Determining What Is Right For You
Posted by roselightning on May 22, 2009
Our survey is running well and we are getting some very good data from you that is being used to create our Fat and Over 40 community. Thanks to all who have participated so far. As we still need more results, I am encouraging each of our visitors to take the survey and pass on our link so that others can take it as well. We have a great new site under construction that we hope will incorporate your needs and wants.
I wanted to talk to you about my philosophy of health. I may be fat and over 40, but I have successful eliminated several serious health conditions from my life in the past and have helped others (as a lay person) to do the same. I have found that it almost always comes down to some very basic data which if known and applied can not only relieve symptoms but… (oops, I almost said the “C” word which is illegal if you are not an MD) alleviate the condition.
The first thing that I know about health is that you have to want it. You have to decide that it is possible to have it. And then you need to determine exactly what is your current situation. The old addage, one man’s cure is another man’s poison, definitely applies here. Some can stay healthy by eating carbos because that is what their body metabolized. Others are vegans. Still others profess that a high protein diet is the key to health. The key here is understanding your own body and metabolism.
Once you’ve done that, it is important to determine if you have any significant underlieing health/medical conidtions that may be detracting from your body doing the job that it already knows how to do.
Here is what I have done in the past and recommended to others:
1. Go to the doctor or other health professional who can order and interpret tests. Get the data and ask lots of questions. Don’t just take their diagnosis and treatment without getting the answers. I never accept drug or surgical treatment unless it is an immediate life threatening emergency.
For example, when I was falling down blue with asthma, I received emergency treatment from an MD so that I could breath. Once I was out of danger I went to a homeopath and nutritionist and got the data that I needed to handle the asthma. I was successful and have not had to use an inhaler in about 10 years.
2. Take the data that you get and go home with it. Study it. Search the internet for more data on your condition or symptoms. Find out if you have any more questions.
3. If you come up with any more questions, ask them. Try asking them of a second health professional. Getting data from a doctor and then having it reviewed by an nutritionist or herbologist is often a good strategy. The opposite may also be the case.
4. Now, make your own decision. Regardless of what others have told you, it is up to you to determine what you have found in your investigation and to use that data. Whatever you decide to do, try to stick with it as long as you are getting positive change. Workout any needed lifestyle changes so that you can maintain your health into the future.
It is not very economical for each of us to spend days, weeks or months to research and find the treatment that is right for us. By creating the Fat and Over 40 Club, it is my hope that we can pool our resouces, help each other and maybe have a little fund along the way.
