Sunny D

It seems that the city is in a state of panic! Concerned citizens line up for hours to get injected, with hope to receive protection from this virus posing threat and disruption to our lives. If only they look up to the Sun and embraces its rays, is one sure way that the immune system can be strengthened and repellent from any foreign virus lurking to destroy. On a sunny day, an estimated 15mins with exposure to the face, arms, hands and back (without sunscreen) is enough to absorb and synthesized into vitamin D. Of course this method is perfect if everyday were sunny.

Supplementing with vitamin D is ideal. Its an easy way to ensure good health through the cold and flu season. Vitamin D has strong antibiotic properties and some studies have indicated that optimal blood levels will prevent the flu far better than a medicinal route (toxic flu shot). The lower the vitamin D blood level, the higher the chance of respiratory tract infections. Commonly, people become sick with colds and flus during the winter. Some physicians suggest supplementing with 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day and even to prevent from the H1N1 (swine) flu. Tests have found no toxicity issues with ongoing supplementing, so it is safe. There have been High Dose Vitamin D Therapies for chronic diseases, up to 50,000 IU daily.

So we can see vitamin D plays more roles to the body other than the absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorus, with functions including the maintenance of healthy bones. Any formula aimed for the immune system should also include vitamin A, beta carotene (provitamin A), vitamin C, vitamin B6 and zinc.

"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." - Voltaire

A State of Mind

Lately, the last few posts have been themed with focus on insight. Not only is it a choice to allow health to flow in mind, body and spirit, and also unify ourselves with a sense of holistic well being. I also believe that whatever goals we set to achieve begins with our state of mind.

To simply resolve in thought that change will take place with positive intentions is where the process begins. Believe in yourself, and know that the power of your will is able to achieve anything you desire. So whether the focus is health related or not, aim to receive the best out of that goal. That being said, I'm attaching this poem that you may already be familiar with...

In joy!


A State of Mind

If you think you are beaten, your are
If you think you dare not, you won't,
If you like to win, but don't think you can
It's almost a cinch you won't


If you think you'll lose, you're lost
For out in the world you find,
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in a state of mind


For many a game is lost
Ere even a play is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work is begun


Think big and your deeds will grow
Think small and you'll fall behind
Think that you can and you will
It's all a state of mind


If you think you are out-classed, your are
You've got to think high to rise
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize


Life battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can
-Anonymous

How to Boost Your Personal Power and Command of Life

Very interesting arcticle I came across...pass it on.

You are about to read about one of the most effective self-improvement tools ever discovered. This one technique can do more for your mental strength, job performance and overall competence than dozens of self-help books or motivational seminars.

This simple formula eliminates self-criticism, fear and stress. It is applicable to any situation and works every time. You can use it repeatedly without limitation.

L. Ron Hubbard discovered the KRC Triangle in 1960.

"THE K-R-C TRIANGLE"

"The points are K for KNOWLEDGE, R for RESPONSIBILITY and C for CONTROL."

"It is difficult to be responsible for something or control something unless you have KNOWLEDGE of it."

"It is folly to try to control something or even know something without RESPONSIBILITY."

"It is hard to fully know something or be responsible for something over which you have no CONTROL, otherwise the result can be an overwhelm."

"Little by little one can make anything go right by

"INCREASING KNOWLEDGE . . . ,"

"INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY . . . ,"

"INCREASING CONTROL . . . ."

"If one sorts out any situation one finds oneself in on this basis, he will generally succeed."

"By inching up each corner of the KRC triangle bit by bit, ignoring the losses and making the wins firm, a being at length discovers his power and command of life." — L. Ron Hubbard

KRC Triangle Application Recommendations

Select a problem and write it down or type it into your computer. Then write or type the answers for each of these five steps.

1. Raise the Knowledge corner.

How can you increase your knowledge about the problem? What do you need to learn about it? What should you study to better understand the problem?

2. Raise the Responsibility corner.

How can you take more ownership for the problem? What parts of the problem are you responsible for? Can you accept responsibility for the parts you did not cause?

3. Raise the Control corner.

What part of the problem can you control? How could you take a little more control for the other parts?

4. Ignore the losses.

If you focus on losses or failures, they get bigger and more overwhelming. You then pull in even more losses. So find ways to ignore these losses.

If ignoring losses is difficult, try writing them down on a sheet of paper and then destroy the paper. Shift your attention. Stop talking or thinking about them. Avoid people who bring them up. Move on.

If you catch yourself dwelling on losses, knock it off. Put your attention elsewhere. Stop talking about losses. And learn to ignore the failures of others as well.

5. Make the wins firm.

What can you do to make your successes firm? How can you solidify them?

Maybe you can write them down or put them on a wall. Keep a record of your wins. Talk about them to everyone you can. Celebrate them.

Also, make a habit of finding and focusing on the wins of others. The more attention you put on success, the more success you get.

Some of your answers to these questions are easy, enjoyable steps. Do those right now! You will see a sudden improvement in the problem.

Then do the tougher steps you wrote. Once you start on them you will find they are not so tough after all.

If following these five steps does not completely solve the problem, repeat the steps until the problem is gone forever.

As well as solving problems for you, these steps will start to bring out the best in you. You will discover a new sense of command over life that you have always had, but never used.

Use the KRC Triangle to release the real powerhouse you know that you are.


"Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough"

The Ripple Effect

Do you want to be a positive influence in the world?
First, get your own life in order. Ground yourself in the single principle so that your behavior is wholesome and effective. If you do that, you will earn respect and be a powerful influence.

If your life works, you influence your family.
If your family works, your family influences the community.
If your community works, your community influences the nation.
If your nation works, your nation influences the world.
If your world works, the ripple effect spreads throughout the cosmos.

Remember that your influence being with you and ripples outward. So be sure that your influence is both potent and wholesome.

How do I know that this works?

All growth spreads outward from a fertile and potent nucleus.
You are a nucleus.


"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others" - Pericles

Healthy Ideas

As a means for planting healthy ideas towards a positive mindset, I would like to share this video that I've received. So now I pay it forward and hope that you can find this just as inspiring as it is for me.

right click to open link and enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLN2k0b3g70


"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible"

Immune Booster

It appears dated to say that we are entering "cold and flu" season, since it seems continuous of the cold and flu virus saturated through all seasons lately. We have to focus on keeping the immune system strong and resilient to feel and look good. In addition to supplementing, make note to eating properly by reducing the intake of processed foods. Consider a health chart to categorize food groups into; fruits & veggies, grains, protein, and fats. A healthy immune system also relies on the amount of stress one endures. Keep it reduced with techniques like relaxation exercises, yoga and meditation.

We can use some additional items to help facilitate our immune system to function well..

Vitamin C : acts as an immuno-stimulant by promoting white blood cell production and antibody responses.

Garlic : when finely chopped, garlic produces a powerful antibacterial known as allicin which can help reduce the risk of a cold by 50 percent

Goldenseal : it helps restore a healthy flow of mucous to stagnant membranes. Goldenseal also contains astringent factors, and by increasing the healthy mucous with its own antibodies may become effective within days of the sniffles.

Echinacea : contains polysaccharides, flavonoids, essential oils, polyacetylenes and alkylamides that act as immune system stimulators, giving the herb antiviral and antibacterial properties. It's also been noted that it has the ability to boost white blood cell movement into affected areas of the body.

Zinc : may be essential for everything from growth to brain functioning, linking this to immune system-related disorders as well as increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. Its antioxidant ability and anti-inflammatory properties have since made zinc lozenges a staple for cold and flu sufferers.

Oil of Oregano : contains about 70 percent carvacrol concentration, and also contains thymol. Its effective for cold and flu sufferers, and works best as an early defence before the symptoms kick in full force.


*Viva

"Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness"
-Don Williams Jr.

Wellness is the search for enhanced quality of life, personal growth and potential through positive lifestyle behaviours and attitudes. If we take responsibility for our own health and well being, we can improve our health on a daily basis. There are certain factors that influence our state of wellness. Nutrition, physical activity, stress-coping methods, good relationships and personal career success all affect wellness. Each day we can work towards maximizing our level of health and wellness to live long, full and healthy lives.

The pursuit of health, personal growth and improved quality of life relies on living a balanced life. To achieve balance, we need to care for our mind, body and spirit.

Our minds need intellectual stimulation and growth for challenge. We need to gather emotional strength through personal self-acceptance and self-image, as well as through positive relationships with others. Writing down our dreams and making a plan to achieve them is key. Keeping our thoughts in line with our goals will eventually become tangible.

Our bodies gain strength through physical activity and exercise. If we challenge ourselves physically, our bodies change and evolve positively. To build endurance focuses on our heart, lungs and circulatory system. To build on flexibility targets bending and stretching to keep muscles relaxed and joints mobile. To build on strength addresses muscles and bones and improve posture.

Our spirit within us helps give us purpose in life and assists in motivating us to personal growth. Spirituality helps guide us to respect ourselves and others, display moral and ethical behaviour and demonstrates a belief in a higher power. With mediation and prayer, we can tap into an increased spiritual experience along with tools like faith, belief and hope.

To make subtle changes is easy to avoid the feeling of becoming overwhelmed and stressed. Being patient and kind to ourselves is important as we shift ourselves into a harmonized state of balance.

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending" - Maria Robinson

* Can-Fit-Pro PTS

The saying "you are what you eat" seems to have a profound meaning when it comes to whole foods. With research of nutritional sciences, has discovered that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is a short list of those foods.


A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Grapefruits, Oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

"The news isn't that fruits and vegetables are good for you, it's that they are so good for you, they can save your life." David Bjerklie, TIME Magazine, Oct. 2003

"Your Food Shall be Your Remedy. Let Food be Your Medicine and let Medicine be Your Food."

-Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 5th century B.C