Good Health is your Wealth, believe me, it is even more important than
your business. After all, when your health is in bad shape, how
motivated are you to implement business plans or pursue personal
goals? We both know the answer, don't we? And what happens to your
business if you neglect your health and die? Let's not even go there.
Meanwhile, as obvious as the reasoning above is, most business people
carry on as if health is a secondary consideration-like something they
would only consider after they have succeeded in business (i.e. made
money). How tragic is that reasoning!
To begin with, only the living can succeed in business. Yes, if you
die your inheritors can take things up from there. But what if they
also neglect their own health and end up like you? So you see, at some
point, there must be someone who places the same premium on their
health that they place on their business. Let that person be you!
Consider the ways in which healthy living benefits your business.
Let's take exercise as an example. It's widely acknowledged that
regular and meaningful exercise is one of the greatest contributors to
healthy living. "And how does that affect a person's business?" you
may ask.
Well, consider these:
When a person exercises regularly, it helps to maintain a healthy
weight, which allows the body to function optimally, resulting in
fewer sick days. For an employer, fewer vacations due to illness is
great news. And for an entrepreneur who usually must be there in
person before anything can get done, he simply can't help remaining
healthy!
Exercise also helps us to generally feel better about ourselves. Why
is this so? Well, it sure takes discipline to stick to an exercise
regime. And when this is strictly adhered to, the person gets the
feeling that they are in control of their affairs. This confidence
often transfers into the business front, affecting the way we approach
matters relating to our business.
Good health and exercise also improve motivation. As stated above,
sticking to an exercise routine takes lots of discipline. But what
happens is that once we compel ourselves to engage in it a few times,
we often begin to look forward to it! In other words, regularly
engaging in exercise appears to create its own form of motivation. And
this motivation is often carried over into other areas of our
life-including our business.
Exercise also increases our energy levels and efficiency. By
increasing blood flow to the brain, it contributes to mental clarity.
Thus we are able to focus better and make better decisions-including
business decisions.
Another important aspect of caring for our health involves our
diet-the food we eat. Generally speaking, a healthful diet is simply
about choosing wisely from the group of foods that are available to us
in whatever part of the world we're living. And in doing so,
moderation and variety should be your guiding principle.
There can be no doubt about it: the efforts we make to take good care
of our body is one of the best investments anyone can ever make. A
healthy diet and a good exercise routine are essential in this regard.
A healthy person enjoys mental clarity, greater motivation,
self-confidence and a welcoming attitude. All these benefit a person
both personally and business wise.
How to Prosper and Be in Health
The age-old adage that "health is wealth" is never more significant
than when you lose it to sickness or injury. For many of us baby
boomers, our desire to live longer, stronger, and better then past
generations has never been more evident than Saturday morning along
our North-County coast highway. Increasingly older Runners, walkers,
cyclist, and surfers dominate the view. Our passion for an active and
healthy life style is visible. Our understanding and knowledge of
complete health is lacking. Health is much more than exercise and how
we feel; it's a complete physical, mental and social well-being and
not merely the absence of a disease or symptom. It's when our bodies
function at 100%! Many of us have witnessed our parents and or our
grandparents battle a troubling sickness or disease. Witnessing the
painful process, with the many side effects of medications and
invasive procedures, can be a sobering and eye opening experience.
From the trials of life come many lessons, one being a new motivation
of prevention, with proactive steps taken to change ones health
forecast from potential sickness to lasting functional health. The
principles of health and healing are underlined by the fact that your
body is designed to be well and innately heal itself when given the
right opportunity. The following six keys are extremely powerful in
giving your body that right opportunity by restoring and improving
true health, reversing the aging process, and reducing the incidence
of cancer and other degenerative diseases.
1. Sugar and grains must be dramatically reduced from your diet! The
current obesity epidemic in America is not primarily from fat
consumption but instead form our love affair with sugar. Grains too?
Grains, which make up breads and cereals, when digested, brake down
into sugar (glucose). Sugar and grains tend to dramatically elevate
insulin levels, which in turn cause your body to go from fat burning
to fat storage. In addition, elevated insulin levels increase
inflammatory prostaglandin's causing increased pain and inflammation.
This in turn promotes blood clots, vessel constrictions, immune
suppression, and depressed brain function. Need I say more?
2. Cold water fish oils: Omega-3 fatty acids, a.k.a. essential fatty
acids (EFA's), are essential for life and you must get them from your
diet. The best form of Omega-3 EFA's is DHA and EPA (from cold water
fish), which your brain and body can use directly. A short list of
benefits: Reduces inflammation, thins blood, protects arteries, lowers
blood pressure, reduces risk of heart attack and stroke, reduces
arthritis symptoms, and stimulates the immune system amongst other
things. Supplementation is a must!
3. Antioxidants prevent degenerative and age related diseases. The
most valuable nutritional antioxidants include: Vitamins-C, E, B2, B6,
B12, Beta-carotene; Minerals- Zinc, Selenium; Amino Acids-lysine,
Cysteine, Glutamine. The top ten food sources are: Dark chocolate
(only if already healthy), rosemary, prunes, blueberries,
blackberries, kale, green tea, strawberries, spinach, and raspberries.
Eat and be merry. In addition, new research on a unique class of
phytoceuticals called Xanthones, are proving to be some of the most
potent antioxidants in combating free radical damage. Over 200
Xanthones exist in nature with 40 of them found in the mangosteen
fruit alone. This super antioxidant is now available in a whole food
liquid supplement form that kids and adults both love.
4. Chlorophyll is the lifeblood of the plant. It is an extremely
strong chelator, which means it is very effective at pulling toxins
out of the body. It is highly beneficial in cleansing and deodorizing
the intestinal tract as well. Eat your veggies, especially the green
leafy ones. Additional supplement sources are wheat grass juice,
liquid chlorophyll, Barley Green, Spirulina, Chlorella, and Green
Tea-polyphenols. Chlorophyll's high magnesium content helps balance
the body's delicate acid/alkaline balance and dramatically helps you
absorb calcium from your food. Don't forget where cows get their
calcium. Just remember, when your green inside your clean inside!
5. Probiotics are good, active bacterial cultures like lactobacillus,
acidophilus, and bifidus. Trillions of these beneficial bacteria line
your intestinal tract and play a crucial role in your immune function
and protect your body from invasion. Unfortunately the Standard
American Diet (SAD), high in sugar, processed foods, toxic chemicals,
and over used antibiotics, kills this beneficial bacteria allowing the
bad pathogenic bacteria to flourish. Sickness and disease thrive under
these conditions. Eating a clean, healthy diet and supplementing with
a quality probiotic is essential.
6. Structure controls function. The power of posture: spinal curve
restoration and the health of your nervous system is the foundation of
true health. Grays Anatomy states that the role of your nervous system
is to control and regulate every organ, tissue, and cell in your body,
including your immune system. This vital system is housed in your
skull and spinal column with three distinct curves designed to shock
absorb and protect your vital brain and spinal cord. When these curves
of your neck and back are lost or reduced, abnormal tension on your
nerve system occurs, choking and reducing the life giving messages,
like a dimmer switch, resulting in organ malfunction, pain, sickness
and ill health. Common, early warning signs and symptoms are
headaches, neck pain, sinus and allergy problems, thyroid problems,
shoulder pain and tension, mid and lower back pain, digestive
disturbances, irritability, a, and difficulty sleeping. Powerful new
physical adjustment and rehabilitative techniques are available to
restore your once youthful posture, reverse the aging process or your
spine, adding height, motion, and maximum nerve supply for renewed
health and healing.
Importance of Good Health Care
Health care is one of the most important components in your life.
Disease or illness can really mean a down turn in your life. The
biggest asset we can have in life therefore is health. Health care is
normally defined as the management or treatment of any health problem
through the services that might be offered by medical, nursing, dental
or any other related service. When you talk about the care of health,
you are talking of all goods and services that are produced to improve
on your health. They may be curative, preventative or even palliative
solutions. A system of health care is one that is organized to give
health services to a population or a group of people.
Health care can be for an individual or for a large group of people
depending on how the systems are organized. Importance of health care
cannot be overemphasized. In society, people are worried about the
kinds of systems there are, to deal with issues of health. In
developed countries, their systems are designed to cater for all
people; whether poor or rich. However, the systems are lacking in
regard to flaws. In developing countries, people usually take care of
health as an individual thing and, if you do not have enough money,
you might not get access to quality care. There are so many
disparities and, some systems in certain countries are becoming worse;
not able to deal with demand of health. Health is not a cheap affair,
you have to have a good system if you want it to work for you.
Governments have the responsibility to create or formulate policies
that will favor people in this regard. Good systems of health can be
erected by the top most leadership of a state.
The importance of good health care can be seen in the hopes of a
people who are yearning for health. To become rich or to produce
something in life, you have to have that ability or strength. If you
are sick, you are likely not to develop yourself in any way. Therefore
health is wealth and this is the biggest lesson that we can learn
today. When you are in good health, you will be a happy person and
enthusiastic about the business of life. Sickly people will dread
every moment of their pain and, they are not able to have joy and
peace. When it comes to preventative health care like the use of
vaccinations, we are going ahead of time and making sure that you are
safe from future illnesses. When it comes to prevention of pregnancy
as part of care for health, we are able to structure our lives an take
control. However, measures such as abortions are pretty controversial.
However, those countries that have legalized abortion need to ensure
that people who choose to undergo it are safe and protected. Good
health care will give rise to a generation that is ready to take on
the world. Diseases have a way of making the future look very deem.
For example, the spread of the AIDS virus has really dealt a huge blow
on this generation. Proper care is beginning to be felt in many
corners of the world especially areas where it is rampant like sub
Saharan Africa. Therefore, make sure that no matter whether you are
and individual or a group, you prioritize on health. Investing in good
care for health is investing in life.
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