Kathleen H. Liwidjaja – Kuntaraf M.D., M.P.H.

by
Associate Director for Prevention
Health Ministries Department, General Conference

Copyright © 2002
General Conference Corporation SDAs
Produced by the General Conference Health Ministries Department
All rights reserved
Thought of good health as a gift that needs to
be celebrated?

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Grateful Father

Thanked the Lord

each time he was able
to pass waste

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 Son’s Reaction

 Unnecessary
 Injury hindered his own control of bodily functions
 Months of therapy returned his ability
 Did not take any part of health for granted

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Celebrate Gift of Health with thanks!

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 Symbols of Success
Success Magazine

 Good Health 58%  Unlimited Money 11%

 Enjoyable Job 49%  Talent 7%
 Happy Family 45%  Luck 6%
 Peace of Mind 34%  Luxury Car 2%
 Good Friends 25%  Expensive Home 1%
 Intelligence 15%

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Everyone likes to be
healthy.

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What is the prescription for
the healthy lifestyle?

? ?
? ?
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Gathered proven practices that
ensure the best Possible health

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The elements of CELEBRATIONS 

make the whole concept of health a

success!

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The cradle of our destiny

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The elixir of our energy

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The lubricant of our functionality

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The empowerment of our community

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The basis of our spirituality

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The restorer of our
resiliency

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The activator of our vitality

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The temple of our purity

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The incorruptibility of our honesty

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The operant of our sanity

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The nourishment of our body

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The stewardship of our relationship

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Take these CELEBRATIONS principles as a
packaged prescription!

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We can not say . . .

“Well, we will be eating the

right kind of food but do not
want to change our poor
lifestyle habit of insufficient
rest!”

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 Known more as the
“angry vegetarians ”!

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 What
difference
does it make
if a person
follows this
health
prescription?

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Since the1950s, there have been more than
247 manuscripts in the scientific literature
dealing with the health status of tens of
thousands of SDAs

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Confirmed findings
Nationalities Dutch Norwegian Polish California
Life span (American)

Male 8.9 years 4.2 years 9.5 years 9.4 years

more than more than more than more than
SDAs the average the average the the
average average
Female 3.7 years 1.9 years 4.5 years 6.2 years
more than more than more than more than
SDAs the average the average the the
average average

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 Gary Fraser. M.D., Ph.D.
 Principal investigator and director of Loma
Linda University Center for Health Research
 Professor of medicine and epidemiology in
university’s Schools of Medicine and Public
Health

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 Gary Fraser. M.D., Ph.D.
“We have now established, for men and women
separately, that modifiable health habits such
as diet, exercise, past smoking, obesity, use of
postmenopausal estrogens (in women),
together account for a 12-year difference in
longevity on average. To enjoy the maximum
benefit, individuals must change their dietary
and exercise habits by about age 30, however,
health benefits can be gained by changing at
any age-but not in so marked a way.”

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These findings are well known
in the scientific community

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Dr. T. Oberlin
(Harvard University)

“Such an increase in life expectancy

at these adult ages is greater than
all of the gains in life expectancy
made in the past 60 years…….”

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 Sidney Katz in 1980
(Canadian official)

“I have got some advice on how to improve

the health of Canadians, and at the same
time, cut billions of dollars off our annual
health costs. I think we should study the
lifestyle of the adherents of the Seventh-
day Adventist Church and then explore
ways and means of persuading the public
to emulate the Adventist in at least some
ways.”

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TT H
H EE EE N
NDD

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