This Page Late updated Monday, September 11, 2006

 

The New Dietary Guidelines for the Bahamas Better Living Health Expo November 3, 2005 2005 Fun Run/Walk More than 300 participated Health Expo October 28, 2004 Path to Life Crusade  January 2004 Health Seminar November 2003 Annual Health Run-Walk October 15, 2003

Be Health Be Happy Exercise Club Join us at Goodman's Bay at 6:30 a.m. every Sunday morning.  Lynden Wood and Mrs. Green are the professional instructors.

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The New Dietary Guidelines for the Bahamas  July 19, 2006

Did you know that The Bahamas Ministry of Health, in collaboration with other interested organizations, has prepared some Dietary Guidelines for the Bahamas?  It is a recognized fact that what we eat can make us healthy or unhealthy.  Therefore, as the guardian of the health of our people, the Bahamas Ministry of Health has given us ten guidelines to enhance healthy living among Bahamians.  Keep this list, and do your best to observe what has been recommended. 

1.                  Choose a variety of foods daily.

2.                  Limit the amount of high fat and greasy foods you eat.

3.                  Make starchy vegetables, peas and beans a part of your diet.

4.                  Choose food with less sugar and less salt.

5.                  Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables every day.

6.                  Drink plenty of water every day.  (When your urine is clear, you are drinking enough water).

7.                  It is advisable not to drink alcohol.

8.                  Make physical activity and exercise a part of your lifestyle.

9.                  Choose foods for their nutritional value not for the “name brand” or cost.

10.              Breast milk is the best choice for infants to start a healthy life.

You may not be able to adopt all of these at once, but start with a few and set a deadline for you to follow all of the guidelines.

 

 

 

Health Director Visits Inagua

The Be Healthy Be Happy Express took for the Island of Inagua this past weekend.  The Island known as the best kept secret in the Bahamas, is filled with history and cultural expression.

Elder Clement McKinney and the small congregation of six members invited the community out to a series oh health lectures, under the caption of Gods eight natural health laws.   The community received the presentations well and requested that a follow trip be made in the near future.

 

Photos from Paul Scavella's visit to Inagua, February 27 to March 1 2004.  Ingua has a small Adventist membership of ten individuals. Many visitors from other faiths attended the "Be Health, He Happy Seminar" conducted.  On the island of Inagua the Morton Salt Company produces more than one million tons of solar salt each year.  Inagua is also the home for one of the world's larges Flamingo habitats.  Inagua ins more than 450 square miles with a population of 1200.  The members of Inagua Adventist Church are planning to erect their church structure this year.  Your support is greatly needed.  Contact: ptlm@coralwave.com

Some Twenty-community persons attended each evening. 

The cry of the small folk there is come on over into Macedonia and help us.  There is no church building there, yet they press on.  Let us pray and seek to get involved in this at home mission field with our gifts and mission trips to this most southerly Island in the Bahamas.

Be Healthy Be Happy Booth at Trade Show

Visit the BE HEALTH BE HAPPY booth at the trade fair this Sunday.  Join the club and enjoy many benefits.  All members will receive free cholesterol, glucose and pressure checks.  No Members a donation of $1.00 for each test is requested.  Be Health Be Happy T-shirts will be available for a small fee.

Fun Run Walk in April

The first Quarterly BE HEALTH BE HAPPY Fun Run Walk will be April 11, beginning at the Living Faith Church ending at Goodman's Bay.  Starting time 6 am. Get your muscles in tone.  Invite a friend to join you and wear Your BHBH T-shirt.

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What causes headaches?

With the exception of migraine headaches, which are a different type of headache, headaches are simply painful symptoms of an underlying systemic problem or cause.  No specific cause can be fingered as the culprit responsible for the end result of a painful headache.

A multitude of causes exist for a headache, each of which has a different trigger mechanism, but the resulting headache in all cases is a red flag signaling a disorder somewhere in the body or in the nervous system.

            In most cases, the anatomy of a headache can be dissected and understood, once it is traced back to its physical or neurological origin. The actual pain we experience does not stem from the actual brain matter contained in the skull, but from the pain felt by the sensitive coverings of the brain, and of the large veins and arteries which drain fluid from the brain. Sinus, tooth, ear, and muscle pain produce headaches by radiating the pain to these sensitive coverings when they tense, and when the muscles spanning the neck and the base of the skull contract.

            Complaints of headaches commonly fall under the heading of vascular headaches, and result when the arteries in the skull dilate, often because of triggers that include hunger, caffeine deprivation, and hangovers. Other cases simple to diagnose include cases where people experience the effects of sudden physical and emotional trauma from an automobile accident. The violent jolts their bodies sustain, or the effects of their necks twisting, often result in headaches, because the trauma from pulled or tensed muscles triggers pain in the sensitive brain structures.

            Further, severe emotional trauma causes muscles over the back and at the lower part of the head and the neck to contract, resulting in an instantaneous headache.

            The important thing to remember, when one experiences a headache, is that it is a symptom of underlying disorders, with multiple causes, that should command respect, and that merit diagnosis.

Bahamian Delegation Attends AIDS Conference in Jamaica

Pastor Paul Scavella, Health Ministries Director of the Bahamas Conference, will attend the first West Indies Union AIDS Training Conference at Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica.  He will be accompanied by local church health leaders Betty Knowles, Curlene Rolle, Alyce Miller, and Marcia Musgrove.  

On Monday, April 1, 2002, more than 150 health enthusiasts participated in the 2^nd Annual Health Fun Run, organized by the Health Ministries Department of the Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Pastor Paul Scavella is the director. Young and old, men and women came to the Queen Elizabeth Sports Center 6:00 a.m. to walk or run. By eight o’clock, nearly all had return. Many won trophies and awards. One outstanding person was Raymond Wholly, a member of Berea Church, who is an experienced marathon man but was running under a lot of pain. In 1985 he had an accident that resulted in him having a steel rod placed in his right leg. Raymond came third in the race. He is an inspiration to all. Also participating in the fun/run was Dr. Joseph Evans, who is standing in the photo with Raymond.

Contact:

Email sdahealthministries@coralwave.com or ptlm@batelnet.bs 

Tel: 242 341 4088 Ext. 223

P.O. Box N-356

Nassau, Bahamas