Dear wonderful people,
I’m going to touch on what could be the most important single factor in your recovery: Why your mood matters? I have read Bruce Lipton’s book “The Biology of Belief” so the subject of epigenetics is not entirely new to me, but the message is worth remembering: Our mind and thoughts make up our own, unique, inner environment. If we are stressed, for example, it puts our cells, where our genes are located, into survival mode, decreasing our cellular functions to crucial ones only. This non-activity sends a signal to our genes that is a very different one from a cellular environment that is thriving. Similarly, a healthy diet full of vitamins, minerals and healthy fats will create a completely different inner environment from one based on sugar, processed foods, pesticides and all the nutritional impurities that we come across regularly. So too, emotions and thoughts, which are nothing more than chemical structures and electrical impulses, make up our inner environment which our epigenetic mechanisms are exposed to.
It may feel a little overwhelming to us, how every little factor can influence and upset our inner environment, but let us remember that we can optimize our diet, reduce our levels of stress, move and exercise to improve our thoughts and mood. This is how we can improve our internal environment, and control how our genes are regulated. We can no longer put the blame on “I’m a victim of my genes” mentality, but instead put us firmly in the driver’s seat of our own health. Since our mood takes a severe hit after stroke, this encourages us to do everything in our power to stay positive and work with a joyful heart.
I hope this puts a new perspective on mood !
Good luck, live long & prosper ! Roland
