Business in Health Naturally

Emmanuel Wontumi-Amoah
Redeemed Life Company Ltd.
It only takes a spark
 How dry are you?

 Countless Opportunities
 Are you Prepared?

 0 years to 22 years – Learning upon Learning

 22 years to 25 years Settle in Knowledge for work
 25 years to 30 years Save from Knowledge for Life
 31 years to 60 years Express, Improve and Realize knowledge gains
 61 years to Death, Reap from established knowledge
 Do you have what it takes?
 First things first
 Hearing Voices and guidance from the gut
 As Iron sharpens Iron
 God-given gifts, talents and tendencies
 Financially wise
 Materialism and the Heart
 Work Ethics
 Dealing with Disappointment and Unemployment
 True blue Honesty and Integrity
 Giving and Charity
 Discipline
 Peer Pressure
 Vacation and Work
 Volunteering versus Volunteerism
 Attitude or Skill?

 Learn to work for someone to know how to work for

self.
 Heath Business Opportunity

 Gaining from Sickness versus Gaining from Health

 Gaining from Health

 The 8 Laws of Health and Business Opportunities

 NEWSTART
 Nutrition Exercise Water Sunlight Temperance Air Rest
Trust ( In Divine Providence)
 Nutrition

 Grow Organic Vegetables and Fruits

 Distribute and Retail Healthy foods
 Process Healthy food
 Educate and Promote Healthy food
 Exercise

 Build outdoor recreation centers

 Design and Build simple Exercise setups
 Train and make exercise recording
 Water

 Produce Healthy clean water

 Design and build water treatment apparatus
 Retail and Distribute portable water
 Conservation of water
 Recreation around water
 Sunlight

 Harvest sun light for preservation

 Solar Products design
 Solar energy concentrators
 Temperance

 Control Mechanization
 Fool Proof Redesigning
 Safety equipment design and make
 Air

 Ecological Sanctuaries
 Air purification
 Natural Insecticides
 Organic Pesticides
 Alternative to Refuse Incineration
 Rest

 Rest stops
 Resting enhancing designing
 Specialty Beds from Nature
 Trust

 Promote
 Example: Bamboo - Shoots

 Bamboo Industry has many applications for Income

 Construction
 Timber products
 Food & Medicine
 etc
Benefits of Warm Bamboo Massage

Relieves sore muscle tension

Increases Circulation

Flushes body of metabolic wastes (i.e.

lactic acid) for faster healing time and
detoxification

Decreases muscle spasms

Breaks up tissue adhesions

Releases endorphines to promote

relaxation and pain reduction
Furniture and Handicrafts
• Traditional woven
products have been
made for thousands
of years
• These traditional
products still have a
role in creating cash
incomes for the rural
poor
• They also link rural
and urban poor and
are more
environmentally
friendly than plastic
 Bamboo Flooring

Three stages in China:

•1988-1995 with an annual production of 30-
50,000 m2; equipment from Taiwan; quality
not ensured.
•1996-1999 development of int’l market and
enterprises reform
•2000- rapid growth, intervention in the
developed markets; annual production more
then 2 million m2

Prices: United States - $60/m2

UK - $90/m2
Bamboo pulp and paper

Bamboo pulp output

in China (tons):
1999 – 200,000
2000 – 500,000
2010 – 1600,000
Bamboo Charcoal

Bamboo charcoal
is highly prized
for many uses -
decolouring, de-
odorising
Bamboo Fiber and Textiles
 Bamboo Shoots

International trade in bamboo shoots from

China is now worth more than USD 150
million per year.
 Bamboo shaving
extract

Bamboo leaf extract

Bamboo shoots: a nutritious healthy vegetable

A source of both food and medicine

Not only delicious but rich in nutrients

and health promoting phytochemicals

Low in fat and sugars

“King of Forest Vegetables.”

Treasure dish - Tang Dynasty (618 to 907)

“there is no banquet without bamboo.”

No longer “poor man’s timber” but a “rich

man’s delicacy.”
 Nutrition Health

Obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases

and some forms of cancer are major
contributions to the global burden of
diseases
Food has a direct and substantial impact
on health
Fresh Shoots
Shoots gaining importance as a health food

“Poor man’s timber”

“A rich man’s
delicacy”
Delicacy in up-scale markets, specialty
restaurants and five star hotels though in India,
it is consumed as a vegetable by rural people,

Bamboo shoots consumption is concentrated to

South east Asia where it is a popular ingredient
in their cuisine

Shoots are a part of the traditional cuisine of

the North Eastern states of India
 Nutritive value of bamboo shoots
Juvenile shoots are

 Rich in proteins, carbohydrates, amino a

acids, minerals, vitamins

 High content of minerals like K, P, Mg,

Na, Fe, Ca and Se. b

 Rich in dietary fibers

c
 Low in fat and sugar.
Fig.1. a. freshly
harvested shoots; b.
peeled shoots; c.
Sliced shoots.
Comparative account of various nutrients (g/100 g) present in fresh
bamboo shoots and some common vegetables
Amino Proteins Carbohydrates Fat Vitamin C Vitamin E Dietary
Plant acids (mg/100 g) (mg/100g) Fibre

Bambusa tulda 3.65 3.69 6.92 0.48 1.42 0.61 3.97

D. asper 3.12 3.59 4.90 0.40 3.20 0.91 3.54

Dendrocalamus 3.18 3.72 5.5 0.41 2.45 0.71 3.90

hamiltonii

SOME COMMON VEGETABLES

Cauliflower 0.4 5.9 7.6 0.4 2.5 46.4 2.0

Cabbage 0.3 1.8 5.6 0.1 2.6 32.2 1.0

Carrot 0.2 0.9 10.6 0.2 1.2 3.0 1.2

Radish 0.1 0.7 3.4 0.1 1.6 15.0 0.6

Spinach 0.3 2.0 2.9 0.7 0.6 28.1 2.0

Potato 0.2 1.6 22.6 0.1 0.4 19.7 0.4

Traditional dishes with bamboo shoots
Bamboo Shoot Fortified Food Items
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Any Questions?