria cultures are added to this type of yogurt. (More later.)

C: Cooking can destroy most of the food value of what you eat, but it doesn't have to. Don't cook your food until it turns to mush; that won't make it safe or more healthy. If you steam your vegetables lightly, they retain the majority of the health benefits that nature provided. (Much more later!)

**If you want a full copy of this important material for today's show, check out EzineArticles and me, Cinda Crawford, or search for the title, Eat Live Food - 3 Things You Must Know If You Have Allergies, Fibromyalgia Or Chronic Fatigue. It should be up on their website either today or over the weekend.

As to just why this is important and I'm asking you to go the extra mile probably requires a bit more explanation. You see I write quite a few articles about the topics that I cover on the Health Matters Show. Then I submit them to online e-zines because that gives our subject matter more publicity, more attention from the public. The illnesses that we suffer with are important, but let's face it, a bit invisible and neglected. I figure that the more people who read about them and understand what we're going through, the better.

If you check out Ezine Articles, you will see that I have 21 articles published this year. More than 3,000 people have read these articles online from the Ezine Articles website alone. Since each individual article can be published again and again, over 85 online magazines have chosen to do so.

That means that the number of people learning about and understanding the intricacies of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome multiply exponentially. Do you see how powerful this is? Am I explaining this well enough that you can feel the passion of my heart and why I feel the public must really understand and learn about our illnesses? I hope so. I truly do.

Let me refer you to one specific article I wrote earlier this year. It was entitled "Food Allergy - 5 Steps To Healthy Eating Using An Elimination Diet." HealthyWealthynWise liked it and published it in the same issue with James Ray. Because of marvelous occurrence and synergy, you have to know that that one article was seen by thousands and thousands of people who read that online magazine.

You cannot know how happy that makes me, but I hope you can hear it in my voice! I truly am all about getting the word out. We Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers face tremendous challenges on a daily basis. It is crucial that the public becomes more knowledgeable.

If I can ask you in the spirit of helping out my personal cause, please refer your friends to the Health Matters Show- or -if you see a particular post topic that is really appropriate for someone, look toward the bottom of the post, click on the entry link button, then when it comes up in the bar across the top of the page, copy and paste it in an email to your friend. Encourage them to read it and check out the website. When they open up the link, the post will appear and be easy to read right away. (They won't have to go hunting and pecking to find it.) Your action will really help to spread the word, too.

Well, I'm ending the Health Matters Show today on this happy note. Help me out if you can. Tell someone you know about what's going on here. We'll be fabulous and effective together and we'll really advance the cause together!

Thank you,
Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

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