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Understanding the principles involved in staying well is at the core of proper health education. To be proactive and take control of your wellness is to ensure that your body has the essential ingredients for it to operate and provide optimal health. This is at the heart of the wellness vs sickness debate.

There is significant scientific evidence today that our health problems are related to a combination of nutritional deficiency, environmental toxicity and poor education. There is also a growing appreciation of the body's natural physiological capabilities to support health and wellness. Add to that the constant new technology and scientific discoveries that are evolving each year, then their is hope for all people to stay and remain well their entire life.

The movement towards wellness began slowly in the last few decades but is now rapidly gaining momentum as the affluent Baby Boomer generation leads the way with a commitment to retaining their youth and wellness. Their commitment is to be proactive and prevent ill health and degenerative autoimmune diseases rather than waiting until their onset and then treating the symptoms.

Wellness is different to health. 'Health' is what we see or feel. We may feel and look healthy but could be harbouring a life threatening ailment. Often the first symptom of heart disease is a heart attack, but the disease could have been developing for many years prior.

The wellness Phylosophy is based on giving the body what it needs to support optimal health (both seen and unseen) thus improving quality of life.

As you read through the information on this site you may discover some new information to how your wellness can be improved.

1: Dimensions of Health and Wellness,
The five dimensions of health and wellness; intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual and physical, All assist in achieving balance and proportion in one's life.

2: Stress and Life Pressures: Common perceptions of stress, and how this contributes to a low immune response.

3: Active Living. Emphasizes the benefits of an active lifestyle and focusing on the principles of exercise; training, overload.

4: Nutrition Principles. The importance of nutrition in an overall plan for health and wellness. The nutritional composition of the food we eat is quite often not the primary reason for its selection. A variety of lifestyle and social influences impact on the food choices we make. This ultimately can have a profound effect on our personal health and wellness.

In summary its just a few basics principles that we can use to make big changes.As our environment, and food delivery systems chnage so does they way we look at our own health. Is it little wonder that the rate of sickness and disease is increasing each decade, and very few answers are found. More and more money is pumped into research each year, yet very little seems to be happening. But there are simple things that you can do, to ebb the flow of sickness and the onset of disease and illness.

Often it's the combination of a few small changes in a few areas that deliver the best lasting results. Part of what we do is show people some of the areas that can be improved very easily. These small subtle changes over time help you build up and maintain a high level of resistance and also fight off invading pathogens.

Ultimately you will find an increase in your overall health, and less tendency to fall into sickness. Anyone can benefit from this, and often its the simple things that are most effective.