I have let this blog go for too long. Letting the blog go also means letting my health suffer, because when I am active on this blog, I take better care of myself too. I mean, if you are writing about your own health, it is only natural that you are going to take better care of yourself right?
Part of reviving the site is that I gave the site a new look to start off the new year, 2009. I also changed some of the categories of things that I will be writing about. One of the categories that I will be focusing on is Mental Health. Why? Am I crazy? Well, I think that all of us have mental issues, and that does not necessarily mean that we are crazy. It is a matter of using the proper exercises to keep our mental attitude good, and keep our minds clear.
Part of maintaining a proper mental attitude, for me, is writing. It gives me an opportunity to think about things, and by writing those things down, it gives me an outlet to clear my head. Making yourself mentally healthy is an important part of being all around healthy in life, so it is something that I want to focus on in my life.
In addition to Mental Health, I will be writing about my General Health, Diabetes and Weight. Of course, each of these issues has subcategories, logically. For example, under the Weight category, it can include exercise and diet, because each of these help me maintain a more appropriate weight. Under Diabetes, it can include many factors that affect a person with Diabetes. So, these are broad categories, no doubt.
Anyway, what I am saying is that, yes, I will be including Mental Health in my topics now. I’m not crazy, and I hope that by thinking more about Mental Health, I can keep myself from going crazy!
About MindanaoBob
Hi Bob, reading this health blog about your health problems, really prompt me to share with you some of the my menu to lower your sugar level: it is called vita-mix blender (if you don’t have one, try other blender locally or you may just eat the salad-but it is not as good as you blend the food like greens and fruits).
Blend to juice up fruits with 1 kind of vegetable that is not bitter or tart:
mangoestein 1
mango 1/2
1/2 banana
papaya
atis
jack fruit
all kinds of fruits that are available in Davao… you may just kind of try mixing them according to your taste. if you can find dried dates also that would be really good source of natural mineral, put about 3 pieces of dates… please don’t put any sugar or substitute, it beats the purpose. then add some green leafy vegetables (one’s that is not a bitter taste) if Kale is available, that is really a good source of vit-A, B, C, and Calcium. Anything that is within the green family of leafy vegetables is great. Try eating RAW vegetable and fruits as much as possible. You can also make green salads, no white yellow vegetables. Here’s a website that might be of help to you for your personal research… http://www.rawfamily.com by Dr. Boutenko.
I would like to share this story with you and hope i could help make changes in your life as well…First, i became a raw vegetarian, though i still eat fish and eggs, but no dairy, cheeses or meat… i met this gal named Jesse, at a health food store, she was in her whooping 650lbs… To make the story short, after 6 months when i went back to visit the grocery store again, i met Jesse…To my surprise, i could not hardly recognized her, but her features still there when i first met her, and i vividly remember her eyes, but wasn’t sure. When she approaches me and told me who she was, i was so flabagast and could not believe my eyes to see her appearance….because she had lost a lot..lots..of her weight off…she is now down to 160lbs. She told me that she did stick to the Raw diet and in 6 months, she lost 490lbs and healthy (of course there are some foods that need some light cooking, like sweet potatoes or camote)…Jesse has been given a clean bill of health by her doctor…Now she is reaching out to people who has the same health problems as she is…to curve their wrong eating habits with the wrong diets.
I hope this would be your guide to healthy living…I’ll see you and Feyma this coming summer, will call your cell phone, just to follow up with you! You have such beautiful family…keep your health in proactive way for your sake and your wonderful family…Keep up the good work!
Medora
Hey, Bob – Mental Health? I can identify with that!
Have been plagued with clinical depression, panic attacks and OCD (those are the top three) and have plenty of pills, therapies and routines. The best of them, however, is this prescription I received from the shrink and endorsed by the therapist: Retire to the Philippines
Our last few trips there were tests having very positive results. Provincial life soothes my mind and soul unlike anything else.
Hey Paul,
Please read my notes above…RAW FOOD Diets are now being offered to facilities and people with depression including cancer facilities that are undergoing chemo theraphy…This facilities now have multiple vita-mix machines and feeding their patients with the RAW FOOF DIET…Just food for thoughts, you might want to try these avenues as you freeing tourself someday from all the drugs you are taking…drugs really not good for you…Of course retire to the Philippines is a good advise. There will still be a time that you will have some sort of panic attacks, then what? Please i urge you to just try, since these are all natural food that we already engest and feed our body.
try going to these websites: to get your resource:
http://rawfamily.com
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=34
Hi megre3 – Been there, done that, moved on.
Unfortunately, along with the metaphysical symtoms, I have diagnosed biochemical problems that, for now, require the meds. Once the body starts to pick up its production of the chemicals I’m lacking, I’ll start weaning myself from the drugs. As to whether the drugs are good for me, so far they are. Diagnostic tests show biological improvements are being made without any detectable damage to my organs and physical processes. There are things that one cannot adequately obtain from food (e.g., Vitamin D).
Hi Paul, glad the drugs is working for your biochemical problems. you are absolutely on the money, about the vit-D. Glad you do follow-up on the diagnostic tests part, to make sure your internal organs respond to the drugs and not causing any harm. Enjoy your provincial life! For sure it is less stress. Now you gain more years to your life.
Hi Medora – Thank you for your tips. I will follow up and try to learn more.
Hi Paul – If the doctor has prescribed it – who are you to say no? I know that it’s a tough pill to swallow, but you are just going to have to go for the Provincial life – for health’s sake, of course!