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Dr. Simm Gottesman is an Acupuncture Physician from Florida in possession of vibrant health and youth, a great niece (me!), and much wisdom on natural health secrets.

Simm was the first one to influence me to change my eating habits. I have never been the same since she shared her health secrets with me, more than a decade ago. She is over 50 years old chronologically, but physically, much younger. Her face barely has a crease and she’s maintained a perfect weight for her height for years.

Simm received her acupuncture license in 1982, one of the very first people in the USA to become a licensed Acupuncture Physician (#36 to be exact!). Since then, she has inspired many other people to become practitioners, and there are now almost 2,000 licensed Acupuncture Physicians, in Florida alone.

I asked Simm some frequently asked questions …

Q: What are your main healthy habits to keep off weight and prevent aging?

Qi gong

Qi Gong (Ancient Chinese form of exercise involving gentle movements)- It’s a way to keep you in touch with your body and is a kind of moving meditation to calm mind, body and spirit. It moves the energy, or Qi, in your body, improving your metabolism.

Connecting with nature

Every day, take a walk outside. Hug a tree! Stand on soil- not just on concrete.

I am blessed to have wild life in my back yard. Wild Iguanas, along with an array of ducks and water birds, graze through my back yard everyday. Whenever I have leftovers I always share with my animal friends. I grow plants and herbs like rosemary, lavender, and sage. I also grow milkweed, the only plant that monarch butterflies need to stay on the planet, so that I can be mother to the Monarch Butterflies! I’m always checking on their eggs and caterpillars and making sure they have enough to eat.

Some of the new plants I’ve recently met are stevia and the “dragon fruit plant.”

Eating Healthy

I don’t always eat the same way (eg: just vegan or just vegetarian or just omnivore.)
If you eat the same way all the time I believe it just can make you feel bored and crazy! I believe that variety is the spice of life.

• I alternate between eating 60-70% vegetarian and 60-70% raw, and I switch between them.
• I suspect that one of my other health secrets is dark chocolate! at least 70% dark.
• I also make raw smoothies - about 1 a day, or at least 4 times a week. Click here for Dr. Simm’s smoothie recipes
• I love a cup of coffee in the morning! (I drink Organic coffee because I like the idea of supporting the small farmer co-ops.) Research has proven that coffee has many health properties, and 1 cup a day can have medicinal properties such as:
  • excellent antioxidant
  • prevents Parkinson’s
  • prevents Alzheimer’s
  • prevents Bladder Cancer
  • helps Diabetes
  • excellent antioxidant

I also add soy milk and honey! not sugar and milk! I love to see the confused looks on people’s faces when I ask if they have honey for my coffee and the questions I get about that one.

As mentioned above, I like variety. Forgive yourself if you have desert once in awhile. You deserve it, as long as you know how to balance it with the healthy diet I outlined above. Don’t beat yourself up; think of it as an opportunity to practice forgiveness! We have to remember to treat ourselves like our own best friend!

Q: What form of exercise do you do and how often?

I start off every morning with my morning meditation for about 10 minutes. I play my morning meditation music do some ohming chants and some conscious breathing techniques with silent prayers. Then I move on to my Chi machine. This is a way to get the lymphatic system moving. It is a device that lets you rest just your ankles in it and it gently rocks your legs to and fro while you lay on your back relaxing. Then I do a somersault and a headstand.

I also practice Qui Gong (see above) regularly.

Q: What are your core supplements?

I’m actually not a big believer in supplements. Too many supplements can clog the colon. I used to give colonics and actually saw all the gel capsules that didn’t dissolve and were lodged inside people’s colons there! My suggestion is that if there is a supplement that you want to take, test it out by putting it in a glass of water and see how long it takes to dissolve.

Here’s what I do believe in:

• Alkaline water
  (Also called ionized water.) It hydrates you more than regular water. The alkalinity of the water creates an alkaline environment in your body that cancer can’t live in.
• Probiotics
  Not necessarily just those tablets that are from a bottle! You can also get other probiotics that you need, from the food that you eat - such as things like sauerkraut and yogurt.
• “Holy” basil
  This herb has been revered by holy men in india for thousands of years as an outstanding anti-inflammatory.

Those who wish to consult with Simm Gottesman, Acupuncture Physician, may do so by contacting her by email direct: acusimm(at)aol.com. She is available for acupuncture treatments in the South Florida Area.

Read more here on Dr. Simm’s natural healing advice.

I’d like to thank Dr. Simm, Acupuncture Physician, for taking the time to do this interview with me. She is an Inspirational person who is staying young, thin, and disease-free and over 50 too! I thank her for all her wisdom and natural health secrets and sharing it here!

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