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As little children one of the first things we learn is the law of cause and effect:

• If I cry, my mommy and daddy will come running.
• If I push my glass of milk off the table it will fall to the floor with a loud crash and bring mommy and daddy running !

And as we grow older we learn to apply this law in understanding the world and predicting how that world behaves.
Nature’s creatures, from the smallest amoeba to the largest whale, are also governed by the law of cause and effect from the time they are born until their moment of death. The ability for a creature to respond appropriately in any situation is the fundamental determining factor for the survival of the individual

• Should I run away from that noise (Which might be a creature who wants to eat me!)or stay and eat this yummy plant(Since I’m hungry)?

Survival is dependent on the ability to adapt to threats to your existence.
But not all threats are larger than you. Some threats you can’t run away from:

• Viruses
• Bacteria
• A lack of food

So all the creatures who survived developed methods of dealing with these new threats to their existance, while those that didn’t ceased to exist.

By now, you should all recognize the familar theme of Darwin’s “Survival of the Fittest”. However, you may not recognize one important fact:

You are one of the “Fittest”!

You are the descendent of an individual who beat all the odds. Your ancient ancestors survived wild animals, famin, disease and everything the world threw at them.
Your ancient ancestor lived in good health and had children who were healthy enough to grow up and have children of their own.

And now the shocking part…they didn’t have doctors and medicines!
But didn’t they get sick? Yes, but they had only one thing to depend on

Their body had to heal itself

Ridiculous you say! But, what if someone got a really serious disease?

They died.

Huh?

Those without the ability to fight off disease didn’t survive.
But before you stop reading, remember that important detail I mentioned earlier:

You are one of the “Fittest”!

Your ancestors did survive serious illness with only their body’s natural defenses to make them well again.
And you inherited the genetic blueprint to do the same.

Or stated another way:

“Your body wants you to be healthy and fights to get that way.”

In the following articles I’ll elaborate on this topic in the areas of :

• Sickness
• Vitamins
• Diet