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Posted on 11.25.05 by Peg McQ. @ 6:42 pm
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Posted on 11.20.05 by Christina Jones @ 9:07 pm
Homeostasis is a state of equilibrium that is the aim for all living things. When a living thing is sick, the healing part of it bursts in to action, in an attempt to return things to normal. We have created drugs to help us achieve this quickly, but at what price? With almost every drug that helps you, it has a side effect that is harmful, even if we don’t recognize this effect immediately. Take the problem of antibiotic resistance for one thing. Even if there were no other harmful side effects of antibiotics, we have disrupted the genetics of bacteria, making them stronger and more difficult for our bodies to handle themselves. We did not see this effect when we were taking the antibiotics, but boy do we see it now. Filed under: 8 Weeks To Optimum Health and Part 1 The Capacity To Change Comments: None |
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Posted on 11.20.05 by Christina Jones @ 8:41 pm
Dr. Weil stresses in the introduction of this book, that he works with “the whole picture of health,” rather with just one area. He is interested in improving our health from through our minds, our bodies and our spirits. These three things really do make up the whole person. Take a minute to think about how you feel when each one of those things is out of whack individually. When seperating them, you can really see how very important each of them are to your wellbeing. Dr. Weil takes issue with the way western medicine seems to treat one problem at a time, instead of an overall wellness problem. Each function in our bodies rely on another function to perform, which does seem to make it nearly impossible to treat just one thing and repair it. Filed under: 8 Weeks To Optimum Health and Part 1 The Capacity To Change Comments: None |
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Posted on 11.18.05 by Christina Jones @ 8:09 am
I know I mentioned this somewhere else on the site recently, but I thought I would address it here, as it is something that Dr. Weil mentions– Is your doctor open to therapies other than conventional medicine? Personally, ours is not. I was admittedly a bit disappointed by this fact when I addressed it with her at my last appointment with her, last week. She was very quick to brush off any ideas other than those available by prescription, and was quick to advise me to be very careful. Not to say that it wasn’t good advice (to be careful), but it was a bit disappointing, especially when comparing her to my last doctor (in Tennessee) that is very interested in it. My mother is still going to our doctor in Tennessee, and she has relatively recently advised my mother to take things such as garlic and cinnamon, and to supplement with other vitamins, and has even taken her off of some of the medication that she had been taking prior to this (cholesterol drugs, ect). After all, most of our drugs have been derived from naturally occurring chemicals, haven’t they? Filed under: 8 Weeks To Optimum Health and Part 1 The Capacity To Change Comments: None |
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Posted on 11.15.05 by Christina Jones @ 1:44 pm
In the first chapter, Dr. Weil talks about motivation: “If you are motivated to seek better health, all that you need to achieve it is practical information (p.7).” I know that our battle with MRSA has given me that motivation, along with the realization that I am no longer 20 and immortal. Dr. Weil goes on to talk about how with the proper motivation that even something as strong as an addition to drugs can be beaten. I have been following a thread about 12-stepping in another group I belong to in the last couple of days, and between this book and that group, I have thought a lot about addiction lately. I have several addictions myself that I need to address–I am no doubt addicted to food, chocolate and (yes, I am admitting it as much as I hate to) smoking, and could probably come up with a few others if I really tried. I was very happy to read that Dr. Weil has seen success with people quitting smoking, and that he addresses the issue of how difficult it is to part company with an addiction that has become something of a security blanket in your life. Filed under: 8 Weeks To Optimum Health and Part 1 The Capacity To Change Comments: None |
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Posted on 11.15.05 by Denise @ 8:03 am
Each and every one of us is a miracle. We have each been created with the tremendous ability to heal. Healing can come in many forms. This morning, I am thinking about the healing capacities of my own body and how I normally take it for granted. When I have a cut or a bruise or a headache, I just expect to get better. When I go through a difficult time in my life, I do expect it to pass. And every single day of my life, good, bad, or somewhere in the middle, spirituality is a major part of who I believe myself to be. In the hard times, I ask for strength and guidance. In the good times, I give thanks and ask for guidance. In the middle, I give thanks and ask for strength and guidance. Miracles are all around us. Sometimes they’re in a rainbow or a sunny day. Sometimes they’re in the kind words of a friend. Filed under: 8 Weeks To Optimum Health and Part 1 The Capacity To Change Comments: None |
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Posted on 11.14.05 by Denise @ 7:23 pm
“To optimize the function of the healing system, you must do everything in your power to improve physical health, mental/emotional health, and spiritual health.” Dr. Andrew Weil, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. Filed under: 8 Weeks To Optimum Health and Part 1 The Capacity To Change Comments: None |
