| From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer | | | | them, then that is likely to have a negative |
| Free For Life | | | | impact on their health. Suppression of |
| | | | emotion, which creates internal stress, has |
| Over 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates noticed a | | | | been shown to negatively affect the immune |
| potential connection between personality | | | | system. |
| traits and health conditions. Since he is | | | | |
| considered by many to be the father of modern | | | | Because of the intimate connection between |
| medicine, is it possible that he was onto | | | | your personality traits and health, try |
| something? | | | | implementing the following three suggestions: |
| | | | |
| Current research is indicating that he was. | | | | Take charge of your life. Feeling out of |
| Traditional Chinese medicine has known this | | | | control is one of the most negative |
| for quite awhile, generally looking to the | | | | personality traits and health damaging points |
| personality of a patient for diagnosis | | | | of view. Understand that you are constantly |
| purposes. | | | | making choices in your life and that, in |
| | | | reality, everything that occurs in your life |
| A variety of illnesses, ranging from chronic | | | | is a result of a choice you made. |
| fatigue, arthritis, diabetes, asthma and | | | | |
| various auto-immune disorders have been shown | | | | Focus on the task at hand, without wasting |
| to be a link between personality traits and | | | | energy by letting your thoughts wander. This |
| health. The main reason for this appears to | | | | is actually one of the central concepts of |
| be the fact that our personality traits tend | | | | Zen Buddhism, frequently summed in the |
| to determine what causes us stress and how we | | | | following way: When hungry, eat; when tired, |
| handle that stress. | | | | sleep. People frequently hear this and think |
| | | | that everyone does that when, in reality, too |
| Stress has an incredibly negative impact on | | | | many people have a thousand thoughts running |
| the immune system, dragging it down and | | | | through their head at every moment. In the |
| making it function poorly. | | | | book Cancer Free For Life, there are many |
| | | | examples and ways to reduce stress in your |
| Our personality traits and health often times | | | | life and techniques to understand cancer in |
| seem out of our control in this day and age. | | | | order to eliminate it. |
| Far too many people fall back on the common | | | | |
| excuse that it is "just how I've always | | | | Eliminate worry from your thinking. When you |
| been," when discussing either half of the | | | | boil down every situation in life, you find |
| equation. | | | | only two different types...the situations you |
| | | | have control over and the situations you |
| As an example, we've all been around people | | | | don't have control over. If you don't any |
| who seem to be able to take the stresses and | | | | control, there is no point in worrying. If |
| negative conditions of life in stride, | | | | you do have control, don't worry about it, |
| without allowing anything to really bother | | | | just plan on making sure the best outcome is |
| them. At first glance, this personality trait | | | | realized. Eliminating worry from your life is |
| would probably lead to good health, right? | | | | one of the most positive personality traits |
| | | | and healthiest thing you can do. |
| If a person is truly unbothered by things | | | | |
| then, yes, their personality traits and | | | | This article is available for reprint for |
| health are working together to create a | | | | your website and newsletter, provided that |
| positive outcome. If, however, they are | | | | you maintain its copyright integrity and |
| actually bothered by things but suppress | | | | include the signature. |