How to Prevent Nearly any Disease
I keep coming across articles on the internet regarding a certain issue. Disease. After reading several of these articles I can now walk away from all of them with a new found knowledge.
Well, maybe not entirely new, but after finishing all this extensive reading I’ve taken different pieces from each article away to make now my own little rant on the topic of human disease.
The information that I’ve gathered has culminated into a small, yet rich and meaningful cocktail of truthfulness, awareness, and re-realization.
Here it goes…
Every article I read on this subject, regardless of what disease I was reading about all had on thing in common. They all mentioned at one point or another something about a proper diet, getting exercise, or both. Your still probably wondering why was I pissing away my time reading medical reports and articles on disease right? Well it doesn’t really matter because my suspicions were confirmed on this matter one after another.
See I didn’t plan to read several, just one. I think the first one was on how to keep a healthy heart and prevent heart attacks. Because let’s face it, heart attacks are scary as hell. The first time having one was ever explained to me sent a chill up my spine. I was having a conversation with a health and wellness professor at my first college and he had one. He said “it would be like an elephant stepping on your chest while your laying directly underneath him where it slowly applies more pressure until you can no longer breath, or you just stop trying because that force is too strong to bare”.
So I was trying to research ways to avoid that for when I’m older because, uh, I’d rather walk around with a broom shoved up my ass for a week straight than to have the dreaded Myocardial Infarction, aka heart attack.
The heart attack article had a link to another prevention article that interested me. That’s when I first saw this trend. For certain diseases and conditions there where some rather bizarre and at the same time predictable preventative solutions. Like…
- have several rest periods throughout the day (nothing wrong with a siesta I say)
- take it easy with the caffeine (it does have addictive properties)
- Get fresh air (prevents headaches)
- drink cranberry juice
- Stretch
- Be more Hygienic (wash your hands, etc)
- Stress can manifest physiologically into certain problems over time, so have a coping mechanism for it
- use a sauna or steam room to release natural tensions in your body
A lot of them like these were pretty random, others were pretty stupid being too blatantly obvious. But every one of them regardless of the disease being covered had something related or even remotely related to dieting and exercise. This is what I’m saying! Eating natural whole foods over processed foods. One report reminded about something huge with that. It said that processed foods are much harder to digest than the naturals. (forgot about that one)
Getting out and being active regularly, and getting your body moving was also almost always mentioned. Being active and eating right leads to a stronger immune system, builds up more protector white blood cells, and most importantly makes you feel more strong, healthy, and alive.
So the bottom is this…
The healthier of a lifestyle you lead greatly contributes to not only the quantity, but the quality of your entire life cycle, and along the way can also help make you less prone to diseases, of almost any kind.
