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HEALTHWednesday 8 March 2017
Happy Lenten
By: Dr. Carlos Viana
Ash Wednesday in our Chris- chase after material things; What we put in our it will cause. Please avoid CARLOS VIANA, Ph. D. is
tian church calendar marks as a reminder of Christ’s suf- bodies does matter. God exchanging convenience an Oriental Medical Doctor
the beginning of one of the ferings and what our true is living in our own bodies. for your health. Your health having studied in Shang-
most significant times of the pleasures are as followers In all our actions, we show is far too precious to lose hai, China; a Clinical Nutri-
year; the beginning of Lent. of Christ; or, as an act of God to others; our bodies for a few moments of free tionist, a fellow member of
You might not know that sorrow over our sin. are temples of God. The is- time. the Board Certified Asso-
Lent is a shortened word Sometimes we don’t notice sue is to treat your body with Get The Point! This season ciation of Addiction Profes-
from the Old English “lenc- how certain things we do the respect that you want of Lent is about being born sionals, the Chairperson of
ten” which means “spring”. have gained power over to be treated with. When- again, about following the the Latin American Com-
Actually, the words are ul- us and dictate our actions. ever we take advantage path of death and resur- mittee of the International
timately from a prehistoric During Lent, we discover of another person to gratify rection, about participat- Academy of Oral Medicine
Germanic word (ancestor these things and give them our own physical needs, ing in Jesus’ final journey. To and Toxicology, specializes
also of English “long”, re- up. economic desires, or even become somewhat more in Anti-Aging Medicine, has
ferring to the lengthening The most common thing is our political ambitions, we concrete, some of us may a weekly radio program,
days of spring). Actually, to fast for Lent. To Catho- ignore the full humanity need to die off continuing writes and lectures exten-
we know that more than lics, this means giving up and dignity of another per- to eat comforting junk food sively.
the name was borrowed meats for the season (or son, something God never and resurrect into healthy
since we know that the just on Fridays) or to fast en- does. More seriously, we human beings. It is possible For information contact:
modern “Christian” holiday tirely for one day a week. are ignoring and debasing to leave behind the land of VIANA NATURAL HEALING
of Easter, is based on the For the many diabetics, it the fact that God is living the sick and dead. The jour- CENTER, Kibaima 7, Aruba,
Germanic goddess Eoster’s can be dangerous if not in the other person’s body. ney of Lent is about being TEL: 585-1270 FAX: 585-
spring festival and both are designed with blood sugar This is the Christian attitude; born again--about dying 4789, e-mail: viananatural@
still timed according to the levels in mind. You might try when are we going to ap- and rising, about mortality hotmail.com. Web Sight:
full moon. giving up pizza, other fast, ply the same respect to our and transformation. Make www.viananaturalheal-
Lent originated in the very junk food, snacks and soft own body? an appointment so we can ing.com Read us weekly:
earliest days of the Church drinks. Lent is not all about giving show you the way. www.arubatoday.com
as a preparatory time for A 15-year study has official- things up. It’s also about
Easter, when the faithful ly confirmed that eating adding good things to our
rededicated themselves lots of fast food can make lives or to others’ lives. Do
and when converts were you fat and increase your acts of kindness for people,
instructed in the faith and chances of developing di- just because they’re there;
prepared for baptism. By abetes. Those who ate fast give them little tastes of
observing the forty days of food twice a week or more God’s love. However, do
Lent, the individual Chris- gained 10 pounds more not forget that “charity be-
tian imitates Jesus’ with- and were twice as likely to gins at home” and the first
drawal into the wilderness develop insulin resistance, act of kindness should be
for forty days. The ancient which is linked to diabetes, to take care of your corpo-
church that wrote, collect- than those who ate it less ral body.
ed, canonized, and propa- than once a week, even The best things that you can
gated the New Testament after other lifestyle factors do for yourself and your
also observed Lent, believ- were accounted for. Yet family is to set aside some
ing it to be a command- even though fast food is time to prepare healthy
ment from the apostles. known to be of poor nutri- food. If you want to get or
During Lent, it’s traditional tional quality, the fast-food stay healthy, someone is
to give up something that industry claims it can be just simply going to have to
we do a lot of and that we part of a healthful diet. Re- spend some serious time in
find pleasure in. This ‘giving searchers said this is what the kitchen. The time you
up’ is done: as a discipline prompted them to set the save by eating at fast food
for learning self-control, record straight once and restaurants is not worth the
to free our minds from the for all. future health complications
