PART TWO: HOW FOOD CAN TREAT DISEASES, SHARPEN INTELLIGENCE, PREVENT DEPRESSION

PART TWO:
HOW FOOD CAN TREAT DISEASES, SHARPEN INTELLIGENCE, PREVENT DEPRESSION

When we were growing up as children, I noticed many mothers at that period were very focused on ensuring their children eat nutritious though not necessarily expensive foods. They didn't have so much for expensive foods anyway.

It was the processed foods that were  so much more  expensive then.  In fact, a lot of nutritious foods were relatively very cheap at that period – organic-grown fruits, vegetables and a whole lot of fresh foodstuffs.

I understand now from those childhood days and from my experience in teaching children how truly nutritious foods made children very strong, vibrant with life and affected Intelligent Quotient.

This was also evidenced in many adults whether literate or not. I will tell those life stories another time.

Nutrients are substances that a living organism must obtain for growth and the sustenance of life, according to Science Direct.

The nutrients, basically got through healthy foods, especially if uncontaminated, will help keep the body strong and able to fight off diseases.

When there is a disease in that body or the manifestation of an ailment like a mild headache or body aches, it means that certain factors have overpowered the body’s natural ability to defend itself, stay strong and function normally.

The causes of diseases according to scientists can be  nutritional deficiencies, harmful or toxic substances getting into the body through air pollution, food, drinks, body care products, medications, vaccines, hard substance abuse, genetic or hereditary factors, pathogens like viruses and bacteria, etc.

The long and short of cause(s) of disease(s) is  simply this, certain things that were never intended by God the Creator to get into the human body have got in.

They weaken the body’s ability to resist the factors causing diseases mentioned above – a virus even the Covid19 virus is powerless in a healthy body regularly taking TRULY NUTRITIOUS FOODS.

Hence reason during the Pandemic some people tested positive to the virus but didn’t fall sick in spite of the fact that a pathogen would fight hard to overpower the life, even end the life of the host.

The life cycle of the virus would end without drama in a healthy person, likely get expelled from the body and the person would test negative.

Not all of those toxins that have got into the body need get into the bloodstream. Those toxins that don’t get absorbed by the blood  may still do some damage as they pass through the respiratory tract on one hand or the digestive tract out the body through the large intestines to the rectum through defecation.

The damage can be greatly minimised through taking certain foods that have lots of roughages – dietary fibre. 
Foods high in dietary fibre include legumes such as beans, groundnuts or peas, fruits,  vegetables especially the dark leafy greens like spinach but also includes carrots  and other vegetables,  whole grains such as oatmeal, brown rice, nuts, and seeds.

Many of us throw away the skins of fruits like mangoes but to boost fibre intake,  eat the edible skins of  fruits very well – just ensure they have not been sprayed with chemicals.

The fresher and more unprocessed the foodstuffs, the more the dietary fibre it will have over the processed foods.

Countries especially developing ones need to develop small or cottage fruit-drying businesses – these fruits need not be treated with chemicals before drying well. Rather than fruits wasting away, they should be processed without the addition of  toxic drying agents or toxic preservatives and sold as fruit snacks.

It would really help a lot to avert diseases or reverse diseases like cancer of the colon and other bowel diseases if people snack on dried fruits like mangoes, bananas, carrots, apples.

Nuts including almonds, other seeds, dates, prunes are also good fietary fibres. Eating of Sweet potatoes and other potatoes with their skins boost roughage intake.

Other foods with roughages  are maize, oatmeal, brown rice, whole-wheat bread,

Some seeds  may not be so palatable to eat but also very vital in treating diseases or getting rid of pathogens.

Seeds of various organic-grown edible crops such as pawpaw, dates, oranges, grapes, lemon not needed for planting can be dried, blended and sprinkled into or on foods and beverages.

They will aid the passage of pathogens and other toxic substances causing diseases out of the body. Seeds are very powerful anti-pathogens especially those seeds taken from pure bred crops

The less the toxic elements in the body, the better the body functions. Better to be conscious and adopt some, if not all of these to avert or reverse diseases like colon cancer.

Roughages help some wastes including toxic substances  to bypass being absorbed by the blood. But some of those toxins that got into the body may still find their way into the blood.

If absorbed by the blood, the health issues that may result are often described as chronic. If the disease has got to critical levels, it is better to consult with or seek treatment  with professional healthcare providers.

But to avert or reverse the Chronic diseases  that are blood related at least at the early stages, truly healthy foods can still be used.

To be continued

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#treatdiseaseswithfood

PART ONE - HOW FOOD CAN TREAT DISEASES, SHARPEN INTELLIGENCE, PREVENT DEPRESSION

I remember watching a Korean film based on a true life story in which a cook later became a medical doctor and would use food to treat diseases. 

Long before then in the kingdom, food was  being used by some of the palace kitchen staff to control the health of members of the royal household for many generations.  If some power brokers in the kingdom wanted to depose a king, prevent a prince from ascending the throne or weaken him if he became king so he wouldn’t function well, they bribed those kitchen staff to  accomplish their aim. 

Also, if they want to prevent a queen or any female in the royal household from getting pregnant or  have miscarriage they used food. They also mostly used food to terminate the life of anyone they wanted to end.   

I watched the film about 15 years ago. Though the film was based on a true life story in the 14th century I thought then that those manipulations of people’s  lives with food were too far-fetched.

 It seemed then that it was the mastery of a highly creative and skilled script writer that made fiction looked real. That was probably due to the fact that around that period I had gone for a screen writing course and was later offered a temporary trainee lecturing opportunity on screen writing. 

So my deep interest in the film was more on the skill of writing/telling compelling stories for the screen. So I was not so fixated on the reality in that film story at time.

Moreover I was too naive at that time to believe that in these modern times, that food can be used to heal or cure, manipulate health and well-being or even kill a person or people.

 The more common reality has been of people not having access to sufficient food due to poverty , famine or crises like wars. 

But what people may not know is that food can still be used for a whole  lot of health manipulations and premature deaths that  even with all the technological advancements, the actual causes may never be traced.

This is not direct poisoning of someone or people’s food or drink that can easily be traced. This is a gradual build-up of toxic elements in a person’s system over time such that the blood  becomes toxic.

Such toxicity can also be due to other means like polluted air, use of body care products with harmful elements, sexually-transmitted blood pollution or diseases,  synthetic elements from medications etc. If the person is into substance abuse or alcoholism, that would be immediately be the only identified culprit for the ill-health or premature death.

 This may be true but  in addition, it could  also be the consumption of toxic food over a prolonged period. 

To some extents, many people can avoid these other means through which the blood can be ‘toxified’. I have chosen to coin and use  the word ‘toxify’ rather than pollution of the blood.  But they would most likely be unable to  totally avoid toxic foods except they have total control over the production of ALL the food they consume.  

So when people are being lured into giving up control of food they eat especially to those who are capable of enslaving them, they should be wary. Even the rich and mighty who think they are invincible and can always have access to all the food they desire can still be manipulated through food. 

 The manipulation can start at the primary production  - farming stages where they cannot always monitor even they can fully monitor the preparation in the kitchen. 

 

Food can actually be used to manipulate the health of people, sharpen or reduce their IQ, strengthen or weaken them emotionally/sexually, make them grumpy or happy even in recent years.

I keep saying it – if what was not intended by God the Creator to get into the human body, keep getting in and absorbed by the blood, the normal functioning of the body would be distorted. This distortion  will manifest  in at least one way or multiple ways.

 Synthesized medications will only suppress the problem, provide some temporary relief but not fully solve the problem  - this will only postpone the problem.

That said, please if sick, it is okay to go the hospital or seek medical intervention. The reason is this – a sickness that stems from years, months or weeks of toxic build up in the body system need to be immediately addressed. Food  takes time – must first pass through the process of digestion – mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine from where the nutrients that  provide strength/ healing are absorbed by the blood. 

These are taken to the liver for detoxification  where the toxins are separated from the blood. The problem arise when some or all the toxins cannot pass through the kidneys. The toxins thereby build up in the blood. All the other means orr place tated earlier through which toxins get into the blood can sometimes  be avoided but food is something people normally take daily if they are not fasting and there is no problem. 

So imagine taking in food with toxic elements on a daily basis- more and more toxins queue up for exit from the body through the kidneys

 If they don’t all get expelled, they constantly build up in the blood – azotaemia – that means that the blood will start carrying extra-load or impurities.

Some factors would then determine which disease will cccur first – kidney disease, liver disease, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, fertility issues, eyesight weakening, excessive wrinkles, skin blemishes etc. 

In that Korean film I watched, a mentor asked the mentee-cook to constantly  find leaves  or herbs and research on them and how they could be used in cooking. It was that mentee-cook that later studied to become a medical doctor.

In current times, people  who are truly knowledgeable about herbs as food can use these to counteract sicknesses from becoming full-blown.

During my NYSC and shortly afterwards, I was teaching little children as a classroom teacher and private lessons teacher – looking  back now I  remember some things on how nutrition affected the IQ/academic performance of many of those children. 

Also, have you ever wondered why some adults sometimes act as through their brain is touching or some screws have come loose in their brain? If they are into alcohol or dome other substance abuse, that will be fingered.

 But why does it  also sometimes happen to people who are not into any substance abuse? 

Apart from traumatic circumstances, would you believe that toxic food is actually also a major reason for depression?

To be continued...

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(PART FOUR) HOW FERTILITY PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY BLOOD TOXICITY

What are the solutions to fertility problems in  current times?

Let us understand that if this matter is not addressed, more men may have heart attacks, cardiac arrests, even untimely deaths during intercourse especially if they use hard substances or medications for sexual  performance. Women are of course more careful in satiating their sexual desires. So the chances of a woman passing on during such activity is less.

There is also a serious socio-cultural problem that has been brewing for many years as a result of these fertility issues. After childbirth(s), lots of married women should still have the obligation of constantly satisfying their partners' sexual needs. But they are often not so excited about it, may just try to conceal it.

There is also some wrong assumptions  or partially true assumptions about the reason(s) for that. It is assumed that her lack of sexual excitement is due to the concerns/demands of  taking care of her child or children, other household demands and family matters. These are no doubt valid. But one serious but often overlooked factor is that the toxicity in a woman’s blood and the consequent weakening of the body or ill-health usually show up sooner in women than men of same age groups. This is more so if the woman has had difficult childbirth(s) and/or constantly taking certain contraceptives. 

Though some men are just sexually-greedy  but having a partner who is not deeply excited to fully explore such intimacies  with is put off for lots of men. Rather than patiently address the issues with their partners, many men seek to have mistress(es) or side chic(s) or even marry another wife or wives.

As a result of this, we have been hearing the funny narrative(s) that all men are polygamous in nature or wired for more than one sex partner at a time. An even more silly narrative is that they want to help single women by marrying them to free them from singlehood. Really?

Though there are single ladies who for one reason or the other want to marry or have deeply intimate relationship with married men, not all singles are  that desperate for marriage or love relationships. If some men know how much some singlehood ladies would have wanted to slap their faces for making sexual advances at her, it would quench his libido.

Back to health matters (I needed to drop that because some women truly don’t like distractions).

So whether or not, the man having strained marital relations with his wife gets other  female(s), if he is not aware that his blood is being ‘toxified’, his own health issues will still catch up with him.

One of the ways for a man or woman to know if their fertility health which is pointer to more serious health issues  are being compromised is If they perpetually need medications after getting treated for an ailment or disease. No matter what the sickness is, constant headaches or migraines, diabetics, hypertension, kidney problems, arthritis, Alzheimer, stroke, heart attack etc, the body’s natural ability to function normally is being eroded with perpetual medication.

For a man, the rod of Moses would eventually start needing some special energisers to perform. 

While it is okay to get treated when sickly, the medical drugs taken should have a time limit after which the system that has been designed by God, the Creator, with the natural ability to self-heal should by itself restore complete healing to that body.

But in recent times, why do people’s bodies not heal completely? Even if they cut off some  harmful lifestyle choices, many people’s bodies can no longer self-heal.

This is because most of  the food and drinks eaten, even the ones that are supposed to be healthy are not actually healthy. Hence many people of faith who know God can heal supernaturally keep seeking miracles instead of doing the needful.

Any food that contains elements not supposed to be taken into the body  will in addition to supplying nutrients  also supply harmful elements. As the food heals and strengthens, it also damages because of the toxins in them.

Most industrially-produced drugs and body care products also contain synthesized elements – they are also harmful, doing harm to the body depending on the quantities of these toxic inorganic elements in them.

The voices of those advocating for food safety especially in primary food production that is difficulty to regulate are becoming hoarse.

Abraham and Sarah’s fertility issues’ reversal  cited in this series, that later resulted in many  fruitful years  was possible because at that time the level of toxicity in food systems wasn’t thus intense.

Now that we understand that fertility issues pointing to more serious health challenges would no longer be the problems  of women only but men as well, what should men who currently have more powers or authority in decision-making do?

An Organic farmer I interact with said she went to the Oncology ward of a hospital to explain the importance of safe healthy food to healing of the body. She said a woman recounted that her late husband had cancer. So, as a good wife, she would regularly go to the famous markets to buy fresh fruits for him to take. That is usually one of Doctors’ recommendations for  patients, no doubt.

The woman said by the time she realised that most fruits by commercial farmers sold in the markets were produced with chemicals (which gradually destroy even good health not to talk of someone with ill-health), her husband  had died.

Isn’t it worrisome that doctors and other healthcare professional don’t seem to be aware that  use of harmful substances in agricultural food production is currently  contributing immensely to ill-health and deaths?

While the healthcare industry is still trying to believe that, both males and females, that want to enjoy life in good health, barring being killed by other factors, need to shield their blood from toxicity.

It is also important for more people to continue advocating for compliance to health safety in all levels  of food production - this is the best solution. Primary production health safety which is production of fresh foodstuffs is key- so very vital for our well-beings as humans.

Meanwhile, everyone should try to shield their blood from toxicity by eliminating or at least reducing the toxins that get into their bodies:

1. Take activated charcoal after ingestion to adsorb some, if not all the toxins before they get absorbed by the blood– best is to make the activated charcoal yourselves or by well-trusted person(s). I will do a detailed report on making activated charcoal and how it works anothet time.

2. Herbs were originally intended by God to be part of our regular foods and not for medication – Genesis 1:29, 30 –  you can get herbs from trusted organic growers. To be fully sure, grow the ones you can – virtually all edible vegetables are herbs. Even the leaves and seeds of many fruit trees also contain anti-oxidants that can be used in making teas or juices or taken to detoxify the body – please find out more and consult with truly knowledgeable and sincere healthcare practitioners.

3. We already know about exercises – please note that if you regularly exercise and still have pains when exercising, it is because there are toxins in the bloodstream- the exercise will help move them faster in your body but they will still cause some pains. But taking the edible herbs will help soak up the dangerous elements to avoid situations of slumping while exercising or doung some other activities.

4. Rather than drugs to strengthen the rod of Moses, take the rind or back of organically- grown watermelon (that part usually discarded) – it can strengthen the rod of Moses more safely than Viagra  which can cause heart attack, cardiac arrest or other health problems.

5. Eggshell powder taken as organic calcium strengthen the bones and muscles for work like lifting heavy items and if needed, can strengthen the body for sexual performance for both females and males especially the rod.

6. Eating raw organic-grown tomatoes is very good for reproductive health in both male and female especially males. You see those chemically-grown tomatoes constantly eaten in Nigeria are body ‘weakeners’, in fact killers  of reproductive organs – don’t men know that healthy tomatoes are good for testicular health? So over time, what would chemically-grown tomatoes do?

In fact I dare say that most cervical, and particularly prostrate cancers are caused by these – if in doubt, do research on this and other info here...

That which the Lord God has given me to deliver to you, I have – let no man trouble me.

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#bloodtoxicity

A COUNTRY'S FOOD SYSTEMS MUST NOT BE CONTROLLED BY FOREIGNERS

If our country has truly-forward thinking leaders, they will never allow foreigners to control their country’s food systems - if those controlling the food systems want to weaken the populace, they can use food - there are substances that added or used during production, processing or preservation of food  can cause ill-health or at least weaken the body. Even those leaders and their families won’t be spared. Can’t they see the handwriting of slavery on the wall? 

Guns were mostly used to enslave Africans  in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this 21st century, food can easily be used, so no country must allow foreigners to control her food systems. This time around, leaders who try to sell their people into slavery will also never be free. So while I understand that GMOs can be used for good and can be used for bad, our people should just not allow foreigners to control our food systems and must also stop the use of harmful substances in the production, processing and preservation of food. Let as many of our people that can farm grow  what they can as naturally as possible and multiply  the seeds. Please also try to store seeds of pure-bred crops  not needed for planting. Let’s store seeds  of pure-bred crops as though storing treasures  - because they are.

(PART THREE) HOW FERTILITY PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY BLOOD TOXICITY

Reading through Romans Chapter 4, verses 18 to 21 of the bible, it was clear that as he approached 100 years of age, before the birth of his son Isaac, Abraham was impotent.

But he had not always been impotent as it was said that he fathered a son – Ishmael through Hagar, the maid of his wife Sarah. That was when he was in his 80s. Sarah being 10 years younger was in her 70s. She had given up hope of ever having a child.

Rom.4.18 - [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.
Rom.4.19 - He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah 's [deadened] womb.
Rom.4.20 - No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,
Rom.4.21 - Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised.’

People of faith tend to believe Abraham at 100 years and Sarah at 90 years bearing a child was all spiritual - a total supernatural act of God, completely bypassing physical laws – Noooo!.

Though, Yessss it was indeed a miracle (a divine intervention in the physical realm) but it did not bypass the physical  - God allowed them to right what was wrong in their physical bodies.

Hence the reason it took some time between when the angel gave the prophecy and when Sarah conceived and delivered her son. 

One of the evidence that her body health was being restored was looking superbly beautiful at almost 90 years of age (see Part 2 of this series).

Genesis 25: 1-8 After Sarah died, Abraham who should be at about 137 to 140years, married another wife- Keturah and had six more children. He even lived till 175years - at least 75 more years after he was declared weak and impotent.

BIBLE PASSAGE
Gen.25.1 - Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
Gen.25.2 - And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.’

PHYSICAL HEALTH VERSUS SPIRITUAL HEALTH
In our modern days or these current times, people of faith who do not understand that taking care of their physical health knowledgeably while seeking miraculous interventions from God often suffer health-wise.

Instant miraculous  manifestations of healings are possible. God in His infinite wisdom can and does that  sometimes. But we must realise that God prefers that people take good care of  their bodies with the physical  principles He has established, not only spiritual principles.

FERTILITY ISSUES INDICATORS OF SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS
Fertility issues are usually indications of some health challenges for both male and/or females. A man with fertility issues may have erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation or delayed ejaculation,  low sperm count or weak spermatozoa if there is toxicity in his blood.

The way for the man to ascertain his fertility health is not actually to impregnate a woman or women to prove he is fertile – a sick man may still impregnate a woman/father a child.

Having sexual intercourse arbitrarily or with multiple partners  is also not full prove of fertility health. In fact such carelessness in having sexual intercourse can contribute to the pollution of the man’s blood as well as the pollution of the blood of the females he is having sexual intercourse with. How? That is a matter for discussion another time.

Also note that if a man  is having fertility issues due to blood toxicity, if he manages to impregnate a woman, the child could inherit some of the pollution in his blood.

The toxicity in a woman’s blood tends to show up,  manifest  or get revealed during pregnancy, child delivery or even after child birth.

But for a man, it is not always so obvious. Even when erectile dysfunction, premature or delayed or retarded ejaculation, lack of orgasms and any of such make it obvious, there may be some wrong assumptions.

It is assumed that the challenge  is due to problems in the relationship with their partners, anxiety over work related matters and/or providing for their family.

Oga and Madam, know this and know peace –Oga’s blood needs purification. If he has underlining health issues such as diabetes,  cancer, kidney problems, hypertension or has been taking medication regularly over a prolonged period for any health challenge, that is  a pointer to the erectile or other fertility issues.

Note again- producing children is not full assurance that a man does not have health challenges in that regard. Lots of food, drinks, polluted air, body care products and drugs including medicinal ones  have some elements that were never meant to be ingested by humans.

Such things getting into the body system over a prolonged period make the blood toxic. Thereby, they weaken the body’s ability to perform certain  functions that it still ought to perform. 

Since accumulation of those substances and their toxic effects take quite some time, they  usually manifest in latter years. So fertility problems which are actually indications of more serious health problems are wrongly assumed to  be normal part of aging.

Let’s be truthful – nowadays, many younger men and women  are also  experiencing some of these fertility issues which are indications of more serious health challenges. 

Some people attempt to sude-step the issue by having children as early in adulthood as possible. That way they avoid the health challenges that they expect could hinder childbearing in latter years.

But the real health problems have not been solved. The health problems usually come with a whole lot of trauma, more so for men. But people usually don't focus on the actual cause(s) because there has been misinformation for several years whether deliberately or due to ignorance.

So we live in a world where things that pollute the blood are constantly finding their way inside human bodies through what we take in or use on the body.

So what is/are  the solutions?

To be Continued

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THE HEALING POWER OF SEEDS

Any seed that can germinate on its own in a normal soil is potentially able to overpower any virus or organism that has infected a human being  - Oluyinka Alawode

(PART TWO) HOW FERTILITY PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY BLOOD TOXICITY

Still x-raying the possible cause(s) of the infertility problem of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

I have reasons to believe it was due to the heavy consumption of meat  - of any one or more of cattle or lamb, sheep or goat meat.

Ruminant meat was the staple food of nomads in those days with plant-based foods only as accompaniments – unlike the nomads of modern days that have more  options like buying different foods to eat from commercial food sellers during their journeys. 

As the cattle and other livestock grazed  over large expanses of land, they must also have ingested trace elements of toxins or inorganic substances. Ingestion of worms is not just possible but a given.

In addition, the animals  would have got stung by some insects or pests  secreting toxins into them– not all toxins can  be got rid of by cooking. In fact, cooking may even cause some toxins to be more inflamed and more toxic to the human consumers.

Sarah being the wife of the owner of all the livestock, would  have had access to as much meat as she desired and could eat. She wasn’t lazy as there is at least a passage in the bible showing she was given responsibility of cooking.

But remember there were lots of servants and she had at least a personal maid.  Apart from cooking or being in charge of such, she likely wouldn’t have had to undertake more rigorous activities.

So am I saying eat of ruminants’ meat especially beef is wrong? Noooo! But consuming meat as a staple food may be health hazardous, more so if the person is not involved in regular rigorous activities or exercises.

Also, there’s possibility of such meat being diseased which can affect the health of the regular consumers. In modern times, to address the issue of livestock meat being diseased, they are treated or vaccinated. Most of these drugs may make the animals look good and produce well in their short lifespans. But unfortunately  they contain elements  that can negatively affect the health of the human consumers.

Just a few years ago, I had the opportunity to do shopping at an Organic meat shop – they had a farm where they said confidently they reared their livestock and crops through organic means i.e. no chemical growth boosters.

Of course, their animals were reared within their farm spaces where there would be some level of control of what they ingested.

Also they probably gave their animals  natural immune boosters like turmeric, organic ginger, black seed extracts instead of industrialised vaccines or drugs. I can attest to the fact that during the period of almost two years I bought meat regularly from the shop, I didn’t detect  any negative health issues from eating such. 

But they decided to close the shop for reasons I don’t know.  I  had to shop for beef from the open markets. I often detected some distress signals in my body afterwards.

Many people are not observant of such. Not taking notice of the effects certain foods or drinks or other things used  on one’s body may  just make the person be constantly giving free passes to toxic elements into one’s blood. This can later result in health issue(s) that are untraceable  to the actual causes.

Women, even girls may  check thoroughly their menstrual blood to get an idea of what may be going on. A lady detected that during a period of eating lots of livestock meat especially their skin (ponmo) that her menstrual blood  that came afterwards was somewhat thicker, slimy  and darker red – a woman had better not conceive at such a period even if possible, as her child’s blood would likely receive a share of the toxins from the mother’s blood.

Back to Mama Sarah’s story – when  prophecy came as stated in Genesis18: 9  that she would bear a child she didn’t believe.  She said she was too old to even have pleasure  i.e. sexual intercourse. In that passage it was also said that it had seized to be with her after the manner of women – that implies menopause – no more menstrual flows. 

Sarah in her unbelief also said her husband whom she called Lord was also  too old – if a man is said to be too old to have sexual intercourse with his wife, doesn’t that imply he was no longer having erections?

Around that time Sarah was almost 90 years and Abraham almost 100. But sometime later – some months or few years, in Genesis 20, we can see how a king found a woman of almost 90years who believed she was old to be very attractive.

The king decided to make her his woman. Kings were not bound by the laws in those days so they trampled on people’s personal rights. Thankfully God intervened before the king touched her.

Even though Sarah was a  naturally beautiful woman, would a king have been attracted to a rickety-old woman? So, between the time God gave the prophecy through one of the angels that visited Abraham and the time Sarah was taken by King Abimelech,  there must have been a  significant change in Sarah’s body and also likely that of Abraham.

Most people believe it was a miracle – no doubt it was a miracle of God. But a whole lot of times God works miracles by getting people to do the right thing(s) so the miraculous bodies He has given them can work miraculously according  to His original intent.

You see the human body itself is actually a miracle that human beings thinking they are wiser than God, the Creator, are inadvertently or even wickedly destroying.

So what may have happened for the miracle to happen?  Possibly, Abraham and Sarah may have reduced the intake of their livestock meat and/or cut off whatever thing(s) making their bodies weak.

It wasn’t clearly stated whether Sarah resumed menstruation before she conceived. But her reproductive organs would  definitely have been resuscitated as her body was strengthened. Abraham also must have  started having erections again or how else would he have impregnated his wife thousands of years ago?

God had and still has the powers for instant miracle. So why wasn’t the miracle of Abraham and Sarah instant?– He could have instructed them to have the intercourse immediately - at least as soon as the angels leave? 😀

In Genesis 18:14, it is said, is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season comes around, I will return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son.Genesis 21: 1 and 2 Sarah  got pregnant and bore a son.

Why do you think God allowed the timeline between the prophecy and the time she got pregnant?  - a major reason – to allow their bodies heal completely and their reproductive organs to be fully resuscitated rather than just doing an instant miracle. If a woman's body becomes weak or diseased after pregnancy/childbirth, her health problem(s) has just been made more evident by the fertility issue.

In order for this aged couple's  reproductive organs to be  fully resuscitated, their bodies’ health or strength also had to be restored –hence the reason Sarah was able to live for 37 more years and nurture her son to ripe adulthood. She died at 127 years - Genesis 23:1

The story then gets even more interesting  - a few years or so after Sarah died, Abraham  who was said to be too old for pleasure at almost 100years, remarried and had more children, living till about 175 years or so. How?

During the period that God gave the prophecy and the complete healing and resuscitation of the aged couple’s bodies, there were likely some things they learnt about keeping their bodies strong or healthy. 

What could that be?

To be continued...