The "Swiss League Life and Health" (LLG), an association for holistic health promotion, launched its new website on January 24.
LLG was founded in 1954 and is based in Zurich. It is part of an international network. It coordinates programmes, activities, and initiatives in the field of holistic health promotion for German-speaking Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. The association is politically independent and non-denominational, but its roots can be found in the Adventist Movement of about 150 years ago.
The LLG works in partnership with organisations in German-speaking Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. The League aims to motivate, support, and empower everyone to take responsibility for their own health and life.
Offers of the LLG
The LLG's offers and programmes cover the physical, mental, spiritual, and social spheres. Their activities include lectures and seminars, conferences, courses and training, coaching and counselling, group activities, lifestyle retreats & lifestyle centres, media (print, video and social media), health clubs, and health exhibitions.
The 12 principles of NewstartPlus®
LLG believes that health, happiness, and well-being do not simply depend on chance or genes, but are based on the interaction of various factors and principles. The League believes that health, happiness, and well-being can be actively and significantly influenced. NewstartPlus®, a modern, internationally known, scientifically proven and holistic health concept, summarises the 12 principles in a vivid way. Each individual letter of NewstartPlus® stands for a principle that has a decisive influence on health, happiness and quality of life: Nutrition; Exercise; Water; Sunshine; Temperance; Air; Rest; Trust; Priorities; Living optimistically; Integrity; Social support.
History of the Life and Health League
The Swiss League for Life and Health was founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1954. However, its ideological roots go back to the temperance movement of the 19th century.
The temperance movement had its peak as a social-spiritual movement at the end of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. Starting from the North American East Coast and Northern Europe, this movement spread rapidly throughout Europe, North America, and the British colonies from the 1820s and 30s. With the total renunciation of alcohol (e.g. Blue Cross), and later also tobacco and other drugs, social reforms as well as health reforms were pursued. A large number of men and women could be named as pioneers and trailblazers, like Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Adventist Church co-founder Ellen G. White.
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