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Breast feeding Problems
Breastfeeding: Breastfeeding is the act of naturally feeding an infant with milk produced in the mother's breast. This has unlimited amounts of benefits for the baby not only breast milk is healthier but the action of feeding the child is a moment...
Rediscovering Protein - Corrective Action in the American Diet
Protein must be a part of a healthy diet for a simple reason: it is essential for life. Every single cell in the human body -- including bones, blood, skin, chemicals, and enzymes -- depend on protein for effective operation.[i] Yet while Americans...
Thirty Things You Can Do To Avoid Cancer
1. Make sure you have a pure source of foodstuffs. Obtain fresh, organic produce regularly by joining a vegetable box scheme 2. Eliminate plastic storage containers from your kitchen and do not buy or store food in plastic or clingfilm 3....
Tired Of Struggling To Lose Weight?
There are many factors that cause us to increase body weight, yet three stand out from the rest. Our genetic make: Every cell in our body has a central control panel, that is a nucleus that contains our genes and chromosomes. This is the...
Why diets don't work for most people
If you are like most people, losing weight is at the top of your New Year’s resolutions. But if you are like most people, you have a hard time sticking to a diet. We have all been bombarded with information about eating right and exercising so you...
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Our Health Report Card
Today in the United States we spend over one and a half trillion dollars a year on health care.
That represents the highest spending per person in the world. With that entire investment
one would think that Americans are the healthiest people in the world. And yet a recent
report from the World Health Organization ranked the United States 37th in overall health.
This certainly does not earn the United States an “A.” If you factor in the spending, it would
even seem like we get an “F” in our state of health.
So with all this talk about health, the question is what is health?
The World Health Organization has defined an internationally recognized definition of health.
According to the World Health Organization, “health is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
So let’s break this down.
Physical well-being is what the body lives through, enjoys and desires, as well as the agreement
with which the body interacts with the environment.
Mental well-being is what a person thinks and the processes carried out by the brain. This also
includes a spiritual balance for a state of mental harmony.
Social well-being is the harmony with which the body lives among other people and other life.
When all of these
elements are in balance, a person is then considered healthy. With these
factors as a measure, is it then so surprising that so many are considered to be unhealthy?
Physical health is not the apparent absence of illness. Most chronic diseases do not, come
on suddenly. They grow through our body over time until finally the effects are severe enough
to show symptoms. It is only the appearance of symptoms that may come on suddenly. So the
absence of symptoms simply means the absence of symptoms.
In the US we have many dedicated health care professionals committing miracles in trauma care
every day. For that the US most certainly gets an A, but with the definition of health provided
by the World Health Organization, it is clear that the responsibility for health does lie with the
doctor. It is our responsibility to focus on creating a balance in the factors of health. First for
ourselves and then for others.
About the Author
Dave Saunders is a certified nutritional educator, wellness coach,
member of the American International Association of Nutritional Education (AIANE)
and author. He is also the host of a weekly, nation-wide telephone lecture on health and nutrition.
For additional information, please visit www.glycoboy.com or www.glycowellness.com
or email Dave at dave@glycoboy.com
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