" Introducing Our Wellness Program
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The Natural health viewpoint empowers everyone to achieve wellness. You
have this power because mother nature, herself, is the strongest
healing force in existence. Every person is born with a natural ability
to overcome disease.
'That practically all human ailments are directly traceable to wrong
habits which can only be corrected through the immediate adoption of
right (natural, normal) habits.'
--Jospeh Pilates
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Your Health, 1936
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Bad habits are the basic cause of poor health. A healthy lifestyle is
one of both moderation[1] and balance.[2] Ever since Aristotle pointed
out his Doctrine of the Golden Mean living a lifestyle of moderation
has made sense. In every situation the extremes of both excess and
deficiency are wrong. More is NOT necessarily better when it comes to
your personal health.
'Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too
Much, Not Too Little.'
--Jospeh Pilates
Return to Life Through Contrology, 1945
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>From the personal health and fitness point of view the likelihood of
you becoming a centenarian depends on how successfully you can avoid
getting a Lifestyle Disease.[3] Cancer and heart disease are diseases
of civilization[3] from the natural heath and wellness standpoint. They
are different from other diseases since they are lifestyle diseases
which are potentially preventable.
'There is no simpler, more effective treatment to restore health and
quality of life than the cure mother nature provides through natural
living.'
-- Paul Bragg
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The personal health and fitness viewpoint empowers everyone to realize
wellness and optimum health. Optimum personal health and fitness is NOT
just surviving. It is about wellness. It is about living a happier,
healthier, more harmonious existence. Good personal health is what
enables centenarians to enjoy every day of their lives.
The Natural Health PerspectiveTM empowers persons to live a long life.
Personal longevity is about living a high quality life well into your
eighties, nineties and beyond. It addresses the issues surrounding the
inevitability of death and what is available through common sense that
has been shown by science to effectively deal with the problem.
Longevity is the result of the interplay of many different factors.
Genetic factors account for only about 30 percent of the variance in
life expectancy. From the natural health and wellness standpoint, your
personal longevity is under your own control.
The philosophy of natural health recognizes the mind-body connection.
Just like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity the
psychological factors of excess anxiety, excess anger, prolonged
insomnia, etc. can lead to the deterioration of your personal health.
Our thoughts and emotions play a central role in all aspects of our
health. Your mind can heal by mobilizing your body's innate healing
powers. The healing power of the mind is do***ented by the existence of
the placebo effect. Natural health advocates believe that by taking
care of our psychological well-being, we can often prevent illness and
often speed our own recovery when we do get sick.
>From the Natural Health PerspectiveTM the mind, body and spirit are
closely linked, and their relation****p exerts a positive influence on
your wellness, personal health and fitness. Mind covers your thought
processes and your ability to use reason to control your fate. Your
mind consists of your attitudes, and beliefs. Spirit is your will to
live. It is your temper, disposition of mind, or the peculiar
characteristics of the mind that make up whom you are. Your spirit
consists of emotional states ranging from love and compassion to fear
and anger. Spirit is how you react to your environment. Emotions can
trigger chain reactions that affect blood chemistry, heart rate, and
the activity of every cell and organ in your body. Emotion is the key
to unlocking your innate potential for self-healing. The mind-body
connection is what empowers natural health fans to gain fitness,
balance, and wellness.
No one fools natural health and wellness advocates into thinking that
longevity can be found in a bottle. They believe that eating a healthy
diet should be the foundation of any personal health and fitness
program. Those who have a good personal health attitude eat for
tomorrow. They believe in establi****ng eating habits that will hold
them in a good stead for the rest of their lives. The philosophy of
natural health and wellness advocates eating less saturated fat, lots
of fruit, vegetables, legumes, and grains, but only modest amounts of
meat. Meat should never be the centerpiece of any meal.
'If you are seeking boundless energy, eternal happiness, an ageless
body, or immortality, please look elsewhere. I will be writing only of
real possibilities, consistent with the findings of medical science.'
-- Andrew Weil, MD, Health and Healing
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>From the personal health and fitness standpoint, nutritional
supplements empowers everyone to prevent lifestyle diseases.[3] We need
many known nutrients in larger amounts than a moderate diet can
provide. Natural health and wellness champions take dietary supplements
to guarantee that they are getting minimum amounts of critical
nutrients. From the Natural Health PerspectiveTM prevention is better
than cure.
Since the beginning of time, survival has been a daily struggle. Simply
staying alive was physically demanding. However, humans in
industrialized societies over the last 150 years have become spoiled.
We, now, live in our minds so much of the time that we have almost
forgotten that we have a body. Many people work in offices who make
their living by reading, writing, speaking, and thinking, but seldom by
physical labor.
>From the natural health and wellness point of view exercise does the
body good. Exercise empowers personal health and fitness advocates to
take active measures to combat disuse atrophy. If you have a good
personal health and fitness attitude taking the car to cross the road
is out, and a workout in the gym three or four times a week is in.
'Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.'
--Jospeh Pilates
Return to Life Through Contrology, 1945
Natural health and wellness advocates develop an optimistic attitude
toward life. The biggest difference between people is their attitude.
Everyday activities become habits, which in turn become deeply in
grained and make up particular dimensions of our lives. These habits
make us who we are. Maintaining a positive attitude toward the real
possibility of living a longer life will enliven and enrich every day
of your life. If you have a good personal health attitude, you will
discard negative stereotyped thinking about aging. Natural health and
wellness proponents always assume the odds are in their favor.
'Everything you do in life, I don't care, good or bad--don't blame God,
don't blame the Devil, don't blame me, blame you. You control
everything! The thoughts you think, the words you utter, the foods you
eat, the exercise you do. Everything is controlled by you.'
-- Jack LaLanne
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Good health is just as much a part of having the correct attitude
towards life as it is about having a physically fit body. Indeed,
health can even be defined as successfully coping with pain, sickness,
and death as a normal part of life.[5]
Optimists not only live better, but they also live longer. They modify
personality traits associated with early death and disability.
Optimists never lose interest in life. They never accept the notion
that it is too late to change. Optimists always set goals and have
commitments. They never give in to boredom.
'It matters not what your present age is or what your physical
condition is. If you obey nature's laws, you can be [physically] born
again.'
-- Paul Bragg
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>From the personal health and fitness point of view how you confront and
adapt to losses is a major part of life. A healthy person has
resilience, or the ability to recover from or adjust easily to change
or misfortune in their life. Good personal health means that your mind,
body, and spirit are resilient.
'The choice of which road to take is up to the individual. He alone can
decide whether he wants to reach a dead end or live a healthy lifestyle
for a long, healthy, happy, active life.'
-- Paul Bragg
Many of our lifestyle choices are based on habit and the marketing hype
of the media. From the Natural Health PerspectiveTM wellness, personal
Health and fitness, prevention of the Diseases of Civilization,[3] and
personal longevity comes down to taking action. Choose a healthier
alternative over a less healthy one each moment of your life. From the
Natural Health PerspectiveTM being healthy, simply requires everyone to
make healthy lifestyle choices. There are no quick fixes in life.[4]
There is only your determination to make positive changes in your life.
Commit to make positive changes in your life, but do so slowly and
gently. The key to success is taking small steps. Success is having
patience enough to let time take its course.[4]
'Anything in life is possible if you make it happen.'
-- Jack LaLanne
In conclusion: from the Natural Health PerspectiveTM personal health is
about promoting wellness and fitness through the natural therapies of
eating a healthy diet, taking nutritional supplements, reaping the
benefits of exercise, and having a healthy attitude and resilience in
your life.
Natural health and wellness are about promoting personal health and
fitness through the natural therapies of a healthy diet, nutritional
supplements, the benefits of exercise, and having a healthy attitude
and resilience in your life. Natural health and wellness is available
to everyone, thanks to the natural therapy of healthy living. Healthy
living and patience promote personal health and fitness. Wellness and
healthy living are what the Natural Health PerspectiveTM is all about.
References
1. Moderation, n. Restraint of violent passions or indulgence of
appetite. Eat and drink with moderation; indulge with moderation in
pleasures and exercise.
2. Balance, n. 1. A state of equilibrium or parity characterized by
cancellation of all forces by equal opposing forces. 2. A state of
bodily equilibrium. 3. Figuratively, an impartial state of the mind, in
deliberating; or a just estimate of the reasons and arguments on both
sides of a question, which gives to each its due weight, or force and
im****tance.
3. Diseases of Civilization, n.(Western Diseases, Diseases of
Lifestyle, Chronic Diseases, Degenerative Diseases) 1. Diseases that
appear to become ever more widespread as countries become more
industrialized. 2. The top ten causes of death past the age of 45. 3.
Diseases which are potentially preventable.
4. "Subgrouping by length of mean follow up suggests that virtually
all protection from cardiovascular events occurs in trials of at least
two years' duration. I ... Sustained change in dietary behaviour,
promoted by long interventions, is probably necessary to achieve
reduction in cardiovascular events ..."
Lee Hooper, Carolyn D Summerbell, Julian P T Higgins. Dietary fat
intake and prevention of cardiovascular disease. BMJ 2001;322:757-763.
[BMJ online]
5. Moynihan R, Smith R. Too much medicine? BMJ. 2002 Apr
13;324(7342):859-60. PMID: 11950716 [BMJ online]"
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John Gohde,
Achieving good Nutrition is an Art, NOT a Science!
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