“Take control of your health naturally”
What does physical health mean?
Physical health can be explained as the “condition” of your body. Good physical health is when your body works the way it was designed to work.
What are some things that affect my physical health?
Below are four categories of things that affect this type of health. You can’t always control the things that affect your physical body. However, you can take preventative steps to minimize injury and help your body function at its best. Lifestyle. This element of physical health can be one of the most difficult to control at times. This includes our diet, our emotional health, our level of physical activity, and our behaviors. Diet and exercise can be some of the most problem areas for some. These are things we can change in our lifestyle to help our bodies stay healthy.
Atmosphere. Our environment includes the type of air we breathe, the places we live, and our environment. We may have to change our environment if it is really bad for our health. We also have choices in how we treat our environment.
Inheritance. There may be things in our genetics and our chemistry that are perceived as abnormal. They can make it more difficult to achieve complete health. Like high cholesterol. That runs in my family. My mother has it. I have it. It is very likely that my daughter has it. Knowing that helps each of us make decisions about our health care. Although we can’t control our genetics, we can control how we treat our diseases.
Health care. These are services we receive to help us prevent disease, find disease, or treat disease. There is a lot of information that we can now use that will allow us to use good Mother Nature to help prevent or treat disease as well.
What can be done?
While physical health consists of many components, here are some areas that need to be addressed:
working out – strength, flexibility and endurance
nutrition and diet – nutrient intake, fluid intake and healthy digestion
Drugs and alcohol – abstinence or reduced consumption of these substances
natural health care – address minor ailments or injuries and seek emergency care as needed
Rest and sleep – regular rest and relaxation, along with high-quality sleep
stress relief – just relieve the body of negative emotion and overwork