Regardless of what we have accomplished in our lifetime, the one central concern that all of us have sooner or later is about our health. We take it for granted oftentimes until something happens that alters our daily routines.
From a personal standpoint, this was my situation early one morning on New Year’s Day. I went to bed rather early on New Year’s Eve because I had a sore throat and needed the rest. While I laid in bed, I kept feeling something in my throat and I wanted to see it come out, but it refused. By 5am I was lying in bed awake, and still feeling something in my throat, but suddenly I couldn’t catch a breath!
I woke my wife up and by the sounds that I was making while struggling to get an inkling of breath, she thought I was having a heart attack. I could get just enough air with each intake to keep me conscious and I managed to get to the kitchen to drink a glass of water.
My wife was asking me if she should call 9-11 and the answer should have been “yes”, but I delayed her hoping to catch my breath and ease my breathing. Eventually, after drinking a glass of warm water, I was able to restore my normal breathing for the moment and at that point I ask a friend of the family’s who was visiting us, to take me to the nearby fire station where they could monitor what was going on with my breathing.
The station was only a mile away and there were five firemen on duty who were busy checking me with a monitor and asking me specific questions. About that time, I started having problems breathing again, but they were all calm and reassured me that I was getting 100% oxygen. This calmed me down although I could hardly breathe. At their suggestion they drove me to the hospital and the doctor was soon able to check me out.
The main point that she made was that I was dehydrated and because of the lack of water in my system, the phlegm in my throat was sticking to the sides of my esophagus and blocking the air.
The final diagnosis was that I had acute bronchitus. The reason I’m sharing this story with you is to make my point about how we never really know from one day to the next just how our health will be. Don’t let things go unattended that you know better about.
This brings me to belly fat. As I have said before, the big belly is hard on your back! And as you get older, you will find yourself considering your back pains a little more often. A big belly is unfair to your back. Read the postings here and you will find the help to get your belly in shape.
There are many practical things that we can do on a daily basis and many of these things are not that expensive. Although there are a great many suggestions by those who specialize in one particular field or another, there are some very basic steps that we should all implement if we want to avoid the sicknesses and ailments that we see so many suffering from in today’s world.
One of the key elements that can help you get a take on how you are doing with your overall health is to get a roll of Hydrion paper and test your urine. This test is to determine whether you are acidic, alkaline, or neutral. Either of the last two are preferable, but certainly not the first one. People who are vulnerable to things such as a cold or the flu or worse are almost always acidic.
Most of the foods we eat and the drinks that we consume unfortunately are acidic. Even public tap water is more acidic than not. And, I know this is going to be hard for many of you to accept or want to hear, but coffee is highly acidic. To balance a cup of coffee would require about twenty glasses of water to bring your body back to where it was before you drank that cup.
In the upcoming articles posted here I’ll be covering many of these basic steps that you can implement to take charge of your health. If you don’t do it, your doctor may be able to help you, or an alternative practitioner, but the best approach is to begin with yourself and this site is here to help you with the basics.
To Your Optimum Health,
Henry Hubby