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Water is one of the most essential elements that sustains life. It regulates many processes throughout the body and without it – life for us would not be possible. It helps to transport nutrients around the body as well as remove toxins from the cells and them excretes them from the body. If you are working towards ultimate health then regular, long term water intake is essential. Water hydrates the body down to a cellular level and without it, or with less-than-optimal levels, the cells are effected and effectively cause them to dehydrate. One of the results of this is that it increases your susceptibility, for example, to viral infections. The water you drink must be of a very high quality if you are to move towards better health and healing. These conditions may be related to significant dehydration and the build up of various inorganic minerals in the body due to unhealthy water.

 

Check List: Do you or your loved ones have any of the following conditions?

Constipation, kidney stones, gallstones, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure,

back pain, joint pain, high cholesterol, migraines, stress, varicose veins,

inner ear problems, rheumatism, angina, asthma, diabetes, allergies, gout, arthritis, fatigue.

“Did you know that your body is about 70% water?

If you loose 20% of it, your health can be adversely effected.”

There is no doubt that if you consistently have sufficient levels of water in your diet – and the right sort of water – will enjoy better health and healing compared to being dehydrated – even a small degree. The right sort of water can be derived from fresh fruits, vegetables, freshly prepared juice of fruit & vegetables and filtered water.

If you are having fresh juice, remember that one glass of orange juice for example is about 5 oranges – and that is a lot of sugar. Even though it is from fruit, it will still cause the same harmful effects as having white processed sugar. So we recommend that you dilute your juices with purified water. (This is more the case with
fruits). Remember that we need about 2 – 2 1/2 litres of water a day and this includes liquid from our food. The amount of water we need can change depending on various circumstances. If you are exercising, hot weather, drinking tea and coffee will increase your need for water.

One glass of orange juice is like eating 5 oranges in 10 seconds flat!

The average glass of tap water contains traces of many substances that can harm you and cause damage. Pesticides: Levels are controlled in many countries, including Australia. However, levels of Lindane for example, allowed in Australia are 200 times more than that allowed in Europe. Some of its toxic effects include: cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and male infertility.

Chloroform: Resulting form the production of chlorine, this can cause reproductive problems, brain damage
and can be toxic to the lungs and skin.

PCB’s: Added to plastics and used in some domestic piping.
Benzene: Only absorbed in small amounts but can cause drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, confusion, rapid heart rate, unconsciousness, coma and even death. It can affect the reproductive organs, cause low birth weights, delayed bone formation, and bone marrow damage in unborn foetus

Mercury: Exposure can cause fatigue, memory loss, mental disorders, headaches, heart attacks, angina, deafness, kidney damage,, Hodgkin’s disease, liver damage, arthritis, muscle tension and weakness, Alzheimer’s disease and autism. It also can cause infertility in both males and females.

Lead: Easy absorbed from old plumbing. Toxic effects include anaemia, hypertension, colic, constipation, deafness, kidney & liver damage, cancer, brain damage, dementia, insomnia, male infertility and miscarriages.

Bacteria and other organisms can cause diarrhoea, bloating, burping, gut pain, ulcers, dysentery and lung
disease.

Other components that can be found in tap water: sewerage, industrial wastes and many, many other chemicals.

Most municipal water contains calcium carbonate – an inorganic mineral. This and other inorganic minerals can contribute to the formation of ‘stones’ in the body such as kidney, gallbladder, and bladder. It can also effect the health of our joints and contribute to the hardening of arteries. Remember that calcium carbonate is used to made cement! So what do we do about tall of this? Simple. I encourage you to use filtered water as much as possible. There are many filters on the market and I’m not going to go into details in this newsletter. Also remember that a significant amount of our water intake is from fresh foods – mainly fruits and vegetables.

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Not being your ‘ideal weight’ is a significant stress on your body, something that can lead to disease. It is also stressful on an emotional level, not allowing you to fully enjoy life to the full. But it is not easy for everyone to be at their ideal weight. Do you know the 2 most common mistakes made when it comes to weight control that can jeopardize how effectively you manage your weight as well as having implications for your general health levels? And are you approaching weight management in a way that will help ensure you maintain a healthy & ideal weight which at the same times helps protect you from many diseases that are at practically epidemic proportions?

Even if your weight is at a healthy level and doesn’t really fluctuate, you still need to be mindful of a lifestyle that encourages what I can an ideal ‘weight equilibrium’ because it is really common & easy for our weight to either increase or decrease which then leads to numerous health problems.

In this Blog, I’m not going to give you a weight loss diet – rather I want to talk to you about a Naturopathic & Homoeopathic perspective on maintaining ‘weight equilibrium’ so that you can make sure that your focus is directed on thinngs that will help to bring you the very best results and promote your health and wellb

eing at a deep level.

So what are the two most common mistakes people make when dealing with weight control? They focus on 1. Diet and 2. Exercise. That’s right!

This is a mistake that can lead to disappointment and less-than-optimal results. Now of course diet and exercise play a really important role in weight control, however, it must not be the primary focus of what you do. I have a client who is very concerned about his weight and therefore is very actively involved in his sport and is very physically active & his diet is generally pretty good. He believes that this is enough to control his weight (and to keep him healthy). However, my client has sugar binges and has a family history of heart disease. He also has extreme anxiety and mood swings. But he really believes that he is doing enough for his health with his exercise, ‘watching what he eats’ as well as over-the-counter supplements that are self-prescribed. And according to the general perception in society, he’s right. However, he is neglecting to take a holistic approach to his weight control and so I will continue encourage him to address more than exercise & diet. For Ultimate health, he needs to address his anxiety, mood swings, blood glucose chemistry, family medical history. He will also greatly benefit from carefully selected medicines and supplements to promote and optimise his health and help prevent disease. So I repeat: Diet and exercise should not be the primary focus of your weight control – this is a mistake. You need to take a holistic approach for the best results.

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The fact that you are reading this says to me that you are keen to be finding ways to move forward with your health and healing and have some idea of the level of health you would like. And no doubt you have various health-promoting strategies in place – and this is wonderful. Good on you! But are you doing enough for your health so that you can reach your health-potential? Doing more exercise & reducing coffee are not enough if you are wanting to achieve superior health and healing. Health aims can be compared to other areas of our life where by if we have goals clearly set out then it is going to be much easier to work towards them and achieve them. It’s no different when thinking about your health.

In this blog, I want to help you to identify what your health goals are in a very specific – non general way and then work out in an equally specific way, how you might go about working towards them.To make it more likely that you will reach these goals, you need to be asking yourself certain questions:

“Do You Know The Key Areas To Invest In So That You Can

Help Maximise Health And Healing?”

That’s right – you may be making some changes to your health regime, but are those changes going to maximise the improvements to your health and healing. You need to know the specific areas to focus on so that you can really optimise the heath-benefits you can achieve. So if you would like to maximise your health, help to avoid illness and disease, or actively work on particular health issues and maximise healing, then you need to map out a bit of a “health plan” for yourself over both the short term as well as the next 12 months. Have a bit of fun while you are doing this! And don’t just read this blog and do nothing! Wait until you have some time and write down your thoughts and answers…… you will get so much more out of the exercise.

Major Life Divisions
Now some of you might think this is a little simplistic, but if you haven’t done anything like this for a while I think it is really great way to quickly give you a perspective of where the issue of health sits in your life and the level of priority you give it. List 5 or 6 main categories that cover the major areas of your life. Make sure health is one of them! Now, for each, estimate an approximate percentage of your time, effort & energy that you give to each category. Then look at each category, including health, to give you an idea of how much emphasis you place on each. For some people, health plays a minor role. Other people become obsessed about health.

One question to ask yourself: Does the level of my health reflect the amount of time I give it? So for example, you may be wanting to feel more emotionally balanced but the time, energy, resources, money you spend on your health, are minimal.

When thinking about setting your “health goals”, some of the areas to consider are:
1. Disease Prevention
2.Food Choices
3. What Treatments Will You Choose?
4. Exercise
5. Emotional health

6. Mindset

 

So have some fun with this and actually articulate what you would like to achieve with your health and specifically how you are going to go about reaching those goals.

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