Holistic Guide to Health & Self Awareness

• Every conceivable excuse and argument is contrived to justify the unsavoury behaviour of some of today's generation. However as Voltaire remarked- Men can argue, but nature acts. Yesterday's prophetic words by that reputable Frenchman, is today's sad reality. Unless attitudes are modified, we would not be able to control teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases or HIV/AIDS.page 15


• Diabetes is controllable if adequate instructions given to sufferers are followed. Public awareness of the symptoms of diabetes is also of vital importance in the recognition of a diabetic coma. This would result in prompt action, thereby hastening recovery and probably saving lives.-,page 53


• There are no noticeable symptoms in some people with high blood pressure, however acute or sudden rise in blood pressure may cause headache, dizziness, palpitations, low energy, exhaustion and sleeplessness.page 58


• To my mind, that experiment validates the assumption that young females engaging in early sex are more likely to be exposed to such conditions as infertility, frequent miscarriages and other gynaecological diseases, including cancer of the womb at an early age.-page 187


• Why can't we express our gratitude and appreciation for humans who are much more important than pets? These people who are responsible for our birth and for rearing us to the best of their ability, (despite grave difficulties at times), need to be acknowledged, treated with respect, cared for and loved.-page 200


• It is against the backdrop of such present day practices and the spiralling incidence of iatrogenic diseases, that the safety and efficacy of acupuncture should be judged. Theories, hypotheses, conjectures and speculations are interesting, and essential for scientific research to proceed, but they should not be regarded as immutable. In no other system, as in Western medical science, has one decade rejected so decisively the therapy of a previous decade, not only as useless, but as being harmful.-page 98

50 Q & A on Family Health & Welfare Issues

• Obesity appears to be diet related in some cases. Children who are overfed or given unhealthy diet during infancy are at risk of becoming obese throughout their lives. It is not easy for these children to abandon a habit introduced to them since infancy because it is part of early conditioning.- page22


• The dangers of steroid abuse have been highlighted for years. It is now estimated that after cannabis and amphetamines, steroids are the third most commonly used drugs by teenage boys. Unless there is greater awareness of this spiralling dangerous practice, several young people are going to be seriously affected. page 50


• Climate change, engineered by man is affecting the health of all life forces, including humans, who are likely to bear the brunt of nature's retaliation for disrespecting earth. Deforestation, the burning of oil, natural gas, coal and wood, causes excess carbon dioxide (CO2) to circulate in the atmosphere. This results in unnatural occurrences and unusual and new diseases.page 99


• Psoriasis (pronounced soriasis) is a very distressing skin condition. It appears as raised red patches of skin covered with silvery scales on parts of the body, but mostly over the knees, elbows, and scalp.page 110


• We must not be persuaded into believing that our only chance of surviving cancer is through orthodox drugs or its powerful cancer fighting machinery. There are more success stories regarding recovery from cancer through the body's own natural God given healing powers, than doctors would publicly admit to.-page 115.