A healthy life is undoubtedly the greatest desire of all of us.
After all, without health, life radically changes its meaning. The best
way to feel happy, energetic and healthy in the future is to lead a
happy, energetic and healthy life in the present. The benefits and
pleasures produced are both immediate and long-term.
We are
increasingly walking in a direction, where people finally realize that
being healthy is much more than just not being sick.
We cannot
allow life to pass through us without living it with energy and stimuli
that transmit happiness to us. We have to make our lives more attractive
and stimulating by simply taking a firm, active and participative
stance towards them.
Many times, we are not able to stop the
journey of life. Despite this fact, life is also the fruit of our
attitudes and behaviors. We are, therefore, the result of our
experiences.
How to have a healthy life?
"What needs to be
done to be healthy", "how to start a healthy life", or "how to have a
healthy and happy life", are questions that people often ask themselves.
Debrucemo, first, on the question:
what
does it mean to be healthy? According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), health is "physical, mental and social well-being, rather than
the mere absence of disease... ". In other words, being healthy is not
only the absence of illness, but essentially the physical and mental
well-being of the individual. It is no coincidence that the WHO defines
health in this way, giving the word a much broader meaning than just the
simple antonyms of disease.
Although health appears, of course,
to be associated with the word medicine, it goes far beyond the meaning
that, many times, common sense attributes to it, associating it only,
normally, to curative medicine. Medicine is, however, much more than
that, as its major concern is disease prevention.
People's
lifestyles, poor diet, stress, among other factors, have contributed
greatly to exacerbating the problems. Examples include diabetes and high
blood pressure, diseases closely related to the habits of modern
populations.
Many of the problems that modern medicine helps to
solve could easily be avoided if followed by some of the essentials
recommendations to practicing a healthy lifestyle.
Changing habits
and behaviors is imperative and urgent. We do not mean by this that we
should follow to the letter all the rules for a healthy life, as if it
were a hard, painful and even castrating plan for people. Life must be
lived with intensity and pleasure, so we must never become mere
prisoners to attitudes/behaviours that, although healthier, would be
both painful and limiting.
Life is made up of choices. Take your
awareness, find the balance between the pros and cons of your personal
tastes, towards a healthier life and not forgetting that ultimately it
is your quality of life that you want to improve.
We talk about
changing attitudes that stimulate us and lead us to happiness, and in
this way improve our health condition. It is not always possible, it is
true, but in the vast majority of cases, it is perfectly feasible.
As
an example, imagine a simple walk in nature or enjoy your favorite
piece of fruit. These are two simple examples where it is completely
feasible to enjoy life and improve your health at the same time.
Food, physical exercise
Healthy
living is also in our hands. Let us not judge that we can eat excessive
amounts of sugar every day and that in the event that one day, we will
suffer from diabetes it will simply be a matter of fate and bad luck. We
cannot judge those who are subject to high doses of stress every day,
and we will not persistently pay a high price for it. Let's not think
that we can be smokers for years and let's not collect respiratory
problems and a degradation of our quality of life.
Our attitudes make us think sooner or later about our health.
Obviously,
our attitude to life is a determining factor in making it healthier.
Think of life as positive and feel good about yourself before any
action.
At least two important things to keep in mind. First of
all, nutrition. A good diet can do much more for your health than you
think. Nutrition and healthy living are inseparable concepts.
Secondly,
physical exercise. This, since it will be done in the right way, can
greatly improve your health and well-being, thus contributing to a
better quality of life.
Think of physical exercise as something
positive and relaxing, not as something hard and "it has to be". Find
out which is the activity that you like the most and perceive the
benefits that it can provide.
Change only these two factors and discover a healthier life.
If
you intend to delve deeper into these and other topics, we encourage
you to read on our blog articles related to nutrition and the benefits
of physical exercise.
Quality of life
How many of us already
feel the discomfort caused by a simple backache. Or you felt the
discomfort caused by repeated infections, often caused by the weakening
of our immune system.
Many examples we could point out, however, we are all aware that illness or discomfort drastically diminish our quality of life.
Today
we live in an era where time has come to dictate the rules. The lack of
time leads people to live in a constant race against this precious
commodity.
We don't have time to eat well, we don't have time for
physical exercise, we don't have time to talk to people, we don't have
time for many things that are considered essential in our lives. These
behaviors, unfortunately, generate a variety of problems, with serious
consequences for our health and well-being.
In the presence of
these problems, on the one hand, people are strongly affected in their
health, on the other hand, their quality of life is greatly degraded.
In short, we would say that it is not possible to have a good quality of life without having healthy habits.
Healthy longevity
Average life expectancy a few decades ago was substantially lower.
With
improvements in living conditions and advances in medicine, it has
gradually increased. Still, it is, because we all want to live better
and longer.
The current goal is not just to live longer. It is to
have a lasting health, that is, to lead an active, healthy, happy and
goal-oriented life. However, living longer is not synonymous with living
better. The increase in life expectancy often comes at the expense of
more or less sophisticated treatments that, despite their effectiveness,
greatly damage people's quality of life. We should not only want to
live more, but to live better.
Longevity is also in our hands. We
believe, evasively, that we must focus our attention on the maintenance
of a healthy condition, taking for granted that our attitudes in the
present will have a profound impact on our future health.
If you
want to live healthier and longer, start taking measures in this
direction, that is, measures that are firm, healthy and at the same time
contribute to your current well-being.
Benefits of a healthy life.
The
benefits of healthy living are countless for people. It will not
therefore be necessary to describe them with an extractor, since we all
know what is gratifying to feel healthy or, on the contrary, what is
painful is to feel sick.
However, the benefits of healthy living
don't stop there. Health care costs are increasingly inconvenient for
people, either directly or indirectly through their taxes that are
channelled to the Public Health Service.
There are studies that
clearly show that for every dollar invested in prevention, we can have a
significant return on savings with curative health treatments.
In
other words, the priority of investment should be channelled to disease
prevention. On the other hand, the social and economic costs caused by
illness, such as absenteeism from work, are very significant, with
increasing expenditure on social protection.
Health & Wellness
It
is indisputable that there is today a great interest in curative
health, where medicine has evolved, extraordinarily, in recent years. As
we have seen, these advances in medicine have undoubtedly brought
people a longer life expectancy and a better quality of life.
In the absence of health our whole life is reduced and we cannot, therefore, live it and taste it in its fullness.
We must therefore reflect on our future, because our quality of life will also reflect the way we live today.
Therefore,
a new paradigm must emerge, in which the promotion of health and firmer
attitudes on the part of people to prevent disease, with enormous
benefits for their health, improving their quality of life and
well-being. In short, it is intended that each one of us should develop a
healthier lifestyle in which health comes first.
For all these
reasons, we believe, evasively, that the commitment to the prevention of
disease, the promotion of health and well-being, are of paramount
importance.
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