Is it time for a little maintenance? Your motor car and even your lawn mower, perhaps even the heads on your old VCR, possibly get more attention to maintenance than you give yourself. If you don’t maintain the car it won’t operate efficiently, which will increase your costs, and eventually it will perform sub-optimally, malfunction and finally break down.
Now, as much as I generally dislike simple mechanistic metaphors for health, I have to say that pretty much the same outcome will apply to you if you don’t take some maintenance action. Perhaps, if you think about it for a minute or two, you may realize that you already are performing sub-optimally. Maybe you have already suffered some malfunction and health breakdown. The truth is, this describes the situation for almost every single person I meet. Most people simply don’t take as good care of themselves as they do their mechanical tools.
I received an advertisement for a health education manual a few days ago. It was one of those hard-hitting types and just a bit too hyped for my liking. However, it made several perfectly valid observations. I have a significantly edited down version for you to see here.
We’re living with dozens of 21st century poisons. Recent studies have now proven:
The average glass of drinking water has over 2,000 carcinogens in it.
Every day we’re exposed to toxic metals like mercury, lead and even uranium.
Breast and stomach cancer have been traced to chemical estrogens in our food.
Early senility may actually be caused by environmental chemicals.
Even organic produce contains residual pesticides.The cause of your joint or muscle pain could be lurking in your colon. This is where all the pesticides and contaminants in our food wind up. Unfortunately, they often irritate the colon so much, it goes spastic.
Then it’s not getting rid of the toxins. And as they collect and spread through your system, the result can be:
Crohn’s disease.
Ulcerative colitis.
Even colon cancer.
And a host of ‘mysterious’ aches and pains everywhere else.You can cleanse your systems of these poisons, ending a lifetime of pain. Friendly bacteria can ‘digest’ these toxins and neutralize them.
High blood pressure? Your liver could be the culprit. The liver is the purification plant for your blood. So, it too gets incredibly stressed by environmental toxins. And not only can this raise your blood pressure, but it can also lead to:
Unexplained weight gain and diabetes.
Fatigue, chronic weakness and depression.
Year-round allergies.
Even infertility!You can repair an ailing liver. First, you can rid your liver of toxic wastes. Then remove all of its excess fat deposits. Finally regenerate damaged liver cells.
Constantly sick with colds, flu and other bugs? The answer could be coursing through your veins. Just 1% of your blood cells bear the responsibility of defending your entire body from these germ invaders. The problem is, they also have to protect you from heavy metals and other toxic residues that find their way into your bloodstream.
And these days, they get easily overwhelmed. When that happens, your entire immune system breaks down. Your blood itself turns toxic — and actually becomes a super highway for viruses, bacteria and poisons. Eventually, this corrodes your blood vessels leading to:
Hardening of the arteries.
Heart attacks.
Strokes.
And many other conditions, ranging from leg pain to senile dementia.
So what can you do in the health maintenance department for yourself? Plenty! Search this site for details on the dimensions of health and make sure you are on the right track. You know what I mean don’t you? Yes, that’s it: fresh air, exercise, rest, sleep, pure water, quality nutrition, safety and so on. But you have to actually do something, OK? Don’t just read about it.
Then, unless you’ve been on a different planet where you had some pretty remarkable nutrition, perfectly clean air and water and no stress, you had better do some more things to help undo the damage you sustain every day. Here I will unashamedly refer you to my own HealthProductsSite where you can get some absolutely essential maintenance supplies.
What do you need? Start with a series of herbal cleanses with the products you’ll find there. Then, at the very least, add some probiotics. Once you are cleaned out and have your bowel improved with probiotics, go to the nutraceutical page and follow the link to get quality, balanced nutrition supplements. These actions are essential, basic maintenance. If you are reasonably well, these actions will help ensure you stay that way and improve your health. If you already have some issues requiring maintenance, get moving now! Follow the above and monitor your progress. Then take some time to identify what other specific supplement you may need, at least for a period untill you can go on with the above approach as ongoing maintenance.
Specific details about various therapeutic herbs may be found at our herbs site. Nutrition information is on our vitamins site.
Make no mistake my friend. If you adopt an ostrich mentality where you figuratively stick you head in a hole and say nothing bad can happen to me, you are doomed! Life in the modern world, developed or not, is not conducive to maintaining your health and wellbeing without positive maintenance actions on your part.
You probably know too, that there are some mechanics you simply wouldn’t let work on your car, for several reasons. The same applies to health care professionals too, so be careful about whom you consult. Consider this: if the orthodox, drug prescribing doctors consulted by the masses are so good, how come there are so many seriously sick people around and so very few people who report that they feel simply wonderful?
Ultimately, your health is totally your responsibility. It’s your life. Do something to maintain it. Start right now.
