Open a newspaper, watch the TV news, look on the Internet.
Every day, a health related story is available, that
focuses narrowly on a disease, a new drug or some other
wonder cure. Day after day, week in week out.
How often do you read advice and information on the total
picture for the majority of people like you and me who are
half healthy? The majority of the population, especially in
the western world, is not subject to serious disease only
displaying symptoms of aging. This can apply to the
emotional state as well as our physical and mental state.
In our half healthy state, we mostly manage to get to work
and take a little exercise and be reasonably happy.
If things get a little worse, we may go to see the doctor
who will likely prescribe some drug rather than investigate
our lifestyle and diet.
Can we move from Half Healthy to Healthy and extend our
lifespan?
To address this question, we need to understand a bit about
our bodies. In a recent interview, Dr Ron Rosedale, a world
renowned expert, revealed his view of human existence and
the relationship with Nature. Basically, from Nature's
viewpoint, we should be efficient reproductive machines in
order to perpetuate the species. Once we have passed the
period of life when we are at our natural reproductive
peak, according to Dr Rosedale, "nature no longer cares
about us". Our bodies will have become expendable with no
useful purpose to serve. We are redundant in the natural
cycle.
Now, of course this does not accord with our view of
things. We at least expect to live our three score years
and ten and physiologically, provided we do not get run
over by the proverbial bus, our bodies are capable of
living to one hundred and twenty plus. If longevity is what
we want then, we will need to take care of ourselves
somewhat better than we do!
Is our life a set of calculated risks?
In order to enable us to reproduce, nature takes some
calculated risks. For example, nature does not worry too
much about the long term effects that oxygen has on our
bodies. Oxidative stress (as formulated in Harman's free
radical theory of aging) is likely to contribute to the
aging process. The worst effects of oxidation are likely to
occur in later life, well after our reproductive peak.
Likewise, the effects of insulin in our bodies; long term
this will reduce our lifespan but in our earlier years it
is not obviously problematic.
Then there are the calculated risks we take ourselves.
Smoking, high alcohol consumption, poor diet, over reliance
on pharmaceutical drugs etc. You may or may not be
surprised to see the last one there but it is true that
many thousands of people worldwide have their life
foreshortened by the effects of pharmaceutical drugs or
their misuse. Of course, the life shortening effects of
banned substances and the additional pain, suffering and
crime they cause, are well known.
What are the symptoms of aging we should look out for?
Well, the symptoms are Cancer, Heart Disease, Stroke,
Diabetes, Obesity, High Blood Pressure, etc. etc. Are you
surprised? These "serious" diseases are signs of aging
which are often induced by our personal treatment of our
bodies. The bad news is, if we rely solely on the medical
profession to help us we are more likely to perish younger
than we should!
Why the medical profession can't have all the answers!
According to Dr Mercola MD and many other sources concur,
"70% of what medical students learn soon becomes out of
date. So they have to keep learning". It is possible that
at least three quarters of the sources of learning e.g.
medical journals and reports, are produced or funded by
pharmaceutical companies who are more interested in
corporate profits than the welfare of patients. They don't
want patients to die, just take their drugs for a long
time. Confined to being half healthy!
Drugs can be extremely effective in some cases to get the
body back from the brink of serious trouble. However, long
term use should be avoided if possible due to the other
effects of most drugs.
If your concern is one of nutrition, don't ask your Doctor!
Apart from a few enlightened souls who realize the
importance of nutrition, medical students are not taught
the importance that nutrition has on health.
We need to take control for our health ourselves.
Combating Half Healthiness is not that difficult with the
right information. The necessity is for us to become a
little knowledgeable in these areas. The physical food we
need - nutrition. The mental food - techniques for mental
health and the exercise and good sleep our bodies thrive
with.
With this package of information, you can be fully healthy,
happy and wise. As Hippocrates is much quoted as saying,
"Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food!"
----------------------------------------------------
A qualified electrical engineer, Barry Dench has been
involved with alternative healthcare and magnetic therapy
for both people and animals since 1996. He has numerous
articles published around the world and is the author of
"The Essential Magnetherapy Guidebook. He can be contacted
by email at:>
mailto:barry.dench@natural-health-awareness.com
For more information on this subject, go to:>
http://www.natural-health-awareness.com
No comments:
Post a Comment