Women’s Health and Disease Prevention
Well it's nice to be back After spending a year doing a fellowship in Energy Science Medicine at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque NM I am now doing general Ayurvedic energy science consulting online as well as helping a very specific group of men, women, and children who have a problem called interstitial cystitis
For today I wanted to discuss the feminine energy and its creativity that leads to transformation in any group large or small especially as it revolves around health and disease prevention
The Feminine Energy
The feminine energy is the creative force in Nature and abides in everything(yes I mean everything) we observe Any force that is creative whether it be the bringing of new life, sculpting a beautiful piece of art, or the beginning of a new plant are all aspects of the feminine
Feminine energy is not gender specific when we view its activity in ourselves We are all aware of the very creative male but suffice it to say the female within any culture is primarily responsible for the creative force It's almost as if "it's their job(dharma if you will) to take on that role" And obviously the feminine takes on that role with zeal, zest, and pride in their power
Leading the Way
A culture is brought about by the feminine creative energy It's the leading force in producing new ideas, moving on to new frontiers, and loss of the fear of engaging in a different way of doing things
We look to the feminine to give us new ways of doing the old Not necessarily destroy the old and bring on the new for that's a masculine energy The feminine is to introduce us to the new and fresh ways of viewing our reality
So What?
I find it startling how low the number of people who actually are interested in disease prevention It's accepted norm or fact that everyone gets their fare share and so we just move on
It's the accepted norm that disease is not preventable And clearly that once you've got chronic disease it's yours for life
I would offer from a energy science view that disease is preventable and even chronic disease is reversible It takes work on our part but it is indeed the case We just have to have a different mindset For example, moving from a matter science to a energy science nutritional format will pay big dividends towards improving health, preventing disease, reducing the impact of chronic disease in your life
When the feminine energy understands these basic aspects of health she will lead our culture to new heights of health
Until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Digestive Fire: The Obesity Problem and Ginger Pickle
A recent article on obesity in the Atlantic points to the frustration that we as a technological society are being confronted Nobody in the weight treatment industry buys into the calorie balance theory(excess calories in and not enough out = weight gain) these days since it's been shown to be ineffective as a solution to the problem But if that fails what else can we measure to find a solution to this pandemic problem
A now popular obesogen theory which the article talks about describes three groups of food additives that are correlated with obesity Fructose causes us to eat more than we need; BPA(bisphenol A) causes changes in fat metabolism(more about that later); and organotins cause the increase in number and size of fat cells
Can We Continue To Blame Molecules?
It's indeed true that the study of the molecules and their effects is the current way we do science Another way to describe this approach is as a system of measurement If measuring calories is not helpful perhaps a better approach would be to identify molecules that have ill effects
This quantitative nutritional approach that is used in present day practiced medicine has great advantages in healing Ask any person who has had a brush with cancer and been cured by surgery
But the discipline has an Achilles heal It doesn't offer us a system of disease prevention And that's what the obesity pandemic is all about It's a disease that can be prevented but unfortunately we are asking the quantitative model to deal with a problem that is beyond its capability
Origins of Disease
One of the greatest gifts that energy science medical and nutritional model from the Ayurvedic tradition gives us is that of prevention The reason for this is actually quite simple The model is based on the origins of disease
The contemporary matter science or quantitative(molecular) nutritional approach looks for the origins of disease in the measurement of calories or molecules that seem to fit the bill for the reason for disease It's taking pot shots at various aspects of reality and saying "There that's the problem molecule"
The qualitative approach to disease takes us to the place where decisions are being made that begin to tweak the physiology and start the downward spiral that eventuates into disease such as obesity
Another significant gift of the energy science is our understanding of metabolism and its role in disease particularly in such problems as obesity
The Metabolic Fire and Its Role in Obesity
Slow metabolism has been an oft overlooked aspect in the obesity problem since the quantitative science doesn't know where to put it But it's an oft described aspect of the obese person's life "I just look at food and gain weight" As a way to study slow metabolism BMR(basal metabolic rate) has been used in the quantitative nutritional science
Nonetheless it is indeed the case that digestion can becomes so sluggish that there is no possibility to lose even with small amounts of caloric intake One of the easiest ways to lose weight is by exercise And interestingly exercise enhances digestive fire or metabolic rate from an energy science perspective
Besides exercise here are other ways to stoke that digestive fire(DF) or metabolism
Avoid foods that put the fire out
Avoid incompatible food combinations
Use spices that will stoke the digestive fire
Use ginger pickle before each meal made with slice of ginger lime and salt This will kindle DF
Just try one of these suggestions for 6 weeks and you'll be amazed at the results
Until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Happy Valentine’s Day From Energy Science Nutrition
May all the love in your heart
be shared with all of creation
and especially with the foods that
nourish you
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Understanding Nutritional Disease: Energy Science Nutrition
When the term "nutritional disease" is used it often conjures up the notion of deficiency for us or already existing disease that is advanced
Somehow there is a lack of nutrients in inner space leading to physiologic dysfunction of the tissues and hence even at the intracellular level For example, folic acid deficiency can lead to neural tube defects in the developing fetus if the mother does not have adequate stores of this vitamin Or the lack of iron in the diet of a vegan could lead to anemia Or diabetes, stroke, and heart disease is present
Beyond Molecular Deficiency
But the idea of nutritional disease from an energy science nutritional view goes beyond the molecular measurements of the matter science nutrition
This concept implies that the GI tract is not functioning properly due to choices made by the mind(choices that the mind makes about how it conceives of nutrition) This is a different concept than what we are used to thinking about since we only think of disease in the very late stages of manifestation
For example, vague abdominal bloating, intermittent acid indigestion, occasional constipation, excess gas, excessive belching are all early warning signs that nutritional disease is evident
Our problem is that this concept is so utterly foreign to us that it doesn't make much sense and if it does worst yet we don't have enough direction to know what simple things we can do about it
Disease Prevention
In order to prevent imbalances we have to begin with the concept of "nipping the imbalance in the bud" so to speak
This requires that we monitor the choices we make around nutrition This is because all diseases that occur begin in the mind due to the choices we make In order to prevent disease we need to begin shifting our attention to what choices are we making And even if we have already manifested disease the choices we make about nutrition will begin the healing journey back to health Many of these choices can be aided by looking at the foodsheal.com website This is a good start
Many of the prodromal symptoms of disease listed above can be obviated by doing energy science nutritional work BEFORE more significant problems occur
For example before diarrhea, a person often has constipation, bloating, and abdominal gases and then diarrhea strikes Before a heart attack the person manifests palpitations, breathlessness on exertion, transient chest pain that may radiate to the shoulder and so on Instead of getting checked most people go on living unhealthy lifestyles and then one day find themselves in the ER with a severe heart attack
An Ounce of Prevention is ............
In this day of progressive worsening of the global economy and potential economic collapse and escalating health care costs we can ill afford getting serious disease
This means that taking care of ourselves is even more important than ever before But you and I know that we do not have a health system that provides a system of prevention It's emergency room medicine Ask any allopathic doctor and she will concur
Health begins and ends with our choices Are you making the right ones?
Next time we'll discuss how emotions,thoughts,and feelings lead to disease
Until next time Ciao To health as a Skill Love DrBill
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Happy New Year From Energy Science Nutrition
Wishing you all the best for 2012
May all your resolutions
be known and realized
And may your health soar
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