HEALTHY HELPING

HELP OTHERS TO HELP YOURSELF-Where did that come from? I think there have been many studies in the past that document the positive effects of giving.The terms "healthy helping " and "The Mother Teresa Effect" came out of these studies.Apparently even watching a movie about mother Teresa upped the Immune systems of the study subjects.Even remembering a good deed years later causes a surge of Immunoglobulins and feel good hormones.Older people who volunteer seem to be mentally and physically healthier and children who are encouraged to give and help others from a young age benefit considerably from it.
HIV patients who never converted to AIDS and advanced cases of cancer who didn't die as expected attributed their change of health to a lifestyle change which invariably involved helping other unfortunates and taking the focus off themselves and their troubles.
Psychoneuroimmunology or Mind-body medicine as it is now called,studies the link between the mind and the immune system.It is believed that by changing the way we think ,feel and act ,we can actually alter the course of disease in our bodies. Everything has a reason to exist ,including disease.By discovering the reason behind disease we can alter our thought patterns and behaviour to make the disease redundant.Scientists are now showing that all disease stems from unnatural stress nad generosity is a great stress buster.
So if you want to get healthy get out there and help somebody!!!!

Vicky's pickings: Healthy helping

HELP OTHERS TO HELP YOURSELF-Where did that come from? There have been many studies in the past that document the positive effects of giving.The terms "healthy helping " and "The Mother Teresa Effect" came out of these studies.Apparently even watching a movie about mother Teresa upped the Immune systems of the study subjects.Even remembering a good deed years later causes a surge of Immunoglobulins and feel good hormones.Older people who volunteer seem to be mentally and physically healthier and children who are encouraged to give and help others from a young age benefit considerably from it.

HIV patients who never converted to AIDS and advanced cases of cancer who didn't die as expected attributed their change of health to a lifestyle change which invariably involved helping other unfortunates and taking the focus off themselves and their troubles.

Psychoneuroimmunology or Mind-body medicine as it is now called,studies the link between the mind and the immune system.It is believed that by changing the way we think ,feel and act ,we can actually alter the course of disease in our bodies. Everything has a reason to exist ,including disease.By discovering the reason behind disease we can alter our thought patterns and behaviour to make the disease redundant.Scientists are now showing that all disease stems from unnatural stress nad generosity is a great stress buster.

So if you want to get healthy get out there and help somebody!!!!!

And a Blogging I go...

So the blog is ready to go and I haven't a clue about what to write.What I can't believe is that someone may actually want to read this. Maybe I'll go with what's bugging me today-the abuse of antibiotics.Why do people still not know the difference between bacteria and viruses? One would think that with all the free information floating out there on the ether,people would have caught on by now.Once again I will say it,the common cold is caused by a virus and is a self limiting illness and as my professor of medicine used to say,a cold takes a week with antibiotics and 7 days without.
I can fix my cold in three days-plenty of water,Neem infusions,steam inhalation and nasal irrigation with saline solution. Paracetamol and other symptomatic meds can control fever,pain,a runny nose etc.Apparently drug companies are not so excited about developing new antibiotics as they develop resistant organisms so fast due to abuse.
Hope that was helpful.