Treating the Symptoms or the Cause?
The Western Medicine Traditional Approach
When we think of illness and disease it is revealed to us through symptoms (aches, pains, bumps, lesions, etc). It is these symptoms that tell us that there is a body system that is not functioning properly.
In Western medicine we treat the symptoms with what we think it needs and not look at the cause.
"I Feel Healthy! A Critical Illness or Disease Won't Happen"
Yes, I have heard this one quite often! Don't get me wrong; there is nothing wrong with feeling healthy! However, feeling healthy and actually being healthy may be two very, very different things.
Ever thought about the fact that people age over time and may not be aware of severe health issues?
The following guidelines should be followed when looking at the long-term picture of your proactive health care schedule:
1. By age 25 it is wise to have a basic blood test that screens for many health problems such as anemia, diabetes, high cholesterol, and liver and kidney disease. Repeat the test every three to five years if everything is normal and yearly or more if problems are found.
2. You should have yearly gynecological exams.
3. Mammograms are recommended every three years or more frequently if they have had abnormal screenings in the past, or a strong family history of breast cancer.
4. You should have a bone density scan done by age 40, then periodically thereafter depending on results of the initial test.
5. Blood pressure should be measured at least once per year.
6. By age 50 you should have a colonoscopy.
7. By age 50 you should have a chest x-ray to screen for lung cancer.
8. At each doctor visit have a thorough skin cancer screening; be sure to point out any suspicious moles or freckles to your doctor.
Our bodies are very forgiving and adapt to so many stresses, however, sometimes there's no warning before a sudden death or critical illness.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Bertrand Russell
Even with medical advice from health agencies and media advertising promises, many people don’t change their health behaviors unless they absolutely have to. It’s not that people don’t know that future problems can be prevented or put off by positive action. They do.
How you change and the stages of change
When you think about a specific problem that you have resolved you will remember that its resolution did not happen all at once. The solution took time and changed over time.
For awhile you ignored the problem; then you considered attacking it; you may have made definite plans to change. Then once you gathered your powers of mental, physical, and social you began to toil with the problem.
If you succeeded, you worked at maintaining the new you. If it didn’t succeed, you probably gave up for a short time, and then went back to figuring out what to do next.
Each of these experiences is a predictable, well-defined stage; it takes place in a period of time and entails a series of tasks that need to be completed before progressing to the next stage.
Diet plans, weight loss programs, exercise programs and stop smoking programs are often short lived and while the reasons for their 95% failure rate may vary including starting the program at the wrong stage, the fact of the matter is failure is still failure.
When it comes to our health, we do not clearly see the benefits, so we are not motivated to get into action. Unless you clearly see and understand in your mind what it means, your actions towards health seem pointless. We have to understand the thoughts, and then action will come naturally.
The best time to choose wellness was twenty years ago; the second best time is now!
To learn more about wellness and the missing vital nutrients order:
'The Common Sense Nutrition Approach to Wellness and a Better Quali... by Dr. Dan Fouts
A key to successful change is to know what stage you are in for the problem at hand.
Pre-contemplation Stage
People at this Stage usually have no intention of changing their behavior, and typically deny having a problem. It isn’t that they can’t see the solution.
It is that they can’t see the problem.
Contemplation Stage
In the Contemplation Stage people acknowledge that they have a problem and begin to think seriously about solving it. Contemplators struggle to understand their problems, to see its causes, and to wonder about possible solutions. However, they may be far from actually making a commitment to action. They want to stop feeling so stuck.
Preparation Stage
Most people in the Preparation Stage are planning to take action and are making the final adjustments before they begin to change their behavior. Although they may be committed to action and may appear to be ready for action, they may still be dubious to change. They may need to convince themselves that taking action is what’s best for them.
Action Stage
The Action Stage is the one in which people most change their behavior. It also requires the greatest commitment of time and energy. Equally important are the efforts to maintain the changes following action.
Maintenance Stage
The Maintenance Stage is where people must work to consolidate the gains they attained during action and other stages and prevent lapses and relapses. Change never ends with action and it is important for continuation to last as long as a lifetime.
Termination Stage
The Termination Stage is the ultimate goal for all self-changers. Here your behavior or problem will no longer present any temptation or threat; your behavior will never return, and you will have complete confidence that you can cope without relapse.
Once you have an idea of what action you need to take, respond to the four simple statements with a yes or no to assess the Stage you are in for a particular problem behavior.
1. I solved my problem more than six months ago.
2. I have taken action on my problem within the past six months.
3. I am intending to take action in the next month.
4. I am intending to take action in the next six months.
If you answered no to all statements you are in the Pre-contemplation Stage.
If you answered yes to statement 4 and no to all the others you are in the Contemplation Stage.
If you answered yes to statements 3 and 4 and no to all the others you are in the Preparation Stage.
If you answered yes to statement 2 and no to statement 1 you are in the Action stage.
When you can answer yes truthfully to statement 1 you are in the Maintenance Stage.
Know you’re Stage of change, based on this self-assessment and you will have a basic understanding of the processes of change and then you can begin to apply this knowledge, moving gradually from Stage to Stage.
Choosing Optimal Health for Good
Many people also live in a state of denial. They think that heart attacks, diabetes, obesity etc. will happen to other people but not to them.
You can be either proactive now by investing time and money in wellness (vital nutrient supplementation, eating well, and exercising) or later treating sickness by suffering the consequences of poor health behaviors (heart bypass surgery, bills for doctors and prescription drugs).
Life-changing events often provide the motivation required for taking proactive action to improve health. These events are called educational opportunity moments because people often seek out information at times when they need to cope with a situation or make a decision or complete a necessary task. They are particularly responsive to being taught or made aware of something. People need to see a reason for learning something in order to invest their time doing so.
Educational moments exist in daily life and can include both positive and negative life events such as the following:
Positive Educational Moments Negative Educational Moments
Improved personal health status report Disease or other life-threatening diagnoses
Media reports about health care advances Health risk factor assessments
Media reports/studies about health issues
When you experience an educational moment, recognize it as such and take positive action.
Negative educational moments in life are often referred to as shake-up calls. A shake-up call is a warning to take action on something that was previously denied, overlooked, or neglected and needs to be changed.
> Body mass index (BMI) greater than 25.
> Sedentary lifestyle with little or no daily exercise.
> Smoking habit.
> Poor eating practices.
> Highly stressful lifestyle resulting in symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, and migraines.
> Sustained elevated blood pressure...
> Chronic and/or life-threatening diagnoses such diabetes, asthma, cancer, and heart disease.
> Family history of a particular disease or condition.
> Death of a close friend or family member with similar health and lifestyle practices to yours.
Unfortunately, many people take their health for granted, figuring they’ll beat the odds of risks associated with an unhealthy behavior. It often takes a personal health care crisis to prompt a change.
Don’t be one of those people. Complete the Educational Moments and Shake-Up Calls Worksheet to determine whether you ignored or responded to educational moments and shake-up calls in the past and how you would like to handle them in the future.
Educational Moments and Shake-Up Calls Worksheet
Question
Describe an educational moment that you
experienced in the past.
How did you handle the experience and
what did you learn?
What educational moments do you
anticipate within the next five years?
What shake-up calls are you concerned
about and why?
What action can you take to address the
shake-up calls in your life?
What resources do you have to assist you
in taking action?
What obstacles do you expect to face and
how will you address them?
What are the consequences of doing nothing
about your shake-up calls?
Action Steps
Health
>Identify the most important health shake-up call in your life right now and take action to address it.
>Research the consequences of doing nothing about your health shake-up call.
Plus Wellness 4 Women
When we think of illness and disease it is revealed to us through symptoms (aches, pains, bumps, lesions, etc). It is these symptoms that tell us that there is a body system that is not functioning properly.
In Western medicine we treat the symptoms with what we think it needs and not look at the cause.
"I Feel Healthy! A Critical Illness or Disease Won't Happen"
Yes, I have heard this one quite often! Don't get me wrong; there is nothing wrong with feeling healthy! However, feeling healthy and actually being healthy may be two very, very different things.
Ever thought about the fact that people age over time and may not be aware of severe health issues?
The following guidelines should be followed when looking at the long-term picture of your proactive health care schedule:
1. By age 25 it is wise to have a basic blood test that screens for many health problems such as anemia, diabetes, high cholesterol, and liver and kidney disease. Repeat the test every three to five years if everything is normal and yearly or more if problems are found.
2. You should have yearly gynecological exams.
3. Mammograms are recommended every three years or more frequently if they have had abnormal screenings in the past, or a strong family history of breast cancer.
4. You should have a bone density scan done by age 40, then periodically thereafter depending on results of the initial test.
5. Blood pressure should be measured at least once per year.
6. By age 50 you should have a colonoscopy.
7. By age 50 you should have a chest x-ray to screen for lung cancer.
8. At each doctor visit have a thorough skin cancer screening; be sure to point out any suspicious moles or freckles to your doctor.
Our bodies are very forgiving and adapt to so many stresses, however, sometimes there's no warning before a sudden death or critical illness.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Bertrand Russell
Even with medical advice from health agencies and media advertising promises, many people don’t change their health behaviors unless they absolutely have to. It’s not that people don’t know that future problems can be prevented or put off by positive action. They do.
How you change and the stages of change
When you think about a specific problem that you have resolved you will remember that its resolution did not happen all at once. The solution took time and changed over time.
For awhile you ignored the problem; then you considered attacking it; you may have made definite plans to change. Then once you gathered your powers of mental, physical, and social you began to toil with the problem.
If you succeeded, you worked at maintaining the new you. If it didn’t succeed, you probably gave up for a short time, and then went back to figuring out what to do next.
Each of these experiences is a predictable, well-defined stage; it takes place in a period of time and entails a series of tasks that need to be completed before progressing to the next stage.
Diet plans, weight loss programs, exercise programs and stop smoking programs are often short lived and while the reasons for their 95% failure rate may vary including starting the program at the wrong stage, the fact of the matter is failure is still failure.
When it comes to our health, we do not clearly see the benefits, so we are not motivated to get into action. Unless you clearly see and understand in your mind what it means, your actions towards health seem pointless. We have to understand the thoughts, and then action will come naturally.
The best time to choose wellness was twenty years ago; the second best time is now!
To learn more about wellness and the missing vital nutrients order:
'The Common Sense Nutrition Approach to Wellness and a Better Quali... by Dr. Dan Fouts
A key to successful change is to know what stage you are in for the problem at hand.
Pre-contemplation Stage
People at this Stage usually have no intention of changing their behavior, and typically deny having a problem. It isn’t that they can’t see the solution.
It is that they can’t see the problem.
Contemplation Stage
In the Contemplation Stage people acknowledge that they have a problem and begin to think seriously about solving it. Contemplators struggle to understand their problems, to see its causes, and to wonder about possible solutions. However, they may be far from actually making a commitment to action. They want to stop feeling so stuck.
Preparation Stage
Most people in the Preparation Stage are planning to take action and are making the final adjustments before they begin to change their behavior. Although they may be committed to action and may appear to be ready for action, they may still be dubious to change. They may need to convince themselves that taking action is what’s best for them.
Action Stage
The Action Stage is the one in which people most change their behavior. It also requires the greatest commitment of time and energy. Equally important are the efforts to maintain the changes following action.
Maintenance Stage
The Maintenance Stage is where people must work to consolidate the gains they attained during action and other stages and prevent lapses and relapses. Change never ends with action and it is important for continuation to last as long as a lifetime.
Termination Stage
The Termination Stage is the ultimate goal for all self-changers. Here your behavior or problem will no longer present any temptation or threat; your behavior will never return, and you will have complete confidence that you can cope without relapse.
Once you have an idea of what action you need to take, respond to the four simple statements with a yes or no to assess the Stage you are in for a particular problem behavior.
1. I solved my problem more than six months ago.
2. I have taken action on my problem within the past six months.
3. I am intending to take action in the next month.
4. I am intending to take action in the next six months.
If you answered no to all statements you are in the Pre-contemplation Stage.
If you answered yes to statement 4 and no to all the others you are in the Contemplation Stage.
If you answered yes to statements 3 and 4 and no to all the others you are in the Preparation Stage.
If you answered yes to statement 2 and no to statement 1 you are in the Action stage.
When you can answer yes truthfully to statement 1 you are in the Maintenance Stage.
Know you’re Stage of change, based on this self-assessment and you will have a basic understanding of the processes of change and then you can begin to apply this knowledge, moving gradually from Stage to Stage.
Choosing Optimal Health for Good
Many people also live in a state of denial. They think that heart attacks, diabetes, obesity etc. will happen to other people but not to them.
You can be either proactive now by investing time and money in wellness (vital nutrient supplementation, eating well, and exercising) or later treating sickness by suffering the consequences of poor health behaviors (heart bypass surgery, bills for doctors and prescription drugs).
Life-changing events often provide the motivation required for taking proactive action to improve health. These events are called educational opportunity moments because people often seek out information at times when they need to cope with a situation or make a decision or complete a necessary task. They are particularly responsive to being taught or made aware of something. People need to see a reason for learning something in order to invest their time doing so.
Educational moments exist in daily life and can include both positive and negative life events such as the following:
Positive Educational Moments Negative Educational Moments
Improved personal health status report Disease or other life-threatening diagnoses
Media reports about health care advances Health risk factor assessments
Media reports/studies about health issues
When you experience an educational moment, recognize it as such and take positive action.
Negative educational moments in life are often referred to as shake-up calls. A shake-up call is a warning to take action on something that was previously denied, overlooked, or neglected and needs to be changed.
> Body mass index (BMI) greater than 25.
> Sedentary lifestyle with little or no daily exercise.
> Smoking habit.
> Poor eating practices.
> Highly stressful lifestyle resulting in symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, and migraines.
> Sustained elevated blood pressure...
> Chronic and/or life-threatening diagnoses such diabetes, asthma, cancer, and heart disease.
> Family history of a particular disease or condition.
> Death of a close friend or family member with similar health and lifestyle practices to yours.
Unfortunately, many people take their health for granted, figuring they’ll beat the odds of risks associated with an unhealthy behavior. It often takes a personal health care crisis to prompt a change.
Don’t be one of those people. Complete the Educational Moments and Shake-Up Calls Worksheet to determine whether you ignored or responded to educational moments and shake-up calls in the past and how you would like to handle them in the future.
Educational Moments and Shake-Up Calls Worksheet
Question
Describe an educational moment that you
experienced in the past.
How did you handle the experience and
what did you learn?
What educational moments do you
anticipate within the next five years?
What shake-up calls are you concerned
about and why?
What action can you take to address the
shake-up calls in your life?
What resources do you have to assist you
in taking action?
What obstacles do you expect to face and
how will you address them?
What are the consequences of doing nothing
about your shake-up calls?
Action Steps
Health
>Identify the most important health shake-up call in your life right now and take action to address it.
>Research the consequences of doing nothing about your health shake-up call.
Plus Wellness 4 Women
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