- Asthma and how to deal with indoor and outdoor pollution
- Exersise prevents breast and colon cancers.
- All about dangerous food additives.
- Patient brochures
If you would like to learn more about the following:
- High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease
- Smoking and Heart Disease
- Diabetes and Heart Disease
- Cholesterol and Heart Disease
- Weight Control and Heart Disease
- Physical Inactivity and Heart Disease
Please refer to the Health Canada website.
Food Guide to Healthy Eating
- For more information about eating healthy and maintaining a healthy diet, try the Heart & Stroke Foundation's website.
Stress Busters
Protect Yourself from Pollution
- Some techniques recommended by experts are to think positive thoughts and to be optimistic. Believe that the universe is a result of great intelligence and so are all the events in it. Spend at least 30 minutes a day doing something you really enjoy (i.e.,Soak in a hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music) Learn more ways to reduce stress.
- If you can't live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Thought for the day: 'Smoke gets in your eyes'…and your mouth, and your nose and your lungs as do pollutants….hum the tune daily. Learn more about how to make your life less polluted.
- Also see this article
Heat Stroke
Ultraviolet Light
- Heat stroke is a true medical emergency. About two in every five heat stroke patients die from this condition. The heat stroke patient may have a high fever, exhibit bizarre behavior, be combative and have hallucinations. The patient may also lapse into a coma and develop seizures. Heat stroke sufferers require immediate medical attention. Call an ambulance. . To aid someone with signs of heat stroke call an ambulance, apply a wet towel on the victim's face and fan their face until emergency crews arrive.
- Lifelong exposure to ultraviolet light promotes development of cataracts. If you live in the south or southwest, where the sun is at it's brightest and most intense, you have a greater risk of getting cataracts. You can protect yourself by wearing ultraviolet-protective sunglasses and a hat with a brim.
However a recent study has proven that shielding yourself from the sun too much is also bad for you. Therefore try to be in the sunshine in moderation .
Skin Cancer
- Excessive sun exposure can lead to the development of skin cancer. Early detection and treatment reduces the risk of the cancer spreading and becoming a fatal condition. To protect yourself, buy a sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of 15 or more. Wear a wide-rimmed hat to protect your face and light clothing to protect your body. Use clothing that covers as much skin as possible, especially if your are fair skinned.
Travel Tips
EAT LOTS OF SWET POTATOES
- If you are going overseas, make sure you purchase a medical insurance plan or check to see what additional expenses are covered through your employer's medical plan. Health care costs abroad, especially in the United States, can be extremely expensive and even a minor injury can quickly end your vacation if you have to pay the bill
- It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... All before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners..
- We have a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body! A sliced Carrot loks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
- A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers an is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure hear 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 grapes are als 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 o the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (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 many 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, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. Avocadoes, Eggplant 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 one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (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 mobility 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
- Oranges, Grapefruits, 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 the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.