A Paradigm Shift Presentation For Your Health

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What Is Wellness?

• A Paradigm Shift Presentation For Your Health
• By Ed Coker NIKKEN Wellness Consultant

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What Is Wellness?

• -Wellness is an active process of becoming aware
  of and making choices toward a more successful
  existence. - National Wellness Institute
• -Wellness means constantly working to increase
  our expression of life, so we can maximally adapt
  to all of the physical, chemical and emotional
  stresses we encounter each day. And, as a
  result, we grow more than we die. Amherst
  Family Chiropractic
• More. . .

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What Is Wellness? (cont.)

• -Wellness refers generally to the state of being
  healthy, but by the late 20th century, became, as
  well, a description of the interest in the more
  affluent nations to adopt behaviors which prolong
  and enhance the state of being healthy, and by
  extension, the lifespan itself. - Word IQ
• -Wellness is a healthy state of well-being free
  from disease physicians should be held
  responsible for the health of their patients.
  Webster Dictionary

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Wellness Is A Good Thing
Even if theres not clear agreement on how to
define Wellness. We probably can all agree that
Wellness is a good thing.
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Your Health (Your center line is Moveable)
Wellness
Sickness
Every day we feed either one side or the other of
our healthWellness or Sickness.
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Where Are You?
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YOUR HEALTH JOURNEY
TOTAL WELLNESS At Birth
Our health is ever changing. It is a journey
were on our entire lives and more often than not
we can choose to change our path.
TOTAL SICKNESS At Death
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Some Health Facts

• Health care is one of largest US industries
  Nearly 2 trillion a year more than any other
  country in world.
• World Health Organization ranking of 24th or
  lower Japan is ranked 1.
• US has one of the highest incidences of chronic,
  preventable disease in the world.

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The Solution

• A Paradigm Shift

Moving our thinking away from fixing the problem
of sickness to the prevention of sickness--or
diminishing the effects of sickness--by
emphasizing wellness (behaviors/choices).
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PREVENTION WELLNESS

• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
  cure.
• Henry de Bracton - 1245

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Where To Begin?
NOT HERE!!
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Healthy Eating Pyramid
A BETTER PLACE TO START
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Health/Wellness Pyramid
YOUR BEST STARTING POINT!!!
Fitness, Exercise, Energy
Nutrition Food Supplements
Clean Air and Water
Sleep, Rest, Relaxation
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Sleep, Rest, Relaxation

• Sleep deprivation is widespread in America.
  According to the National Sleep Foundation, a
  majority of American adults experience frequent
  sleep problems.
• Decreased sleep time or lack of restful sleep can
  compromise our immune system by as much as 50.
  It can lead to irritability, moodiness, inability
  to concentrate, decreased resistance to stress
  and other medical conditions.
• There are sleep cycles. The first few cycles are
  associated with physical repair and restoration,
  and the last cycle, REM sleep is associated with
  brain repair and restoration.

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Good Sleep Options

• Get enough exercise during the day. Remember
  that 30-minute walk will make a difference.
• Don't eat heavy foods near bedtime.
• Do something relaxing like reading or taking a
  warm bath.
• Don't watch TV programs or movies that are
  violent or upsetting right before you go to bed.
• Keep your sleeping room well ventilated.
• Finally, be more particular about what you sleep
  on.

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Clean Air Water

• Air quality - We have inversions in the Spokane
  area. It is a good idea to curtail outdoor
  activities during this time.
• Smoking - Don't, and even if you did your lungs
  can improve dramatically even after years of
  abuse because the lung tissue regenerates.
• Deep breathing - most of us don't breath deeply
  especially when we are nervous or anxious. Deep
  breathing ensures we get the full benefit of
  oxygen.
• More. . .

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Clean Air Options

• Choose to walk, bike, share rides, or use public
  transit
• Making sure our automobiles are properly
  maintained to avoid adding to the emissions
  already generated
• Dont leave a vehicle idling for more than 30
  seconds
• Keep our furnaces and other heating sources in
  good repair
• Minimize our use of chemicals that end up
  airborne
• Utilize good quality air filters to eliminate
  indoor air pollution.
• More. . .

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Clean Air Water (cont.)

• Our bodies are 70 water. Our total body water
  is replaced about every 15 days. For our
  health's sake, we should be drinking 6 to 10
  eight-ounce glasses of clean water per day. If
  you're not doing this, you're probably
  dehydrated.
• Dehydration symptoms are not just dry mouth and
  skin. They include headaches, sinus problems,
  joint discomfort, digestive problems, heart
  problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
  stress, sleep disorders, depression, etc.
• Chlorine used to purify water is toxic, as is the
  ozone used to purify most bottled water.

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Clean Water Options

• Choose filtered water that has a minimum (or no)
  contaminants.
• Ensure filtered water contains necessary
  minerals. De-mineralized water leaches minerals
  from your body.
• Drink filtered, mineralized water with a PH
  factor that is basic or alkaline.

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Nutrition Food Supplements

• Eat balanced - Most of us tend not to because
  we're harried and on the run.
• Eat the freshest food available - Fruits and
  vegetables look good and there are a lot of them,
  but the vitamins and minerals they used to
  contain aren't there because our soil is
  depleted. Wash your produce well in clean,
  filtered water.
• Take nutritional supplements Research,find the
  best ones, and take them daily.

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Fitness, Exercise Energy

• Fitness Exercise THE MAGIC BULLET????
  According to the chart below, in 2003 at least 39
  million Americans bet that fitness and exercise
  were at least an important part of the key to
  Good Health.

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Fitness, Exercise Energy

• Make Fitness Exercise an integral part of your
  Wellness Program, not the TOTAL SOLUTION.
  Remember you can look FIT and be SICK.

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Health/Wellness Pyramid
YOUR BEST WELLNESS CHOICE!!!
Fitness, Exercise, Energy
Nutrition Food Supplements
Clean Air and Water
Sleep, Rest, Relaxation
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Your Wellness Options

• When we choose the path in our lives that takes
  us towards health and wellness--and we reaffirm
  this choice daily-- we create the best possible
  chance we have to remain healthy, happy and
  productive throughout our life.
• For Your No-Charge Wellness Consultation Contact
• Ed Coker NIKKEN Wellness Consultant
• [phone] or [phone]
  ecoker_at_SAFE-mail.net