Inflammation and your Gut Health

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Have you ever wondered about the relationship between your gut health and your overall well-being?

Does it feel like no matter how healthy you eat or how many “health tricks” you try…

Your gut pain still feels unbearable?

I´m not talking about mild, occasional stomach cramps. I´m talking about extreme, life-crippling cramps.

Ones that make your gut feel like it’s being squeezed in a vice grip. Where it´s so intense… you feel like passing out in cold sweats. If you’re relying on common remedies to ease this, you might be making a massive mistake.

Most “solutions” are just temporary fixes. They just cover up symptoms rather than addressing the underlying issues. When your gut pain is this severe and persistent. It’s a sign that your gut environment may be severely compromised.

The best way to actually find long-lasting improvement is by rebuilding your gut in the most natural way possible!

We’ve developed a straightforward, protocol that has been scientifically proven to:

• Repair your gut lining—creating a strong barrier against irritants.
https://blog.drsundardas.com/facts-about-leaky-gut-every-person-should-know-to-improve-gut-health/

• Strengthen your microbiome—for better digestion and health.
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• Improve nutrient absorption—get more from your food.
https://blog.drsundardas.com/your-gut-brain-and-you/

• Support your immune system—keep illnesses at bay.

• Reduce deadly inflammation—cut down the root of pain.
https://blog.drsundardas.com/environmental-toxins-and-your-gut/

There’s one big problem with inflammation that you won’t hear often. Finding out if you have it, most of the time, requires some detective work! Some signs can be obvious: redness, swelling, or feeling hot to the touch. But, some of the signs can mimic other conditions and are too subtle to notice.

In fact, symptoms like eczema, psoriasis, diarrhoea, constipation, fatigue, depression, arthritis, brain fog, and joint issues all point to one underlying cause…

Chronic inflammation!

So many people are not aware they have any inflammation until they run lab tests.
And do you know the biggest driver of chronic inflammation? A dysfunctional gut!

These symptoms are alarm bells of your body letting you know that something is not right in your gut. And if you continue to ignore your gut health, these inflammatory symptoms will only progress until you’re forced to stop and listen.

Unfortunately, most people don’t know how to stop inflammation in its tracks.

Recent scientific advancements have shed light on a once controversial topic – the legitimacy of leaky gut syndrome (also known as intestinal permeability) and its systemic consequences. Now, more than ever, it’s crucial to understand how this condition impacts not only your digestive system but your entire body!

In our consultations and testing: you will learn:

• About the factors contributing to leaky gut and its association with various health conditions.

• How leaky gut occurs? You will have the opportunity to explore how disruptions in the intestinal barrier can lead to increased permeability, triggering immune responses and inflammation throughout the body.

• How to treat leaky gut? You will discover practical strategies to support and optimize your gut health, including dietary changes, stress management techniques, natural supplements, lifestyle modifications and so much more.

We have helped individuals recover from digestive issues and chronic inflammation with a combination of functional medicine and osteopathic techniques

If you need help you can click HERE to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment.
We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Yours in Health,
Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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The Total Trauma Solution

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Imagine missing a vacation to Tahiti with your partner because of your debilitating fear of flying. Picture a teen who isolates at home and misses out on formative friendships because of their overwhelming social phobia. Imagine if someone you love failed to get a life-saving medical procedure or had a breakdown because of their nervousness about medical treatments. https://blog.drsundardas.com/why-people-experience-emotional-breakdowns/ 

Untreated phobias and traumas are serious and potentially devastating. As a type of anxiety disorder, they differ from rational fears that protect us from danger. Phobias are excessive, unfounded fears that can disrupt daily life, work performance, personal relationships, and self-esteem. (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/emotional-healing)

They are also quite prevalent, affecting more than 19 million Americans—both children and adults. They are more common in women and girls than men and boys.

Phobias are a type of anxiety disorders. They are intensely exaggerated and illogical fears most often surrounding situations, objects, or places. They are different than the manageable uneasiness you might typically feel when confronted with a potentially dangerous object or situation.

PHOBIA SYMPTOMS

The physical symptoms of phobias include the following:

  • Rapid heartbeat                                                
  • Sweating
  • Shaking or trembling                                        
  • Tightness or pain in the chest area
  • Nausea                                                             
  • Dry mouth
  • Shortness of breath                                          
  • A choking feeling/sensation
  • Chills                                                                 
  • Feeling faint or dizzy
  • Confusion                                                         
  • Panic

Signs of phobias in children may include:

  • Crying               
  • Being clingy                 
  • Exhibiting temper tantrum-like behavior

In addition to these hallmark symptoms, people with phobias may develop or have other mental health disorders. That’s because phobias, over time, impact mental and physical health. While phobias don’t necessarily cause these conditions, they usually precede them and factor into their development:

Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ,Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Substance use disorders 

There’s no specific cause of phobias, but any of the following can lead to their development:

Genetics: If your family has a phobia or other anxiety disorders, you are at greater risk of having one too.

Trauma exposure: A negative experience in childhood can trigger a phobia. For example, if you fell off a horse, you might develop a fear of horses. https://www.yourmindstrategy.com/LIVE/events/success-permission/)

Learned responses: Interestingly, parents with phobias can transfer their illogical fears to their offspring. If your parent had a fear of heights, for example, you might as well.

Exposure to toxins or infections: Surprisingly, toxins and infections can factor into the development of anxiety disorders, which includes phobias. Common culprits are toxic mould and Lyme disease.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs): Like toxins and infections, a concussion can make you more likely to develop an anxiety disorder, such as a phobia. This can create negative neuroplasticity. (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)                               

Brain-imaging studies clearly indicate that anxiety disorders, such as phobias, are associated with biological changes in the brain. Some studies also show functional differences in the brains of individuals with phobias. In the wake of the COVID epidemic shut down the incidence of mental health issues has sky rocketed. We have helped individuals recover from traumas with a combination of functional medicine and emotional healing techniques. If you need help you can click HERE to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it.

Health and Wellness Assessment

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Yours in Health.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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Release Trauma for your Happily Ever After

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Ever reflect on moments in your life that linger a little louder in your memory, those instances of regret or actions not taken? These moments form more than just memories, they manifest as physical and emotional burdens within us.

Our brain has a way of replaying these moments, not to torment us, but because unresolved trauma influences how we experience life, health, and even illness.

This unprocessed emotional debris can contribute significantly to chronic health issues—as varied and severe as autoimmune diseases, heart conditions, and even neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease. Conditions like anxiety, depression, chronic pain, fatigue, and many others often trail closely behind.

Most of us tend to push these traumas deep down, hoping out of sight means out of body and mind. However, these traumas linger, subtly shaping our health landscape. This unresolved pain doesn’t just disappear—it embeds itself within, continuously influencing our wellbeing.

As a C-suite executive are your private emotional issues impacting your work life balance? 

We recently had a client who experienced so much anxiety that he would pull up his car off the highway because it was not safe form him to drive. Imagine his relief when after eight weeks of therapy he no longer had to worry about being overcome in the middle of the highway.

Take this step towards liberation from the past—because healing your past traumas is not only about finding relief; it’s about reclaiming joy and wellness in your life.

Trauma is not just “in your head” – it can also extend its reach into your physical health.

Even if you haven’t experienced something experts call “big” trauma, you can still feel the effects of relative trauma in your life.

  • Are you grappling with SIBO or other chronic gut issues? Disruptions in gut microbiota can impact your mental health.
  • Do you suspect that you have been exposed to toxic mould? Mould toxicity can drive nervous system dysregulation
  • Are you numbing, avoiding or distracting yourself? Betrayal can impact your health and relationships, even if it happened years ago.
  • https://blog.drsundardas.com/why-people-experience-emotional-breakdowns/
  • Do you live with chronic pain? Having simple tools to regulate your nervous system can help release chronic pain. (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)                               

Stress. Infection. Injury. Betrayal. Toxic exposure… No matter how big or seemingly small, any of these can profoundly impact your nervous system and shape your future health.

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This nervous system dysregulation is often the missing link for many who get stuck in their healing and stop making progress.

(https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/emotional-healing)

If you need help you can click here to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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Is your Diet setting you up for Alzheimer’s?

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Foods Items High in Healthy Omega-3 Fats.

Food serves so many important purposes in our lives. Food-related activities bring us together with the people who are important in our lives. The behavioral disorders related to food create or sustain terrible distress. Food deficiency or deprivation is a source of great suffering.

Much research has been directed at understanding how dietary patterns affect the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and here too food can play a positive, health-improving role…or a destructive and disease-promoting role.

The World Health Organization recently concluded that many cases of cognitive decline could be delayed or prevented through adopting a healthier lifestyle. Physical activity, diet, smoking cessation, and attention to chronic medical diseases are all important contributors to healthier cognitive aging. So, what do we know about food and Alzheimer’s disease? 

The typical western diet is high in total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, and processed grains, large amounts of added sugar.

This eating pattern has been linked to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. A high intake of saturated and trans fats increases the body’s levels of oxidative stress and inflammatory response, harmful processes which contribute to the development of dementia. Exposure to environmental toxicity can also aggravate the issues. The take-away message? Cut down on total caloric intake, saturated and trans fats, and sugar.

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Next, we know that a healthier diet can protect cognitive functioning while also improving other aspects of health. Most of the research on diet and Alzheimer’s has focused on the Mediterranean diet (MD), an eating pattern that emphasizes healthy fats such as olive oil, fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, and less dairy food, red meat, butter or margarine, sweetened beverages, and pastries.

Moderate wine consumption is included in some, but not all, European and Middle Eastern populations who have adopted the MD.

In the United States, concern about lifestyle and rampant high blood pressure led National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to propose a set of dietary recommendations known as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet.

The DASH Diet emphasizes many MD components as well as a reduction in overall consumption of carbohydrates and sodium. It has been shown to reduce blood pressure.

More recently, the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay Diet, known popularly as the MIND Diet, has been shown to slow down cognitive decline and improve neuroplasticity. The MIND Diet takes elements of MD and DASH and recommends dietary focus on the “good” foods such as whole grains, green leafy and other vegetables, berries, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, and olive oil while minimizing intake of “bad” foods such as red meats, butter, margarine, cheese, fast foods, and sweets.  (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)                                

One study found that adherents to the MIND Diet demonstrated more successful cognitive aging and the MIND Diet provided even better protection against Alzheimer’s disease in this study than the DASH or MD diets.

Can Vitamins and Supplements Decrease the Risk of Alzheimer’s? Not all that we eat falls into the category of food, and many vitamins or supplements have also been studied in relationship to Alzheimer’s disease risk. We certainly need enough of the essential vitamins such as folic acid, B12, E, and D. Curcumin, omega 3 fatty acids, and cocoa are among the dietary additives still being researched for a deeper understanding of their risks and benefits.

We are currently helping individuals who are in the early stages of neurodegenerative decline improve the quality of their lives.

If you need help you can click HERE to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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Are Phobias Running your Life?

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It’s easy to make light of phobias—until you or someone you love develops one.

Phobias are a type of anxiety disorders. They are intensely exaggerated and illogical fears most often surrounding situations, objects, or places. They are different than the manageable uneasiness you might typically feel when confronted with a potentially dangerous object or situation. They can lead to breakdowns.

https://blog.drsundardas.com/why-people-experience-emotional-breakdowns/

For example, you may feel uneasy looking down from a high place or have a moment of alarm if you encounter a snake or spider. You may feel a little anxious or have negative thoughts when flying or if you enter an enclosed space like when having an MRI exam. These are not phobias.

https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/emotional-healing

A phobia magnifies fear and anxiety to an unmanageable level. People with this type of mental health disorder will make great efforts to avoid the very places, situations, or things that trigger their overwhelming feelings of dread. They will do this even knowing they have the condition.

There are simple phobias and complex phobias (social phobia and agoraphobia)

Simple Phobias:

A specific phobia involves irrational and pronounced fear related to a specific trigger, which is usually an object, place, or situation. Some people have more than one specific phobia. Currently, experts have recognized more than 500 specific phobias.

Complex Phobias:

About 15 million U.S. adults have social phobias (also known as social anxiety disorders) making it the most common type. An individual with this form of the disorder has distress and anxiety about potential rejection, embarrassment, or humiliation in social interactions which can be traumatic. https://www.yourmindstrategy.com/LIVE/events/success-permission/

They worry people are watching and judging them and are extremely self-conscious. They have trouble making friends, maintaining relationships, and with daily functioning.

For example an individual with agoraphobia fears being trapped in a specific place, situation, or space where there’s no escape or escape is difficult or humiliating. It can also occur in places where no help is available if they start to panic.

Common triggers are being in a crowd, elevator, bus, movie theatre, or train. Distressing feelings may also arise standing in a line or being in an open space like a parking lot.

An agoraphobic will actively avoid the triggering place or situation, insist on a companion, or endure magnified anxiety and fear. If agoraphobia goes untreated, it can lead to an individual being unable to leave their home due to their angst.

Even though there are so many, phobias will usually fit into one of several categories involving fear of animals, situations, natural environment, medical procedures, or something else unspecified.

We have been helping individuals with phobias and anxiety disorders for the last thirty years with our emotional healing programs. At one of our phobia treatment programs we had a lady who was terrified of snakes for all her life.

She could not see a picture. movie or even hear the “s” word before losing control. After the fifteen minute treatment session, she kept testing herself by looking for bigger and bigger snakes. She eventually took a photograph with a python around her neck before she was convinced she was cured. 

We have treatment protocols that include functional medicine and emotional techniques for phobias and other anxiety disorders.

If you need help you can click HERE to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

Book a private consultation today and take control of your own health.

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Is Your Cookware Killing You?

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Is it possible that your cookware is leaching toxins into your family’s food?

Research indicates that the overwhelming majority of American households are unknowingly using pans laced with a highly toxic chemical resin…

https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/oligoscan

A large group of scientists have issued warnings and many are calling for Teflon to be banned altogether from cooking products & utensils but, for some reason, that hasn’t happened yet. You see the main ingredients in Teflon non-stick pans are something called polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFA’s for short. You may have read that one type of PFA, called PFOA  (Perfluorooctanoic acid), was banned recently. What you may not know is that the companies involved simply tweaked the molecule and used a new and untested type of PFA.

If you use a non-stick Teflon or T-fal pan to cook with, chances are it is BRIMMING with PFAs. In fact, almost use PFAs in some form. And the international scientific community are becoming increasingly alarmed that these substances are linked to:

• Birth Defects           • Hyperthyroidism              • Autoimmune Diseases

• Testicular & Kidney Cancer     • Obesity

https://blog.drsundardas.com/is-your-fatty-liver-shortening-your-life

The Madrid Statement documents the scientific consensus regarding the persistence and potential for harm of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), and lays out a roadmap to gather needed information and prevent further harm. It was presented at the 2014 Dioxin symposium in Madrid, Spain and signed by more than 250 scientists from 38 countries.

https://greensciencepolicy.org/our-work/science-policy/madrid-statement/#:~:text=The%20Madrid%20Statement%20documents%20the,information%20and%20prevent%20further%20harm.

Scientist warned against the dangers of asbestos only to be told it was fine (asbestos causes a deadly type of lung cancer called mesothelioma that was incurable). They called for an end to smoking but the tobacco companies paid doctors to say it was actually good for you. Smoking is now proven to be one of the deadliest things you can do. They told the world to stop using CFCs because it was causing irreversible damage to our atmosphere.  We now have a hole in the ozone layer that is roughly the size of Greenland, causing skin cancer rates in Australia to skyrocket.

Teflon discovered by  Dr Roy J. Plunkett (during the second world war) was repurposed for use in the atom bomb because it was so slippery and resistant to corrosion it was perfect for us in the atomic bomb.

Well, shortly after the war chemical giant Dupont realised PFA’s would be a great way to make a non-stick cooking pan. They trademarked PFA’s under the brand names most Americans are now familiar with, Teflon and T-Fal. Teflon was heralded as a miracle material. Easier to clean, less oil was needed and food didn’t stick to the pan. They trademarked PFA’s under the brand names most Americans are now familiar with, Teflon and T-Fal. Sales of Teflon products skyrocketed. Profits boomed. The company started raking in up to $1 billion dollars in profit a year.

Deep inside Dupont factories where Teflon was being made, people started getting sick as they were poisoned by the forever toxic chemicals. The factory workers called it “Teflon Flu” now well documented as “Polymer fume fever”. Horrible, flu-like symptoms that made them sick with chills, fevers and headaches for days. Just a few whiffs of the toxic fumes coming off the production line would be enough to damage their liver, brain and affect their neuroplasticity.

(https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)                                

PFA’s give off toxic fumes when heated above 300 °C that are harmful to humans, leading to the horrible symptoms listed above. Flu like symptoms don’t sound so bad until you realise, that’s only because of how big humans are.  Birds and smaller animals exposed to it, drop dead in minutes. Stop using all black, non-stick cookware.

Yes there is very strong evidence that the very thing you cook your food could be 

poisoning you, causing cancerous growths throughout your body, driving your immune system to turn on itself and causing your metabolism to slow to a crawl meaning no matter what you eat there’s no chance of losing weight.

If you need help you can click HERE to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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How do toxins poison your brain and contribute to mental illness?

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@ Reduce cerebral blood flow: Blood flow is critical for optimal brain function. Anything that restricts blood flow harms the brain and can negatively impact mental wellness.

On SPECT scans, decreased blood flow has been associated with clinical depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADD/ADHD, and more. Research shows that low blood flow is the #1 brain-imaging predictor that a person will develop Alzheimer’s disease.

@ Disrupt the endocrine system: Toxins interfere with hormone production, which can cause serious imbalances. Having low or high levels of hormones—such as thyroid, estrogen, testosterone, or cortisol—can wreak havoc on your brain and body. For example, when hormones are out of whack, it raises the risk of mental health symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, mood swings, brain fog, and panic attacks.

@ Impair the immune system: Your body’s immune system performs two major functions.

When toxins impair immune system function, it increases your risk of physical conditions, such as autoimmune disorders and cancer. At the same time, it raises the likelihood of developing as mental health issues like anxiety disorders, depression, and even psychosis.

@ Disrupt the gut microbiome: Poor gastrointestinal health can lead to a condition called leaky gut. This occurs when the gut lining becomes permeable, allowing toxins to enter the bloodstream.

Leaky gut has been associated with a wide range of cognitive issues and mental health problems, such as mood and anxiety disorders, ADD/ADHD, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

@ Increase the risk of diabesity: Having high blood sugar levels and/or being obese or overweight is known as diabesity. As toxic load rises, so does the risk for this common combination of conditions.

Toxins are also called diabesogens and obesogens because they contribute to both diabetes and obesity. Having one or both of these medical conditions takes a major toll on brain function and mental health.

Obesity is harmful to brain and psychological health and has been associated with increased risk of depression, panic disorder, agoraphobia (fear of going out), bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders.

High blood sugar levels have been linked to shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region involved in mood, memory, and learning. Rates of depression and anxiety are two to three times higher in individuals who have Type 2 diabetes compared to the general population. Diabetes is also associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

@ Damage DNA: This can accelerate brain aging and lead to problems with mood, anxiety, irritability, temper, and irrational behavior, as well as memory.

Research shows that many environmental toxins, including herbicides and sodium benzoate, may damage DNA. A 2023 study found that sucralose-6-acetate, a chemical found in sucralose, may also harm DNA.

@ Impair enzyme systems: This disrupts many biological processes, including the ability to produce energy and fight free radicals.

@ Harm detoxification organs: Your body’s detoxification system includes your liver, gut, kidneys, and skin. These organs need to be healthy to do their job.

For example, your liver filters blood to identify and hold toxins. Its enzyme systems break down the toxins, and the liver releases bile to flush them out. Your liver has finite toxin-processing capacity, which means it is highly vulnerable to toxic overload.

Your kidneys filter your blood an astounding 60 times per day. However, kidney function decreases with age by 50 percent from age 20 to 85, so they need your support!

Excessive exposure to toxins can impact the digestive tract, liver, kidneys, and brain. This damage reduces the body’s detoxification system’s ability to do its job, creating an even greater buildup of toxins.

@ Alter gene expression: In some cases, this may turn on harmful gene variants and/or turn off beneficial ones.

@ Damage cell membranes: This can also disrupt communication between brain cells.

If you need help you can click here to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at the Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

Book a private consultation today and take control of your own health.

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Does Your Sleep Refresh You?

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Singaporeans are the third most sleep-starved population, after Tokyo and Seoul, in a 2014 survey of 43 cities. It is progressively getting worse with the proliferation of gadgets and bad habits. Disrupted sleep is very dangerous. Whether it’s a tough time with worry and stress, workload – or even good things, like celebrations – not falling into a deep sleep causes more than just a tired afternoon the next day.

Sleep disruption is associated with increased sympathetic nervous system activity and causes pro-inflammatory responses. https://blog.drsundardas.com/is-your-nervous-system-running-you-down/

Even short-term consequences of sleep disruption can include increased stress response, somatic pain, reduced quality of life, emotional distress and mood disorders, and cognitive, memory and performance deficits and breakdowns.https://blog.drsundardas.com/is-your-nervous-system-running-you-down/

Sleep rejuvenates all the cells in your body, gives brain cells a chance to repair themselves, helps wash away toxins that build up during the day, and activates neuronal connections that might otherwise deteriorate due to inactivity leading to negative neuroplasticity. (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)                               

Skimping on sleep can affect your health in more ways than you might imagine. When you don’t get enough sleep, you have overall decreased blood flow to your brain, which disrupts thinking, memory, and concentration.

Strategies for Improving Your Sleep: Remember that we are all unique individuals and what works for one person may not work for another. Keep trying new techniques until you find something that works.

Maintain a regular sleep schedule.

Your bedroom should be comfortable.

Create a soothing night time routine.

Use sound therapy.

Increase serotonin: Drink a mixture of warm milk, a teaspoon of vanilla.

Technology-free bedroom: Avoid blue light radiation before bed.

Avoid a full stomach: Don’t eat for at least two to three hours before going to bed.

Regular exercise: However, don’t do it within four hours of the time you go to sleep as vigorous exercise late in the evening may energize you and keep you awake.

Watch out for stimulants:  No caffeinated beverages and chocolate, nicotine, and alcohol in the late afternoon or evening.

Move the clock so you can’t see it: If you wake up in the middle of the night, refrain from looking at the clock.

Use the bed only for sleep or sexual activity: Sexual activity releases many natural hormones, releases muscle tension, and boosts a sense of well-being.

Don’t toss and turn.

https://blog.drsundardas.com/sleep-secrets/

If you need help you can click here to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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SUCCESS MASTERY Neuroscience of Achievement

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We just completed the 16th run of my premier programme, Success Mastery.

We invited a select group of 21 individuals to a 4 day island retreat.

In my experience of working with 15,000 individuals over 35 years, we identified core traits of high-performance individuals. They could be C-suite executives, CEOs and ultrahigh net worth individuals. The most common traits they all had were

  1. They worked on their mindset and emotional healing.
  2. They developed sustainable lifestyles and resilience.
  3. They were committed to lifelong learning, growth and neuroplasticity.
  4. They were committed to doing what it took to do all the above on a daily basis.

So based on our research, we developed a model based on Neuroscience, Biochemical and Emotional Epigenetics, Family Therapy and Systems Approach. The most common issues our clients faced were:

a) Dysfunctional family scripts due to neglect and trauma that limited them physically, emotionally or financially. This could lead to breakdowns, relationship issues or financial crisis.

b) Not recognizing how the brain changes in its patterns of achievement with ageing.

c) External triggers activating their negative emotional and biochemical epigenetics.

d) Not having a sustainable mind body sequence of habits.

e) Inadequate or poor planning due to not taking above factors into consideration.

We had one CEO, Saran who had started working with me almost 15 years ago. Saran had gone to 6 doctors in Malaysia, 15 years ago and asked them, “I am currently not sick. Can you keep me well?”.

Saran said they had looked at him as if he was deranged. Saran was sharing with me how appreciative he was for the processes he had been doing with me. Saran had been noticing quite a few of his fellow CEOs, crashing, collapsing and dying.

Their companies which had been valued in the millions, were sold for the scrap metal value. Saran in contrast remains, well and healthy and has gone on to start even more companies. Saran’s companies are currently valued at eight figures and growing.

Another CEO of a start-up who flew in from South Africa, discovered during the program why the goals she had set did not materialize due to factors a) to e).

Many individuals wax lyrical about mindset, sustainable lifestyles, resilience, lifelong learning and commitment. The graduates of Success Mastery actually learn how to incorporate all this into 15- minute chunks into their day. Otherwise, nothing really takes. Its just hot air and platitudes.    

I am delighted to congratulate those who attended the programme and look forward to seeing their future progress in life. 

• Lorraine Lee  • Sakthivel Narayanasamy  • Andre Lee

(Saran is a pseudonym)

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#Neuroplasticity (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)

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Yours in Health,

Dr Sundardas D Annamalay

Your Secret Enemy that Undermines your Life

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Did you know that recent research published by Harvard Medical School showed that “bottling up” trauma from your past – no matter how mild or seemingly insignificant – is linked to chronic health conditions later in life?

The list of common symptoms associated with these conditions is dizzying to say the least – it includes things like:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Sleep problems
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Lack of focus/concentration
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Cancer
  • Obesity
  • Fatigue
  • Hair loss

And much more…

The really interesting thing about trauma is the ways it affects different people. Two people can go through the exact same experience but feel something completely different.

What’s most concerning though is that lots of people don’t even realize they’ve stored these things away inside of them – and left unaddressed, it can make a person sick!

Even worse, traumatic experience tend to bioaccumulate in the body – so the risk for psychological & physical health problems increases dramatically the more traumatic events you’ve experienced. https://www.yourmindstrategy.com/LIVE/events/success-permission/)

If any of this sounds familiar to you, then it’s time to learn about one of the most overlooked contributors to chronic illness…  TRAUMA

Worldwide, mental health issues have nearly tripled in the past few years.

Many of us are underliving our potential because of the retained effects of early life trauma, whether mental, emotional or physical which often leads to negative thoughts and negative neuroplasticity. (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)                               

This shows itself most obviously as chronic physical illness which prevents us from freely exercising choices, but more insidiously in sub-clinical dysfunctional patterns such as poor immunity, lack of energy, lack of confidence, anxiety and fearfulness.

Illness, rather than being viewed entirely negatively, can become a creative tool for sorting out our lives and redesigning our futures. To achieve this, we need an approach which enables us to listen to and learn from both mind and body. Most healthcare approaches separate mind and body – either physical therapy or psychotherapy, the body hospital or the mind hospital.

We know however that a radical change in physical health, whether for the better or the worse, is invariably accompanied by profound mental change. We also know from studies of behaviour and body language that the reverse is equally true – a major change in mental perspective is always accompanied by a change in body activity, posture and movement.

Which is why we want to offer you solutions because we know how debilitating, frustrating, and lonely it can feel when you’re struggling with Trauma

The basis of SomatoEmotional Release® (SER) and other somatic therapies that facilitate emotional and physical healing is that people sometimes retain an emotional experience physically, leading to loss of flexibility in an organ and/or local connective tissue with resultant impairment of function and possible pathology. Working hands-on – sometimes assisted by dialogue, sometimes not – it is often possible to facilitate the release of the affected tissue concurrently with resolution of the associated emotional issue. We have 30 years of experience of helping people process trauma and trauma related illnesses. https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/emotional-healing

If you need help you can click here to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at the Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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