What do we need to know and do to be healthy humans? The question arises as a number of us are in bad health both physically and mentally, and this results in lives that are unfulfilled due to lack of inspiration, illnesses, tiredness and other hindrances.
So what would happen if you became more conscious about your own life – especially the part that decides your physical and mental health: You want to keep your body and soul in shape.
This obviously has to do with what you eat, how you use your body physically and the way you let your mind operate.
Food is an enormous industry, we make food from plants and animals on a massive scale. We eat every day and we are not fully conscious about our food intake: What we eat, what it contains, what happens to it in our bodies, how to make sure our diet contains what we need: Minerals, vitamins, proteins, fat, carbohydrates, water etc. What foods are essential, how fast does it burn. There are said to be about 3500 sorts of “material” that we may eat in different amounts, so the complexity is great.
What each of us get is hugely different, so it is obvious that the range of self adjustment is great. Orthomolecular medicine says that we should all eat a broad supplement of what is already in the body to make sure we have sufficient supply – to make a better and longer life. The environment we live in is full of chemicals, radiation, smoke, drink and maybe drugs, and this is not life-enhancing.
The basic piece of action here is to make sure you understand the basic processes concerning the food you put into your body: Do some study – be independent – see to it that you understand. Then you eat like you understand.
The body is made for movement, but people increasingly use their body less through daily activity, so we must make sure that supplementary training is performed on a frequent basis – may be daily. Push your pulse, create some sweat every day or best of all do some serious training. Make sure your juices flow easily, that your breathing is fine, that your weight is not too bad, that your muscles function well, that your balance and coordination functions adequately and that you empty your bowels regularly. The other side of it is rest – make sure you are sufficiently rested – that helps build you up.
Mind control is not yet part of people’s conscious behaviour, but need to be if you are to realise your potential, have a good life or whatever you are looking for in life. The basic piece of action is to stop worrying and thinking about all you see and hear – the noise is enormous and you need not be part of it. See to it that you know yourself well and do some research into brain/mind methods like meditation, relaxation, dreaming, yoga, sleeping or what you fancy. Mental exercise is good too – train your brain to function well.
So why all this? It will make you more comfortable, more energetic, less sick, more relaxed, live cheaper, be sustainable – also make you live happier and even longer. And imagine: it could even reduce the health budget.
So you have personal choice – you are completely on your own in this matter – healthy living is eating consciously, exercising regularly, taking care of your mind. It surely is hard, but if we manage to do it we will all be well rewarded.