So why is there disease? The very word means that body is in a state of Diss-Ease. It is certainly not being provided with optimal conditions that it requires to maintain itself healthily. Unless you provide it with right conditions, mentally, physically and spiritually, it will not function at its optimum level.

The triangle of MIND, BODY and SPIRIT represents three inseparable components of our being and wellness. None of these factors can be affected without there being an effect on others. Similarly, you cannot treat one without considering others.

It is however fair to say that at a given time it may be appropriate to devote more attention to one area, rather than another. Good health is about good balance, just as homeostasis within organism is about good balance.

Major Factors Affecting Health:

Stress Digestion Absorption Circulation Elimination

These processes play a major role in determining wellness of an individual. They are all intimately related ... an imbalance in one will have an effect on all of others. These are always first things to consider when looking at a your own or another person's health.

Five Basic Considerations For Health

Good nutrition is fundamental to good physical health. You cannot expect to have a healthy body if you choose to run it on junk.

Much of energy that we draw from our food is actually channelled back to service for digestion, absorption, circulation and elimination. The rest of our body energy is used in processes of thinking, working and playing,

Unfortunately, in modern society, there is another factor which is a crippling drain on bodily resources - this is STRESS. Our cells are smallest living units of our bodies, and each cell is like a tiny factory. Each cell must be nourished completely and constantly, and waste efficiently eliminated. If this is not done, cell will either function inefficiently or it will die.

Health begins and ends at cellular level and it is here where we must focus our attention. Stress is crippling at all levels.

Let's look at other four components of our model. Our cells must be fed and cleansed if they are to function efficiently. The first stage in meeting nutritional requirements of each cell is digestion. Inefficient digestion, which is breaking down of food into its tiniest components, spells immediate problems.

Similarly, if absorption of these digested foods is not occurring, then nutrients cannot get to cells. We rely on our blood to carry absorbed nutrients from digestive system to each cell. If circulation is impaired this will not happen. Finally, elimination.

If cells are bathed in their own wastes, they cannot function therefore elimination via kidneys, skin and bowel is of paramount importance.

The Cost of Processed Foods

When we eat processed, low quality foods, we not only do not provide our body with sufficient nutrients, but we also burden it further with more difficult task of ELIMINATING them. From this very simple example, you can see how poor quality foods sap our vital energy.

There is only so much to go around. Vital energy used in process of digesting and detoxifying valueless food, and then eliminating in heavy, fibreless waste leaves much less energy available for good things in life. There is also much less energy available for our IMMUNE SYSTEM and other vital functions. This all contributes to a corresponding reduction in health.

The National Institute of Health, estimates that over three million Americans have undiagnosed celiac disease. Why so many? Because on average it takes 11 years to get a proper diagnosis. That’s 11 years millions of people are needlessly suffering. Could you be one of them?

The symptoms of celiac disease are very similar to a host of other intestinal disorders. They are: diarrhea, abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and weight loss. And many patients don't experience those signs but instead report so-called atypical symptoms, including: a blistering, itchy skin rash, anemia, short stature, delayed puberty, infertility, and tooth enamel defects. Because there are a broad range of symptoms that may be readily associated with other conditions or ailments, celiac can be difficult to diagnose and often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

So what exactly is celiac disease?

It's a genetic autoimmune disorder also known as gluten-intolerance. Gluten is found in wheat, rye, and barley and its derivatives. Therefore foods and ingredients to be avoided include such staples as most flours, bread, and pasta. If you have celiac disease your body recognizes gluten as a toxin. Toxins are essentially poisons to your body. Gluten reeks havoc on a celiac's body by causing villi, which line intestinal wall, to become flattened and lose ability to absorb nutrients from food.