Dear Friends in i3 Forum,

Today I thought of posting an article on health. Then I saw this article about a successful who died at age 59

The man who rocked 90s market

https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/birdpalace/152446.jsp

31/03/2018 11:42

So here you go:

I have pondered over some health issues yesterday as I thought of my late father who died at age 69 due to heart attack and my mother who had poor eyesight due to diabetes.

If only I knew how to warn them about health issues then. But I had no knowledge then like I do now.

Through life I have met Doctors & Surgeons who helped me about Health Issues:

While working in a Jesus Saves Mission Church in KL I had a fellow Pastor in Singapore who is a Medical Doctor. As my son used to get sick quite frequently (My eldest son was born at 7 month pre maturedly) Dr. Paul Choo came to visit us in KL and gave us some medical advise with lots of medications. He explained in details to us that most sickness is functional sickness (that means that we can still go about doing work while sick). And 80% of our sicknesses could be cured by self medication if we know how.

Like panadol being a cure for pain & headace. And sometimes due to stress & tiredness in the body panadol also help to give some relief. For antibiotics we must finish the course or else the bateria will build up resistance the next time needing even heavier dosses.

So far so good. My family has stayed healthy over 30 years with my boys being grown up men. And one of my Son, David Tan is now a Doctor in Australia.

I left the Mission Chuch in the late eighties & joined the Presbyterians in the 1990s. Here I met Dr. Tow Siang Hwa (now almost 90  year in age and retired). Dr. Tow is the founding Pastor of Calvary Pandan BP Church. He is the Top Gynae Surgeon who succeeded Dr. Benjamin Sheares in KK Hospital, Singapore. He told us about the benefit of taking a Multi Vitamin with a Glass of Plain Water first thing in the morning. This will clense the system of its toxic poison left over from the previous day. I have followed this advise for over 25 years now to great help.

And I posted this article from it

A Multivitamin a Day Keeps The Doctor Away. Your health is wealth.(Calvin wishes good health for all

Author: calvintaneng   |    Publish date: 

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About the same time I helped to preach once a month in PJ Calvary Jaya Presbyterian Fellowship in Section 17, PJ, Selangor. That was also in the 1990s. Here I met fellow Preacher Dr. Lim Yew Cheng - the Senoir Heart Surgeon of Gleneagles Medical Hospital, Ampang, KL (Dr. Lim has 2 sons who are also Surgeons)

Dr. Lim has now started a new Church called Evangel Presbyterian Church in Damansara Jaya.

Dr. Lim told me this. Most of the heart problems is due to plaque clogging up the arteries in our blood system. They consist of cholesterol built up due to fats, lipids and free radicals. And he was the Top Heart Surgeon doing open heart surgery. Now sometimes after finishing an operation he would see a cut on his rubber gloves. So Dr. Lim put on 2 gloves on each hand in stead of the usual one. HIV could be transmitted by open cuts & wounds.

So double gloves mean double margin of safety. This apllies to real life. Calvin applies this to investment later by following Ben Graham's required 30% discount to NTA as margin of safety.

Now these are simple knowledge that have helped me.

So I am passing on to others in the pathway of life.

And from my mother in law (Thank God she is a healthy 90 year old. We just celebrated her birthday in Singapore recently.)

She said when eating chicken always remove the skin. The skin has very high cholesterol content. As well as seafood like squid, sotong, crab & prawns. So please eat in moderation. Fish is ok.

And cold fish oil is excellent for health. So she takes at least 4 fish oil tablets a day to keep healthy. Her eldest daughter (my wife's eldest sister) is a Senoir Staff Nurse in Britain/ now migrated to Australia sent her ample supplies of Cold Fish Oil Pills from Australia.

And this year I am also taking these Fish Oil supplements.

One day I toured Japan with my Family. That was a nice time as I sat on the Shinkansen Bullet Train for the first time. It felt so smooth and like a normal train. Yet very fast. I am happy to see one from KL to Singapore by year 2026?

Now in Japan the tourist guide told us one top secret. He said that the Japanese Govt mandated that all Fish Eyes must be extracted to be given to the Govt which in turn manufacture them into "FISH EYE OIL" for the young people of Japan. So that the few Japanese need to wear specs and still have excellent vision. Now true I am not sure.

So we made sure when we eat fish we also eat the fish eyes.

And it was Dr. David Tan who taught me (long before he became a doctor) these

1) Eggs could be very good or very bad for health.

How come?

Dr. David explained, "When an egg york is uncook or half boiled it has good cholesterol. So it is good for the heart. But when the egg york is cooked fully & hardened then the good cholestorol turned into bad cholesterol. And eating too many fully cooked eggs might cause heart attacks and even strokes.

So go for half boiled eggs in stead of fully cooked eggs for good health.

If the blood vein is blocked and free flow of blood to the heart is impeded it will cause heart attack

If the blood flow to brain is impeded it will cause stroke

2) Dr. David also taught me to eat raw food like fish sushi, rare beef steak (just the flame will kill the bateria outside) the rest uncooked beef inside is fine to eat (if you can stomach it) & also pure coconut oil. Yes, Dr. David put Pure Coconut on salads and food.

3) Once A week eat some curry (it contains coconut & tumeric). They are good for the brain or memory. Of course don't overdo it as coconut milk do contain cholesterol.

4) It was Mr Lee Kuan Yew & his son Pm Lee Hsien Loong who taught us to eat 2 bowls of "Tou foo far" without sugar every morning as it is excellent brain food

5) ON LONGEVITY

My Son DR DAVID TAN DISCOVERED THIS TO ME

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONG LIFE EAT LESS

DR DAVID SAID THAT OUR BODY CELLS WILL SPLIT AND LIFE WILL LESSEN BY EVERY SPLIT. SO THE MORE FOOD WE EAT THE MORE THEY WILL SPLIT. SO OUR LIFE WILL BE SHORTER.

AND HE WANTS ME TO LIVE UNTIL 90 YEARS OLD. SO EAT MORE VEGETABLES!

Now Mr Lee Kuan Yew lived past 90 years old. His secret was to eat 80% full. In his later years he ate fish and toufoo. When one Minister was invited for lunch he saw that there were two pieces of meat being served. One small & one Big piece. Out of respect to LKY he took the smaller piece. Mr. Lee said, "That small piece is mine. You take the bigger piece!"

6) Mr. Robert Kuok said in his Memoirs

We must eat 20 types of food every week including seafood.

If you ate fish in the morning, try some lean pork in the afternoon or chicken in the evening. Also try toufoo, seashells and others. Yam, tapioca, vegetables, bananas, and all other foods

7) DR MORNING STAR DIENDOG OF SHILONG

I MET DR. MORNING STAR IN MUMBAI who Taught Me This

Every morning he must have Vitamin E. Although he was already past 70 years of age his skin is still smooth without wrinkle.

Another thing he ate is plaintain or bananas. This is a must for bowel movements to keep healthy

8) If you eat roti canai ask for less oil. And if you drink teh tarek try to get it with less "milk". These is little or no milk in teh tarek (the milk is substituted by palm oil). Palm oil is good for health in small quatity. But overdose will increase cholesterol.

9) As a Rule go for raw food or vegetables or fruits. Then boiled foods. After that roast. And last would be fried stuff. Avoid fried food if you could as they are carcinogenic or might cause cancer

10) One means to prevent cancer/heart attack is to cleanse the blood stream and keep blood flow healthy

these are the foods:

garlic,

lime or lemon

green tea

black coffee without sugar

try to reduce sugar and salt intake to the minimum

avoid canned or preserved foods, salted foods (of course in times of convenience or neccessities eat some but generally avoid if you can)

And sometimes eat some fat like cheese or butter (as no fat might cause sunken cheek)

pineapple cuts out lipids fat and free radicals)

Also try to get some exercise & live near greenery.

I have moved out from KL (20 over years already. KL is jammed packed with cars from 7 am to 10 am every morning & from 5pm to 8 pm every evening. The pollution is getting worse and worse every year. KL is in the Klang Valley (so the air trapped). By 7 to 8 pm in Bukit Bintang you can feel a tiny coat of dust on your skin if you walk or stroll down Jalan Bukit Bintang. Of course all are unaware as you are mesmerised by all the neon lights. And die early without knowing.

GO AND STAY IN BOOMING ISKANDAR IF YOU CAN MAKE IT.

GOOD LUCK & GOOD HEALTH

CHEERS!!!

Your Friend

Calvin Tan,

Jurong West, Singapore

Further note:

Dark chocolate by TUDOR GOLD also help in Blood Circulation & lowers Blood Pressure

A little red wine before sleeping will also do wonders. Don't take hard core liquor as it will damage your brain cell and might also cause cancer.

BELOW IS THE FOOD PYRAMID FOR HEALTHY EATING

STOP PRESS!!

I just remembered One More!

I used to have incessant running nose in younger days till I was into my early 30s.

When I attended Calvary Jaya BP Fellowship Church in No. 1, Jalan 17/1, Section 17, Petaling Jaya I used to have such bad running nose that by Morning Worship Service my 2 hankerchiefs would be dripping wet. Sometimes I brought extra tissues & they are all used up and yet my nose run non stop.

It was very irritating & also embarrassing when I happened to be the Speaker.

While sitting in the Church Pew one day & having this bout of running nose I met Deacon(Now Elder)  Gabriel Choe Tong Seng.

Elder Gabriel Choe is a Graduate with a Degree in Pharmacy (In later years my nephew also is a graduate in Pharmacy)

Gabriel told me one Solution:

Take Vitamin C and it will help. I told Gabriel I took oranges & lime but to no avail. Gabriel said, "Try taking Heavy Mega Doses"

My brother was a Distributor of AMWAY Products. So I bought VITAMIN C from him & took 2, 3, 4 , 5 up to 10 VITAMIN C tablets.

I swallowed some & chewed and sucked on some.

AND IT WORKED!!

More than 20 years have passed & I AM NOW COMPLETELY CURED OF RUNNING NOSE.

So taking Mega Dosses of Vitamin C do help to solve Sinus problem.