| 2. the "I AM FIT" and therefore healthy approach
When I Googled: "Athletes died from heart attacks" I got 205000 results. I know that this proves nothing other than fitness does not equate to health. I would however suggest that you are going to struggle to be healthy if you are completely unfit. This raises the question of how specifically do I know if I am fit. This is the test I use for myself. If I can do aerobic exercise (this means that I can have a conversation while exercising) for 40 minutes continuously without straining then I am at my optimal fitness. This approach is a real false sense of security, but does highlight the importance of exercise.
3. the "I AM THIN" and therefore healthy approach
This approach is probably the most common false sense of security. We carry our weight all the time. It makes sense that it's what ewe are most aware of. We need to understand that how thin we are definitely impacts our health, but it is by no means a definitive measure of our health status. Some people who are slightly overweight are often healthier than those that float around the ideal weight mark. I will explain more about this later on. The media and the wellness industry promote an approach to health that suggests that if we look healthy, then we will feel healthy. Patrick Halfard says that 90% of the worlds population has never felt what it feels like to be healthy and that's why we don't pursue health. Stick with me and I will share with you how to quickly get to truly experience good health.
4. the "I AM NOT AS SICKLY AS OTHER PEOPLE" approach
If someone is not as poor as the homeless, does it mean that they don't have financial problems. I thought as much. Patrick Holford says that 90% of the worlds population have never experienced or felt truly healthy. This explains why most of us never pursue complete health. We just have a strategy of not being sick. The real learning here is in understanding that getting sick is our body's way of healing. Illness is mainly caused by a build up of toxins in your body. We often jump to the rescue by treating the symptoms of our illnesses. We take something to dry up our runny noses as an example. Our body is producing mucus so that we can eliminate toxins that way. My encouragement is to learn more about how our body responds to and deals with toxins. When you subscribe to my health info mailing list you will receive a chart of illnesses and their symptoms. Before looking at that chart I would encourage you to do the following exercise. Write down on a piece of paper the symptoms that your body would demonstrate if you were to drink some poison. Then compare your list with the list of symptoms of the illnesses. There is a big clue there as to why we should consider carefully before just treating symptoms.
5. the "I SCIENTIFICALLY MEASURE MY HEALTH" approach
Naturally this is a really good approach. The only traps to be careful of are:
- Ignoring or dismissing the other approaches. We should learn to listen to our bodies.
- Creating stress within yourself about the scientific feedback or procedures. There will be lots more about this in the article on "how negative emotions impact your body", that I will email you when you join my health info mailing list.
- Changing your behaviour radically for a period before scientific testing takes place
There are many scientific approaches that all have merit. My personal favourite is doing a complete blood analysis. Healthy blood means a healthy body. The data is also really helpful to make educated choices about what "healing actions" to adopt. Just to be clear, you don't need to have a blood test to know what to do. And you don't have to be scientific to be healthy. I will share with you some very easy to implement health principals that apply to everyone. |
