Why else would health-care practitioners force your body into doing things it doesn't want to do? Drugs force body. So do some "natural" supplements. Don't get me wrong, it's important in trauma cases to have a qualified physician to patch you up.

But in cases involving disease prevention and cure, we've gotten way off base. For example, what is standard mode of treatment for fevers? Well, is body working or not working? Most practitioners force body into cooling itself, disarming it's innate immune system. Do drugs work? Certainly. But do they produce health? No, they dont' and they can't.

Experts, though often sincere, approach disease from wrong perspective. Experts in fields of health-care and food supplementation look at human body and see a physical entity that carries out complex chemical reactions.

Based on this physical and chemical understanding, they formulate pharmaceutical drugs and health supplements to create or emulate a certain response in body. Unfortunately, human body is neither physical nor chemical in nature; it is electrical.

Physical form (ie. human body, a table, or an automobile) cannot exist without chemical reactions and chemical reactions cannot take place without electrical interactions. Thus, physical form cannot exist without electrical interactions. So you see, electric component is foundation upon which all matter is created.

We hope that following article may be informative and/or helpful for your e-zine, or on your web site. Craig Lock has written extensively on subject of stress management, as well as in field of self help. This extract is from his first published book HANDBOOK TO SURVIVE- a collection of writings on various subjects to help every man or woman survive in a rapidly changing, uncertain world.

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WHAT TO DO ABOUT STRESS: The "Thirty Point Plan" for "small and big business person"... and everyone else.

by Craig Lock

1. Be positive - see problems as opportunities. Have goals and visions. Have a positive mental attitude.

2. Play sports and step up your exercise.

3. Talk things over with someone.

4. Determine what causes you stress and try to eliminate it.

5. Become physically fit.

6. Balance work, home/family and recreation.

7. Enjoy your play and relaxation - it is precious time! 8. Get adequate sleep and rest.

9. Allow yourself some relaxation and meditation time every day.

10. Learn relaxation techniques and systematic ways to relax.

11. Give yourself time to think.

12. Know your limits and your symptoms of stress... and how to relieve them. Learn to say 'no' to others' excessive demands on you. Don't say "yes" when you mean "no".

13. "Coast" if necessary.

14. Worry only about that which can be changed by you. I like quotation which goes like this "God grant me serenity to accept things I cannot change; courage to change things I can; and wisdom to know difference." I often do not follow this rule.

15. Use your imagination to reduce your stress levels. Be creative.

16. Learn to switch off thinking about work when you get home.

17. Think about your diet and eat nutritious food.

18. Learn to plan your time better.

19. Learn to recognize and to accept your limitations as well as limitations (and faults) of others.

20. Learn to have FUN. You must be able to enjoy your work.

21. Learn to praise others and be positive.

22. Learn to tolerate and to forgive.