Category: Health Tips

Dr. Charlie Fagenholz
Western medicine blames everything on genetics, for example they will say “your dad had high blood pressure, that’s why you have it”. Eastern medicine blames things on epigenetics. Genetics is what you inherit and epigenetics is what causes your inherited genes to express themselves or not. Take breast cancer for example. If you have the breast cancer genes, western medicine believes that’s all that matters and you will get breast cancer at some point in your life with no way around it unless you are lucky. Epigenetics says that it is toxicity from the environment that CAN turn on your breast cancer gene at some point in life. Genetics is like the loaded gun, and epigenetics are the factors that have to pull the trigger in order for the gun to fire. Eastern medicine is concerned with what those factors are. What are you eating, drinking, thinking? How are you sleeping and moving?

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Dr. Charlie Fagenholz
Western medicine blames everything on genetics, for example they will say “your dad had high blood pressure, that’s why you have it”. Eastern medicine blames things on epigenetics. Genetics is what you inherit and epigenetics is what causes your inherited genes to express themselves or not. Take breast cancer for example. If you have the breast cancer genes, western medicine believes that’s all that matters and you will get breast cancer at some point in your life with no way around it unless you are lucky. Epigenetics says that it is toxicity from the environment that CAN turn on your breast cancer gene at some point in life. Genetics is like the loaded gun, and epigenetics are the factors that have to pull the trigger in order for the gun to fire. Eastern medicine is concerned with what those factors are. What are you eating, drinking, thinking? How are you sleeping and moving?

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Dr. Charlie Fagenholz
Western medicine blames everything on genetics, for example they will say “your dad had high blood pressure, that’s why you have it”. Eastern medicine blames things on epigenetics. Genetics is what you inherit and epigenetics is what causes your inherited genes to express themselves or not. Take breast cancer for example. If you have the breast cancer genes, western medicine believes that’s all that matters and you will get breast cancer at some point in your life with no way around it unless you are lucky. Epigenetics says that it is toxicity from the environment that CAN turn on your breast cancer gene at some point in life. Genetics is like the loaded gun, and epigenetics are the factors that have to pull the trigger in order for the gun to fire. Eastern medicine is concerned with what those factors are. What are you eating, drinking, thinking? How are you sleeping and moving?

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Dr. Charlie Fagenholz
Western medicine blames everything on genetics, for example they will say “your dad had high blood pressure, that’s why you have it”. Eastern medicine blames things on epigenetics. Genetics is what you inherit and epigenetics is what causes your inherited genes to express themselves or not. Take breast cancer for example. If you have the breast cancer genes, western medicine believes that’s all that matters and you will get breast cancer at some point in your life with no way around it unless you are lucky. Epigenetics says that it is toxicity from the environment that CAN turn on your breast cancer gene at some point in life. Genetics is like the loaded gun, and epigenetics are the factors that have to pull the trigger in order for the gun to fire. Eastern medicine is concerned with what those factors are. What are you eating, drinking, thinking? How are you sleeping and moving?

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Dr. Charlie Fagenholz
Western medicine blames everything on genetics, for example they will say “your dad had high blood pressure, that’s why you have it”. Eastern medicine blames things on epigenetics. Genetics is what you inherit and epigenetics is what causes your inherited genes to express themselves or not. Take breast cancer for example. If you have the breast cancer genes, western medicine believes that’s all that matters and you will get breast cancer at some point in your life with no way around it unless you are lucky. Epigenetics says that it is toxicity from the environment that CAN turn on your breast cancer gene at some point in life. Genetics is like the loaded gun, and epigenetics are the factors that have to pull the trigger in order for the gun to fire. Eastern medicine is concerned with what those factors are. What are you eating, drinking, thinking? How are you sleeping and moving?

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Dr. Charlie Fagenholz
Western medicine blames everything on genetics, for example they will say “your dad had high blood pressure, that’s why you have it”. Eastern medicine blames things on epigenetics. Genetics is what you inherit and epigenetics is what causes your inherited genes to express themselves or not. Take breast cancer for example. If you have the breast cancer genes, western medicine believes that’s all that matters and you will get breast cancer at some point in your life with no way around it unless you are lucky. Epigenetics says that it is toxicity from the environment that CAN turn on your breast cancer gene at some point in life. Genetics is like the loaded gun, and epigenetics are the factors that have to pull the trigger in order for the gun to fire. Eastern medicine is concerned with what those factors are. What are you eating, drinking, thinking? How are you sleeping and moving?

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Day 1: Take Stock of Your Relationships
Harvard study, it’s not our wealth, IQ or social class but our relationships, our bonds that most determines whether we feel fulfilled.
Day 2: The Secret of the 8-Minute Phone Call
Day 3: Small Talk Has Big Benefits – talk to someone you don’t know well.
Day 4: Why You Should Write a ‘Living Eulogy’
Tell an important person in your life how you feel about them. Think about what they have done for you in your life. Where or who would you be without them. Email, text or hand write it. Just send it!
Day 5: The Importance of Work Friends
A 2022 Gallup report showed that people who have a best friend at work are more engaged than those who don’t. These people were also more likely to innovate and share ideas, get more work done in less time and report having more fun.
Day 6: Don’t Cancel Those Plans
Interacting with other people often “improves our mood and makes us happier than we expect it will.
Day 7: Keep Happiness Going All Year Long
Set specific relationship goals. Commit to consistency. Make it a ritual. For example, Thursday morning coffee date or getting together with friends or family to do a hated postponed chore in exchange for a meal.

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Day 1: Take Stock of Your Relationships
Harvard study, it’s not our wealth, IQ or social class but our relationships, our bonds that most determines whether we feel fulfilled.
Day 2: The Secret of the 8-Minute Phone Call
Day 3: Small Talk Has Big Benefits – talk to someone you don’t know well.
Day 4: Why You Should Write a ‘Living Eulogy’
Tell an important person in your life how you feel about them. Think about what they have done for you in your life. Where or who would you be without them. Email, text or hand write it. Just send it!
Day 5: The Importance of Work Friends
A 2022 Gallup report showed that people who have a best friend at work are more engaged than those who don’t. These people were also more likely to innovate and share ideas, get more work done in less time and report having more fun.
Day 6: Don’t Cancel Those Plans
Interacting with other people often “improves our mood and makes us happier than we expect it will.
Day 7: Keep Happiness Going All Year Long
Set specific relationship goals. Commit to consistency. Make it a ritual. For example, Thursday morning coffee date or getting together with friends or family to do a hated postponed chore in exchange for a meal.

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Day 1: Take Stock of Your Relationships
Harvard study, it’s not our wealth, IQ or social class but our relationships, our bonds that most determines whether we feel fulfilled.
Day 2: The Secret of the 8-Minute Phone Call
Day 3: Small Talk Has Big Benefits – talk to someone you don’t know well.
Day 4: Why You Should Write a ‘Living Eulogy’
Tell an important person in your life how you feel about them. Think about what they have done for you in your life. Where or who would you be without them. Email, text or hand write it. Just send it!
Day 5: The Importance of Work Friends
A 2022 Gallup report showed that people who have a best friend at work are more engaged than those who don’t. These people were also more likely to innovate and share ideas, get more work done in less time and report having more fun.
Day 6: Don’t Cancel Those Plans
Interacting with other people often “improves our mood and makes us happier than we expect it will.
Day 7: Keep Happiness Going All Year Long
Set specific relationship goals. Commit to consistency. Make it a ritual. For example, Thursday morning coffee date or getting together with friends or family to do a hated postponed chore in exchange for a meal.

Continue reading

Day 1: Take Stock of Your Relationships
Harvard study, it’s not our wealth, IQ or social class but our relationships, our bonds that most determines whether we feel fulfilled.
Day 2: The Secret of the 8-Minute Phone Call
Day 3: Small Talk Has Big Benefits – talk to someone you don’t know well.
Day 4: Why You Should Write a ‘Living Eulogy’
Tell an important person in your life how you feel about them. Think about what they have done for you in your life. Where or who would you be without them. Email, text or hand write it. Just send it!
Day 5: The Importance of Work Friends
A 2022 Gallup report showed that people who have a best friend at work are more engaged than those who don’t. These people were also more likely to innovate and share ideas, get more work done in less time and report having more fun.
Day 6: Don’t Cancel Those Plans
Interacting with other people often “improves our mood and makes us happier than we expect it will.
Day 7: Keep Happiness Going All Year Long
Set specific relationship goals. Commit to consistency. Make it a ritual. For example, Thursday morning coffee date or getting together with friends or family to do a hated postponed chore in exchange for a meal.

Continue reading