LBTS - Lesson 1

Dear All,

Several of you expressed the interest in knowing more about Low Body Temperature Syndrome (LBTS). As such, i shall begin sharing about this condition beginning today. Let's be informal, and i shall try to respond to all possible queries that generated from this sharing as soon as i can.

Lesson 1 is a case taken from my second book dedicated to Low Body Temperature Syndrome (to be released in end 2009). Hope it's useful.

TT is a young man (age 32) from Penang. He has been working in Singapore for the last 6 years and is now married with a Singaporean wife. He came to see me asking for help. The following is TT’s account:

After reading your low body temperature syndrome account in your facebook, I found your description is precisely what I’ve been experiencing in the last 4 years. I have extreme cold hands and feet in the early morning. I’ve stiff backs. I also have serious fatigue, after a vigorous basketball game, it takes me 3-4 days to recover. I cannot concentrate in my work, luckily my present work responsibility is not too heavy. I have a weak stomach and easily get diarrhea after meals that last for 3-4 hours. I easily get sick and down with flu frequently. At times, I’ve sinus, sneezing 30-40 times continuously early in the morning before stopping, and may return to sneeze again at a later time. I exercise regularly and have been eating healthily and living healthily but I am still growing sideways, I am over 90kg now.

I’ve given up hope on GPs. I saw several of them. After checking on me, they said I was there to ask for MC as there was nothing wrong with me! How can it be? The Chinese physicians are better, at least they told me that I am 虚寒(cold), and gave me medications to rectify the problems. It works slightly but the problem never got resolved. They also recommended “tuina” and acupuncture which I took up, but the problem kept coming back again and again. More recently, the problem list seems to be growing, and I’ve exhausted all the available options that I know.

This is a typical case of a patient suffering from low body temperature syndrome.

On further questioning, TT revealed that he started to suffer from some of the above conditions 4 years ago. During that period, he experienced extreme stress. His work place stress plus his mother being diagnosed of terminal stage breast cancer. Although he is no longer having any stress now (his mum passed away and he has since changed job) but the problems he was experiencing still persists, in fact getting worst!

Again this is a classic example of LBTS. His conditions will NOT get better unless he can raise his internal body temperature by 1 degree Celsius! Once he achieves that, his health conditions will miraculously improve substantially!

This real life account is a clear cut case of LBTS, it is well documented, but I must sadly say that many GPs are ignorant of this condition because medical textbooks don’t describe this.

To know more about the possible symptoms of LBTS, read the attached flyer that I’ve produced. They are available from my hydrotherapy centre or nearby clinics of GPs whom I am working with.

If you have family members or friends who are suffering from this condition for years, refer them to me. Within 3 months, they should have very good results.

Best regards,

Meng Kwang

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

Health Care Behaviour by Dr Tan Meng Kwang

When it comes to health, there are four types of people:


Smart People - They understand the importance of health from a very early age. They invest on their long term health, just like monetary investments. The result is that they reap the benefits of their long term health investments. These people live healthily towards 120.


Understanding People - They pay attention to their health, and they save for their health, just like monetary savings. The result is that their health is safe, and they live a peaceful life to 90!


Ordinary People - These people take health for granted. They neither invest nor save their health. As a result, their health is devaluated, and they can only live sickly to about 70!


Ignorant People - These people are usually the top brains in their 30's or 40's, white or even gold collar. These people overdraft their health. They spend tomorrow's health today, very often 24 hours a day is too short for them. They live a concentrated life, and eventually their health is in debt, and they seldom live beyond 60!


Which group do you belong now? Which group do you hope to belong in the future? As we are fortunate to live life to this age, let us strive towards a better and healthier living tomorrow!


Wishing you good health, always!