Sometimes I only have 15 minutes to speak. If I only had a few minutes to share a few ideas with you, here’s what I would say:

1. Eat only foods that God created. This means choosing foods as close to the natural source as possible, which will nourish your body, help your heart beat strong and continuous, and give you the healthiest life possible. I’m talking about fresh fruits and vegetables harvested from the field, dairy products, organic beef and chicken, unprocessed grains, nuts like almonds, and seeds like pumpkin seeds.

God Has a Great Future Planned for You
by Jordan Rubin

I’ll never forget attending a memorial service at my church for an acquaintance of mine—a missions pastor—who died of cancer at the age of thirty-nine. Left behind by this incredible man were a beautiful wife, four wonderful children, and a thriving global ministry. I was scheduled to talk to him about getting on a health plan shortly before he died, but the call never took place.

What if, before the cancer developed, he had followed my prescription for healthy living? Would things have turned out differently? We’ll never know because now it’s too late, which is a shame because I believe God designed us to live long and fruitful lives. For those of you in adolescence, you need to know that making good decisions on what you eat and drink now will now will reap incredible benefits as you grow older.

Are God's People Any Healthier?
by Jordan Rubin

When I was a healthy 19-year-old college student, more than a dozen life-threatening diseases, including Crohn’s disease, chronic candidiasis, entamoeba histolytica, and endocarditis, suddenly and mysteriously attacked my body. God used a biblical diet and lifestyle principles to heal me, and ever since then, I’ve had a great desire to help transform the health of God’s people, one life at a time.

Sometimes that message arrives too late. I heard about a missions pastor who died of cancer at the age of 39 from a friend of the deceased. At one time, I had been asked to talk to this missions pastor about how to eat healthier, but the call never took place. Left behind by this incredible man were a beautiful wife, four wonderful children, and a thriving global ministry. His friend ruefully shook his head and told me, “I guess it was his time to die.”

Forgive and Be Healthy
by Jordan Rubin

Are there people in your life—coaches, teachers or friends—who’ve either done you a great injustice . . . or bugged you so much . . . that you can’t find it in your heart to forgive them? It’s a question worth pondering because I believe an unforgiving heart can take the wind out of your sails and really impact your health.

I learned a lot of the importance of forgiving other during a breakfast meeting with Dr. Bruce Wilkinson, author of The Prayer of Jabez. When the conversation turned toward people who harbor unforgiveness in their hearts, Dr. Wilkinson asked me a bold question. “Jordan, is there anyone in your life you need to forgive?”

“No, I’m a pretty easygoing person,” I blurted, probably a bit too glibly. “I don’t hold any grudges.”

Water Break, Anyone?
by Jordan Rubin

During my freshman year of college, I was a cheerleader at Florida State, and anyone who knows SEC football knows that the ‘Noles have a powerhouse program, even though the last couple of seasons have been mediocre.

Back when I was in Tallahassee, I can remember watching the offensive and defensive units go at each other in the hot Florida afternoons, and every half hour or so, they’d take a well-earned water break. Well, make that a Gatorade break, which is ironic since our rival school—the University of Florida Gators—was where Gatorade was invented forty years ago.