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/issues/concerns

% of people

scoring over 5

Overweight

44

Low level of fitness

31

Crook back, sore shoulders

25

Headaches

19

Poor sleep

19

Snoring, sleep apnoea

19

Shortness of breath from asthma

19

Lack of energy

13

Elevated blood pressure

13

Elevated cholesterol

13

Candida

6

Reflux, unsettled stomach

6

Irritable bowel, constipation etc

6

Itchy, rashes, psoriasis

6

Elevated glucose

6

Alcohol

6

Smoking

6

Caffeine

6

Anxious

6

Depressed

6

Work-life balance

6

Unhappy family life

6

Financial status

6

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

0

Chest pain, palpitations

0

Mouth ulcers

0

Shakes, nervous mannerisms

0

Grinding teeth

0

Wrong job

0

Under appreciated at work

0

•

Obesity

44% 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 19% 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 13% 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

31% 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 25% 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

19% 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

Nobody said they were under-appreciated at work.

This is a fantastic result. I've never seen this type of score. In other workplaces it can be 40% of people are under-appreciated. Manager and staff - take another bow.

•

Being in the wrong job

Nobody of people said they were in the wrong job.

There is usually a high and positive correlation between people being in the wrong job and people saying they are under-appreciated at work. In this case this rule applied. Nobody was in the wrong job and nobody was under-appreciated at work.

•

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.

No people were on anti-depressant medication.

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

2 people 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 was 1 confirmed smoker. Now lets move heaven and earth to assist this person to give it away altogether.

•

Alcohol intake

Only one person indicated a higher than acceptable level of alcohol consumption. For too many people it is culturally acceptable to drink half a dozen cans of beer a night. Not only does willpower dissolve in alcohol but it increases the size of the waist.

I don't agree with the medical charities that you should have a drink every night. The people score lowest in the Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile only have a couple of drinks a week, if that.

The problem with alcohol is that will power dissolves in it. Once you've had one, you're more likely to have another, and another ... Then  out come the chips and cashews, finishing off with a couple rounds of Tim Tams.

You know there is something wrong when the junk medical industry is telling you to have a drink and take an Aspro every day.

With a couple of exceptions, this is a reasonable result.

A poor result. Paul Pearsal in his book Superimmunity' said you need a 21 day away from home holiday every year.

Not a good result. Too many people are not keeping themselves in the shape they'd like to be in - and which they need to be in.

This is a reasonable result.

A poor result. Too many people don't take time off to switch off and get outside in the fresh air. This is a reflection of poor management - personal and organisational

This is a fair result. No one on their death bed ever said 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office.' The people working the longest hours are women with young children who have a shift before work, a shift at work, a shift after work and the graveyard shift as well.

Too many people are too busy to look after and nurture their Self.

Very few people meditate. The reasons to do so are compelling.

Family life satisfaction is good for most people, but not for some.

Average score: 59. This is an average sort of a score.  People could do more to look after their Self. I recommend that people scoring less that 50 spend time with a counsellor or life coach, or go to a personal development weekend to get themselves centred and grounded on looking after their Self - start doing the things unstressed people do to avoid becoming stressed.

This is an exceptionally score.

Another good result. Work is probably about as stressful as you want it to be. Walk away. Make appointments for your Self that allow you to get on with your work unhindered by interruptions.

A good result. For those who scored 7/10 it didn't matter.

This is a pretty good result. Of all our profile questions, this one is usually the worst answered. In this organisation there's some extra work for managers. For staff our recommendation is always to manage up. Take your manager out for morning tea once a month and talk about yourself and your work. Get some regular feedback. Don't wait for the big one at the end of the year. If you manager doesn't have time for you, get another one!

With a few exceptions, these people are pretty satisfied with what they sell themselves for. If you're not happy, you're selling yourself short.

This is a very good result. Work is valued and appreciated.

With a couple of exceptions, this is a good score. The aim is to have all staff recording a score of 7 or more.

Average score: 83. Compared with other groups, this is an exceptionally good result, in fact the best I've seen for donkey's ages.  For the person who scored less than 70, there is the whiff of a suggestion they're not in the right job. The situation is certainly redeemable.