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From a spiritual perspective, when we talk about physical health, the question arises: are you your body or are you something other than your body?

And you may ask why should we consider the spiritual aspect when looking at physical health?

The answer is simple. Without a focus on our spiritual health, as well as on our body, the latter will not shape up as well as it could. A more holistic approach to the self is vital on the road to physical health. This article seeks to explain why this is so. Read the rest of this entry »

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One of the “new” nutrients you often hear recommended these days is Omega 3 fatty acid. Omega 3 is found in various foods, but an especially rich source of Omega 3 is fish oil.

Fish oil has been found by researchers to do the following things:

Alleviate or prevent depression

Improve brain function and help protect the brain from Alzheimers

Help brain development and prevent ADD and ADHD in children.

Regulate cholesterol levels

Prevent certain kinds of cancer

Help heal injuries faster and promote faster recovery from illness

Prevent heart disease

Slow aging

Omega 3 used to be plentiful in our diets, back when cattle were grass fed, chickens ranged freely in the barnyard, and vegetables were grown without pesticides and artificial fertilizers and were allowed to ripen in the sun. Today’s factory farmed foods, however, tend to lack or be extremely low in Omega 3. The easiest way to replace it is by taking a good quality fish oil.

Fish oil is extracted from oil-rich fish: cod, salmon, tuna, sardines, herring, mackerel and others. It contains polyunsaturated fat, Omega 3, that the body needs but cannot produce on its own.  The three main types of Omega 3 fatty acids are a-Linolenic Acid (ALA), Eicosapentaenoic Acid (ELA) and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA).

In the past, people took codfish oil, which is rich in Omega 3, to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis and prevent rickets. Now we know that fish oils can do much more to improve and protect our health.

You can move from being a comfort eater to being someone who eats a healthy diet with ease. The problem many people face when they eat for comfort is that they are using the food to push down uncomfortable feelings. This works temporarily but that feeling will spring up again making it necessary for the comfort eater to overeat again.

The challenge most comfort eaters face is that they are scared of facing the uncomfortable feelings. It actually feels safer to eat than to let the uncomfortable thought fully develop in their head.

What you will actually find however is that most uncomfortable feelings break apart and lose their power when you simply allow them to play through in your head. For instance, you might fear that your boss is going to give you too much work and overwhelm you so in order to avoid this uncomfortable thought you eat and the foods you choose are quick carbs such as a baked good or refined carbohydrate.

An option is to ask yourself if you absolutely know that it is true that your boss is going to give you too much work. The reality is that at this moment you really don’t know what your boss will do and you are creating the whole scary scenario. This understanding can calm you down and allow you to consider what you might do if your boss does give you extra work and how you might handle the situation in a better way.

With practice you will find it easy to defuse your need for comfort eating by allowing the uncomfortable thought to play out. When you do this you will find that you are finally free to move into a healthier eating pattern and easily avoid comfort foods.

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Though long espoused as crucial for the development of young men, involvement in sports is highly beneficial for girls as well. Young women involved in sports are more likely to achieve academically, have increased self-esteem, experience a higher level of health and wellness, learn crucial skills for entering a competitive workforce, and enjoy the social rewards that accompany working as a team and having fun with others.

With the availability of girls’ sports increasing, it is important that young women be encouraged to participate and enjoy the higher quality of life that sports help them achieve.

The most obvious benefit of involvement in sports is a healthier body. All children involved in athletics experience a decrease in the likelihood of developing obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and several other complications linked to a sedentary lifestyle.

For young women, in particular, there is a strong correlation between adequate exercise and a decreased risk for breast cancer and osteoporosis, both diseases that typically affect women. Studies also reveal that girls involved in extracurricular activities are less likely to experience an unwanted pregnancy. Being physically active when young increases the likelihood that a person will live an active lifestyle as an adult. Read the rest of this entry »

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Holiday stress relief could come from banishing holidays, but there has got to be at least one holiday, maybe Groundhog day, that you like.

So maybe it is not the holiday that brings stress, but the thoughts about the holidays, and if I change the thoughts, then I change the physiology in my body, which is what stress is, right, an uncomfortable physiology in my body?

(Stress physiology happens fast, perhaps four times as fast as I can blink my eyes, and has a purpose, and it is not designed to be a habit). Read the rest of this entry »

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I always jump out of joy when my clients compliment me. Saying my program has helped the to improve their health positively. And has also made their lives much happy.

This is especially true of my Fibromyalgia program feedback. The same theme is often repeated – my program helped where nothing else did, starting with the fact that I consider fibromyalgia to be a medical condition.

It is no longer surprising to me that many doctors STILL don’t treat fibromyalgia, whose main symptoms include chronic pain and fatigue, as the disease that it is. They often misdiagnose it as depression (this is a symptom of fibromyalgia – not the cause), if they even diagnose it at all. Many still believe that the patient is making it up or it’s some sort of psychosomatic cause. Read the rest of this entry »

There is no worse feeling that a person can have than that of anxiety. It can be a very debilitating condition that can take over a person’s life very quickly if they do not learn how to treat it.

Here we will take a peek at some things that people can do to help themselves learn how to treat anxiety on their own. This may work for some, but there are times that you may need the help of a professional.

Breathing techniques are one way that people try to calm the body’s reactions to the triggers of an anxiety attack. Doing some deep breathing can be an easy form of relief for some people as long as they make sure that they perform the exercises properly. Rushing through them will not help you in the least.

Exercise is another thing that people have tried, and some have found that it too can be a huge help when learning how to treat anxiety. Try stretching exercises or Yoga as these are ways that help the body and the mind relax and focus on other things than what is happening. This can be the best way to calm yourself down which in turn can prevent matters from getting any worse than they are.

Other people have found that there is a lot of truth in the claims that come with regards to the relaxing qualities of herbal remedies. Teas are one of the most commonly used herbal remedies that is used today. People use these for all sorts of reasons, and anxiety is one of them. Read the rest of this entry »