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4 Your Health
How to Improve Your Quality of Life
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The health statistics of America are now among the worst in the industrial world! A combination of bad eating habits, less natural food, and more sedentary lifestyles are key offenders. Sadly, many people spend more time, money, and energy on their outward appearance than on overall health.
Unfortunately fast-paced lifestyles encourage fast food, pre-cooked, pre-processed, and practically “pre-digested” meals. Many people are more concerned about looking healthy than actually being healthy. Plastic surgery and a flood of cosmetics are promoted as the answer to any imperfection.
Numerous methods and medicines are available to treat the results of unhealthy lifestyles. There’s an abundance of medications for headaches, pains, sleep problems, lack of energy, etc. And drugs in the form of alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea and harder drugs—simply cloak deficiencies in lifestyle. America is becoming a nation of spectators, rather than participants. Many more people watch their favorite team play rather than play on one. The result of these cultural norms is diminished health and fitness.
Good health and nutrition can make or break your quality of life. Consider the following questions about your present lifestyle, and write a brief answer best reflecting your current condition:
1. What kinds of healthy exercise do you participate in on a regular basis?
2. Do you feel exercise helps you improve your quality of life? If so, why?
3. Do you think improving your current diet can enhance your quality of life? If so, what would you change?
“A lot of people lose their health trying to become wealthy, and then lose their wealth trying to get back their health.
~ Anonymous
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