The Amazing Gut
The gut is the foundation of health and it deserves our consideration and gratitude
Have you ever wondered at how a piece of broccoli becomes heart, brain, liver cells? When I think about it, it puts me in awe of our amazing gut and what it does for us
Yet from an energy science view the interface between our outside world(food) and the inside world of our mindbody is much richer than the present matter science view that we have been led to believe
It's at this junction between the external world(foods consumed) and our inside world that dis-ease begins from an energy science medical model perspective
That's a mouthful isn't it(no pun intended)? Let's consider this statement in its entirety
This statement implies the following:
Origins of Dis-ease
The origins of dis-ease is at the gut level, believe the unbelievable or not If you ask a contemporary physician today, "Why did I get this …..(fill in the blank)?", you won't get an answer There's a gentle shrug of the shoulders and "We just don't know right now but there is plenty of research being done" But the matter science medical model will never answer the question because the answer lies at the energy field level We're putting the question to a model that will not be able to come up with the answer
Food Choices Create Imbalance and Dis-ease
The choices of the foods that we make cause imbalance and hence dis-ease This is not such a shock even to the matter science medical practitioner
But imbalance of what? The answer is qualities that we share in common with the foods that we consume If the mindbody has too much hot quality and we eat foods(predominant sour and salty tastes) then imbalance is created by too much of the hot quality
Put another way your health is in your hands This is quite gratifying on the one hand and terrifying on the other since we have never shouldered this kind of responsibility before At least not in this way
Sicker the Gut The Sicker We Become
As imbalances are created and we pile on over the years more and more imbalance the rest of the mindbody begins to become imbalanced in specific areas
We have discussed in the past how to avoid this patterned conditioning that gets us to our illnesses but in the end it is the lack of understanding how we get sick in the first place that leads to our poor health as we age
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Fingernails and Bone Health
Have you ever noticed how often you trim your fingernails? OK, if you have paste on nails, just play along with me today
Anatomically the nails are extensions of the last bone of the finger and from an energy science view can be indicators of the health of the bones
Makes sense, doesn't it? We don't usually think of the nails as an indicator the bone activity but indeed it is this observation that can allow us to begin to have an insight as to the health of our internal bone structure and its strength
Certainly simpler than getting Dexa scans for osteoporosis or osteopenia or can be at least adjunctive when we are following bone health
Let's take a simple example Say that you're a postmenopausal thin Vata lady(and you don't have the paste on nails) andjust had a scan that shows osteopenia(out of normal range bone density) that bears watching
Look at your nails How often do you trim them? Once a week, every two days, never How about the linear grooves or ridges that run the course of the nail? What about increased redness near the end of the nailbed? What about spots on the nails?
All of your observations are helpful to understand the progressive improvement of your bone health as you do things to improve your osteopenic state
Well, the next question is what to do about unhealthy nails associated with osteoporosis(really abnormal bone density) or osteopenia? The first thing to keep in mind is that the bony structure of the mindbody is slow to change and so the key is patience
Next, the colon must be healthy I'm not an advocate for colonics but there is value is talking to specialists who can help with this kind of work Why? Because the colon is the absorption site for minerals, including calcium, magnesium, manganese etc.
Then supplements are important with a balance of calcium and magnesium in a 2 to 1 ratio
Improving digestion, absorption, assimilation, and elimination is important and nutrition is the cornerstone to doing this
Nutritional formats at foodsheal.com can give you guidelines
Poor food combining is problematic
Use of triphala in powdered form(pills are not so good) and making a night time tea is helpful for bowel health
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Bad Breath
Halitosis or bad breath is a sign of illness or at least imbalance in the physiology for it defines an unhealthy GI(gastrointestinal) tract
From an energy science view indicates stagnant energy in the GI tract or elsewhere in the body
At times we might become aware of bad breath because of an unusual taste in the mouth Otherwise we are lucky to have someone close to us point it out to us And of course they risk hurting our feelings but in reality it's very helpful since we can't know at times ourselves
The GI tract begins in the oral cavity and poor oral dentition with periodontitis is the possible cause This problem can be related to cardiovascular disease and should be taken seriously
But overcolonization of the GI tract with "bad" bacteria can lead to bad breath and means a sick gut that is struggling to function well
When such a problem occurs some simple things can be done
Trip to the dentist to be sure that periodontitis is not a problem
Periodic juice fasting can help reset the GI tract over time
Use of kitchari can be a good start to help the bowel regain its health
Use of nutrtional format according to one's mindbody makeup is foundational
Avoiding poor food combinations is helpful
Improving digestive fire with churans is beneficial
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Energy Drinks
In the current issue of JAMA(Journal of the American Medical Assn) a commentary gives the overall contemporary view of "energy drinks"
The FDA in November 2010 issued a warning that caffeine is an unsafe additive to alcoholic drinks since there have been deaths occurring with exploring youths looking for the ultimate high
But the article goes on to cite that "high"energy drinks are suspect for deteriorating health regardless of the association with alcohol or not That the potent caffeine drinks are deleterious to health And as typical the matter science evaluated these drinks in numerical fashion as to the amount of caffeine per ounce, citing health problems associated with caffeine
From an energy science view caffeine aggravates all three energy patterns of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha by increasing the mobile, light, and oily qualities Taken excessively this provocation can lead to many chronic health issues
But what about the proverbial "cup of Joe"? Same caffeine but not as much Well, what about all the caffeine in the carbonated cans these days Same deal The addiction to caffeine is a real one And the reason is that the drinks help us go even faster, if we weren't already going too fast as a society already
In a previous blog we treated energy drinks in a similar way JAMA is now doing but from an energy science approach
So what's the bottom line? Green tea is just fine, thank you!
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Cutting a Tree Down
Here's a question for ya Which is easier, cutting a tree down at the trunk or one branch at a time?
Pretty obvious isn't it? One branch at a time, right? At least that's what we do in the matter science arena of healing these days
I was reminded of this the other day when I saw a man in his 80's debilitated by an organic anxiety symptom complex that had been going on for some time with obvious somatic symptoms
But the underlying complex of symptoms was related to his free floating anxiety which was causing all kinds of emotional and mental havoc He was placed on several antianxiety meds but it wasn't taking care of the problems of sleeplessness, frequency, headache, and gut symptoms
So what was added which seems appropriate is a sleeping pill for the sleeplessness
What would the energy science do? It would begin dealing with the anxiety or the trunk of the tree not the branches eg sleeplessness, frequency, headache, and gut symptoms
This can be done in several different ways since the causes of the anxiety are multifactorial so the treatments are multifaceted
So it's important to know the origins of dis-ease whatever they may be Once we know the origins of dis-ease in the physiology then we can go to work to cut the tree down, not one limb at a time
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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