Here are 7 philosophies that I live by with respect to health.

1. Health is important because without health nothing else can be enjoyed in life. Have you ever tried watching a really good movie on a nice big screen TV while having a really bad stomach ache? Is it enjoyable? No. Without a healthy, energized, pain-free body, life cannot be fully enjoyed.
2. Most people feel that they are semi-healthy. They might be overweight, they might be eating unhealthy foods, drinking, smoking etc. but at this particular moment in time they aren’t really suffering the effects of ill health and so they take that health for granted, except for when they get sick, when allergy season kicks in, when they are hung over from drinking too much, or when they’re coughing up a lung running up a set of steps. Taking health for granted is common. My philosophy is to appreciate health, not to take it for granted. Health is not something you look into when you’re old or sick. Health is something you take care of and maintain while you are healthy.
3. A healthy body is built on a lifelong, daily, nutritious lifestyle which incorporates a lifelong sustainable diet, regular exercise, relaxation, healthy thinking and habits to prevent degenerative diseases as well as common ailments and conditions.
4. Prescription drugs, surgeries and medical treatments are to be seen as last-resort options when a proper preventative plan was not incorporated, not as preferred options.
5. The health of your body is your responsibility, not the responsibility of your doctor, government, society, parent or spouse. The sooner you take that responsibility seriously, the more likely you are going to be able to prevent major illness and degenerative diseases in life. Unless you are a child, it is nobody else’s job to keep you healthy except yours. Accept that.
6. Nature provides us with an abundant supply of safe, natural, healthy and balanced nutrients which help us to maintain a healthy body. It is only by getting out of balance with nature and our environment that we create disease in our bodies.
7. Although modern medicine and technology has made great leaps in progress in the last few hundred years, we are still barely scratching the surface of understanding the complex biological workings of the human body. There are no certainties in medicine and the single most important weapon you have for maintaining health is your common sense and a deep connection and trust of your inner intuition. Any diet, exercise plan or any medical program, process or procedure should feel intuitively, not just scientifically correct. If something you read on here or anywhere else just doesn’t feel intuitively correct, it probably isn’t for you and you should respect that. Trust your gut.

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