What is health? Everyone wants this thing called health, and yet most people have never thought about what their "target of health" actually looks like. If you and your family were healthy, what would it be like? It is like this: Imagine you are shooting a bow and arrow at a definite target and you have no idea what the target is. What do you think the chances are that you will hit the target? Not very good. Knowing what the target is dramatically increases the chances of you hitting the target. Everyone usually has some definition of health but that is kind of like saying the target is round. A definition doesn't help much.
What would you feel like, what would your kids do, and what would life look like? Get a clear target of what you being healthy would actually be like. Instead of just shooting for some ambiguous non-defined target, figure out your target. How much energy will you have, what will happen to your symptoms and disease, and how else will you be free? Simply knowing your target dramatically increases the odds of you hitting it.
So what is "true" health? Let me begin to show you by pointing out what is not health.
When you wake up in the morning, do you spring out of bed, full of energy and vitality? Or do you hit the snooze bar two, three, or even nine times before you get out of bed? This, my friend, is a symptom. It is something that you think is part of life, part of working hard, part of whatever, and you accept it as the way it is, when it is nothing more than a lack of health. Because if you were healthy, you would wake up in the morning and get out of bed easily, with abundant energy.
Are you in a good mood all the time? Happy and fulfilled? Your moods are in direct relationship to your health, and when you are not as healthy as you could be, you are not as happy or happy as often as you could be, because of your lack of health. Happiness is just a certain chemical state in your body. Emotions are literally just different chemical reactions in the body. Different chemicals present in different amounts, and this is what produces different moods and emotions. That is why the medical profession gives drugs to try to change peoples' chemistry when they are depressed. If you can change the chemistry correctly, the moods and emotions of that person will change. If you are not abundantly happy and happy most of the time, that is a symptom.
As you go through the day, do you have high levels of energy to do whatever you want to do? Do you have energy levels to carry you right through the day? Or do you get sluggish and tired during parts of the day, especially after lunch? This is a symptom.
Do you experience stress? This is a symptom as well. Why is it that one air traffic controller goes home stressed out of his mind, and another air traffic controller sitting right next to him goes home perfectly fine? What is the difference? It is not the job. They both have the same job. The difference is how the individual people respond to the different situations. The healthier you are, the less stress you experience, no matter what is happening in the environment.
There are many more things, just like this, that many people accept as something they "have to" have, something they just must deal with because of circumstances. And this is simply not true. The full potential of health, to me, is that of a four- year-old child.
When is the last time someone had to fight you to get you to go to bed at night? When is the last time someone had to bargain with you to get you to take a nap? When is the last time you ran to the car, just because you could? Or even better, had a contest to see who could run "over there" the quickest, and then when you got there, had a contest to run back to exactly where you started? Or just ran anywhere, simply because you could and because you were in love with life, and wanted to do as much as possible? You don't see kids getting up in the morning, rubbing their eyes, scratching their butts, staggering around with their cup of juice, reading their Fisher-Price books before they finally wake up. When kids get up, they are up, ready to take on the day. This is starting, and I mean only starting, to point to what having health really and fully means.
You can begin to start forming what your target of health actually looks like. In one of the later lessons I am going to help you form your target of health. But first, we need to help you discover the false beliefs you have happily accepted about health that are just not true. Because it is what you know that just ain't so that prevents you from achieving true health.
What is the true and full meaning of health? This and this article are Part of a Free e-Course on Dieting and Eating Healthy. Go to http://www.bazuji.com/ecourse to sign up for the free e-course. Do you want to be Sexy, Slim, Slender and Healthy for Life. Dr. Jamie wants to help give you this with his "non-diet." He is also giving you dozens of valuable free gifts to "ethically bribe" you into helping him make his new book, "The Ultimate Non-Diet" a #1 best seller. For details go to: http://www.bazuji.com/ecourse
family-safe home cleaners Morton Grove ..The Mediterranean Diet is now recognized as one of the... Read More
I start from the premise that eating instinctively means eating... Read More
It slows ageing, promotes healthy vision, has anti-cancer properties, increases... Read More
Most red and white meats are very fatty and are... Read More
I would like to raise a question: Is Rejuvenation possible... Read More
Food in general has the distinction of being probably the... Read More
You must add some fresh cherries, which are now in... Read More
Nutrition has everything to do with health. This isn't news,... Read More
You've heard that old saying: True beauty comes from within.... Read More
Strict "no carb" phases of low carb diets have developed... Read More
What if I told you tap water and homogenized milk... Read More
Here's a conundrum: While experts agree that high cholesterol and... Read More
Since the 1930's the western diet has dramatically changed. This... Read More
Cranberry juice was first made by American settlers in 1683.... Read More
America's major dietary deficiency - EFA a panacea for good... Read More
For a natural and tasty way to improve your health... Read More
Have you ever watched someone who appears thin and healthy... Read More
Nuts of all kinds (I am talking peanuts, cashews etc)... Read More
These are questions we have to ask ourselves? because after... Read More
To research the health risks Sweet 'N Low and other... Read More
Looking into statistics, we can see the average American consumes... Read More
If you drop a bomb, you kill not only your... Read More
Since 1994, food manufacturers have required the Food and Drug... Read More
When you take your food next time, take care of... Read More
A hundred years ago, life was very different here on... Read More
home cleaning services Wilmette ..Here's a conundrum: While experts agree that high cholesterol and... Read More
Established in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, "Foundation for Innovation in... Read More
What are Glyconutrients? Glyconutrients are eight newly discovered biologically-active sugars... Read More
Fat burning compatible foods seem to be a popular topic... Read More
As a low carb dieter, your diet is undoubtedly high... Read More
Whether you're concerned about cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or simply... Read More
Because I believe diet and exercise are so important, I'm... Read More
Numerous reports have recently appeared in both the lay and... Read More
Apple cider vinegar is a product of apple juice fermentation.... Read More
How Can... Read More
Did you know that the food you eat when you... Read More
For a natural and tasty way to improve your health... Read More
People are obsessed with dieting and weight loss! Don't believe... Read More
One must always keep in mind that copper is not... Read More
After WLS we must concentrate on eating nutrient rich food.... Read More
Niacin, also called nicotinic acid, is a member of the... Read More
Recently I found the book : "Eating and health according... Read More
PROTEIN DEFICIENT? CHANCES ARE YOU ARE!Did you know that 9... Read More
Nutrition has everything to do with health. This isn't news,... Read More
It is not a myth. Eating breakfast is an important... Read More
Ionized minerals, colloidal minerals, chelated minerals . . . What... Read More
Everyone can benefit from understanding how food affects our... Read More
In health circles there has been much recent talk about... Read More
The factors that affect the nutritional requirements of an individual... Read More
When Helen Boardman was still a girlish 99, she fell... Read More
Nutrition |