Spotlight on your senses!
August 10th 2009 23:46
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“We try to first bring back the awareness. We ask each new patient to write down and record throughout the day their senses and emotions, so they can begin to focus on becoming in tune with their body. Then they can also nurture their own inner wisdom and intuition.”
Dr. Mao uses the five elements to help women decipher which body type they are. From the elements they can decide what foods are best, and worst, for their bodies. "Within each person we need to look at the constitutional types. In Chinese elements we have 5 elemental constant types; wood, earth, fire, metal and water. Each element explains or attempts to describe the five categories people fall into.
Within these we can differentiate and personalize. i.e. Wind is someone we can be described as a type-A personality; high energy, intense authoritative and stubborn. They push their nervous system to the extreme, and liver problems arise as well as tension headaches, neck and shoulder pain.
“Diet is very much tailored to the type B vitamins especially; B-6 and B-12 are nervous system relaxers. They take the edge of the overload. Now these people would not benefit from stimulants like caffeine as well as alcohol. The best thing is for them to meditate, exercise, and get rid of the tension and to learn to express in a positive way."
“Cow cheese has quite a bit of protein, but it is a foreign protein. One the body does not recognize. This makes the body produce mucus – which affects your sinuses, ears because mucus membranes align all over your body and that mucus will trap bacteria, virus and fungus, and overtime you find you have more yeast.
“Now, goat dairy is actual great – and goat cheese and milk has the same size protein as the human body – and the body doesn’t regard it as foreign. The acceptable cheeses are the fermented kind, yogurt, very hard cheese. The difference between hard and soft is with hard cheese they skim off the fat. They pack it in and age it, like parmesan cheese, so lactose is broken down and there is none left and then it is filled with calcium.”
If someone doesn’t want to completely eliminate alcohol, is there a second solution? “Alcohol is toxic to the liver cells. If you are going to drink, I would say it’s safe to drink a glass or two a week of wine, especially red wine. But, anything beyond that especially for women increases the chance of cancer (breast cancer for example).”
What advice would you give to women wanting to lost weight? Get in shape? Relieve stress? “It’s not rocket science. Eat five little meals a day. It’s very simple, when you eat five meals a day, you’re not very hungry when you come to the main meal, and since each meal is portion controlled, you will lose weight easily. Calorie increase can decrease longevity. Don’t skip breakfast.”
What was the hardest part of writing the book? “The hardest part wasn’t actually writing the book. Because I work with women and I am inspired by my mother I was further driven to make the book authentic. The hardest part was asking myself, will women want to read it? I am a guy, and I thought will they might read it and question the work because I am not a woman.” He says with a laugh.
While not a woman, Dr. Mao is serious about women’s issues. His dedication to finding answers for women on how they can be as healthy and happy as possible are what make Second Spring, and his teachings invaluable.
Extract from: Examiner.com - it's interesting to have an alternative view on your health
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