Comments on: “Knowledge is Power” (is it just a cheesy catch phrase?) http://www.drnima.com/2009/04/knowledge-is-power-is-it-just-a-cheesy-catch-phrase/ Health by Educating, Empowering and Entertaining Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:46:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nima http://www.drnima.com/2009/04/knowledge-is-power-is-it-just-a-cheesy-catch-phrase/comment-page-1/#comment-3 nima Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:10:26 +0000 http://www.drnima.com/?p=222#comment-3 Absolutely. In our society we are led to believe that health is merely the absence of symptoms. If you have a headache, there's a pill for that, and once you take it and the symptoms disappear, we have a "successful treatment". My intention is to provide people with the tools to understand where TRUE health comes from: Health is the result of eating, moving, and thinking well--despite your genetics!. Dis-ease results from not doing these things appropriately and congruently. Our choices matter. Don't let anyone try to tell you different. Absolutely.
In our society we are led to believe that health is merely the absence of symptoms. If you have a headache, there’s a pill for that, and once you take it and the symptoms disappear, we have a “successful treatment”.
My intention is to provide people with the tools to understand where TRUE health comes from: Health is the result of eating, moving, and thinking well–despite your genetics!.
Dis-ease results from not doing these things appropriately and congruently. Our choices matter. Don’t let anyone try to tell you different.

]]> By: Paul Piotrowski http://www.drnima.com/2009/04/knowledge-is-power-is-it-just-a-cheesy-catch-phrase/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Paul Piotrowski Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:17:57 +0000 http://www.drnima.com/?p=222#comment-2 I think the other thing to consider is what STANDARD of health we are willing to accept. For example, in the entrepreneur case you mentioned they may make a speedy recovery from an injury or some kind of flu or something that prevents them from working and attending to their business, but once the ailment that prevents them from work disappears they may not pursue health as a priority anymore. Meaning, HEALTH as defined by the absence of the SYMPTOMS of disease is one standard, but HEALTH as defined by the body running in a state of total balance is a totally different standard. Most people have no problem making health a priority when they experience symptoms, but once the symptoms are gone everyone has varying degrees of comittment to maintaining health. For example, someone's standard of "HEALTH" may be not to smoke or drink alcohol, but they have no problem eating donuts or drinking coffee with cream and white sugar, as long as they are not experiencing immediate symptoms. I think that knowledge is important, and I think that being aware of your standard of HEALTH is important as well. It all starts with awareness. -Paul I think the other thing to consider is what STANDARD of health we are willing to accept. For example, in the entrepreneur case you mentioned they may make a speedy recovery from an injury or some kind of flu or something that prevents them from working and attending to their business, but once the ailment that prevents them from work disappears they may not pursue health as a priority anymore.

Meaning, HEALTH as defined by the absence of the SYMPTOMS of disease is one standard, but HEALTH as defined by the body running in a state of total balance is a totally different standard. Most people have no problem making health a priority when they experience symptoms, but once the symptoms are gone everyone has varying degrees of comittment to maintaining health.

For example, someone’s standard of “HEALTH” may be not to smoke or drink alcohol, but they have no problem eating donuts or drinking coffee with cream and white sugar, as long as they are not experiencing immediate symptoms.

I think that knowledge is important, and I think that being aware of your standard of HEALTH is important as well.

It all starts with awareness.

-Paul

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