WHY THIS BOOK?
“As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions. For their own sake, they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention, and cure. And those who do this will find a field of labor anywhere.”[1]
KNOWING THE CAUSE HELPS DIRECT THERAPY
“Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.”[2]
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION…
“Teach the people that it is better to know how to keep well than to know how to cure disease.”[3]
CURE COMES WITH COOPERATION
“Natural means, used in accordance with God's will, bring about supernatural results. We ask for a miracle, and the Lord directs the mind to some simple remedy. We ask to be kept from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, that is stalking with such power through the world; we are then to cooperate with God, observing the laws of health and life. Having done all that we possibly can, we are to keep asking in faith for health and strength. We are to eat that food which will preserve the health of the body. God gives us no encouragement that He will do for us what we can do for ourselves. Natural laws are to be obeyed. We are not to fail of doing our part. God says to us, ‘Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure’ (Phil. 2:12, 13).”[4]
This book gives you background information on the causes of common diseases, plus simple natural remedies and lifestyle changes necessary to prevention and recovery.[1] White, E. G. (1923). Counsels on Health. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association. p. 506.
[2] White, E. G. (1905). The Ministry of Healing. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association. p. 127.
[3] White, E. G. (1912, June 6). “Home Preparation for Camp-Meeting.” The Review and Herald. Art. B, par. 8.
[4] White, E. G. (1958). Selected Messages Book 2. Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association. p. 346.
- Gwen Shorter, publisher, author, medical missionary, Homeward Publishing Ministries.
“If you want to maintain the health you have, recover the health you lost, and reduce or eliminate your medications, I recommend you read and apply the principles you find in Blueprint for Health and Healing. Dr. John Clark has thoroughly researched the scientific literature to accumulate the lifestyle principles that form the blueprint for health and healing. Apply these to your life and you will see the results!”
- Mark Sandoval, MD, President: New Paradigm Ministries, Former President & Medical Director: Uchee Pines Institute.
"In Blueprint For Health And Healing, Dr. John Clark captures the remarkable information and wisdom I have long appreciated in his live health presentations and one-on-one consultations. Dr. Clark describes and explains the key principles for optimal health, with a medical doctor's knowledge and in a way readily understood by lay readers. I would be pleased if all my patients could read and apply the knowledge in his book."
- John Kelly, MD, MPH, LM Specialist, researcher, author, teacher, medical evangelist, Founding President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Adjunct Faculty, Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University Health.
FOREWORD
I could hear the scream of the siren in the background as I took the radio call from one of our ambulances. “We have a 49-year-old male who was unconscious on the scene. He has no pulse. We shocked him 3 times and are bagging him and doing chest compressions. We are 2 minutes out.”
“Okay. We’ll get the team ready. You’ll be in trauma bay 1,” I responded. As an emergency medicine doctor, this scenario was all too familiar to me. I knew what the likely outcome was going to be, but I always hoped for the best.
When the paramedics rushed into our emergency department, we directed them to trauma bay 1 and took over the patient’s care. We put a tube in his throat and continued breathing for him. We continued chest compressions. We started another IV and gave medications to try to get his heart started. We shocked him multiple times. But, in the end, his heart never beat again. And, yet again, I had to go tell another family that their loved one was dead. We did everything we could, but we couldn’t reverse, in a few minutes, what he had spent the last 47 years doing to himself.
It wasn’t just the heart attacks, which are almost exclusively the result of one’s lifestyle. It was the diabetic patients with foot infections requiring amputation. It was the cancer patients with intolerable pain. It was the autoimmune patients with painful and debilitating flair-ups. It was the congestive heart failure patients struggling to breathe, their lungs full of fluid. The vast majority of these could have avoided their health problems by applying simple lifestyle principles to their lives.
Eventually, I left the emergency department work forever. Instead, I transitioned to a practice that exclusively utilized lifestyle interventions and natural remedies. Instead of putting people on medication, I took them off it. I learned how to use those simple lifestyle principles to help people change their lives around for good.
As I was transitioning from emergency medicine to lifestyle medicine, I came across Dr. John Clark’s work. He made the transition from a conventional practice to a lifestyle practice several years before I did and had produced a number of excellent articles on various diseases and the lifestyle factors and natural remedies that could help reverse them. I was impressed by how thorough his articles were and by how extensively scientific they were (with upwards of 250 scientific references in some of his articles). I studied those articles as I was learning how to treat my own patients, and I saw the positive results firsthand.
Of course, Dr. Clark has seen the power of these principles in his own practice, as he has counseled with many, many patients through the years and helped them to reverse their diseases. Those articles have been brought together in this book, Blueprint for Health and Healing. Those articles are now in your hands. And you can experience the profound results in your own life as you learn and apply these principles. So, study, underline, highlight, write notes, and most importantly, put into practice what you read in this book. It will make a tremendous difference in your life and your health.
- Mark Sandoval, MD, President: New Paradigm Ministries, Former President & Medical Director: Uchee Pines Institute.Foreword………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………........................iii
Preface………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………...........................v
SECTION ONE: LIFESTYLE REMEDIES
CHAPTER 1 Diabetes: The Butter with the Sweet……………………………..........................3
CHAPTER 2 Ideal Weight: Achieve it Naturally……………………..................….......…..13
CHAPTER 3 Hypertension: Taking the Pressure Off…………………………………………….................25
CHAPTER 4 The Cholesterol Story! Are You Fighting Heart Disease? ……..............47
CHAPTER 5 Heartburn, Indigestion, Reflux Remedies: Is There a Cure? …............57
CHAPTER 6 Keeping your Mind Sharp! Alzheimer’s, Memory Loss, and Dementia.......…65
CHAPTER 7 Osteoporosis: Nothing to Crack Up About………………….........................75
CHAPTER 8 COVID, Influenza, Ebola, and Other Pandemics…………………………………….............83
CHAPTER 9 Natural Kidney Health………………………………………………………………………………....................91
CHAPTER 10 Lung Health: Breathing Easier…………………………………………………..………………..............97
CHAPTER 11 Natural Thyroid Health……………………………..………………………………….....................101
CHAPTER 12 Arthritis: Don’t Let Joint Pain Slow Your Journey…………………………….......….109
CHAPTER 13 Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases: When Self is the Enemy! …..........115
CHAPTER 14 Cancer: Is There Hope? …………………………………………………………………………..................127
CHAPTER 15 How Can I Apply Healthy Principles in My Daily Life? ……………….......…..139
SECTION TWO: FREQUENTLY REQUESTED
CHAPTER 16 Coffee Anyone? ………………………...........……………………………………………………….............153
CHAPTER 17 The Cocoa Romance …………………………............……………………………..................159
CHAPTER 18 Fermented Foods?.……………………………..……….............…………………………………..........163
CHAPTER 19 Vinegar Vignette…………………………………………………................……………………..........167
CHAPTER 20 What About Sourdough Bread?.………………………………………….........................171
CHAPTER 21 Medical Interventions: Are You Following the Blueprint?..….......……..173
CHAPTER 22 Health and Spirituality: The Mind Body Connection………………………...........179
CHAPTER 23 Cracking the Coconut Oil Craze……………………………………………….....................189
CHAPTER 24 Oil in My Bread…………………………………………….…………………………..........................195
CHAPTER 25 What About Juicing?...………………………………………………………………………....................197
CHAPTER 26 Mandatory Healthcare: Does God Care?...……............................205
CHAPTER 27 Glorify God in Your Body………………………………………….............……..............211
CHAPTER 28 Ill-Gotten Gain and The Wages of Sin……………………………………...................217
CHAPTER 29 Does Meat Eating Spoil Your Spirituality? …………………………………….............223
CHAPTER 30 Stress Management God’s Way……………………………………………………….....................229
CHAPTER 31 If We Would Be but More Grateful: The Power and Science of Gratitude.235
CHAPTER 32 Health by Faith: Whole Person Healing…………………………………………................243
References………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………….......................251
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