We live in a fast paced modern world and our personal needs are often put much lower down on the totem pole of priorities than they should be. Long hours, stressful environments, lack of exercise and poor food quality means our bodies are under pressure such as never seen before in the history of mankind.
Many people are unwell – not sick – but just unwell and feeling tired and lacking energy.
Many turn to their doctors to ‘fix’ them without success and few understand the importance of stepping up and taking responsibility for their own health.
The truth of the matter is that health can not be left up to your doctor to look after. After all a doctors idea that you are ‘healthy’ is that you are not sick and all this really means is that things have not got so bad that they can find actual disease symptoms – yet.
Many people who do not feel well and drag themselves through life are far from well and their health could be improved dramatically with some intervention from them. They are really just the walking unwell.
This state of un-wellness leads to disease and the major cause of death in our world today are the ‘big three’ – heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Called ‘lifestyle’ diseases they are caused by the way we live our lives over the years and decades. At some point disease symptoms start showing and only then can they be diagnosed.
It is pointless relying on doctors once you have arrived at this state of un-wellness as even the most highly sophisticated medical treatments cannot cure these diseases. There is no doctor or treatment available that can fix the human body once it has arrived at a broken down state of health. At best the condition may be managed by medical treatment while the victim is left with half a life.
It is a shame that people rely on doctors to keep them well as they will pay dearly for that expectation. These killer diseases which rob us of our lives are totally preventable. But while our attitude is one that proper exercise is not necessary and we are too lazy to cook proper food and instead rely heavily on processed ‘so called’ foods with zero nutrients we are in for a rocky ride.
To prevent becoming a statistic for one of these killer diseases it is vital that people take responsibility for preventing them. The bottom line for good health is, and always will be basic proper strengthening (strength training) exercise to keep the structures of the body strong supported by good nutrition.
These two basic things are accessible to everyone and there should be no excuse for not doing them. The excuses we do make to avoid them mean the looser is……us.
True health is not just an absence of disease, but also having an abundance of energy, vitality and ‘zest for living’. Real health gives you peak performance, physically mentally and emotionally. You should have a sharp mind, be energetic, happy and have emotional balance. Your body should be strong and be able to fight off everything from a cold to heart disease and cancer.
A truly strong and healthy body will allow you to enjoy a long and healthy life and will allow you to achieve your full potential. The opposite is a shorter life span often preceded by many years of poor health, pain and disability which is all too common now-a-days.
Many people today are a long way from having real health, or they have not experienced it for a very long time. So, what is it to be for you? You do have a choice and a huge part to play in this, and you do care about your health don’t you?