Illness - what can we do about it?
Illness concerns everyone. How can we approach it? And what is the reason
behind illness? Whether you need to stay well or get well, lifestyle changes are
essential to help you win the fight against illness.
The reason behind illness
There is a reason behind illness. Sometimes the reason is virus or bacteria,
sometimes there is a psychological or social reason, and often we can find the
reason in our lifestyle and daily habits.
We have a responsibility for our own health. A lifestyle with insufficient amounts of
exercise and sleep, but with too much food, alcohol, and tobacco, will eventually
lead to fatness, heart- and lungdisease and damage to liver and brain. More and
more facts point at the connections between psychological elements and physical
illness. The environment is a factor that can sometimes cause illness. Although it is
not easy to change that, we must never stop trying. The reasons to illness can be
found inside us and around us.
How to stay well
Our body has an inherent ability to heal itself. It's important to remember that,
whatever treatment we choose when we get ill. By making changes in our lifestyle
we are able to strengthen the self healing ability and minimize the reason for illness.
Lifestyle changes can be made in four areas:
* Food and drink area
* Exercise area
* Sleep area
* Mental, social and spiritual area
The fourth area includes stress, which has become a big problem in modern
society. We could, of course, go beyond these areas and ask ourselves what kind
of society we would need in order to stay healthy.
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How to get well
When we are ill we need to help the body cure itself. If it's only a cold we've got,
maybe it's enough just keeping warm, relaxing and drinking hot water with a spoon
of honey. Most of the time that would do it. The body will heal itself in a few days.
But when we get something more serious our body needs more help to fight against
illness.
Should we choose conventional or alternative treatment? To make the right decision
concerning treatment we need knowledge. It's important to study the basics of a few
possible alternative treatments, contact people who offer treatments and people who
have been treated by them, ask questions, build a basis on which to make a decision.
We should also ask our conventional doctor exactly what treatment he/she has in
mind, what it does to the body, and what the secondary effects are.
Whatever treatment we choose, the results will improve when we add lifestyle changes
to the agenda. Lifestyle changes are essential for an optimal result of any treatment.
Whatever illness we suffer from, lifestyle changes will improve the chances of
recovery.
Get well through:
* Treatment
** Lifestyle changes
*** Treatment AND lifestyle changes
Ingela Berger
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