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Taking Charge Of Your Health
What is Good Health?
Good health is more than just having a body free of disease or disability. Good Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, says the World Health Organization.
Natural good health is when the body performs all its normal functions without difficulty or external assistance from chemical or medical devices. This means people with disabilities or a long-term illness can still enjoy a sense of well being and quality of life even though they may be limited in their activities.
The Discovery Health Course is designed to assist you in making more informed choices about your body and the care that you give it. The information is scientific and correct at the time of publication.
Why learn about health?
We influence our health by how we live, work, and interact with other people and with our environment. So our choice of behavior will either enhance or risk our health. The choice is yours – take charge and positively influence your health.
Who Is Responsible For Your Health?
In short, you are – with some help from health professionals. Good health largely depends on choices we all have. Of course we cannot choose our genes or control unfortunate life experiences, but our choices can reduce our risks and make the most of our circumstances. This in turn gives us control over our quality of life.
Many people think that it’s the doctor’s job “fix you up” when you get sick. They don’t bother to find out how to prevent that sickness in the first place with some simple strategies. When you take responsibility to give your body the basic things it needs to work properly - the right fuel, treatment and environment – it will naturally move towards good health. This will boost your feeling of well-being and enjoyment of life, and will more than repay your efforts in prevention. Seeing a medical practitioner when you are sick is increasingly important for early detection of serious illnesses and conditions. However there needs to be a greater emphasis of prevention of lifestyle diseases. These diseases often occur as a consequence of a lifestyle that is damaging to health.
The risk of being affected by heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, lung cancer, mature onset (Type 2) diabetes and respiratory (lung) diseases can be lessened by making healthy lifestyle choices.
Taking Charge of Your Health
Information:
The first step in taking charge of your health is to be informed about how your body functions (physiology) and what it needs to keep functioning efficiently. Once informed, you can make the right choices.
Motivation:
Changes won’t occur if you are not motivated to change behavior that may prevent good health. So how do you get motivated about giving up something that you enjoy but is not good for you?
Inspiration:
We all need something to aim for to keep us motivated. Keeping the following goals in mind can help keep you motivated:
- more energy to do more things you enjoy such as traveling, sports etc.
- a sense of well-being and being in control of your life
- losing weight so you feel better about yourself
- living longer independently
Commitment:
Often commitment is born of frustration with a situation. Feeling angry or passionate about the need for change, you decide to bring the full force of your resolve to change a particular situation. You are committed.
Sense of Control:
Most of us like to be in control of our lives, not controlled by others or by our circumstances. When you are successful in making changes in your life you are clearly demonstrating to yourself that you are in control.
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