Thursday, April 23, 2009

Our Immune system is awesome!

Wow! I attended a health meeting featuring Dr. Steven Ehrlich as the guest speaker tonight. Not only is he humorous,he is full of information. What I love about Dr. Ehrlich is his ability to understand how the body functions and how to work with it, versus against it, which most modern day medicine does.

Something to think about - When you have a symptom, say, a sore throat, or a sore knee, maybe extreme fatigue or anxiety, what do you do to treat it? Most the time we take some sort of "anti" medicine (antacid, anti-inflammatory, anti....). But are we taking care of the problem or are we just covering it up?

Our body wants to tell us something. Listen to the symptom. Learn to work with it. Make wise choices to use natural supplementation which works with the body. Otherwise you're pretty much telling it to "shut up, go away, not today".

What's your body telling you today?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Choose Wellness!

What comes to mind when you think of health prevention? Most people answer things like "annual checkups, blood work for cholesterol & blood sugars, mammograms, things of a more diagnostic nature. These things tend to be more of a reactive state. I much prefer to choose health over sickness, and prevention and lifestyle are the key to discovering wellness.

Often when I work with individuals whether it's a nutrition consultation or a fitness evaluation, I like to address the seven risk factors for CAD (cardiovascular disease). They are: family history, smoker, high BP, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and living a sedentary lifestyle (think couch potato).

Guess what? Six of these can be controlled by lifestyle. Family history you're stuck with.

Our country is facing a health care crisis like never before. Why? Too many sick Americans. Let's not be one of them. Let's choose health! Create wealth by choosing health! How? Think of all the time and money saved when you're healthy. No dreaded wait times in the doctors office. No spending the day home with a sick child. No prescription copays, and the list goes on and on. Besides, if you own your own business and you're too sick to run it, whose making the money?

Here are seven simple healthy habits you can start today.
1. Make a decision to be healthy - choose health over sickness.
2. Choose good nutrition - whole foods - all food groups, supplement for insurance.
3. Get enough sleep - absolutely necessary for the body to repair itself.
4. Stop smoking - smoking ages you faster than anything else.
5. Be kind to others - be charitable. Life isn't always about you.
6. MOVE - I mean, get off the couch. Daily. Find some activity you enjoy.
7. Think positive happy thoughts.

Join me on the path of wellness.