CREATION Health. Have you heard about it yet? CREATION is an acronym which represents the 8 essentials you can use to revolutionize your health physically, mentally, and spiritually. The first of these eight principles is represented by the 'C' which stands for Choice. Your choices are the first steps toward improved health.

For example, you can improve your blood pressure or possibly cure your blood pressure problems by choosing to:

• Lose weight
• Exercise regularly and increase your physical activity
• Avoid excessive alcohol
• Stop smoking
• Manage your stress
• Decrease your sodium (salt) intake

You can have an impact on your mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being by taking the first step by making the right choices. More importantly, scientific evidence shows that you can decrease your chances for certain diseases. Good choices will add years to your life and is a major step to improved health. People who believe they have control over their lives tend to be healthier and live longer.

What types of choices will you make today that will have an influence on your health and well-being? Choice is your power and right to decide. "It's choice, not chance, that determines your destiny"!