Apparently Healthy

The human body works like a remarkable survival machine. Outwardly, it appears to function normally; it is apparently healthy. Inwardly, however the wear and tear is much like that of a car engine that hasn’t been properly maintained, it gets harder to start, may stall, foul odours spew from the exhaust, and eventually it won’t go anymore! Most of us think nothing of spending money maintaining our car to ensure that it will last as long as we own it. The auto industry has done a good job educating us about the need for proper maintenance. Unfortunately the industries we listen to the most when it comes to what we eat are the manufacturers of processed and refined food. Their focus is on selling consumable food products, not necessarily maintaining the “machinery” that uses them. We sometimes turn to the medical community to solve the problem. Unfortunately, allopathic medicine has had a primary focus of diagnosing and treating disease. Only in the last 5 to 10 years has the role of nutrition in preventing disease been understood and accepted in mainstream medicine.

You are what you eat. A car engine is designed to operate on a specific fuel. Use the wrong fuel and performance suffers. The human machine will run on a wide variety of fuels. It is so remarkably designed that, although performance suffers, it can mask the other problems associated with poor fuel for some time. Unlike a car, the human body is designed to constantly heal itself, to achieve its normal state, good health. Sometimes this happens in the face of overwhelming odds, but it needs the right fuel to make it happen!

The first step towards trying to “even” the odds is to recognize and accept the fact that there is a problem. Drugs aren’t the answer. They may be part of a solution, but drugs won’t cure disease. Your body has the mechanisms to fight cancer, heart disease, and chronic illness of all kinds and even deterioration during the aging process. These mechanisms rely on macro nutrients (fat, protein and carbohydrate) and perhaps more importantly, micro-nutrients. Micro-nutrients have been socially abbreviated to be simply “vitamins and minerals”. Recently “anti-oxidants” have been added to the must-have list. Nutritionists will tell you that you can get everything you need from the food you eat. That may be a technically correct statement but the rate at which people are degenerating to diseased states would indicate that it is not a practical statement.

Take control of your health. Talk to a professional who understands nutrition and holistic wellness. Don’t seem to be apparently healthy, BE TRULY HEALTHY!