The HealthZoneLife Model – Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness

Slide 3: Physical Zone

• The Physical Zone is the foundation of the HealthZoneLife model and is focused on achieving optimal physical health.
• It includes regular exercise, proper nutrition, sufficient rest and sleep, stress management, and avoidance of harmful substances such as tobacco and excessive alcohol.
• The Physical Zone is essential for maintaining a healthy body, reducing the risk of chronic diseases, and promoting longevity.

Slide 4: Emotional Zone

• The Emotional Zone focuses on achieving emotional balance and stability.
• It includes developing positive relationships, managing stress, practicing mindfulness, and engaging in activities that bring joy and happiness.
• The Emotional Zone is essential for reducing the risk of mental health disorders, promoting social connectedness, and enhancing overall well-being.

Slide 5: Nutritional Zone

• The Nutritional Zone focuses on achieving optimal nutrition and hydration.
• It includes eating a balanced diet rich in nutrients, drinking sufficient water, and avoiding processed and sugary foods.
• The Nutritional Zone is essential for maintaining a healthy body weight, reducing the risk of chronic diseases, and enhancing cognitive function.

Slide 6: Spiritual Zone

• The Spiritual Zone focuses on achieving a sense of purpose, meaning, and connection.
• It includes developing a sense of spirituality, engaging in acts of kindness, volunteering, and connecting with nature.
• The Spiritual Zone is essential for promoting a sense of fulfillment, reducing stress, and enhancing overall well-being.

Slide 7: Benefits of the HealthZoneLife Model

• The HealthZoneLife model offers numerous benefits, including:
  • Reduced risk of chronic diseases
  • Enhanced cognitive function
  • Improved emotional well-being
  • Increased social connectedness
  • Greater sense of purpose and fulfillment
  • Longer lifespan

Slide 8: Conclusion

• The HealthZoneLife model is a holistic approach to health and wellness that emphasizes the importance of achieving physical, emotional, nutritional, and spiritual balance.
• By incorporating the principles of the HealthZoneLife model into our daily lives, we can achieve optimal health and wellness, and live a fulfilling and purposeful life.

 The Whole healthcure   The Healthzone Life Model .

 

© 2015  Douglas Amis

Introduction

From the outset we need to call out and cheer the great work and efforts of many health  researchers, healthcare professionals and  those activists whose efforts is bringing about a rising awareness of the connection between what we eat and how we live with how well and how long we live.  It has been these pioneers who have confronted the massive commercial interests and cultural ignorance which has moved the plant based diet from a subject of derision to a growing recognition that this is the key to solving some of society’s most troubling and perplexing health conditions.  It is this movement that holds the promise of not only saving the domestic health care system from what seems to be an inevitable meltdown but for the individual saving their lives from radical and less effective medical interventions and helping them re-discover a wellness that they may have thought was gone forever.

Our goal here is provide a model that would be available to health educators and health practitioners which illustrates the lifespan and the impact of the Standard American Diet (SAD) and lifestyle on the arch of a lifetime.  We wanted the model to illustrate that there is another way to live where the quality of life can be recovered and extended to near the end of life.  That the last half of life can be as full and rewarding as possible, and finally that the body’s natural ability to heal itself if only we would stop repeatedly injuring our self by our diet and lifestyle.

• The HealthZoneLife model is a holistic approach to health and wellness that focuses on achieving optimal physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
• It is based on the belief that true health is not just the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, emotional, and spiritual harmony.
• This model provides a comprehensive framework for individuals to take charge of their health and wellness, and to lead a fulfilling and purposeful life.

Slide 2: The HealthZoneLife Model – Overview

• The HealthZoneLife model consists of four interrelated zones:
  1. Physical Zone
  2. Emotional Zone
  3. Nutritional Zone
  4. Spiritual Zone
• Each of these zones is critical for achieving optimal health and wellness, and they are interconnected and dependent on each other.

Health is the New Wealth – Having a life feeling well and much lower risks.

What Is The HealthZone

The HealthZone Model

The HealthZone Model reflects the dynamic relationship of lifestyle and the various levels of health and well being.  It reflects the initial normal level of optimal health (Green Zone) and the impact of various lifestyle choices over time to the individual.  This model is meant as tool to help professionals and individual make better choices for their lives.  The human body is constantly in the process of healing itself from the damage caused by living in an unhealthy manner.  All we need to do is to provide the right ( nutritional, physical activity, sleep, stress management, social connections) environment for this healing to take place.

In the model there are five levels of health on a continuum from The Green Zone: Optimal Health to  The Black Zone:Chronic Disease with End Organ Complications.  Most people are born into the Green Zone and are unaware of the impact of the lifestyle and dietary factors of the culture and environment that they live and participate in.  For the first 20 years (in the United States) the effects of the damage cause by the Standard American Diet (SAD) are not readily apparent to the individual due to the granularity of the change which is so subtle that the downward impacts are not perceived.  Young person is unaware that the damage is occurring, no alarms are sounding and they make no changes in their lifestyle.  The result of all this to most Americans is a decent from well being into chronic disease and an early death.  We are literally killing ourselves and those we love with our diet and lifestyle as evidenced by every measure available today.   The culture reinforces the toxic dietary and lifestyle  that they have been operationally conditioned to follow through massive disinformation in the media, and by an almost total lack of readily available information in the culture.  Additionally multiple conflicts of interest in governmental action has also confused the issue by subsidizing toxic foods served in the public schools and through previous publication of bad dietary guidance and advice.

The good news is that things are changing… and no matter where you are on the downward slope on the model you can recover you health for the most part if you give your body a chance to heal itself.  By following a prescription of a few significant steps you can achieve a state of wellness that you may have thought was long gone.

Rx :

1.  Adopt a Plant Based Diet 

2.  Walk 10,000 steps everyday (and measure it with a pedometer)

3.  Get enough sleep 

4.  Practice Stress Reduction

5.  Do some strength building exercises or weight training  

6.  Maintain close relationships with family, friends to provide emotional support

The objective here is to go Back to Green as the normal zone for your health.

The Green Zone ( OPTIMAL)

 

High Functioning Living: Thriving

Sense of well being

Balance in physical, mental, emotional realms

Plays sports, running, active without difficulty

All bodily functions act optimally

The  Yellow Zone ( ACCEPTABLE)

Acceptable but sub-optimal overall health

Overweight levels

Generally without symptoms but higher need for recovery from activity

Generally well but higher incidence of need for over-the-counter medications

Some difficulty doing vigorous exercise including walking up stairs and steep hills

The  Red Zone ( PRE-DISEASE)

 

Obese weight levels

Pre-Diabetes, Pre-Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis,

Metabolic syndrome diagnosis

The principal symptom of metabolic syndrome is central obesity (also known as visceral adiposity, male-pattern or apple-shaped adiposity), overweight with adipose tissue accumulation mainly around the waist and trunk.[4]

Other signs of metabolic syndrome include: High blood pressure, decreased fasting serum HDL cholesterol, elevated fasting serum triglyceride level (VLDL triglyceride), impaired fasting glucose, insulin resistance, or prediabetes

Associated conditions include: hyperuricemia, fatty liver (especially in concurrent obesity) progressing to NAFLD, polycystic ovarian syndrome (in women), erectile dysfunction (in men), and acanthosis nigricans.

 

High Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

 Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.[2] OOn average, obese people have a significantly lower quality of life and greater energy expenditure than their thin counterparts due to the energy required to maintain an increased body mass.[4][5]

RIn 2013 CAD was the most common cause of death globally, resulting in 8.14 million deaths (16.8%) up from 5.74 million deaths (12%) in 1990.[6] Need for prescription medications taken on a regular basis to manage health

Need for special medications to travel in case of emergency (nitro, insulin, sugar tablets)

Difficulty moving or doing exercise.

 

The Brown Zone ( CHRONIC DISEASE)

 

Moderate to Severe  Obese weight levels

Clinically evident chronic Disease

May need carry special medications for safety

Coronary heart disease

Mind Fog symptoms / Alzheimer’s

Diabetes mellitus type 2

Sleep apnea

Osteoarthritis causing chronic pain

The Black Zone ( CHRONIC DISEASE WITH END-ORGAN COMPLICATIONS / DISABILITY)

 

Need for assistance when walking or movement (canes, walker, wheelchair)

Needs assistance for Basic Needs / Home Health Nurse

Core Strength weak – Frail

High user of medical insurance and health providers

Likely need for Home Health Assistance or Skilled Nursing Facility

Frequent hospitalizations / Emergency Room visits

© 2015  Douglas Amis