Symptom

None

Not much

A fair bit

A lot

1.

Headaches including migraines

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2.

Lack of energy and vitality

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

3.

Candida - jock itch, thrush, tinea ...

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

4.

Poor sleep. If on tablets score 10

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

5.

Snoring &/or sleep apnoea. Score 10 if using a mask

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

6.

Crook back, stiff neck, sore shoulders, dicky knee RSI ...

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

7.

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

8.

Unsettled stomach, reflux (Score 10 if on medication)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9.

Overweight - 1 point for every 2Kg

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

10.

Irritable bowel, constipation

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11.

Asthma

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

12.

Low level of aerobic fitness

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

13.

Chest pain, palpitations

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

14.

Rashes, itchiness, skin outbreaks, psoriasis ...

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

15.

Mouth ulcers, cold sores

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

16.

Elevated blood pressure. Score 0 on pills

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

17.

Elevated blood cholesterol. Score o if on pills

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

18.

Elevated blood glucose. Score 0 if on medication

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

19.

Shakes, nervous ticks, mannerisms

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

20.

Grinding teeth

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

21.

Alcoholic drinks per day (2 pts/drink)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

22.

Smoking. (1 pt/cigarette/day)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

23.

Caffeine (1 pt/cup per day)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

24.

Anxious about life, insecure, apprehensive

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

25.

Sad or depressed (On medication, score 0)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

26.

In wrong job for now

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

27.

Under-appreciated at work

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

28.

Have poor work/life balance

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

29.

Unhappy with family life

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

30.

Unhappy with financial status

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

  Score

Symptoms

% of people scoring over 5

Lack of Energy

64

Poor sleep

64

Low level of fitness

57

Reflux, unsettled stomach

43

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

36

Anxious

36

Financial status

36

Overweight

29

Grinding teeth

29

Alcohol Intake

29

Work-life balance

29

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction

21

Irritable bowel, constipation etc

21

Under appreciated at work

21

Snoring, sleep apnoea

14

Itchy, rashes, psoriasis

14

Shakes, nervous mannerisms

14

Unhappy family life

14

Headaches

7

Candida

7

Chest pain, palpitations

7

Mouth ulcers

7

Elevated blood pressure

7

Elevated cholesterol

7

Smoking

7

Caffeine

7

Depressed

7

Shortness of breath from asthma

0

Elevated glucose

0

Wrong job

0

•

Obesity

29% of people said they were more than 10Kg over weight. It's a symptom of metabolic dysfunction and relates to high energy diets and low energy lifestyles. It's suggestive of elevated levels of insulin floating around the body, which is a precursor of all manner of body system dysfunctions - elevated blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, elevated blood glucose.

The recommendation, that people need to get more exercise (at lunch time) and eat from the top of the Hourglass.

•

Snoring

Only 14% of people said they snored loudly enough for it to be a problem.

The recipe for a good snore is to be male, be unfit and at least 20Kg over weight, to have high blood pressure, have a few drinks every night, be stressed out of their brain and sleep on their back.

•

Lack of energy

Only 64% of people said they lacked energy.

Low levels of energy come from many sources, including: -

-  lack of a good aerobic fitness training program

-  a diet high in wheat flour and sugar

-  dullness

-  ...

•

Fitness

57% said they were unfit. We recommend staff be given the greatest encouragement to leave the workplace at lunch time and get in some physical activity. One organisation we work for gives staff an hour and a half off for lunch, providing people exercise during that time.

Fitness has a significant bearing on the scores for low levels of energy, poor sleep, snoring, depression and headaches.

•

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction

Only 21% of people said they had some sort of musculo-skeletal dysfunction.

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction goes with low levels of strength and flexibility. Those at greatest risk need encouragement to attend a strength and flexibility training program several times a week.

•

Rashes and itchiness

Can be caused by a range of things: -

-  a body that's stressed producing too much cortisol

-  a toxic diet

-  a sluggish elimination system

-  itching to get away from something

-  ...

•

Headaches

Only 7% of people said they regularly get headaches. Headaches are caused by

-  a diet high in wheat flour and sugar

-  caffeine withdrawal

-  lack of oxygen getting to the head

-  a sluggish elimination system

-  a head out of alignment due to tight and weak muscles

-  beating your head against a brick wall

-  ...

•

Colds and flu

Symptom of a depressed immune system, one which can be strengthened by eating from the top of the Hourglass and getting plenty of aerobic exercise.

•

Under-appreciation at work

21% said they were under-appreciated at work.

Managers need to take note and put in train a series of measures to improve this score in say, 3 months time.

•

Being in the wrong job

ZERO % of people said they were in the wrong job. This is the first time we've experienced such a score. We've come to expect that up to 30% of staff are in the wrong job, some of whom don't even know what they want to do when they grow up! It's an excellent result.

There is usually a high and positive correlation between people being in the wrong job and people saying they are under-appreciated at work.

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Diet

A diet high in flour and sugar and low in fruit, vegetables and fibre leads to irritable and bowel, reflux.

•

Depression and anxiety

There is an epidemic of depression in our community and we encourage all organisations to target depression. 1 person gave themselves a score of 5 or more on the depression question, indicating risk that needs to be dealt with.

Nobody was on anti-depressant medication. This is a pleasing result in this day and age.

There is a significant core of depression that relates to poor health generally.

All body systems are connected. The epidemic of depression will continue to escalate at the same rate as the epidemic of all other body system dysfunctions. People need to be given encouragement to exercise regularly and vigorous, eat less flour and sugar and imbibe less of the culturally chemicals - particularly nicotine, caffeine and alcohol.

Because of the relationship of depression to fitness and diet there is a chance that some people have been misdiagnosed.

Some aspects of depression relate to psychologically generated issues. It is important that these people be encouraged to have regular counselling - through the EAP or other counsellors -

The best book about depression I've read, and what you can do about it, and one that I recommend highly is by psychiatrist, David Servan-Schreiber, Healing Without Freud or Prozac.

•

Blood pressure

Nobody indicated they were on blood pressure medication.

Blood pressure is a symptom of body system dysfunction relating directly to

- lack of aerobic fitness

- being over weight

- being stressed.

•

Smoking

There 1 confirmed smoker. This is a good result. Now lets move heaven and earth to assist these people to give it away altogether.

•

Alcohol intake

29% of people indicated a higher than acceptable level of alcohol consumption. Not only does willpower dissolve in alcohol but it increases the size of the waist.