Wellness Topics

Taking Control Of How You Age

2008-10-31T08:13:00.000-07:00

In this fast paced world, everyone seems to be ‘busy’, having ‘no time or not enough time’ to do the things they wanted to do in a day. In such a scenario, is it a wonder that everyone is attracted to or only interested in quick fixes to almost every problem one faces, more so when health issues concerned.

Despite all the progress and discoveries made, there are more and more chronic and even new chronic diseases – due to stress from all aspects of life. Stress, a silent killer, produces the most free radicals in the body.

Many scientists and physicians has authored books on Antioxidants. You may like to read James F Balch’s The Super Antioxidant; Richard A Passwater’s The Antioxidants; and Lester Packer’s The Antioxidant Miracle, has documented his research concerning the amazing benefits of antioxidants, flavonoids, carotenoids, and free radicals, which he describes as both enemy and friend. Research had indicated the right combination of these compounds can enhance the quality of our lives by keeping ourselves mentally sharp, our body young and joints supple.

While some antioxidants are produced in our body, others are found abundantly in plants. Click below and hear from experienced researchers Dr Alex Schauss and Dr Lou Niles on their findings in their latest research and clinic studies :-

Dr Lou Niles On The Process of Aging & Getting Cancer

Supplements are still a necessity because it is absolutely impossible to get all the required nutrients from our modern diet. Each person's requirement is different depending on one's age, current health condition, daily activities and lifestyle.

There are many brands and types of supplements in various forms in the market. As a lay person, buying supplements can be a confusing issue, not knowing which product is reliable or suitable for your requirements.

When you have doubts, go consult your trusted health practitioner (not a consultant who do not practise) who genuinely have an interest in your well being before anything else; someone who is willing to monitor and guide you along step by step.

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Facts You Ought To Know About Being On Medication

2008-05-20T00:19:00.000-07:00

It is no doubt that medicines/drugs and surgeries are of great value …but only in cases of emergency and/or trauma and not for long term use.

Do your doctor tell you how medication work in your body when he/she prescribed them to you? Do you ever think of the effect that over-the-counter medications could have on you when you buy them from pharmacies?

The attached video shares with you some facts about drugs. You could then see the possibility of taking charge of your own body and your life...... and the possibility of making a powerful choice of wellness and health, altering your belief, your diet and lifestyle. Enjoy...

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Pain Killers: Beware !

2008-05-13T00:04:00.000-07:00

The weather now is getting warmer and even hot as we approach summer. For those living near the equator, you may even experience heat waves when it fails to rain. It is in such weather conditions, especially when your body is unable to adapt effectively, you tend to experience headache/migraine, sore throat, running nose, cough, dehydration, fainting spells, aches and pains in various forms.

The first and easiest thing to do – usually for us modern “busy” people – is to call on our common friend, “Panadol” or other pain-relievers, without having 2^nd thoughts about their consequences and side effects.

After reading the article below, you will get that these drugs are not so friendly after all. Please read on… and armed yourself with proper information that could save and prolong your life. For natural alternatives to your “panadol”.. catch my next posting.

FDA calls for pain reliever warning

Non-prescription pain relievers used by millions of U.S. consumers need stronger health warnings regarding liver or stomach risk, the Food and Drug Administration said.

The drugs include some of the most commonly taken in the USA — aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen — and will affect such household brands as Motrin, Advil, Aleve and Tylenol.

While some manufacturers already note the health risks on packages, the FDA wants the warnings to be more specific, standardized and prominent. New labels aren't likely to be required for at least a year, but companies can do so sooner. The FDA proposes that:

• Products with acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, include warnings for liver toxicity, particularly when used in high doses, with other acetaminophen products or with 3 or more drinks of alcohol a day.

• Over-the-counter NSAIDs (short for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) include warnings for stomach bleeding in people over 60; those who have had ulcers, take a blood thinner or more than one NSAID; or those who take them with alcohol or longer than directed.

Attention focused on their risks in 2004 when prescription NSAID Vioxx was withdrawn because of heart attack and stroke risk. Last year, the FDA sought a warning on prescription NSAID Celebrex for cardiovascular and stomach risks.

An FDA advisory panel in 2002 said over-the-counter NSAIDs should have stronger warnings about stomach bleeding. To help consumers track their consumption, the FDA also wants "acetaminophen" or "NSAID" to be prominent on the package. Consumers taking a pain reliever may not know that a cold medication, for example, also contains the ingredient.

Because over-the-counter NSAIDs are usually taken at lower doses and for less time than prescription NSAIDs, their cardiovascular risk is low, says the FDA's Charles Ganley, head of non-prescription drugs. The warnings don't stem from new data regarding health risks and NSAIDs, Ganley says. But he added there may be increasing evidence of liver risks with acetaminophen.

A study published last year in Hepatology concluded that liver damage caused by acetaminophen exceeded other causes of U.S. drug-induced acute liver failure, but that most of the cases stemmed from accidental overdoses or suicide attempts. About 100 people in the USA die each year after accidental acetaminophen overdoses, the FDA says.

PRODUCTS AFFECTED :

The FDA's proposal will affect hundreds of over-the-counter products. Some: NSAIDs: Aspirin, Advil and Motrin (ibuprofen), Aleve (naproxen)

Products with acetaminophen: Tylenol, Tylenol Children's, Excedrin PM, Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus, Sudafed Sinus & Cold.

Updated 12/20/2006 12:01 AM By Julie Schmit and Julie Appleby, USA TODAY

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4 Ways To Avoid Heartburn

2008-03-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

Of all the irises I have seen, I have not seen anyone with a healthy digestive system. One out of three would say that they do experience some degree of heartburn every now and then.

What is a heartburn? Heartburn is also known as pyrosis. According to the definition from Dorland’s medical dictionary definition, it says:

“an esophageal symptom consisting of a retrosternal sensation of warmth or burning occurring in waves and tending to rise upward toward the neck, it may be accompanied by a reflux of fluid into the mouth (water brash). It is often associated with gastro-esophageal reflux.”

Heartburn occurs when the muscles at the end of your esophagus are not closed tightly after food has moved into the stomach. This allows the acid contents of the stomach to flow back, or reflux, into the esophagus and irritate it. When this problem is not corrected or treated, it will deteriorate to a chronic stage called gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) that could damage your esophagus, and turn cancerous.

Here are 4 tips that could help alleviate heartburn. They are simple and easy steps to take on, but they are also easy to be ignored or taken for granted.

Eat slowly & take time to eat:
Observe how you eat. Do you finish eating in 5 minutes or do you really chew your food? Eating too fast has a tendency to overeat and swallow in more air which add volume to your stomach. A full stomach relaxes the lower esophagus sphincter so much so that stomach acid is able to seep up the esophagus causing irritation.

Go for tea:
It is best not to have caffeinated drinks after meals. Caffeine helps relaxes the lower esophagus as well and allow stomach acid to travel up the esophagus.

Sit upright after meals:
Sleeping or even lying down horizontally immediately after meals will also allow hydrochloric acid from your stomach to flow back up to the esophagus. It is best to sit in an upward position after meals or take a walk which would help your digestion process.

Loose clothing:
Wearing tight fitting clothes and tight belts may force stomach acid up the esophagus too. Wearing comfortable clothing will help enhance your proper circulation in your body.

Heartburn is a sign that your digestive system is not working normally. There is a chemical imbalance in your body and also an imbalance of the intestinal flora. Certain amount of waste is accumulating that is preventing proper absorption of nutrients. It is time for a clean up.

A colon cleansing therapy follow by sufficient dosages of probiotic will help restore your body’s absorption of nutrients which are ‘fuel’ to your body to have its various system get back to work again. Do give your body a chance and sufficient time to heal itself so that it can serve you appropriately.

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Why Do Chronic Diseases Happen To Children? (final part)

2008-03-04T20:11:00.000-08:00

Possibility No:4

Poor eating habits & poor choices of food:

If you care to look deeply, many illnesses are brought about by our very own doing. Unconsciously you had your kids follow your kind of eating habits and lifestyle, and they would follow their parents’ examples innocently.

a) High consumption of refined and processed foods:

In the prevailing rat race lifestyle, most people take the convenience to go for fast foods which are easily available. When we run out of time, the only thought is to ‘fill up the stomach’ and not ‘what is nutritious’ for my body.

b) Lack discipline:

Parents give in easily to children’s “wants” instead of “needs”. Children’s wants normally are not the natural foods of fruits & vegetables but high sugar contents and ‘junk’ foods.

c) Unhealthy environment & lifestyle:

Pollution is everywhere. In our food, water, air, outside and inside our own home. I like to include the people around you and you mix with has an influence and on you, your children and family that leads to chronic illnesses.

Many has the ‘wrong’ belief that there is nothing you can do about your inherent weaknesses. The good news is - there is always something you can to do about it – when you are ready for it.

The best and wise thing to do is to stop doing and eating things that could further deteriorate your weak areas (be it your kidney, heart, stomach) immediately, and take effective actions and precautions that could support them and strengthen other normal parts of your body instead.

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Why Do Chronic Dis-eases Happen To Children? (Part 2) ....cont'd

2008-02-16T18:21:00.000-08:00

Possibility No:3
Inherent weaknesses/Genetic cause:

Inherent weaknesses are congenital abnormalities, inherited from the parents, grandparents and/or even possibly from the grandparents, due to their poor living habits. We never know how exactly our genes work and how far they would trickle down to the next or next next generation.

The point is, these weaknesses of the parents were not identified, treated or taken care of well before they conceive children.

Now, obviously, knowledge of any inherent weaknesses and strengths in you would be an advantage to you and your health professional. Why? Because your health professional could be in a position to help/support you in planning a program to achieve optimum health - to strengthen the weaker organs and body parts to have your body function well..

You know what? The fastest (in 10-15 minutes) and non invasive method to check your overall health status is the science of Iridology .

Iridology gives an overall view of the all inherent weaknesses in the body and enable you to create an effective plan for nutritional support, health adjustment and enhancement of these areas.

Iridology is a long proven science of more than 300 yrs old. It can quickly determine where the primary or root cause exits, and it reveals the way in which the original cause would lead to secondary symptoms. It provides a picture of inner workings of the whole body.

Apart from these benefits, it can monitor your recovery process and quickly tell whether the therapy or program you are on is working effectively for you or not by way of healing signs which can be seen from your irides. This is one of the many benefits which other form of diagnostic tools do not have.

For your benefit of your wellbeing and wellness, I would highly recommend you to click here and take action and have your iris analyzed as soon as possible -- especially those of you who are planning to start a family.

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Why Do Chronic Dis-eases Happen To Children? (Part 2).. cont'd

2008-02-13T23:27:00.000-08:00

Possibility No: 2
Use of chemicals in toiletries and cosmetics:

Msnbc recently reported that Phthalates (chemicals used to stabilize fragrances and plastic's flexibility) are found in baby's toiletries, lotions, toys and cosmetics. It said that urine of babies who had used these products, contains high levels of phthalates. These chemicals, which can be absorbed through the skin, are linked with possible reproductive problems.

There are numerous studies and reports made on harmful ingredients found in personal care products (such as toothpaste, bath gel, shampoo, sunblock) and cosmetics in the market globally.

Elizabeth Sword, Executive Director of the Children's Health Environment Coalition, says:

“People blindly assume that if a product is on the market, it must be OK, or the government would not have allowed it to be sold.”

These toxic ingredients are found to be carcinogenic, damaging the body cells' genetic code and altering the DNA chain.

Dr. Cole Woolley, a chemist from Neways Inc. says:

“This growing mass of non functional cells can turn cancerous… As this mass grows, it crowds and affects the activity of other cells and organs, causing pain, symptomatic problems and even death.”

So if you are serious about your own health & wellness as well as your children's, do check labels and go for products that contain non harmful ingredients when you go on your next shopping trip. Remember, the life this action may save - could be yours and/or your family's.

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Why Do Chronic Dis-eases Happen To Children? (Part 2)

2008-02-11T01:21:00.000-08:00

There are several possible reasons and causes. Some are easily identified while some are commonly and unconsciously overlooked or ignored, and these could be the main culprits.

Possibility No: 1
Parents were not healthy themselves when they conceived:

Does it make sense to you that healthy parents produce healthy babies? When you intend to start a family, do you have a plan for it? If you are committed to have healthy children and a healthy family, would you consider it as your responsibility to take sufficient time to prepare your body before you conceive?

Make a rain check on your current lifestyle, your diet and foods you eat, eating habits, your environment - everything that falls under your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects. All of these do play a part in your health condition.

Check if you need to make any adjustments to any of these areas. If in doubt, seek professional advice. Have an iris analysis to check if you have any nutritional imbalance. Maybe you need a cleansing program, take on a new diet plan, and/or need supplement on your nutritional deficiencies.

An experienced nutritionist will advise you how long you need to take to be ready to conceive. You may need a year or two. But it is all worth the while. Prevention is always better than cure.

To all mothers to be, you have probably heard of the saying - 'children are pillars or leaders of the future'. So you are not only preparing yourself or your body to give birth to a son or daughter, but also preparing to have healthy leaders of the future. Does this inspire you?

Why Do Chronic Diseases Happen To Children?

2008-02-10T03:31:00.000-08:00

High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, infertility, psoriasis are common medical names and symptoms you have heard these days. These are so rampant in our current hectic modern living that every 5 people (aged 45 and above) you meet, 3 would have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or poor blood circulation.

Gone are the days when these common medical names are applied only to adults and aged people because it was thought that these can only happen to this group of people.

Reality check - these chronic health conditions are already affecting young children now! Yes, your children! In my practice of Iridology, I have seen irises of children, aged between 7-10, revealing patterns and signs similar to those of older adults, and it is getting rampant!

If you are still holding on to the erroneous belief that these dis-eases can only happen to older adults and the aged, it is time to wake up. It is time to get real to the fact that this cultural norm (blindly accepted fact) is the context of your life and had you taken many things for granted, and had you not responsible for your own health and well being, and your family’s too.

About 10 years ago, my nephew had some mysterious growth in his spinal cord that had him paralyzed. The doctors had no clue as to the cause of it and named it cancer. He was operated on but died a year later. He was only 15.

The number of children suffering from obesity, high blood pressure, ADD, autism, skin problems, cancer, has doubled if not tripled during the last 10 years according to many international surveys.

When one of your children suffer from any one of these dis-eases, you as parents suffer too. Do you want to know the root cause of it all?

How Can Iridology Benefit You?

2008-02-05T00:12:00.000-08:00

Usually, before anyone takes on something, it is very normal to ask “What’s in for me?”

From my last posting, you would have some understanding of what Iridology is all about and/or have an overall picture of what it can do.

Iridology is truly a science, an orderly science based on certain principles. I provide here an initial four of its several principles which you will notice the benefits and the advantages iridology has over other forms of analysis. As I mentioned earlier, Iridology can work in conjunction with other methods of test and diagnosis.

1. Identify inflammation:

Iridology reveals the exact location and presence of inflammation in the body. Inflammation (presence of irritants/foreign elements in the body) is the earliest stage of illnesses, whereby the body’s immune system and eliminative channels are weakened and cannot cope with its normal functions. Your health could further deteriorate if not treated. Irritants are caused by poor diets, chemicals exposure, built-up of wastes, emotional stress, medication, fatigue, lack of exercise, etc

2. Healing signs:

Iridology gives a reliable and quick confirmation on the effectiveness of treatment used. When a choice of therapy is working, healing lines can be seen in the iris. Iridology can tell when healing crisis is approaching. No other analytic methods can determine whether body is making the right changes during and after a course of therapy. You can evaluate and monitor your recovery process

3. Bilateral organs/glands:

Your body has a number of organs, glands and limbs bilaterally and symmetrically designed. Examples are kidneys, lungs, thyroid and adrenal glands, brain (left/right hemisphere), testes. Each iris (left and right) shows tissue conditions on its own side and Iridology easily distinguishes either one or both of these organs/glands has signs of pathology, and at which stage of manifestation.

In a case for example, a person has one side of her thyroid overactive and the other side underactive. With conventional laboratory tests, this exact problem will not be diagnosed but instead averaged the functions of the 2 sides -- giving a result as “normal”. Iridology is able to separately evaluate the condition of bilateral glands or organs easily and distinctively.

4. Overall health level:

Within 10 minutes, iridology can determine the overall health level of a person from the markings and patterns of both iris. An experienced iridologist can tell if there is any congestion in any part of the body systems, nerve force condition, exact location of weaknesses in any organs, the person’s diet, lifestyle and attitudes in relation to health. This saves you a lot of time, energy and (maybe pain) further costly tests, e.g a kidney problem, further tests are needed to determine whether one or both kidneys are affected.

Do You Or Have You Ever Experience The Following?

a weak immune system
frequent infections
headaches
bowel problems, constipation
digestion problems, bloating, sluggish
allergies; sinus
skin problems
weight problems
hormonal imbalance
nervous exhaustion, insomnia
fatigue, stress

If you answered YES to any of the above, it's time for you to have your irides analyzed.

Secrets Reveal Through Your Eyes

2008-01-26T05:05:00.000-08:00

Through the ages, the eye has been proclaimed as “the mirror of the soul”. Now it is acknowledged as the “window to the body.”

So, it is a wonder that :

Your eyes can tell what is going on inside your body?
Your eyes hold the secrets of many things that are unexplained in healing arts?
Your eyes can reveal your state of health, lifestyle and how you are handling your life?

How is this possible?

Physiologically, the eye is an extension of the brain. The iris, consists of thousands of nerve endings is connected by nerve impulses to every tissues and organs throughout the body through the brain and nervous system. The nerve fibers in the iris respond specifically to tissue and organ conditions with a corresponding reflex shown in the iris as lesions and color variations.

Welcome to the World and Science Of Iridology.....

Iridology (pronounced eye-ri-dol'-ogy) is the science and art of analyzing one of the most complexed tissue structures of the whole body - the iris.

Iridology is not a newfound science. It has a history of more than 300 years old. Physicians, scientists and researchers has made numerous empirical observations and clinical studies which had convergingly revealed that potential inherited genetic weaknesses and some dysfunctional states in your body are manifested by different markings and color textures within the iris.

All these years of clinical observations, intensive research and studies has resulted the iris chart, liken a map that represents basic placement of bodily tissues and organs and provides detailed observation of reliable and valuable data in an iris analysis.

The iris can be considered the master copy of how you are designed. It reveals how well your body can handle stress, areas your body that may develop illness, and how emotions can impact your health

From the wellness point of view, it is an useful preventive healthcare tool such that abnormal conditions in the body can be detected early, giving time for remedial actions and adjustments.

Iridology helps you understand your body in a whole new way. This knowledge enables you to approach your health challenges proactively, and to develop health-building practices specifically to your needs and requirements.

Compared to other testing procedures, Iridology is:

• Simple, reliable & accurate
• Safe and painless (no radiation, no needles)
• Informative & comprehensive
• A Cost-effective method to view the whole body
• Can be used in conjunction with other systems of diagnosis

How can Iridology Help You & Its Benefits .......

This will be in my next posting.

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2008-01-23T20:31:00.000-08:00

Wellness Workbook is written by both Dr John W Travis and Regina Sara Ryan.

Wellness and health involves the whole person in all aspects: emotion, mental, physical, spiritual, social, and how all these areas impact the person and the environment.

Normally, health related books and seminars touch only on how to eat or how to exercise or both to achieve physical wellness. In fact, it is more than that. Some people practice both and still not well.

Do you experience doing everything to be healthy (the everything here probably is referring to eating and exercising only) but your health is still not working? Some people who are not practicing healthy eating and exercising are healthier than you. It’s because out of the 12 areas you are just doing 2. They might be doing well in other 10 area which you missed out.

If you are serious about your health, your well-being and your life in a holistic approach, and are in search of a book as to what to do to have a healthy great life - THIS IS IT ! This book is about: accepting and loving yourself, awareness, making choices and taking responsibility for your life, life energy, and all about YOU.

Wellness Workbook provides practical, simple and easy to understand information on the approach to wellness in great depth. The explanation of each forms of energy provides a step-to-step guide to readers to chart their own wellness wheel. In addition, systematic exercises are provided after each chapter that lead you to an awesome understanding of what wellness is and an awareness of your own wellbeing.

Each chapter is inspiring and empowering for you to see new openings for actions. In my occurring world, it is well written -- written with love and compassion for the human kind.

Wellness Workbook is one book which you would like to own and refer to periodically as your guide to check on your personal well being. The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. So ACT NOW!

Wellness: A Holistic Approach (Part II)

2008-01-22T23:57:00.000-08:00

This is Part II of Wellness: A Holistic Approach article. If you have not read it, please click here.

The Wellness Wheel has 12 parts. Each part represents an area of your life of the whole (your personal energy system) called wellness. These 12 parts offer an integrated overall picture of human life functions, as various forms of energy that would affect your sense of well being and health.

Rate each part on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the lowest level which needs immediate attention and 5 being at optimal level. Now chart your Wellness Wheel. Which spoke rate the lowest? Can your wheel roll? Are you happy with your results?

People with 4-5s are the ones living life happily in general, facing the direction of wellness and life. On the other hand, those who have lots of 1s or 2s are normally lack confidence. The shortest spokes are the areas you have neglected recently. You may want to find a confidante or seek professional support to attend to certain area(s) of your life. From this exercise, you can see which area you need to work on first.

Do not be unduly worried if your wheel has more short spokes now. The good news is: the wellness wheel is an ever changing guide. It changes each time depending on what you are dealing with in your life at the time you are doing the exercise. You may like to develop your personal wellness journal to chart your progress. The harmonious balancing of the 12 life functions leads to good health and well-being.

To have you a better understanding of the exercise and Wellness Energy System, I strongly recommend you the book by Dr. John W Travis which you would find it beneficial to own and use it periodically to chart your wellness journey.

There is no short cut and quick fix to wellness. By taking charge of your own well being and start taking relevant actions, you could delay aging, prevent loss of bodily functions and have a fit and healthy body. You are up to living a created life – the kind of life of your very own design! Wellness is truly a Way of Life.

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Wellness : A Holistic Approach (Part I)

2008-01-20T01:56:00.001-08:00

Whether you are aware of it or not, like it or not, we are all connected and interacting with each other and everything else in the universe in a continual dance of energy exchange every minute.

The energy you received from all that surrounds you, and/or with whoever and whatever you come in contact, impacts you, gets altered within you, and is then sent out to impact everything outside you.

Wellness is all about YOU in totality. It includes all areas of your life - physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, social and more.

I like to share with you an exercise -- a fascinating and powerful tool which I learnt from Dr John Travis' book. It is call the Wellness Wheel which I have provided below.

This is a simple exercise which gives a fast check on which area of your life needs attention and adjustment. It provides a complete overall scenario of how balance your life is - holistically. It also serves as a guide in the directions you want to live your life.

Should you like to know how to use the Wellness Wheel, please refer to Part II article.

Wellness is not static, or a destination to reach. It is a life-long journey of adventure, integrates with growth, development and expansion of oneself. Resisting it could be a roller coaster ride for you.

Wellness requires you to ask questions instead of accepting the “cultural norms”; to be responsible to make adjustments to what works, and take charge of how you want to live your life – either toward optimal wellness/life or state of degeneration/death.

To continue Part II of this article, please click here.

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First Principle To Wellness: Listen To Your Body

2008-01-01T02:04:00.000-08:00

From birth to death, your body is creating and recreating itself with the nourishment received from the foods you eat. The foods you consume is the only way you get the required nutrients. Can you imagine what happens to your body when you take in foods that lack nutrients?

Health is a continuum - you have optimal health or wellness at one end, and degenerative disease or death at the other.

Moving from optimal health toward the other end, you experience having low energy. You may feel discomfortable after a meal. It may go away after a few hours. Do you know that your body’s own innate capability to restore and heal itself without help from you?

Your discomfort may happen again a few more times. You may get over-the -counter medication for discomfort. Or it got you worried enough to visit your doctor. Your doctor may give you some medication and you find the problem disappears.

On the other hand, your discomfort after a meal become worst. Now you experience heavy bloating and gas. Again your doctor would prescribe you some medication. Should your discomfort persist, your doctor will be able to make a “diagnosis” and give a clinical name to your problem – oh, you have gastritis, diverticulitis or irritable bowel syndrome.

In a wellness point of view, the time to look into the problem is when you have the first small signs. The first rule is to listen and take heed to what your body is telling you. This will help you make effective changes in your lifestyle that has an impact on your entire well being. For example, if your indigestion happens when you are stressed up, then you can look into stress management tools. If it happens after taking milk, then you would consider eliminating diary foods.

Most people love short cuts and make short-lived attempts towards wellness. They would start a new diet each week, make New Year’s resolutions that would be forgotten before end January, and many other plans get diminished by their daily life’s activities. Oh yes, they did try.

To have a lasting changes in lifestyle, you need a plan. For this plan to work, you need to work your plan.

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How To Eat To Your God-Given Weight & Physique

2007-12-30T21:02:00.000-08:00

How you wish you could eat what you like without having to worry about your weight, any outburst of allergies, insomnia, burping, etc… anything relating to health and well-being issues.

How you wish you could eat anything and yet have a figure of those fashion models or celebrities who can dress up in everything that are “in” fashion which you love and like for each season instead of just watching, envying, window shopping, being resigned, getting older each year and still wishing upon your star.

Well, let me whisper something to you … "I was there before."

Everybody wants to look good. Unfortunately, not everybody really, really wants to be healthy. "What do you mean?" you may ask. If you look carefully, you may recall saying phrases like :

“I want, I wish, I like to BUT…”
“I know BUT .. .”

Consider that when you have such conversations, most of the time you do not want and unwilling to do what it takes to Be what you want to Be.

The following questions, act as stimulators, will help you to see where you are now and what you can do make your first step towards health and wellness in your life. Remember, its your body and your life. Only you are responsible and accountable for it, no one else does.

Are you ready to be responsible for your own well-being, your body and your life?
Are you willing to face up to your current condition? No matter what your condition is now, are you willing to love and accept your body and yourself?
Are you willing to let go of past experience or attempts that did not work and be willing to choose to head towards the direction of health and wellness?
Are you willing to commit yourself to be educated, be open and give up preconceived notions and erroneous behaviour about what health is about?
Are you willing to move on, and ready to take actions that works and stay with it for at least 6-12 months?

When you can say “yes” all the way, I congratulate you! I acknowledge your being courageous. You truly value and love yourself, and your life. You are now ready to move on to experience how effortless it is to be on the path to health and wellness and be free to eat anything you want. Ladies, you can have the HOTTEST body on planet earth. All of us will age, but you have a choice to age with ease & grace, joy and fulfillment !!!!

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8 Super Easy Steps To Wellness

2007-12-14T18:20:00.000-08:00

Should your answers to the questions in my last posting are "yes', you may get to experience the next level of "power" to make choices again. In dealing with your own well being now, you may want to make it "your" committed choice. With this commitment you could read on and take on the following actions with ease and grace.

1. Consume more:

a) fruits and vegetables that are:

* fresh
* raw, if possible
* of different varieties and colors
* sufficient clean water to your body needs

b) whole grains
c) nutritious and balanced meals
d) eat on time, slowly and relaxingly

2) Avoid:
a) cold drinks after meals
b) high sugar foods/drinks
c) deep fried and oily foods
d) ignoring the urge of visiting the toilet

3) Avoid Exercise: Yes, vigorous exercises that your body cannot handle. If you are starting out on an exercise program, begin with one that inspires you to move on progressively. Deep breathing and brisk walking may be a good one to start with.

4) Use chemicals free toiletries and cosmetics: Reading labels is wise. Products containing ingredients that you cannot pronounce are likely the ones you need to avoid, and especially products that do not display content of ingredients at all.

5) Use thoughts: Create thoughts that inspire and move you into action daily. You may start with writing affirmations for 10 minutes to start your day.

6) Share : Share your dreams and breakthroughs with at least 3 to 4 persons per week. The more you share, the more they become real for you because people start to talk about it. And you become excited. And the more excited you are, you will make your dreams come true.

7) Give Thanks: Start and end each day by reflecting on: your achievements, breakdowns, feelings, views, insights, things you heard and experienced - give THANKS with a grateful heart.

8) Sleep late: Make it a habit to turn in before 24:00hrs – the last hour of the day. Isn't this late enough? The best is at 23:00hrs. You could have a longer day because you could now start your day as early as 6am!

You remember the saying “practice makes perfect” ? Slowly and surely over time with consistent practice, you will soon find that :

* You are able to create your own lifestyle to achieve your highest potential – not only your well being but also for your life !
* Learn that health and happiness are possible in each moment, here and now
* The integration of body, mind, and spirit - everything you do, think, feel, and believe has an impact on your state of health
* The energy you received from the environment, getes transformed within you, and sent out to impact the world outside you.
* Wellness is balance of mind, body, spirit in harmony and the energy we put out into space.
* Work, rest, diet, relationships, emotions, and spiritual search - all play a vital role in healthy living

You become in tune with your body. You can now hear and follow your body’s soft and gentle promptings naturally as to how, when, which, and what to eat and what not to eat – without effort, internal conflict and struggle. You are now free eat anything you want!!

Being healthy is your right. Being healthy, you can contribute and make a difference to yourself, others and the environment in which you live in no matter where you are. It is your choice. Make it powerfully.

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Eat Anything You Like Without Any Worries ……

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You know how you wish you could eat anything and everything you like without having to worry about your weight, your well being, health, etc…, right?

Well, help is here now!

Everyone wants to be healthy of course. But do you recall conversations such as “I want , i wish ... but …..” Ah ha! Do we hear the “ya buts” often? Why? Because most of the time, you do not know what exactly you want to BE, DO or HAVE. That is the whole problem !!

Actually it is very simple. Ask yourself : do I want a to live a life healthily?
If “No”, you may choose to stop here. If it is a “Yes”, you may read on.

Congratulate yourself for choosing “yes” to a healthy life. Now, we shall move on and let us see what else could open up for you !! Below are a few key questions that could help you distinguish why your health condition and/or your life is the way it is and why it is not, and also why you had your “ya buts” answers in your life. Whatever it is, you now get to see why things are not working for you, and at the end you may get to experience a sense of Power and Freedom to BE who you want to BE.

Please go through each question and give either a “yes” or “no” answer, following the sequence

Are you willing to be responsible for your own well being, your body and your life
Are you willing to face the truth of your current state of health and wellbeing. Whichever health level you are now, are you willing to love and accept yourself
Are you still wiling to choose the path toward wellness/health, and let go of those past attempts / experience which did not work on you.?
Are you ready to commit yourself to be educated, open for change, give up erroneous preconceived notions and behavior about health ?
Are you willing to move on, ready to take actions and stay with it for at least 6 months?

If your answers to the above are all “YES”, congratulations to you. You are now ready to move on and prepare to experience the journey toward health and wellness with ease and grace. Are you ready?

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Can You Hear Your Body Talking To You?

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Do you know your body is talking to you? But in our modern rat-race lifestyle, who has time to take heed and listen to it?

The market is flooded with various brands of health foods and supplements, but are you healthy? What does “healthy” mean to you?

Healthy means being able to function at optimal level in your daily activities to live life fully (body, mind & spirit).

Our body is a complex machine. Its a genius, the best doctor - patient and tolerant. This is precisely the point. By the time you feel any symptoms, it is already moaning and yelling at you. Below are the possible messages your body is crying about:

Frequent Headache:

“ relax, take a break”

“ stop and check what’s not working..”

“I need fresh air & nutrients”

Indigestion/gastric pain:

“hey, you were eating too fast”

“wrong food combination”

“you did not chew your food”

Allergies/Rashes:

“foreign matters are present ”

“ the gut is leaky”

Constipation:

“I am dehydrated”

“I need correct type of fibre”

“ the bowel is sluggish”

Fatique/aches & pain

“I need exercise, fresh air and rest”

“I need correct nutrients”

Do the above symptoms sound familiar? You know how you wish you could do or eat anything you like and not worry about your weight or health. Well, what I do is to help you determine your current situation and identify what’s not working for you, and come up with a tailor-made program to regain and sustain your natural God-meant-to-be physic. Are you ready? To know how and what to do, tune in to my next posting….

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About Me and My Blog

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Elaine Tang

BSc Holistic Nutrition
Dip Master-in-Iridology

Elaine Tang owns Roxy Matrix Enterprise. Her commitment is to share/educate and empower individuals to take care of their health and well being. Her services consist of iridology as an analysis tool, bowel management with deep tissue cleansing program called Colema, nutrition education, personalized wellness & holistic nutrition coaching.

Elaine’s personal experience of:- her relatives (4 of them) wrongly diagnosed and treated by doctors and finally died of cancer of the pancreas; both her parents invalidated by stroke for more than 10 years before passing on, inspired her to explore the causes of diseases. She came across the art of Iridology in 1995 and made a search for such studies. In 2001 she pursued a BSc degree studies in Holistic Nutrition with CCNH, and simultaneously a Diploma in Master of Iridology and Bowel Management. In the process of her studies, she developed a passion to share and help people how to reduce the risks of diseases, stay healthy & fit to live a created life.