What a REVELATION - SINGAPORE: Many Don't Seek Help for Chest Pains!!! Majority Would Neglect Chest Pains Because of Concerns Over Cost of Treatment!!!

Cardiovascular disease was the top killer in Singapore in 2008, accounting for 32.4 per cent of all deaths.
An Asiaone article published on January 24, 2010, that was based on a survey and titled "Many don't seek help for chest pains", says that one-fifth of respondents would rest rather than seek medical help.

DESPITE knowing that chest pains are an early warning sign of a heart attack, about a fifth of Singaporeans would lie down in bed and rest rather than seek medical help, according to an independent survey.

Conducted earlier this month, the 22-question survey was e-mailed to more than 400 people over the age of 16 and was demographically representative of the population.

The results, revealed to The Straits Times yesterday, found that while 70 per cent of Singaporeans surveyed knew chest pains and breathlessness are warning signs of a heart attack, 21.8 per cent did not see the need to seek medical attention.


A further 13.6 per cent of respondents would call an ambulance, while 15.6 per cent would immediately go to a hospital's accident and emergency department.

The survey also showed more than half of respondents think heart disease is not as deadly as cancer. However, cardiovascular disease, which includes stroke and heart disease, is the leading cause of death and claims 15 lives each day - just under a third of all deaths in 2008. Cancer was responsible for 29.3 per cent of deaths that same year.

More than three-quarters of respondents accurately picked the risk factors for heart disease including high cholesterol, high blood pressure and bad diet, but only 36 per cent knew diabetes was also a risk factor.

Some of the findings from the Survey are as follows:

TOP FIVE REASONS FOR NEGLECTING CHEST PAINS*

Majority would neglect chest pains because of concerns over cost of treatment.

• Worried about cost of treatment - 51.5%
• Fearful of diagnosis - 32.2%
• Afraid of surgery - 30.2%
• Worried about recovery period/loss of pay - 19.6%
• Worried about side effects - 18.3% 

REACTIONS TO CHEST PAINS

About one in five would lie down in bed if experiencing chest pains.

• Lie down in bed and rest - 21.8%
• Go to GP - 20%
• Call family - 18.8%
• Go to hospital/ER - 15.6%
• Call an ambulance - 13.6%
• Don't know/Not sure - 6.7%
• Others - 3.5%

HEART ATTACK WARNING SIGNS*

Confusion between signs of heart attack and stroke

When asked to choose heart attack symptoms from a list of 10 warning signs (comprising five signs each of stroke and heart attack), 42.1 per cent selected stroke signs instead, which are mainly numbness of limbs and loss of balance/coordination.

• Chest discomfort/pains - 96%
• Shortness of breath - 90.1%
• Cold sweat - 64.6%
• Back or jaw discomfort/pains - 27.2%
• Nausea/vomiting - 23.8% 

NOTE: * Figures do not add up to 100% as respondents could pick more than one answer

To read this article in FULL, which was first published in The Straits Times, CLICK HERE!

Heart problems were almost non-existent in most Asian countries where the typical diet consisted mainly of fish, vegetables, rice and other foods low in saturated fat. Tragically, as these countries have become industrialized and traditional diets are being replaced with Western diets, there has been an alarming rise of coronary heart disease. Unfortunately, most of these types of foods are high in salt, sugar, fat or calories and have low nutrient content.

In an article posted by Dr. Mercola titled "7 Simple Steps for a Healthy Heart", it states that The American Heart Association (AHA) has, for the first time, identified seven health factors and lifestyle behaviors its research indicates are necessary to keep your heart in good shape.

The AHA says ideal cardiovascular health for adults is defined by these health measures:

1. Never smoked or quit more than a year ago
2. A healthy body mass index (BMI)
3. Physical activity, and the more the better
4. Blood pressure below 120/80.
5. Fasting blood glucose less than 100 milligrams/deciliter
6. Total cholesterol of less than 200 milligrams/deciliter
7. Eating a healthy diet

The AHA hopes the seven factors could improve the cardiovascular health of Americans by 20 percent by the year 2020, and also reduce deaths from cardiovascular-related diseases and strokes by 20 percent.

Not only is it IRONIC that the majority would neglect chest pains because of concerns over cost of treatment, it could end up as the ULTIMATE TRAGEDY!!! So, if one thinks that S$220 is too much to pay for a month's consumption of MonaVie juice, one should perhaps think again as certainly the COST OF TREATMENT FOR HEART ATTACKS WOULD SURELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER!!! Not only that, it could undesirably result in the TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE!!!


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"The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition." ~ Thomas Edison

"Don’t eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn't recognize as food (Go-Gurt? Breakfast-cereal bars? Nondairy creamer?); stay away from these." ~ Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma

"Virtually no one in the field of health and nutrition speaks about the concept of food having energy, but if you stop and think about it, it intuitively makes sense. Vegetables have a lighter energy than proteins. Animal meat from tortured animals has a different energy than meat from animals that lived a peaceful existence." ~ Joshua Rosenthal, founder/director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition

 "Don't DIG your GRAVE with your own KNIFE and FORK!" ~ English Proverb

"If the DOCTORS of TODAY do not become the NUTRITIONISTS of TOMORROW, then the NUTRITIONISTS of TODAY will become the DOCTORS of tomorrow." ~ Rockefeller Institute of Medicine research



An article by Ken Adachi titled "Nutrition, the Key to Energy" had the following to say:

The value of proper nutrition cannot be emphasized enough. Your body's health is directly related to what you put into it. Modern supermarket food is devitalized due to contaminants and processing. Organic, fresh, raw foods possess forms of energy not currently understood by orthodox science. Some of these esoteric energies can be measured and detected, however. There is an instrument available today, the Vohl Dermatron, that can measure the "vital force" of food. A simpler method (but no less accurate) is to use a dowsing pendulum to determine this vital force on a scale of 1-10 for instance. Raw foods also contain digestive enzymes that cooked and processed foods lack. The digestive enzymes that Nature provides with the raw fruit, vegetable, or meat is the perfect match for that particular food. If you don't get the digestive enzymes in the foods that you eat, your body has to make them. That requires energy and nutrients that's depleting of your energy resources. Many researchers who study those elements that contribute to longevity feel that the human body has a limited capacity and store of enzyme production over a lifetime. When your enzyme producing capacity expires, you expire! 

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What glucans seem to do is to stimulate / irritate your white blood cells called Macrophages into action. There is actually beta-glucan receptors displayed by immune cells that the lectin fits right into like a lock and key and switches on or activates the macrophage to do it's job...clean up. Increased macrophage activity triggers a whole cascade of immune events, which basically boost immune response, which improves Natural Host Resistance. It also stimulates the production of immune cells.

It is proven beneficial for conditions related to immunity.

A recent article from the The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (The FASEB Journal) shows that antioxidants, largely found in plant-based foods, just may be H1N1 influenza’s Achilles heel. In laboratory testing they demonstrate the ability to prevent the H1N1 virus from invading and colonizing our lungs. The research, conducted by Sadis Matalon and his colleagues, also suggests that antioxidants can help in the treatment of H1N1 influenza.



The team of researchers discovered that influenza virus’ contain a protein called M2, which destroys or damages the epithelial cells of our lungs by removing liquid from inside, promoting the early stages of pneumonia as well as other lung problems.


The research was carried out in four steps. First, the lung protein was injected into frog eggs to measure its function. Second, the M2 protein from H1N1 virus and the lung protein were injected into frog eggs and the researchers discovered that the M2 protein caused the lung protein function to decrease significantly.

The team then isolated the segment of the virus M2 protein responsible for the damage to the lung protein and were able to demonstrate that without this segment, the virus was unable to damage the lung protein. Lastly, an intact virus M2 protein and the lung protein were then re-injected into frog eggs along with antioxidant drugs. The antioxidants prevented the virus M2 protein from damaging the lung protein. When these experiments were repeated using human lung cells, the results were exactly the same.

“Although vaccines will remain the first line of intervention against the flu for a long time to come, this study opens the door for entirely new treatments geared toward stopping the virus after you’re sick,” said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of the FASEB Journal, “and this discovery is another reason to drink red wine to your health.”

That's just drinking red wine alone.

Your Immune System is fascinating, complex, powerful, and critical in keeping you healthy! Without a properly functioning defense mechanism, our bodies would be virtually overrun by various bacteria, viruses, cancers and other pathogens in hours to days and we will cease to exist.



With immune system performance a global health issue, food, beverage and supplement manufacturers are constantly releasing new products to capitalize on this new awareness for sales and profits. The truth hits close to home. Fully 87% of Americans eat and drink foods and beverages that make claims to boost immune system function, according to a 2008 survey by the International Food Information Council Foundation.

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The WAKE-UP CALL!!! - HEALTH is WEALTH!!! WEALTH = (W)hen (E)verything (A)ll (L)eads (T)o (H)ealth!!! GOOD HEALTH is PRICELESS!!!

I used to jokingly say that WEALTH stood for
(W)hen (E)verything (A)ll (L)eads (T)o (H)ealth!!! As if I needed confirmation, on December 31, 2009, AsiaOne On-Line ran an article titled "Starting Anew" - HEALTH is WEALTH. Here are EIGHT RESOLUTIONS (I guess that EIGHT was used because it is AUSPICIOUS to the CHINESE) to usher in a brand new decade - and a whole new you. The main point is that HEALTH is WEALTH, and the article offered EIGHT RESOLUTIONS to usher in a BRAND NEW DECADE!

The article quoted that Dr Soon Chao Yang, a consultant cardiologist at Nobel Heart Centre at Mount Alvernia Medical Centre, Singapore, is all for eating more fruits and vegetables.

The article also quoted that you should also eat a balanced diet and take lots of "brain food" rich in antioxidants and Omega-3 fatty acids.

Click HERE to read the FULL AsiaOne On-Line article.



In The Antioxidant Miracle, Lester Packer, PhD, states, "Scientists now believe that free radicals are causal factors in nearly every known disease, from heart disease to arthritis to cancer and cataracts.  In fact, free radicals are a major culprit in the aging process itself."  It is this chain reaction of unstable free radicals in our body that create cellular damage, leading to unbridled inflammation and eventually disease.   This process of oxidation is much like the rusting of iron, but it is in the very cells of our body.


The MonaVie premier blend of Açai Berry juice offers an unrivalled level of ANTIOXIDANTS that your body needs to combat these FREE RADICALS! Today’s environment of stress, pollution, processed foods, and nutrient deficient fruits and vegetables drives this life-robbing, pre-mature aging process and diseases at a higher rate than ever - yet points to a single, simple solution. 


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The HOPE That MonaVie GIVES - The Rob and Lisa Alwin MonaVie Black Diamond Documentary

There are REASONS why MonaVie grows from
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In Rob and Lisa Alwin's own words..."We were starving in real estate when we first took a look at MonaVie. We had lost over 20 years' worth of savings and assets, which all but killed us. Our MonaVie experience saved us from the real estate market and has changed our lives forever. We spend a lot of time with our five kids and enjoy financial security. We are able to focus on important things, like what we can do for others with our money and time. Our tip for you is to pour the juice every day."

MonaVie’s Newest Hawaiian Blue Diamonds - Al and Sherry Huva had this to say, “Our goal is to get to Black Diamond and beyond. We are so excited to have our kids Brittany and Travis cheering us on and building this with us as a family. It's hard to believe that not too long ago we were living paycheck to paycheck. We were so sick of being broke and worrying about money. We are so thankful to Dallin Larsen and his vision for creating such an outstanding company that helps ordinary people live extraordinary lives. We are here to give you hope. If a former zamboni driver and a broke student can do this, you can too. Dream big; believe big; achieve big.”

So, start off your Year 2010 based on HOPE but with the strong possibility of making your DREAMS COME TRUE!!!



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