By Greg Speck
Do we even think about “wellness?” Should “wellness” mean using prescribed pharmaceutical drugs as main stay actions when other remedies might be available?
Jeanne Garrett became involved in “wellness” when a family member developed strange physical and disabling health issues. Physicians and specialists could not find what “illness” or “diagnoses” were operating. She traveled the country for 15 years trying to find a resolution to his strange physical symptoms that were disabling to his proper body functioning. She wanted “relief” or a “cure” for his symptoms. Physicians and specialists could not find a diagnosis for his condition.
According to Garrett, she just happened to be discussing his “condition” with a close friend. This friend recommended that he start taking a specific nutritional product. Once he started taking the product, he began to feel much better.
After this ordeal, Garrett began educating herself on wellness modalities. She attended conferences and seminars on this subject and related issues. Over a period of ten years, she has been a Wellness Coach.
“The human body,” according to Garrett, “has what it needs to function well when it possesses necessary ingredients. Glyco nutrients are needed for the body’s cognitive functioning.” Yet, she explains that the medical, pharmaceutical and patients are driven to place a diagnosis on the patient, in an effort to fix the body. This medical paradigm does not allow for other health professionals to state that “something else” may cure these symptoms or physical conditions.
Garrett explained that through her studies, she learned that the “Father of Pharmacology,” Jonathan Pereira says, “Don’t sell the body short.”
She further explains that medical school studies are just now beginning to require that the subject of nutrition be taught as an essential part of their physician training. Yet, she said that “properly prescribed pharmaceutical drugs are the third leading cause of death.” She added that from her studies, “drugs often kill something essential in the body.”
She referred me to Jim Rohn, who is a member of the wellness field. He states, “The wellness choice is to assume responsibility for the quality of your life.”
Garrett suggested that it would be good if we created a whole industry that could be self-regulated. To do this, Garrett points out that you need tools. There has to be quality fish oils, which need to be molecularly distilled to meet well defined industry standards. Vitamins and minerals are defined as being natural or synthetic.
Garrett gave an example of how to test if a vitamin is lacking in essential ingredients and presented an example of one that would be healthy for you.
If you heated a multi-day vitamin to a very high temperature and it turned black, you would know that it was made from synthetic material, from tar. If it turned gold, it was from natural minerals. She added that 90% of synthetic supplements are developed in a physical plant.
Drying also has an effect on how the body functions. Garrett says that certain types of tea, such as green tea, should be as fresh as possible to have nutritional value. This freshness also applies to the plants. One should eat leafy green plants, whole grains fresh fruit and vegetables.
Phyco chemicals or algae are found in raw vegetables, and fruits. One needs 10-15 fruit and vegetable servings per day to supplement the missing nutritional value in your body.
The Mannatech company has done research studies to verify and validate the value of glyco nutrients. The studies were done by an Australian researcher, who now has received a large grant to do more in this area.
It takes a wellness coach well-versed in various product lines of supplemental minerals and to interpret which ingredients are healthy. Garrett stated that the good ones function for everyone, even though not all palettes are the same. She states that we should let the tongue decide what we eat. We need protein found in fowl and fish.
Garrett explains that her research indicates that we eat a lot of junk food. “The food supply is wrecked due to polluted air and water that affect food quality. She stresses that it is no wonder that we have become what we have eaten.”
“How we manage our health depends on our blood type. Our body is made of layers. Besides vitamins and minerals, we need antioxidants for basic functioning. We are unique in how we deal with what we eat. Are we willing to learn more for our health sake, about nutritional supplements? We need to learn about hormonal happiness, and emotional stability, come from Bach flowers. This finding goes back to our food supply and consumption.”
She stated that she can help us learn this knowledge. She is a distributor of certain supplements from Mannatech that have documented studies about supplements. She said that she also does ionic cleansing, hormonal happiness and emotional stability through bach flowers.
Garrett continues: “We can’t absorb enough education to understand wellness. The American health style is undefined, overtaxed and carries the expectation that our life styles will take care of our body. Our food is too processed, homogenized, stripped of required nutrients and too refined. It takes 80 chemicals for a carrot to be healthy. “We don’t receive nearly that many chemicals.”
Regarding the carbohydrate effect and sugar, a nutritional or protein shake is better for one to consume to keep your blood sugar level stable.”
Garrett says that microwaves destroy the living mechanisms in the food.
From the overview of what “wellness” is, “we have to make choices from what is available to us. We need to seek balance in our diets. Lack of the required amount of water intake, (weight divided by 2 = required number of ounce of water to drink daily),” according to Garrett, “can be traced to every disease.”
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