Are we as healthy as we should be?

February 2, 2006: Novartis Consumer Health participated in the Well-Being Show held in Jumeirah Beach Hotel and offered a Dynamisan Health Assessment to visitors of the show.

Based on your age, gender, anatomical characteristics such as weight, sports and professional activities, tastes and nutritional habits, the assessment calculates your energy and nutritional profile and draws up personalized menus.

The test lets you know if you are eating the right food and if your body is obtaining the right amount of fat, carbohydrates, proteins and sugars that is necessary for a healthy daily intake.

If you want to achieve wellbeing for you and your health, it's probably worth understanding what it is first" says Nihal Hakeem, Brand Manager Dynamisan.

Well, the official definition as stated in the English Dictionary is :

Well-being : a  state of being healthy and contented ...

As for healthy, it's defined as:

Healthy :  a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being, and  the absence of disease  With the amount of media attention given to health and well-being these days, it is hard to believe that most people don't already know more than enough to live very healthy lives. But still we ask ourselves, where is the motivation to change, and what is blocking it?

So a good level of well-being requires you to be healthy and being healthy means more than looking just after your physical state down the gym and eating well.

Deficiencies of virtually any single nutrient can negatively impact the immune system. Excessive and chronic stress, either physical or mental, also affects the functioning of our immune system and our antiaging hormones. A good immune system will only be minimally affected by small stress factors. But living with continual stress is enough to deteriorate your immune system and cause disease. Many other factors affect our immune system negatively.

Combine too much stress with inadequate nutrition and you have the cause of most of our health complaints. This is why immunity should be enhanced and strengthened.

Dynamisan is a good example of a nutritional supplement that helps maintain a balanced diet to cope with everyday demands of life and ensures an adequate source of essential vitamins, minerals & amino acids and Ginseng, a scientifically recognized natural tonic to provide optimal nutrition and help us get the most out of our daily lives.

Concluding, Mrs. Hakeem says: "Good nutrition provides the immune system with substances it needs to fight invasions by foreign organisms and return to rest when protective reactions are not required."

A healthy immune system is definitely the key to combating various diseases.

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Issued on behalf of Novartis Consumer Health by TRACCS Public Relations.

For further information  please contact:
Dr. Maha Alnakkash
Tel: 04 3672530
Mobile: 050 7962005
Email: maha.alnakkash@traccs.net

© Press Release 2006