Women In Wellness: Dr Ahmad Nooristani of Balance7 On The Five Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Help Support People’s Journey Towards Better Wellbeing
An Interview With Candice Georgiadis
Daily exercise: No matter what kind of lifestyle you have, doing active walking, going to the gym, or any other physical activity that keeps your heart rate up will make you better fit cardiovascularly. Most of my patients who suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease have shown significant mental and physical improvement with being active. Exercise improves your blood pressure and sugar levels, and allows you to decrease or in some cases completely stop some of your medications.
As a part of my series about the women in wellness, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Nooristani.
CEO of Balance7™, Dr. Ahmad Nooristani is a licensed medical doctor with 16 years of experience practicing medicine. He has been involved in recent breakthrough research in the field of alternative medicine, enabling patients the opportunity to enjoy solutions that were not available until now. Working closely with so many patients every day has motivated him to broaden research in finding a new path to healing what modern medicine has not accomplished.
Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Our readers would love to “get to know you” better. Can you share your “backstory” with us?
I am Dr. Ahmad Nooristani, CEO of Balance7 and a licensed medical doctor with 15 years of experience practicing medicine. In order for me to understand the practice of medicine, not only from standpoint of medications but also from a comprehensive and complete end-to-end practice, I embarked on a journey that very few people to almost none had done before. The practice of medicine by itself is challenging and can take every ounce of your energy. Understanding everything about the art of medicine is a daunting task. I started my journey by being involved in various projects so I could understand what goes on with my patients from the time they walk in through the hospital door until they pass away.
The challenges they are facing are absolutely mind-boggling, yet very few of us understand that. I started working as a hospitalist and soon got involved with outpatient practice, working in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospice, pharmaceuticals, and research. However, I knew it was not enough. Something was missing in my approach up until I start working in the field of alternative medicine. Now, I can say I have done end-to-end medicine.
Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you started your career?
After being in practice for a year, I realized there were so many uninsured patients who have not seen a physician in years due to lack of insurance and now they are suffering from heart attacks, strokes, cancers, etc. In response, I did what I thought was the right thing to do and created a free medical clinic (Slonoorfoundation.org and recently, Saviehealth.org) for those who are uninsured free of charge. It took me two years to get it up and running. It was extremely frustrating and there were times that I would want to drop it completely, and then I would remember my patients in need and the impact of not having resources for their healthcare needs.
Those thoughts continued to motivate me to finish, and now we are seeing thousands of patients free of charge and delivering millions of dollars of free services to those who would otherwise go without care. I learned that no matter what the challenges and obstacles are, you cannot be deterred from them. Look at the obstacles as opportunities and the challenges as personal growth potential.
Can you share a story about the biggest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?
I was in the process of creating a medical device that would have made a significant impact on the way we obtain health information in a much more simplified way. I spent a significant amount of time and money for four years until I had the prototype and was ready to get it out to the world, but then I became busy and got side tracted and lost the drive to get it back on the market. Fast forward 8 years, now a majority of what was an idea has become a reality and I missed the opportunity to be the first. I am pretty sure I would have been in a completely different financial position if I had not been destructed. After that, I promised myself that I would finish what I start no matter what.
When it comes to health and wellness how is the work you are doing helping to make a bigger impact in the world?
As a physician working at the hospital, I am saving lives on a daily basis, but it’s such a small platform that the impact does not translate to a larger audience. How can I transform millions of lives? By being involved with Balance7 and creating a transformational supplement along with educating everyone on the pathophysiology of disease and giving solutions to them that wasn’t available until now.
Creating a healthy mindset and creating health awareness will have a lasting impact. There is no magic bullet to health. You have to be a willing participant in your own care. You must have an open mind and research all the time so you can become more aware of what is available to you.
Can you share your top five “lifestyle tweaks” that you believe will help support people’s journey towards better wellbeing? Please give an example or story for each.
Daily exercise: No matter what kind of lifestyle you have, doing active walking, going to the gym, or any other physical activity that keeps your heart rate up will make you better fit cardiovascularly. Most of my patients who suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease have shown significant mental and physical improvement with being active. Exercise improves your blood pressure and sugar levels, and allows you to decrease or in some cases completely stop some of your medications.
Eating right: It is not about what you eat, it is about how much of what you eat and then what you eat. You can eat salad all day long and still gain weight. Count your Calories. Weight loss happens when there is a negative balance between calories going in and going out. All of the extra calories are stored as fats.
Add fruits and vegetables and decrease your meat intake: Transforming your body to become more alkaline has a significant impact on your overall health. When you combine that with the Balance7 dietary supplement, you will see a lifetime health transformation.
Avoid drinking sodas: Due to their high sugar content and their contribution to the acidic load in the body, drinking soda puts your body in danger of having a decreased immune system. You will also be at a higher risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancers.
Avoid eating processed food: All processed food contains tons of added sugar and other ingredients that are harmful to your health and has long-lasting effects if you continue to consume them.
If you start a movement that would bring the most amount of wellness to the most amount of people, what would that be?
The movement of responsibility. No one can change you but you. Now one can give you the gift of health but you. No one is going to watch you but you. No one but you can transform you. You are responsible for you. You and only you have a choice to lead a healthier life.
What are your 5 things I wish someone told me before I started and why?
That is a tricky question. If I knew all the shortcomings and mistakes ahead of time, my learning curve wouldn’t have been so steep. Failure leads to success and beyond. What I mean is if someone told me that I should do my due diligence before embarking on a project (while that is great advice), I wouldn’t know what that means. You can’t do your due diligence unless you know what to look for, and you can’t look for something that you have no understanding of. Mistakes make us who we are but only if we learn from them. I have mixed feelings about this one.
Sustainability, veganism, mental health, and environmental changes are big topics at the moment. Which one of these causes is dearest to you and why?
They are all extremely important topics and it’s hard to pick one over the other. Being a physician, mental health for me is at the forefront of choices. About 19% of adults, which is equivalent to over 47 million Americans, are experiencing mental illness. Another 4.55% are experiencing a severe mental illness. Mental Health has become more of an issue over the past few years due to the lack of healthcare providers.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges were the leading cause of disability and poor life outcomes in young people, with 25% of children ages 3–17 having a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder. About 19% of high school students have suicidal ideation. That number has increased to 36% since COVID started according to the US Surgeon General.
What is the best way our readers can follow you online?
Visit Balance7.com. Go to the “Ask the Doctor” page for any questions. Also, look for tips and articles on Yahoo news.
Thank you for these fantastic insights!
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