Money and Health: 5 Steps to Disease Prevention
If you sacrifice your health to make money today,
you will have to sacrifice your money to get health tomorrow
It's not hard but health just requires attention
In our current Vata provoked lifestyle it gets harder and harder to focus our attention on what really counts From a matter science view the quick Vata fix is perhaps buy some molecules at the health food store
Yes, that's it!
Maybe some vitamin C molecules, or I'll take some of those molecules of coffee because those make me feel tip top, or one of those "fad diets" to lose some weight
Health Insurance or Sickness Insurance?
Currently health insurance is a misnomer There is nothing paid out for health since the primary reason for paying ever increasing premiums is to subsidize those people who unfortunately have disease
And we hope(a form of denial and delaying the inevitable) that we won't get sick but we all know that most of us will have some form of health mishap, a serious brush or not so
But I would suggest that although it's great to have some backup catastrophe planning, the insurance industry really doesn't address the issue of disease prevention
Why not you ask? The answer is that society pays the current healers who don't have a disease prevention model They have a disease detection and treatment program And although they are presently struggling mightily to make that happen, it can't because seeing the body as a machine inhibits the ability to understand the roots of biological disease
Some Unfortunate News
So if we want to be healthy, the bad news is that your insurance is not going to help you and if they say they will, I would run because they don't have what you're looking for
Health is a skill It's something that we have to work at and most would agree with that The question is, "OK what do I need to do?"
The first thing to do is change your view of how you view yourself, that is, cut the net and swim out of this delusion that we are a machine that has somehow learned how to think
Then we have a chance to see disease prevention in a truly meaningful way Then we can do some simple things to be healthy and begin preventing disease For example:
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Early to bed and early to rise
Eat according to your mindbody makeup; biggest meal at noon
Exercise an hour a day 6 days a week (regularity is the key)
Laugh a lot ie don't take life seriously
Yes, I know that this list seems comical and it has nothing to do with preventing disease but that's because you're still in the net
Ciao until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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A Car Sale and Nutrition: A Lesson of Letting Go
Mary came in today for her bladder symptoms that on workup were related to a nonbacterial inflammatory condition that is common in urology called interstitial cystitis
Getting Better With Energy Science Nutrition
When I had last seen her she had predictably getting better with the nutritional PItta Kapha format along with using aloe
But all of Mary's symptoms had come back in the last couple of days
At times symptoms can worsen due to release When one stops the aggravating foods carrying the hot quality, that same quality which is in abundance in the physiology is naturally released and may cause the exacerbation in symptoms that she was experiencing
And although this release from an energy science view made perfect sense there was something that was seemed unclear to Mary
Through The Eyes of Grandma
Her mom who had been accompanying Mary to her appointments then came out of her silence
"What would you suggest she do about her daughter's car purchase?" she interjected "Do you think she can take it back?"
Taken aback, I learned that the recently employed 23 year old daughter/granddaughter had been roped into a poor car deal and had taken possession of the car
"Do you think she can get out of it?" a now very upset Mary asked
"It doesn't seem likely She signed the papers and has driven the car off the lot"
Mary then went off on a Pitta rant about how her daughter had been duped and coerced into a poorly thought out car purchase
"Unfortunately you're not in control here" I said sympathetically "It's one of those life lessons that we all have to go through You can't be her protector even though you'd like to be there for her"
The Mindbody Connection
"I'm so frustrated with that man who took advantage of my young daughter How can he sleep at night? I've been so upset the last couple of days All of my acid indigestion and bladder symptoms are back "
"Oh, there's the answer It totally fits" I said to myself
"Mary, your mind is exhibiting the hot quality in terms of anger, frustration, and vindictive thoughts and the body is intimately involved with those thoughts because mind is in every cell of your body Each cell of the body is listening" A clear expression of the mindbody concept
"Every time you have those thoughts of frustration, just say 'Not now" and move on I know that can be hard but it's the way you'll calm the body and it's present dis-ease"
Letting Go
"Since every cell in your energy field has mind, that is, an intimate splicing of mind and body, the cells cannot help but have the experience that they are having"
"By letting go of needing to control the situation and letting go of your frustration, the cells of your body can let go of this build up of the hot quality that is bringing about the recurrence of your symptoms"
As a matter of fact anytime we decide on the part of healing to let go, the mindbody can release and get back slowly but surely to its state of balance and equilibrium
"It takes time Mary but by doing the nutritional work and aloe and becoming a witness to upsetting thought patterns you'll be really on the road to taking care of this problem"
Until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Bags Under The Eyes: An Energy Science Medical Perspective
Honest Abe and Low Renal Energy
At times I've woken up with a dry mouth and wondered what the cause was Then I stumbled on the fact that increased salt intake can induce such a symptom And last night that very thing happened and realized that I had some soup that didn't seem all that salty but probably was
The Interesting Observation
But the important observation was that I had increased fluid under my eyes which was new and then it struck me that it must have been the salt
Why? Because renal energy when it's low shows up as water under the lower eyelid and because of the load the night before I put a taxing event on excretion of the salt load An acute process but a process nonetheless
But this brings up the clinical observation for all of us when looking at ourselves in the mirror That low renal energy is observed by these "bags under the eyes"
Many Reasons From An Energy Science Medical View
Now low renal energy can occur for many reasons and interestingly even can be related to poor strength of the mid to low thoracic area When the posture sags in this topographical area the result can be less flow through the area resulting in this observation
But the bottom line from my experience is that nutritional excess of salt intake can provoke even chronically the bag phenomenon
What are such foods and who gets provoked? Well, Kapha Pitta(KP) people are the most prone because salt which produces congestion is most aggravating to this energy pattern and Pitta Vata(PV) less so
KP may not show this water loading early in life but as the congestion imbalance moves along it may happen unless there's puffiness all over
The Matter Science Medical Perspective
The current medical opinion from a matter science view would be that the person must not be getting enough rest
This is because the matter science medical model has no capability of tying body topography with organs Did you know energetically that the eyes and ears and internal abdominal and pelvic organs are represented on the soles of the feet and the hands This occurs from the basic energy science tenet that the whole is contained in all of the parts The scientific expression is that we live in a holographic universe
Bottom Line: Think Congestion Somewhere
The take home is that such a baggy observation implies congestion
And it also brings about the concept of monitoring the health of the body What? I'm supposed to go to my matter science medical doc to be told whether I'm healthy or not I would suggest that beginning to take responsibility for our health will begin with these observations(that is, if we so choose)
You see my friends, when we begin taking on a different perspective about this body that we carry around we begin seeing health and its monitoring in a different way
Ciao, until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Forks Over Knives: Challenging the Status Quo
So it's date night and I've had this documentary on my list for some time, so I surprise my wife taking her to a fringy movie theater in the next town to view a MIchael Moore rendition of what's gone wrong 
If you're interested in a well thought out presentation of some disturbing scientific facts and stats about the nutritional status of our current American diet , this documentary dishes it out in spades If you haven't seen it I'd highly recommend it only for the reason that it lays out the significant blindness that currently is manifested in the matter science nutritional information these days
A Matter Science Nutritional Blind Spot
Fast forward about half way into the movie and revealed is an interview with a matter(molecular or measurement) science RD(registered dietitcian) who chairs a nutritional sciences program at a prestigious Midwestern university
As is typical she gave the party line defending the current matter science nutritional position on food choices Unfortunately the film to the point of her interview had laid out nuttritional statistics and information that showed how the increased consumption of animal protein appears to be related to the rise in heart disease( coronary vessel disease or arteriosclerosis) and other diseases such as cancer due to the inflammatory nature of the meat laden diet
In a classic Michael Moore blindside her position and as a voice for the ADA(American Dietetic Association) made her look like not much of a educated and informed authority As a matter of fact it made her position statements look foolish
A Plea for Vegetarianism
T Colin Campbell(primary author of the controversial China Study) and Esselstyn team up through the film with great statistics and data to make a case for becoming vegetarian
The argument is a demographic one That is, if a poplulation of people increase their meat consumption and chronic diseases rise at the same time then there the correlation seems to be clear
With the staggering and escalating rise in coronary vessel disease, stroke, all forms of cancer, diabetes with its attendent metabolic syndrome, chronic disease has to be in some way related to excess meat consumption
Light Shed Using Energy Science Nutrition
But I have heard many people who relate that they just feel better using some amount of concentrated protein support ie meat
From an energy science take, PK(Pitta Kapha) should avoid beef, duck, lamb, pork, dark meat of turkey and chicken, and seafood This leaves white chicken and turkey, egg whites, lean meats such as buffalo, venison, moose, elk and rabbit, and egg whites all the time with egg yolks in moderation(1-2 times per week) Dairy in moderation
PV(Pitta Vata) on the other hand should avoid pork and lamb and use beef, duck, white and dark meat of turkey and chicken, eggs with yolk, and seafood in moderation Buffalo, egg whites, and freshwater fish and shrimp all the time
Who's Doing the Eating?
The problem with demographic or population studies, while they show glaring problems, is that they lump everyone into the same basket and then make conclusions for the entire population
So from the above we can see that PK will use animal foods differently than PV but the energy science nutritional informational formats would also espouse to not consuming large quantities as currently being done
Oh by the way my wife was entertained by date night so it was a double score! Saw the movie and she liked it Yea!!
Ciao til next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Calories: Is Quantity Really the Problem?
Matter science or measurement based nutrition that presently guides us regarding food choices tells us that calories is one way to assess how to decide whether our diet is satisfactory And even the government helps us with stats that show us consuming on average 570 calories per day more than what we did in the 1970's
Of course other meausurements such as number of grams of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats become relevant in matter science nutrition
What About Nutritional Habits?
In a study presented recently at the American Diabetes Association meeting New Zealander Dr Jeremy Krebs presented some insights about overweight diabetics and the ability to gain weight loss
There were two points that came from the study Reports Krebs, "The first is that no matter what diet we prescribe, people find it extremely difficult to sustain the changes from their habitual diet over a long time. But if they are able to follow either a high-protein diet or a high-carbohydrate diet, they can achieve modest weight loss."
So although we can discuss measurements of components in foods or overall calorie count, the bottom line is that much of the work for weight loss requires that changes in lifestyle choices If substantial change is to occur lifestyle choices around food, particularly comfort foods has to happen
The Good News
The second point "is that for people with diabetes, if they can adhere to either diet and achieve weight loss, then they do get benefits in terms of their diabetes control and cardiovascular risk,"
This of course is no surprise since it is clear that the overweight epidemic is the cause of the rising rate of diabetes and metabolic syndrome
But the question remains, "What kind of 'high protein or high carbohydrate diet' are we talking about here?"
How's Measurement Nutritional Science Working For You?
From an energy science nutritional approach the overweight condition is a Kapha imbalance
Simply putting someone on a Pitta Kapha nutritional format is a step forward in the management of the overweight condition Of course there are several other things that we can do to handle improve the health of the GI tract but the format is numero uno
The high protein diet stresses eating more meat, eggs, nuts and dairy is actually counterproductive from an energy science nutritional approach
The high carbohydrate diet stresses eating more fruits, vegetables, and grains but the issue is which fruits, vegetables, and grains Sour fruits and the almighty banana are actually provoking and cause weight gain Raw tomatoes produce weight gain while others if used all the time do the same Yeasted bread produces weight gain
So my friends, perhaps we should stop hitting our heads against the matter science wall and try something different
Ciao for now To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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