Cold Hormesis

Controlled Cold – Simple, Unpleasant, Effective

What happened when I asked an 80 year old to have cold showers?

Known effects of controlled cold exposure, technically known as cold hormesis:

• Improves the heat output of your cells (so you burn more fat)
• Increases the amount of energy your cells can make (so you actually get more energy)
• Improves hormone control, including those to do with appetite control
• Decreases anxiety
• Relieves depression
• increases alertness
• Improves immunity
• Makes you more resilient to stress

So you won’t be surprised when I tell you that an 80 year old with brain fog and headaches resulting from a stroke found dramatic improvement just by having a cold shower every day for 2 or 3 minutes.

Hormesis is anything that stresses you that makes you stronger.  So exercise is a form or hormesis, as is fasting, and using saunas.

If you want to learn more about hormesis, and how to get it into your life, along with other techniques that make you more energetic,  then check out my 7 Week Anti- Ageing Program

Get Your Health Back

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health: Looking after the Muscle of the Mind

Modern medical psychiatry tries to understand the brain only in terms of gross damage (so nothing can be done) or single chemical imbalances.  This is a simplistic and somewhat foolish approach considering the fact that any neurologist, behavioural scientist or biochemist will tell you the brain is anything but simple.

For the brain to work properly it’s an interaction between the structures,  the chemistry, the electricity, and your lifestyle and social choices.

As you’re about to discover, preventing mental health issues is really very similar to preventing cancer, heart disease, obesity, and all the other chronic diseases of the West.

You’ll also discover there are more treatment options within our control.

These 5 videos are not intended to treat or diagnose any disorder.

I’m going to cover:

• A surprising way to improve your memory
• Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative conditions
• Nutritional psychiatry
• Stress
• Movement and Brain Balance

A Surprising Way to Improve Your Memory (almost immediately)

Alzheimer’s Prevention (and a novel treatment)

If you have any of the following symptoms you should consider following the advice in the next video

• Memory Loss
• Confusion
• Problems with words
• Problems with writing
• Withdrawal from work and social activities
• Changes in mood and behaviour

The nutritional regime form the study mentioned:

For 2 Years:
0.5 milligrams of vitamin B12 (equivalent to 500 micrograms)

20 milligrams of B6

0.8 milligrams of folic acid (equivalent to 800 micrograms)

Name of the test: homocysteine

Nutritional Psychiatry (and Leaky Brains)

Stress

In this video I describe how stress aggravates mental health,  and share my favourite ways to switch stress of and save your brain and your health.

The resources I mention:

For ganoderma products worldwide (select your country flag in top right hand corner)  www.bodybycoffee.com

For a 7 day free trial of the BrainTap – http://braintapstore.com/freetrial/drcpickard

If you’re local – http://www.bodyinbalanceuk.com/stress

(or you can sign up just to get the stress articles)

Movement and Brain Balance

Balancing the brain is something NO DRUG CAN DO.

For instance, conditions such as ADHD and OCD can actually problems with the right side of the brain. Drugs work on BOTH sides, so you can never get a cure.  Depression can be just a left sided problem.

Today I’ll reveal how to spot if you have a ‘brain hemisphericity’ and what you can do about it.

7 Ways to Manage Stress

Americans are feeling anxious — a health risk, especially for older adults.

By: Janet Lee – Consumer Reports :: June 5, 2017

Whether acute or chronic, stress can affect you physically, changing your hormone levels and activating your body’s inflammatory response.

“There’s evidence that people under chronic stress are more susceptible to the common cold and flu, and are at greater risk of developing depression and coronary heart disease,” says Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “Under long-term stress, many of your body’s physical systems do not respond normally.”

And though older adults usually report less stress than younger ones—thanks to years of experience in developing coping strategies—age may make us more susceptible to the negative health effects of chronic stress.

This article shares 7 simple and highly effective ways to better manage stress levels including controlled breathing, practicing mindfulness, strong interpersonal relationships, connecting with nature, better sleep and taking more technology breaks.

Link to full article: https://www.consumerreports.org/mental-health/ways-tomanage-stress/

 

 

Mindset: Philosophy to Prosperity

Are you trying to use ‘Willpower’ to change?

Are you ‘Most People’ or are you YOU?

Most people are unaware of their belief systems and innate values and this is what often leads to depression, anger, etc.

Most of our modern world’s dissatisfaction, depression, anger and irritability comes from a mismatch between our core values and our beliefs

Most people have belief systems based on advertising and marketing.

Most people believe how they feel is random chance and believe they can not choose for themselves.

What do I think, why do I think it, what should I do about it?

Think Well, Be Well.

Related Post – https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/fixed-v-growth-mindset-oww-v-wow/

Fixed v Growth Mindset, ‘Oww’ v ‘Wow’

Are You ‘Oww’ or ‘Wow’ When it Comes to Health?

I first encountered the concept of Fixed and Growth mindsets thanks to Todd Herman, a performance expert (in business and sport).

Todd called these ‘Oww’ and ‘Wow’.

More on Brain Chemistry:
https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/brain-chemistry/

Here’s some cool graphics for summary:

If you would like to interact with the conversation on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BodyInBalanceUK/

How to Defeat Depression

How to Defeat Depression

“By 2020 depression will rank second only to heart disease as the leading cause of disability worldwide.”
–   The global burden of disease, Cambridge, Murray and Lopez

Here are my notes for the above video on chronic depression:

Psychoneuroimmunology – goes both ways

3 months – therapy, drugs

Inflamed brain feels no pain! Not like a muscle or a joint – signals with psychiatric symptoms

Inositol 4g x3 /day  for 4 weeks
ECGC – green tea extract

Diet – sugar!

Toxins!

Your gut!

No Grains

No Dairy

You Are Enough

Brain Based Wellness

Boost DHEA, serotonin, GABA, melatonin and beta-endorphins – the hormones that are the brain’s defence against stress.

Restore the body’s natural pH balance

Rid the body of toxins

Balance the immune system

The neurochemicals in the limbic system mediate all of one’s feelings and emotions.

A direct connection exists between the nocioceptive reflexes at every level of the spine and the limbic system. Every spinal level has an intimate relationship with the proper functioning of the limbic system. [Blum and Holder 1997]

And other relevant blog posts:

https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/glutathione-pollution-health/
https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/brain-based-wellness/
https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/walking-is-the-ultimate-exercise/
https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/brain-chemistry/
https://www.thepainreliefcentres.co.uk/i-am-enough/

If you would like help implementing any nutritional strategies then you can book a consultation, either in person, or if you are not local, via phone or skype:  01707 662 704

 

What Is Your Action Motivator

What is Your Action Motivator?

A Happy, Beautiful, New Year To You.

Have you already made plans to make 2016 your best year yet?

And if not, why not?

Have you got any goals? Anything you have been meaning to achieve but have not yet?

Whatever your goal it’ll be easier with Optimal Health.

…and achieving your goals will be even easier if you know your ‘Action Motivator’.

If you don’t know what that is, then stop whatever you are doing and get this figured out first.

Your Action Motivator is the simplified version of your Big Why!

Your Big Why is the reason you get up in the morning to do ‘stuff’.

The reason why you get up and go to work.   And I’m not talking about the money – it’s what you plan to do with the money. So it could be to have exotic holidays, buy your spouse fantastic gifts, educate your children, full fill your charitable mission, buy a new Porsche, etc etc. Your action motivator is everything boiled down to a word or two, or at most a phrase.

You can probably guess my action motivator. Simply the word ‘Health’. Everything I do comes back to it. Does it help improve the health of my family? My own health? The health of my patients? My friends? My community? The Planet?

You do have different specific Action Motivators too. For instance at the moment I am planning to go on a detox with my wife – and although there is the health aspect there is also the very real and vein reason I want to have the body of Hollywood star, just to prove that I can do it.

So what is your Action Motivator?

If you have a goal revolving around health then I have more for you on my New Year message video.

In it I reveal the 4 main causes of 90% of modern disease. 4 things that no matter how old, young, fit or sick you are, if you take care of them you WILL improve.

So to kick start your health this year :

As a brief summary, the 4 main causes of ill health (the ‘Deadly Quartet’ are

1. Toxicity
2. Malnutrition (yes, even in Brookmans Park and the rest of the UK)
3. Stress
4. Lack of motion

If you are ready for change, and ready for action then at Body In Balance we aim to inspire you to be well and live better, in body mind and spirit by showing you ways to combat the Deadly Quartet daily. (some are easy, some are fun, and some are even delicious.)

Proper Planning Prevents Stress

How wonky is your wheel?

Stress Relief Acupressure Points

If you are under a great deal of stress use these acupressure points I demonstrate on my young volunteer Eric on a regular basis.

They are also useful if you have just suffered a shock or  physical stress – like a whiplash or a fall.  These acupressure points are not a substitute for professional help, but they can help relieve some of the mental anxiety and pain.

Use them and please vote for Eric on Youtube (you’ll know what I mean when you watch.

Stress, Weight Gain and Muscle Loss

This is a great interview with one of my nutrition and chiropractic guru’s – Dr Bob Rakowski.

I am lucky enough to count Dr Bob as a friend now, and so if I get tough cases, I can give him a call. This is good for you to.

In this interview he shares great tips about beating stress and generally getting in shape.

If you want to try the 7 Day Detox Program that Dr Rakowski recommended for the Olympic Athletes he mentioned in the video, then call us on 01707 662 704.  depending on your condition there are 4 different versions, so it’s important to asses you first for best results.

Learn about Dr Rakowski’s favourite supplement (now also mine) as it helps beat stress, fight fat, improve sleep and give you more energy!  – Read my 30 Day Challenge blog post

Improve Your Health In 30 Days Drinking This One Thing