Harvard anti-aging study says 150 years now A recent release on anti aging refers to the Harvard Anti-Aging Study on longevity claims that people can live until they are 150 years of age. Earlier claims at longevity stopped at 120 but since there are people in recent history that have lived beyond this, the boundary is being pushed further. Yes, there are lots of people talking about longevity, but mostly they are selling or promoting one product or the other. Chiropractic as…
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Guard and Guide Yourself to Health Starting the blog with this famous quote we can begin to understand the title itself: “My problems are the result of doing too many of the WRONG things and not enough of the RIGHT things.” GUARD your health by avoiding all the wrong things and GUIDE your health by doing all the right things.” Last week we discussed re-framing how we view symptoms and that not all symptoms are necessarily bad and not having any symptoms does…
Boost Your Immune System with Chiropractic It is a common but false belief to say that you are healthy just because you have no symptoms. Actually being healthy and symptom free are not the same thing; and alternatively, just because you have symptoms, it doesn’t mean you are sick. Someone suddenly experiences a heart attack! It’s the first time they have that symptom but were they healthy while they still had so symptoms? Same is true for Diabetes type 2; it doesn’t…
Metabolic Syndrome Stage 2 Vs Stage 3 This is session 3 of 3 that we are writing on a series introducing a health focus concept revolving around the term or state of the body’s metabolic status otherwise referred to as Metabolic Syndrome (MSy). There are 5 stages to MSy and we will contrast Stage 2 and 3 this week to conclude the series. We advise you to read the previous blogs on Stage 0 Vs Stage 5 and Stage 1…
Metabolic Syndrome Stage 1 Vs Stage 4 This is session 2 of 3 that we are writing on a series introducing a health focus concept revolving around the state of the body’s metabolic status otherwise referred to as Metabolic Syndrome (MSy). There are 5 stages to MSy and we will contrast Stage 1 and 4 this week, then Stage 2 and 3 next week. Stage 1 – Metabolic Syndrome (Health profile is 8 – 9 out of 10) This state…
Centenarians The National Respect for Centenarians Day is set on September 25 of every year. Effective July 2016, under Republic Act 10868, all Filipinos who reach 100 years of age will receive a P100,000 cash gift and a letter of felicitation from the President of the Philippines, whether they are residing in the Philippines or abroad. They will also be awarded with a plaque of recognition and additional cash gift from their respective city or municipal governments. Why is this an…
Wellness is the “pursuit of health lost” and at some point in time many people recognize that somewhere in life they got off course and they are unhappy with where they are. That is understandable yet it seems they get stuck in making lasting changes and keep ending up where they are, again. The reason is that they have not properly assessed where they were, where they are and finally where they see that they should be. To get from…
Personal Coaching Wellness, general
Life Coaching focus – Interested vs Committed
Posted on 11/28/2015Since my formal studies in Chiropractic my passion has been to study healthy living and live the principles I learn. This passion has revealed an endless number of life changing truths to me. The ones I cherish the most I learned and continue to learn about myself. One of these truths is that when I was young I was more interested in learning about healthy topics. However, when I got married and had a family (responsibility intersected with purpose) and…
Introducing a new Health Coach training program. Natural Alternatives Plus, Inc. is a Philippine health education and lifestyle coaching company providing individual and corporate wellness programs in Manila. The success of the programs comes from the personal health coach services provided by the Alternative Health Counselors (AHC). As you read this blog you could actually be looking at a career opportunity. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
The world heard the sad news that the actor Robin Williams committed suicide one evening. Robin was a beloved actor and comedian who won the hearts and minds of millions of people throughout the world. This event sparked some serious public discussions about how commonplace it is for people to suffer from mental health problems in plain sight, by people who live perfectly normal and productive lives. They said that depression was the cause, but depression is mostly triggered by…