Many people think that because they are not sick they are healthy. But real health is so much more than simply 'not being sick'. Being healthy doesn't just mean an absence of disease but also an abundance of vitality and vigor. You have high levels of energy and 'get up and go' along with emotional balance, a sharp quick mind and the ability to distress yourself.

Your body has the ability to fight off disease and illness if you have real health. You don't suffer from the preventable 'lifestyle' diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes that rob so many people of their health. Your healthy body allows you to enjoy a long and healthy life span and you remain fully functional until the end. Shortened life spans are now common often ending after many years of pain, disability and poor health.

Being really truly healthy gives you peak performance, both physically and mentally.

But many people do not have real health, or maybe have not experienced it for a long time and if you don't feel well it is hard to 'do' well in life. When you look at the statistics for ill health it is frightening.

One out of every two people in the world has at least one chronic disease and many have multiple conditions. Eight out of ten people are overweight and many are obese. Many more are tired, listless and lack the energy or motivation to do much to pull themselves up out of the hole.

Yet there are only two options. You can continue to slide down the slippery slope that leads to degeneration or you can take full responsibility for your own health and wellness. It is all in your hands and you should look after it well. After all who else will?

Taking care of your health should be part of your daily routine and the two areas you can make the 'biggest bang for your buck' is in how you eat and how you exercise. These are the two areas that can skyrocket your health status if they are done correctly. Even if you are 'not well' now improvement in these areas will show big improvements in your health and how good you feel.

Your exercise program should be mainly strength training exercise with some cardio interval training to complete the program. Forget long slow repetitive activities like walking, jogging or cycling. It is great to be an active person but a proper exercise program is necessary to build back lost muscle tissue and reclaim health.

If you are new to exercise it is important that you have a fitness professional set up your program and teach you not only correct exercise technique but how intensely you should perform those exercises to ensure results.

The other piece of the puzzle is your healthy eating plan. Try and eat as much fresh, natural food as possible. Stay away from processed foods with little nutritional value that are full of unnatural chemicals. Aim for small meals every 2-3 hours with a protein source at each one. Make up the balance of the small meal with raw and cooked vegetables. You should eat between 5-7 small meals each day for loads of energy.

The little things you do every day really do add up to either a healthy or an unhealthy life and you owe it to yourself to be healthy and to make a success of it you have to work at it. It is not good enough to take it for granted as when we lose our health nothing else matters.

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