I received a great comment on one of my blog entries a few weeks ago. It’s a question we who have natural health and self-help focus need to answer on a daily basis.
The question, in essence, was; why waste time on natural cures when one pill, or other “solutions” from the traditional medical business, could do the same in less time.
Here is the original version:
“My blood pressure is normal with medication, but I never made a connection to my my sleep apnea. I have to use a breathing apparatus to sleep properly. Does the exercise program for lowering blood pressure also deal with sleep apnea, or is that a whole other program?
Although the sleep apnea apparatus is a nuicance and it forces me to use far more nasal decongestant spray than I like, it doesn’t take much time. Nor does the medication for blood pressure.
Time is an important consideration in a busy professional lifestyle. I understand what you call a “vicious health circle, but I don’t want to get into a lifestyle-robbing “vicious health-treatment circle” either.
If you are proposing or offering an efficient program(read, “low time commitment” program that’s compatible with a busy lifestyle) that handles the whole circle, I’m interested. But i haven’t got that message from you yet.”
Neill
Neill is a psychologist and his self help articles are great reading (here is one for example:http://www.neillneill.com/82/self-growth-and-the-key-to-knowing-what-to-do/trackback/ ). I have the feeling he has received several questions like this one himself and is paying it forward. Very good point Neill.
So here is my answer…
Number 1.
All traditional medications create serious side effects and drain our energy. Every single one. Blood pressure medications may at first look harmless but read the potential side effects. You’re effected by all these side effects to some degree. Not mentioning the side effects the manufacturer doesn’t list.
Dealing with these side effects and your loss of energy, you will, in the end, waste much more time than if you took a few minutes a day to exercise. And you’re spending much more money than if you invested in healthy organic food and supliments.
Number 2.
What’s our focus in life?
Everyone wants to be happy. That’s just our human nature.
Many of us say; health and family is the only thing that really matters. We can’t buy good health. And if we’re sick, we can’t take care of or spend quality time with our family.
Most people waste hours a day in front of the TV or other useless, draining activities. Yet, we’re outraged when someone suggests, we spend 30 minutes a day exercising or focusing on our health.
Is health then really as important to us as we claim?
30 minutes a day is about 2% of our waking hours.
But we’re busy, right?
Most of us are not really busy, we’re busy making.
We’re not using our full potential. And we don’t get things done as we should. That’s really what makes us more busy than we need to be. A drunk can’t focus on his work. Neither can a person who is stressed out, tired from a lack of sleep or drained because of a lack of nutrition.
If we put our health and wellbeing in the first place, everything else becomes easier. And we find enormous amount of time open up. Especially if we prioritize what’s important to us.
Number 3.
Natural health and training doesn’t really take much time. We tend to exaggerate our tasks in our head.
I spend less than 30 minutes a day on various exercises. Sometimes I focus on my breathing passages, sometimes on stress, sometimes on body training. Most often, I’m testing something new. But never do I have to spend more than 30 minutes a day on these activities.
Here are some basic facts:
Most people cure their snoring and even sleep apnea in less than 3 hours - exercising 3-7 minutes a day for less than a month. The same is true for TMJ and tooth grinding.
Most people drastically lower their blood pressure in less than 3.5 hours – exercising less than 30 minutes a day for one week.
The basic fact is that natural cures take less time than repeated doctor’s and pharmacy visits. Not to mentioning surgery. They may require you to plan a little, focus on one method at the time or combine several methods. But in the end, it will pay off in more energy, more time and better feelings.
Hope this answered several hundred of you, asking the same question as Neill.
Warm regards,
Christian Goodman
PS: Personal note to Neill: The blood pressure program will probably help you with your sleep apnea, but for the best results, use both The Stop Snoring Exercise Program and The Natural Blood Pressure Program. You can find both programs on the righthand side of this page.
Dear Chris
Thank you for this note. I agree with you even if I find it hard to find 30 minutes each day to do exercise… or stress reduction activities. And yet, I do find time for watching TV or listening to radio.
You are inviting me to revisit my priorities and hopefully, I will do like you… make time for this. Thank you for making clearer something I know but don’t always put into application.
Anne-Marie Hogue
Thank you, Christian. OK, you’ve made your point. I don’t know why I gave up on the Snoring program 2 years ago, but I have re-downloaded the program and I’m going to try it again. I have just now purchased and downloaded the Blood Pressure program. My intent is to try to integrate both into my daily routines. Wish me luck/fortitude/persistence, or whatever it is I need.
Thank you also for mentioning my website to your readers. The trackback link is being fixed today. In the meantime readers can get at my site with http://www.neillneill.com/82/self-growth-and-the-key-to-knowing-what-to-do/
Neill
I talked to my doctor and he told me that there is no known cure for sleep apnea. I just have to use my CPAF machine to alleviate it. I have bought your Stop Snoring Program but it never claimed therein about curing sleep apnea. Now the new Natural Blood Pressure Program, how can it claim too to cure the sleep apnea problem?
Hope you give it 100% now Neill and then report the results here.
Edgar. It has taken me years to build up the nerves to claim the snoring program cures sleep apnea. But after hundreds of emails from clients reporting complete relief from sleep apnea, I can’t be silent. But I think doctors who swear, there is no cure for something have even bigger nerves than I do. How can anyone make such a big claim in such a big world. There are natural cures for pretty much anything. We just have to find them.
Finally, Anne, thank you for your kind words.
Warm regards,
Christian
Edgar,
I used to work for a medical practice, and it is astonishing who actually runs the business- no not the doctors- the pharmaceutical companies! They wouldn’t want us to know that anything works other than what they sell. Natural cures aren’t going to make them any money, so they aren’t going to present it to a Medical Doctors as a viable option, who therefore aren’t going to present it to their patients as one. And to think all this time we thought the HMOs were the ones running the show *sigh*