We live in a day and age where our health faces more challenges than before.
Yes, it is true that very long ago human beings did not have the same advanced technologies in medications.
However, just because we are able to cure more diseases, it does not mean that we face fewer challenges.
As technology advances, it brings along with it many dangers such as heavy metals, pesticides, and other types of toxicities.
The technologies that have been invented are of course extremely awesome in many ways, such as helping us to enjoy longer and healthier lives.
If only these technologies would stay on the good side of the fence.
Unfortunately, a large number of the technologies that have been invented for our convenience today are also an indirect cause of many serious chronic diseases.
This means that in order to help prevent these chronic diseases, we would have to give up a good amount of these conveniences.
The question is, how many of us are willing to do so? We know that smoking is very bad for us.
We also know that eating many of the junk foods can lead to heart disease.
Even though we have the choice of buying organic foods, we prefer to stay away from it simply because it is too expensive.
This in turn helps many of these manufacturers to continue to prosper as long as they keep their products cheaper than their organic competitors.
So the question is, do we really take ourselves seriously when we talk about wanting to be healthy, wanting to look young, and wanting to live longer? Yes, it is true that many of us will go out of our way to look younger by purchasing special creams and taking lots of vitamin supplements.
At the same time however, we will also inject toxins into our faces in order to hide the wrinkles.
We will go to the shops and purchase orange juice and many other types of drinks that are supposedly filled with vitamins and minerals, yet we will feast on deep-fried foods.
One way in which we make ourselves feel better is by paraphrasing statements such as "hey, we're going to die anyways, so we might as well enjoy ourselves", or, "my best friend's uncle smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and was still able to live to be a hundred".
We say all of this until one day we find ourselves in a serious situation, and then all those paraphrases mean nothing.
In order to live a healthier life, it means changing our overall lifestyle.
Once that change has been put into action, it means never going back to doing things we used to in the past.
How many of us are willing to make such a sacrifice? Then again, would you sacrifice your health and well-being? Until we can truly understand what the right priorities are, only then are we able to make that important change for ourselves and for our families.
In order to do that, we would need to take ourselves seriously.
Yes, it is true that very long ago human beings did not have the same advanced technologies in medications.
However, just because we are able to cure more diseases, it does not mean that we face fewer challenges.
As technology advances, it brings along with it many dangers such as heavy metals, pesticides, and other types of toxicities.
The technologies that have been invented are of course extremely awesome in many ways, such as helping us to enjoy longer and healthier lives.
If only these technologies would stay on the good side of the fence.
Unfortunately, a large number of the technologies that have been invented for our convenience today are also an indirect cause of many serious chronic diseases.
This means that in order to help prevent these chronic diseases, we would have to give up a good amount of these conveniences.
The question is, how many of us are willing to do so? We know that smoking is very bad for us.
We also know that eating many of the junk foods can lead to heart disease.
Even though we have the choice of buying organic foods, we prefer to stay away from it simply because it is too expensive.
This in turn helps many of these manufacturers to continue to prosper as long as they keep their products cheaper than their organic competitors.
So the question is, do we really take ourselves seriously when we talk about wanting to be healthy, wanting to look young, and wanting to live longer? Yes, it is true that many of us will go out of our way to look younger by purchasing special creams and taking lots of vitamin supplements.
At the same time however, we will also inject toxins into our faces in order to hide the wrinkles.
We will go to the shops and purchase orange juice and many other types of drinks that are supposedly filled with vitamins and minerals, yet we will feast on deep-fried foods.
One way in which we make ourselves feel better is by paraphrasing statements such as "hey, we're going to die anyways, so we might as well enjoy ourselves", or, "my best friend's uncle smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and was still able to live to be a hundred".
We say all of this until one day we find ourselves in a serious situation, and then all those paraphrases mean nothing.
In order to live a healthier life, it means changing our overall lifestyle.
Once that change has been put into action, it means never going back to doing things we used to in the past.
How many of us are willing to make such a sacrifice? Then again, would you sacrifice your health and well-being? Until we can truly understand what the right priorities are, only then are we able to make that important change for ourselves and for our families.
In order to do that, we would need to take ourselves seriously.
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