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Life, Cancer & Curry – film, talk & snacks

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IMG_0919Life, Cancer and Curry – a free event on the occasion of World Cancer Day

On Sunday 3rd of February, 11am at Re:Centre near Hammersmith bridge.

Screening of Simon Brook’s film “Indian Summer” followed by Q & A discussion led by Dr Eleni Tsiompanou.

Places are limited, so pre-booking is essential. 

To book click here

“Indian Summer” is a film about the convergence of Western medicine and Ayurvedic medicine.

Simon Brook follows the journey of a woman with cancer and her oncologist who travel to India to meet the people who helped in her recovery. Their interactions give us insights into the Ayurvedic approach to health care.

A multidimensional, interactive event with guided meditation, sharing of personal experiences and knowledge about preventing, surviving and living with cancer.

Dr Eleni presents Ayurveda to a modern audience, helping you find your way to better health, harmony and well-being.

Aromatic Indian snacks will be available.

ABOUT DR ELENI

Dr Eleni Tsiompanou – Founder of the Health Being Institute – is an experienced medical consultant who has worked in the NHS since 1997.

She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) who has also trained in Ayurveda and nutritional medicine.

Eleni’s personal quest, knowledge and ongoing research has uncovered gems of practical information which can help people find better health and harmony.

As an Ambassador for the ‘College of Medicine’ in the Harmony project, Eleni is inspired by HRH, The Prince of Wales’s book Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World, which reminds us of some profoundly important truths, namely that everything in the universe is connected and balanced by universal laws and relationships.

 

Health & the Self: from Hippocrates to the 21st century

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Health Being Institute is now on Meetup.
Join a great group of people and come to a public lecture on:
“Health & the Self: from Hippocrates to 21st century”

http://www.meetup.com/Health-Being/

When? Saturday 5th of April 1:30-3:00pm
Where? Society of Friends Meeting House, 8 Hop Gardens, WC2N 4EA, London

In antiquity, from Greece to the Middle East, from India to China, there existed theories of health based on finding balance within the self and a respectful communion with Nature. Is 21st century medicine only concerned with curing disease by killing pathogens, removing tissue or tinkering with genes? Are ideas about the Self confined to psychiatry and religion? Have vital principles about health, which so interested our ancestors, been forgotten – overshadowed by the success of penicillin, the surgeon’s knife and gene therapy?

Everyone experiences periods of sickness affecting their Self, their body and mind. If we can’t help ourselves to get better we turn to doctors for help. We trust them to tell us what is wrong with our health. Their interpretations vary and so do their treatments. Over the millennia we have witnessed the development of medical theories from the East to the West in an attempt to manage the human organism. My talk will explore the essence of medicine focusing more on the Hippocratic tradition. Drawing on my research, I will highlight the Hippocratic method of distinguishing personal and lifestyle characteristics which predisposed to certain conditions, always relating them to the Environment in which the person lived. This method can inspire modern medicine to put again the individual at the centre of its attention and focus on the influence of the environment on the Self.

This meetup is for anyone of all ages interested in lifestyle and health – I look forward to meeting you.

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Latest talk (London) Be Active Against Cancer: Diet and Lifestyle Tips

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The conditions in which we live and work, and our 21st century lifestyles, influence our health and quality of life, increasing the risk of many chronic diseases, including cancer. Although cancer is a difficult and emotive subject, talking about it can improve outcomes at an individual, community and policy level. Many people know of the usual risk factors. Tobacco use is the most common risk factor, as well as alcohol which current trends show an increase in consumption which results in many more cancers, even more so in women. Overweight and obesity is increasing globally at an alarming rate, including among children and adolescents. Also of concern is the high proportion of overweight people living in low resource settings (two-thirds of the global total). Overweight and obesity is also strongly linked to increased risks of bowel, breast, uterine, pancreatic, oesophagus, kidney and gallbladder cancers. Rising rates of obesity will lead to increased cancer rates unless policies and actions are taken to improve people’s diets and levels of physical activity.

On the occasion of World Cancer Day, I am going to dispel the myth that there is nothing we can do about cancer. Research shows that, with a healthier diet and lifestyle a third of the most common cancers can be prevented. I will discuss lifestyle and food choices that can help prevent cancer.

You can join me either at East Sheen Library on the 4th of February at 2:30 or at East Sheen Primary School on the 12th of February at 6pm.

Be active against cancer School talk copy

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