If Only We Could Capture that Elusive Energy

I was just thinking the other day that there was a time when I was always complaining about not having enough energy in the day. In fact, that used to be my mantra; I have no energy. When I constantly complained that to my doctor husband, he asked me to have my blood work done and I found that I had all ‘normal’ readings. So I couldn’t for the life of me understand why I did not have enough energy to do the chores that my peers were able to accomplish in the day.

Later I found that my blood sugars were abnormal and I had developed ‘Diabetes’. I had also gained a lot of weight that became an additional burden on my system. Diabetes can be a blessing in disguise if you learn how to control it. It requires a complete overhaul of your system in terms of changing your life style. Learning to control Diabetes has been a journey for me in terms of changing my life style. All that doctors did for me is to prescribe medications and address the disease process it self and recommend a balanced nutritious diet and include a daily exercise plan. However, it still did not help my energy levels.

I found a significant difference in my energy levels when I first took Noni concentrated juice. I used to take a few drops of the Noni juice sub-lingually, under my tongue 2 hours before or after lunch or breakfast. My energy levels were noticeably boosted when I first took it and went for my daily walk in the park when I whizzed thru my 10 rounds without stopping in between the rounds like I normally did. Even the other people in the park commented on my new found energy!

A few months later I chanced upon Ganoderma coffee when a friend of mine in India introduced it to me. I had run out of the regular instant coffee when he was visiting me. So he told me to try his healthier coffee for a month and sold me a box. I was not really keen on changing my brand of coffee but took it anyway because I was feeling lazy to go out and get my regular coffee.

The first thing I noticed was that I had a sustainable energy level through out the day and secondly I was very alert as well without craving for caffeine. I was just glad that I was not craving for a second or third cup of coffee a couple of hours later like I normally did with my regular coffee. This box lasted me for a month after which I went back to my regular coffee. But after about 2 months of my regular coffee I noticed that I did not have that ‘sense of well being’ that I had when I was taking the Ganoderma coffee.

I was back in the US and didn’t know any distributor who would sell me the Ganoderma coffee. So I was on the look out for a distributor. I finally found an ad in the yoga institute for Organo Gold Coffee and immediately ordered my box for the month. Since I knew I was going to drink OG coffee every day I looked into the opportunity and was awe struck by their leadership and compensation plan. I also heard a lot of testimonials on the benefits of Ganoderma and met a lot of ordinary people like me, who were successful in this company and who had improved their life style tremendously as a result.

I can definitely say that Ganoderma has improved my overall health, controlled my weight and increased my energy on a continuous and sustainable level. Having energy is a great wealth bec ause it gives you strength to do all the things you set out to do.

You can find a meeting where this opportunity is presented live in different cities. Visit the Organo Gold site  for a schedule of events in different cities and go order healthy coffee now!

There are times when I am afraid to step out of the house feeling insecure that I might get myself into some kind of accident. Well, last weekend, when I was trying to take out from the refrigerator, my sport bottle with filtered water, it slipped from my hand and fell on my left foot. The bottle was heavy and I was taking it out of the top shelf in the refrigerator and so it had quite an impact on my foot and I was in excruciating pain and my pinky toe immediately inflamed and got swollen. The pain was really intolerable and I needed something immediately to soothe the pain.

Luckily I had my jar of Real Time Pain Relief real handy and reached out to it. 

But when I looked at my foot I knew it needed something stronger or that I might

have to go to the emergency room to have it tended to. I then remembered that my

friend and health coach, Brenda Spencer had a wellness pro machine that got rid of 

my body aches from a fall that I had just before I went to her house. At that time I

did not have my Real Time Pain Relief with me.   

When I went to her house I had great difficulty in walking because of the pain I had all over my body. She put some electrodes on my stomach and back and ran the machine called a TENS system. It is a non invasive electrical therapy which reduces pain using electrical stimulus. With a TENS system, a portable stimulator generates a current which flows through leads to electrodes placed in specific locations on the patients skin. The low voltage current causes an electrical reaction in sensory and motor nerves fibers, overriding pain message transmissions.

Advantages of Integrating TENS in Pain Management

• Decreases pain, increases activity, and promotes return to work (1)
• Reduces the need for pain medication (2-4) and its concomitant side effects (2)
• Reduces the need for muscle relaxants, tranquilizers and steroids
• Reduces the need for PT and OT services (2)
• Has no known side effects, no risk of overdosing, and no drug interference
• Is cost effective, typically reimbursed, and easy to administer
• Helps patients remain alert, functional, and productive
• Puts patients in charge of their pain control

I am still amazed at how easily this machine takes care of the pain and so I decided to go to Brenda instead of the emergency room. Within 30 minutes I seemed to be functioning quite normally. I say ‘seemed’ because I still had some pain but the intensity was greatly reduced. I came home and applied my Real Time Pain Relief since it has Arnica Montana a homeopathic ingredient equivalent to an analgesic or ibuprofen that we normally take to overcome pain. I also applied some ice pack treatments to my foot and the healing has been amazingly quick. I am so happy and grateful that I am getting exposed to all these wonderful health products that are a safe and effective alternative to pharmacological approaches to pain control.

It has hardly been 2 days since my unforeseen accident and I am functioning quite normally in spite of some nagging pain in my foot. I will definitely not leave home without my real time pain relief and will choose TENS for my pain therapy as a low risk, first line treatment option.

Well, good health is all about eating right and taking care of the body, and thinking right is all about taking care of the mind. Spirituality is all about meditating and gaining a balance in thought, word and deed! LIFE is a balancing act! It is all about what you eat, what you think, what you speak and what you do with your life.

Recently, I got introduced to a product called Noni Leaven which just launched in India and is available only in Asian countries. I have been using it for the past 3 weeks and have found it to give me a lot of energy and a sense of general well being. Here I am giving an excerpt of the benefits of Noni from their website.

Noni is the Hawaian name of the plant Morinda Citrifolia of the genus Morinda of the family Rubiaceae. In India it is the Indian Mulberry, in Malaysia it is Mengkudo, in Vietnam it is Grand Morinda, in Australia it is Cheesefruit, in Africa it is Bumbo, in the Caribbean islands it is Painkiller Tree, in Guam it is Lada, in Tahiti and Raratonga it is Nono, etc. In Hawaii, Noni is considered like a Goddess just like the Neem tree in India. Just as all the parts of the Neem tree have medical benefits so also every part of the Noni – its roots, bark, leaves and fruit have medicinal value.

Hawaiian Noni is a small, blossoming shrub with rounded branches and dark, glossy evergreen leaves that measure approximately a foot in length. Bunches of small white flowers sprout at different times and evolve into bumpy egg-shaped fruits that are a few inches long and etched with circular indentations. The yellowish white skin of the fruit, which is waxy and opaque, becomes more translucent as it ripens and the tasteless, whitish pulp turns into a smelly semi-liquid that seeps through the skin of the fruit.

Chemical Constituents 

The leaf contains anthraquinones, glycosides, phenolic compounds, resins, B-sitosterol and ursolic acid, besides several amino acids like alanine, arginine, aspartic acids, cysteine, systine, glycine, glutamic acid, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, setine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine and valine.

The flower contains acacetin, glucophyranoside, dimethyl apigenin, galactophyranoside. dimethoxy methyl anthroquinone, rhamnosyl glucophyranoside, etc and the fruit contains antioxidants, alizarin, anthraquinones. aucubin, caprolic and caprylic acids, proxeronine, damnacanthol, essential oils, B-D-glucopyranose pentaacetate, asperuloside tetra acetate, glucose and ascorbic acid.

The root and root bark contain carbonate, rubicholric acid, chrysophanol, magnesium, sodium, morinadadiol, resins, sterols, chlorubin, soranjidol, phosphate, ferric iron, glycosides, morindine and rubiadine.

Pharmacological observations

Compounds found in the fruit portion exhibit antimicrobial action against Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, shigella paradysenteriae and Staphylacoccus aureaus. Compounds found in the root have the ability to reduce swollen mucous membrane and lower blood pressure. Proxeronine, an alkaloid constituent of the fruit, prompts the production of Xeronine in the body, which is thought to be helpful in cancer treatment. Noni influences almost all body systems including circulatory, digestive, respiratory, integumentary, endocrine, immune-related, nervous and skeletal.

 Traditional uses

• Juice made from pounding noni leaves, roots and fruit, mixed with water, is used for diarrhea
• For infant diarrhea, powdered bark with water is given
• Small pieces of fruit and root are given with water to kill intestinal parasites
• Poultice of fruit is applied to swollen areas, deep cuts, inflamed joints, etc for immediate relief
• Noni fruit juice and bark decoctions are used for regulation of menstruation
• Boiled bark decoctions are used for stomach ailments
• Pounded fruit with kava and sugarcane is used in the treatment of tuberculosis
• Leaf infusions are used to treat adult fevers
• For inflamed gums, a mouth wash consisting of crushed ripe fruit and juice is used
• Pounded leaf juice is used in adult gingivitis
• For sore throat, leaves are chewed and the juice swallowed
• Leaf poultices are used for skin abscesses and boils
• Leaf macerations are used for swelling anywhere on the body
• Heated leaves are used in the treatment of arthritic joints and against ringworms
• Grated bark is used in the treatment of cough
• Diseased gums are treated with charred unripe fruit with salt.
• Fresh, crushed leaves are rubbed on the chest of babies for serious chest colds and fever

I have been feeling so good taking Noni Leaven that I consider it my best friend. :)  In my next post I am going to write more about Noni since it is my latest discovery.