Taking care of health

Taking care of health

Well, as you said, different people use different methods to stay in shape and in good health. Some achieved success while others failed. But apart from some genetic factors, “We are what we eat”, said Prof Hiromi Shinya, Pioneer in colonoscopy. After Prof Shinya examined the colon of some 300,000 people, he made the above conclusion. The Shinya’s 7 Golden Keys for Good Health have many followers around the world, including many head of states.


I’m also advocating healthy living by getting rid of “low body temperature”. There have been many research on the “low body temperature syndrome” in recent years (including that Prof Shinya), and I have been sharing this research findings with many people in Singapore in my talks. Though science tells us that we should have a body temperature of 36.5 to 36.8 degree Celsius, many people are living a life with their body temperature much lower than this, and this is dangerous!


“Healthy is by choice… Not by chance”! As long as we are mindful of what we eat and do each day, I believe we can remain healthy for many more years to come.

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Yes, excessive use of air-con not only lowers the room temperature, it also lowers our body temperature. This is not good because a drop of 0.5 degree Celsius in body temperature will result in a 35% decrease in our immune system! Apart from that, research also shows that cancer patients have very low body temperature, typically less than 36 degree Celsius. And you may want to note that cancer cells multiply most rapidly at a body temperature of 35 degree Celsius.


Changes in our lifestyle has resulted in a drop in our body temperature across the board. Ladies are the most affected group, with many working in air-con without physical exercises! Typically, people with low body temperature syndrome start with “cold hands and cold feet”, then spread to backache, neck and shoulder pain, headache, constipation and then spread to the other organs. This is what medical experts say.


Hope that all will pay attention to these seemingly little problems. At 50, we should not suffer from any of these tiny problems. If you do, change your lifestyle and get rid of them. Don’t rely on medications to remove them, they don’t and they will never. Medications only mask the problems, they numb your senses.


Hope that make sense to you and all.

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Our body is a huge chemical factory with thousands of processes going on, and each of these processes are controlled (and activated) by enzymes. Often we use up our enzymes and the chemical processes slow down and even stop. In one theory on enzyme potential, the body’s life ends when the enzyme potential is exhausted. So all enzymes are important, though some are critically important as compared to others. So his advice is to live a life so that enzymes in our body are aplenty and active. It’s interesting to read “The Enzyme Factor”.


Yes, being warm-blooded, we should be able to regulate our body temperature if our lifestyle remains as our body was designed to be. However, our lifestyle has been modified quite a lot:

· Stress

· Lack of exercise

· Taking too much medications

· Eating too much

· Drinking too much water

As s result of this combination of factors, the blood circulation in our body slows down, body temperature drops and immune system weakens. Prolonging this lifestyle will definitely bring about adverse and sometimes irreversible effects to our body. Health is a one-way ticket, so value it when it is still present.


Prof Shinya recommends diet and lifestyle changes for those who recognise the problems and wish to change.


Dr Hiromi Shinya’s Seven Golden Keys for Good Health

1. A good diet

· 85-90% plant-based foods

· 10-15% animal-based proteins

· Take herbal teas, seaweeds, brewers’ yeast, pollen, enzymes & multivitamins

2. Good water

· Drinking ‘good water’ such as mineral water / hard water

· Adults 6-10 cups everyday

· Drink 1-3 cups after waking up

· Drink 2-3 cups about an hour before each meal

3. Regular Elimination

· Start a daily habit to remove intestinal pollutants

4. Moderate exercise

· Exercise appropriately for your age and physical conditions

· Walking, swimming, tennis, bicycling, golf, muscle strengthening, yoga, martial arts & aerobics are examples of good exercise

5. Adequate rest

· Go to bed at the same time each night with 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep

· Don’t eat or drink 4-5 hours before bedtime

· Take a short nap of 30 minutes after lunch

6. Breathing & Meditation

· Practice meditation

· Practice positive thinking

· Do deep abdominal breathing 4-5 times per hour

· Wear loose clothing

· Listen to your own body

7. Joy and Love

· Joy and love will boost your body’s enzyme factor

· Take time everyday for an attitude of appreciation

· Laugh

· Sing

· Dance

· Love passionately and engage your life, work and the ones you love with your full heart.

Just to share with friends who understand and willing to take health into his/her own hands.



Best regards,

Meng Kwang