Your Life-Your Choice ISSN 1488-0253 ==================== February, 2000 issue 46 Section 1 PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS HOW HEALTHY ARE YOU? FREE Online customized, confidential, health and weight management profile. Instant results. FREE health tips, FREE monthly health newsletter. Take your FREE Online Health Analysis and learn more to achieve optimum health! Visit: http://www.stop-aging.com/?=103 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SEAT SALE!!! ONLINE Front Row Seats Available!!! from Your Life-Your Choice http://www.life-choices.com On line seminar on Therapeutic Massage, presented by Laurel Duran CMT. 7:00pm sharp on Mar 28. Instructions to join us at http://www.life-choices.com/Members/benefits.html ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ADVERTISING SPECIAL! Your ad 2 times in The Ultimate Publications! For a limited time, run your ad for only $5.00 for 2 runs. Get a BONUS! We'll include an extra run for FREE! But only if your mail us NOW! mailto:ide26180@aol.com?subject?2runs4fivedollars_pub2 ********************************************** Letter from the Editor This is an exciting time at Your Life-Your Choice. The start of the millennium was also the start our new, improved newsletter, and the beginning of great changes here at the office. I have expanded and added staff here, and with more time on my hands, will be able to do more of the investigative reporting and writing necessary to continue providing you with informative, factual, well researched information. Our mission is to provide you with high quality information from the professionals in the field... not the same recycled articles you find all over the web. The direction we are moving in is as a result of YOUR comments and suggestions.Your feedback is always needed to ensure that we are providing you with a valuable service. Feel free to send in your comments to: mailto:admin@life-choices.com.Thanks to you, my staff and I have GREAT plans for this year. Stay tuned. BE WELL Brigitte Synesael Editor of Your Life-Your Choice Traditional Medicine Isn't Enough Any More! Your life is your choice-don't make it the doctor's choice! http://www.Life-Choices.com ********************************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ @ IN THIS ISSUE: @ @ 1. PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS @ Advertisement in the Your Life- @ Your Choice newsletter does not @ indicate endorsement on our part. @ The opinions expressed by our @ sponsors do not necessarily @ reflect our own. Our sponsors make @ this newsletter FREE to subscribers. @ Please take a moment to visit them. @ @ @ 2. Holistic Dentistry @ Dentistry has become an integral @ component in creating and @ maintaining overall health and @ wellness. We are entering into the @ era of integrated medicine and @ dentistry. This change from a @ disease model to a wellness model @ provides new opportunities for you @ as Health Care Recipients. @ @ @ 3. PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS @ Advertisement in the Your Life- @ Your Choice newsletter does not @ indicate endorsement on our part. @ The opinions expressed by our @ sponsors do not necessarily @ reflect our own. Our sponsors make @ this newsletter FREE to subscribers. @ Please take a moment to visit them. @ @ @ 4. "THE HEALING UMBRELLA OF MASSAGE THERAPY" @ While allopathic medicine has become @ increasingly specialized over the years and @ narrowed its focus by compartmentalizing @ medical issues, the umbrella of professional @ Massage Therapy has broadened its base by @ educating certified practitioners with more @ than soft tissue manipulation techniques. @ @ @ 5. Eat Fat for Health @ While not all fats are good, there are some @ that are truly essential for vibrant health. I @ found out the hard way how important they @ really are... I lost weight! Doing absolutely @ nothing different as far as diet. @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Subscribe: You can subscribe by using the form at the Newsletter Headquarters: http://www.Life-Choices.com. Unsubscribe: You can unsubscribe by using the form at the Newsletter Headquarters: http://www.Life-Choices.com. Copyright 1997-2000 by Brigitte Synesael All rights reserved ******************************************** Section 2 HOLISTIC DENTISTRY by Dr. Jacob Trager, DDS 1-888-758-8058 Read about Dr. Jacob Trager on our Meet the Team page; http://www.Life-Choices.com/team.html ----- HOLISTIC DENTISTRY Dentistry has become an integral component in creating and maintaining overall health and wellness. We are entering into the era of integrated medicine and dentistry. This change from a disease model (focusing on symptoms) to a wellness model (focusing on causes) provides new opportunities for you as Health Care Recipients (HCR). In our series of articles, we will be introducing a new paradigm for healing in the new millennium. This model honors the principle: That a disorder in one part of the body disturbs the whole organism, and that restoring harmony and health to the whole, provides the basic foundation upon which the whole can heal the part that is ill. It is essential for you to be adequately informed and prepared with the necessary information and knowledge that will guide you in making informed choices. This will insure treatment and healing success, which will enhance your well being and state of health. The goal of our model is to foster within you a sense of self reliance and empowerment as you constructively deal with oral and other health challenges. Keep in mind, that many long term (Chronic) illnesses and dis-ease states have their beginnings in the mouth. The oral cavity is an early warning system, because it reflects the state of our health and allows us easy access to assess our level of wellness. We can, therefore, exert control over our health and well being through conscious awareness of how our body is functioning, our minds are thinking, and our emotions are feeling. The intricate oral structures are highly sensitive and receptive to the powers of thought, attitudes and beliefs. Utilization of these powers is the KEY to long term treatment, success and healing. We have a deep abiding belief and trust in each and every one of you and your capacity to rectify the causes of dis-ease (dis-harmony) and to allow your own body to activate it’s innate regenerative ability and quality. In this first of our series of articles I want to share the principles upon which all of our articles will be based. These principals will create a solid foundation for your healing journey. 1. To encourage, nurture, support and honor self reliance, responsibility and individuality in all interventions, treatment of and communication. 2. To focus on addressing causes rather than symptoms. 3. To focus on strengths and what is right. 4. To believe in the regenerative and healing power of the body, mind and spirit. 5. To develop increased awareness of inner tools (attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, images, feelings and behaviors), and utilizing these consciously to enhance wellness and well being preventively, and to assist in healing. 6. To educate gives knowledge which assists in making informed choices. 7. To develop a trusting relationship with yourself; learning how to access your own knowingness and intuitive (gut) sense. 8. To know that you are your most important TOOL - your attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, actions and or behaviors. 9. To acknowledge that the KEY to prevention and wellness is the awareness of self. The more aware you are of YOU the more internal control you have, which gives you increased options and choices. 10. To strive for harmony in even the most simple tasks that we do everyday, to create a healing consciousness and environment for ourselves, humanity and Mother Earth. I also provide a private telephone consulting service and offer individualized preparedness and healing programs based on these principles for all dental problems and concerns. For more information visit our web site, http://www.dentalwellenss.net or leave your questions or requests on our 24 hour toll free voice mail 1-888-758-8058. ********************************************** Section 3 PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS BE SAFE! WORK FROM HOME. Real jobs with Real Companies. Typing, bookkeeping, mystery shoppers, programmers, billing clerks, administrative, phone work, clerical, word processing, many more. 1-800-269-2971 or http://www.home-employment.com/simpson ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ EARN BIG MONEY in a business ANYONE CAN RUN. Just Released Home Business software give you hundreds of home business you can start and how to operate them successfully. Don't delay. Get all the facts. http://www.home-employment.com/simpson/homebusiness ******************************************** Section 4 THE HEALING UMBRELLA OF MASSAGE THERAPY by Laurel Duran, CMT http://www2.amigo.net/bluecord Read about Laurel Duran on our Meet the Team page; http://www.Life-Choices.com/team.html ---------- No one really knows how old the art and science of Massage Therapy is, but I would venture to guess that it is as old as one human's need to receive a caring touch from another. Across the centuries and around the globe some cultures have consistently believed in and utilized the healing power of touch, while other cultures have temporarily abandoned its importance in favor of more tangible, clinically verifiable medical methods. Regardless of the shifting opinions in our increasingly high-tech world, it seems that Massage Therapy is here to stay. After a brief career as a social worker, I became a Certified Massage Therapist in 1979 and joined the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association where I found mutual support for an occupation that was still rather unique in the States. Our AMTA gatherings were both informative and inspiring because in addition to trading and learning each other's manual touch techniques we also shared a wide variety of holistic healing knowledge ranging from nutrition, herbs and exercise to meditation and all forms of body/mind connection. As AMTA membership grew our profession attracted many new members who shared a strong commitment to upholding the highest standards of holistic health, with a common foundation in Massage Therapy. Local chapter meetings and regional and national conferences always reflected a very broad range of beautiful healing modalities that spring from and compliment Massage Therapy. While allopathic medicine has become increasingly specialized over the years and narrowed its focus by compartmentalizing medical issues, the umbrella of professional Massage Therapy has broadened its base by educating certified practitioners with more than soft tissue manipulation techniques. At today's Therapeutic Massage workshops and conferences, one would be free to choose from classes in nutrition, Chinese medicine philosophy, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Chiropractic care, midwifery, physical and occupational therapy, psychology, sociology, spirituality, yoga, music, intuition development, as well as a very broad range of healing touch techniques from around the world. The excitement that we Certified Massage Therapists generate when we share our enthusiasm for healing is contagious! We inevitably return to our private practices with even more faith in the power of healing the whole human being. In one continuing education conference I attended years ago, I took classes on "Colon Health" offered by a Naturopathic physician. His material included suggestions for dietary and herbal support, as well as manual manipulation techniques. I wanted to naturally help Massage Therapy clients who complained of a cluster of possibly colon-related health problems (headaches, mental fogginess, chronic fatigue, stiff neck, left knee pain in particular, skin blemishes and constipation). When I returned home, I began using my new education on myself first, figuring that my best teaching tool would always be the power of my own healthy example. Lo and behold, by applying his methods to cleanse my colon, I dropped weight. I no longer experienced headaches or left knee pain, my skin's condition improved and I had more natural energy. Over the years I have passed this valuable information on to countless clients who have expressed an interest in learning how to maintain a healthy colon. Many of these clients have exercised their freedom of choice by using the suggestions that intuitively feel right for them, and many have reported satisfying results. Some of my greatest fulfillment in life has come from knowing that I have made a contribution toward a client's taking responsibility for their state of health. My real reasons for being a Certified Massage Therapist are far deeper than "professional satisfaction". When I watch another person heal themselves, my faith in Spirit increases, and my genuine feelings of joy for them come right back to me multiplied. I close my work day resting assured that all is in divine order! ******************************************** Section 5 Eat Fat for Health By: Cyndi K. Thomas ND Cyndi Thomas ND owns and operates the "School of Natural Health". Offering natural health and weight loss information, home-study program, consults, free newsletter, recipes and more... You can contact her at: mailto:cyndi@schoolofhealth.com or visit the school's site ate: http://www.schoolofhealth.com ----- Contrary to popular belief, not all fats are bad. And there are certain fats that are absolutely essential for health. While not all fats are good, there are some that are truly essential for vibrant health. I found out the hard way how important they really are. About 6 years ago, I started having major health problems. I developed low-thyroid, hypoglycemia, and arthritis. My morning temperature was always below normal,(normal waking temp. should be about 97.8) my skin was dry and flaky and I had developed typical female problems. After receiving my education in naturopathy, plus a little research of my own , I finally realized that I needed to start getting in the "good fats" badly. I had learned that a diet rich in the healthy fats (like olive oil) and the essential fatty acids in the omega 3 and 6 family (flax oil) were needed for total health. The fatty acids are responsible for the healthy regulation of the cardiovascular, immune, reproductive, and central nervous system. So, I started adding more of the good fats to my diet. I started eating more raw nuts, seeds, avocados, and I always made my salad dressing with flax oil. The change was amazing. Within a few weeks, I noticed a difference. My morning temperature just kept climbing week after week, my skin became soft again, my female troubles became a thing of the past, my arthritis ceased to be a problem and the most important thing, (well, maybe not the most important : ) I lost weight! Doing absolutely nothing different as far as diet, I lost a few pounds I had been struggling with. The good fats will keep your appetite under control and believe it or not, will help get rid of the fat you have stored in your body. "Don't eat avocados", they are loaded with fat. That is true... but they are loaded with the essential fatty acids so needed for our health. A diet rich in essential fats and oils works to increase metabolic rate and improve the entire system of energy production. With this increase in metabolism, weight loss is not only possible but also inevitable. Blood sugar levels are balanced and food cravings become a thing of the past. We should aim for 3-4 oz. of raw nuts or 1 avocado daily. The nuts must be raw. The cooked nuts are best left out of the diet. Strive for 1 T. of flax oil daily. Use the oil to make your salad dressings or add to brown rice or steamed veggies.(Never cook with flax oil. It becomes toxic when cooked.) If you are struggling with weight, skin problems, hair loss, low- thyroid, arthritis, hypoglycemia, creaky joints, heart disease... you need to increase your good fats. Those "good fats" will help you achieve "good health"! ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Disclaimer All material appearing in this newsletter is provided for educational purposes only. It is provided with the understanding that authors and contributors are not offering medical advice or services. 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