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Stress Less 减轻压力
A New Hope for 2012 and Beyond!
by Narij Naik, M.Pharm.
This time last year, I was still suffering from the horrible symptoms of an illness known as ulcerative colitis. My
consultant doctor told me that I would be on medication for the rest of my life and there was no cure. To hear
those words as you can imagine was pretty heartbreaking to say the least, but I didn’t listen. Instead, I went on my
own personal mission to find a natural solution.
Fast forward one year... and I have been symptom free without needing medication for over 10 months. Many of
the methods that you will read about in Yang Sheng such as energy healing and meditation are a core part of the
solution I found, but an initial shift in my mindset is what sparked my discovery of all these amazing alternative
healing techniques.
Here are some amazing facts that helped me to make that shift.
“Whatever your age, your body is many years younger. In fact, even if you're middle aged, most of you, of your
body, may be just 10 years old or less. This heartening truth, which arises from the fact that most of the body's
tissues are under constant renewal, has been underlined by a novel method of estimating the age of human cells.
Its inventor, Jonas Frisen, believes the average age of all the cells in an adult's body may turn out to be as young as
7 to 10 years.” New York Times, 2005
Did you know every 7 ‐ 10 years every single cell of your body is replaced aside from a few brain and heart cells? I
know, pretty amazing right?!... Your skin is replaced every 2 weeks, your liver is replaced every 300 ‐ 500 days,
your bones are replaced every 10 years and the surface of your gut has a life of only 5 days!
The quality of how your body regenerates is related to the quality of fuel you feed both your mind and your body.
This shows you have the power to change at any time in your life, if you really want to.
So, if you want to grow strong, vital and happy cells that help you get all the things you really want in life, then you
need to feed your mind information and fuel that provides constructive, self‐empowering thoughts!
“Researchers at Duke Medical Center tracked 2,800 patients who had been hospitalized with heart disease.
Patients were asked to fill out a survey to determine how they felt about their medical diagnosis, treatment, and
recovery. Ten years later, the group who answered the questions with a negative attitude saw 46 deaths per 100
people. But those with the most positive approach had 32 deaths per 100 subjects, when adjusted for factors like
age and previous heart problems.”
“Our research shows better physical recovery and a higher likelihood of survival is linked to attitude—personal
beliefs about their illness,” John C. Barefoot, the study’s lead author and professor emeritus in the department of
psychiatry at Duke
When I first came across the research that confirms that nearly every cell in our body can be replaced with new
healthier cells, that we are not the victims of our genes, and our genes can even be changed, it gave me an
overwhelming new sense of hope.
22 Yang-Sheng (Nurturing Life) Volume 2, Issue No. 1