You will find a large number of diet books, strategies about holistic nutrition and “get fit” equipment available these days, but the serious problem of obesity and weight gain continues to grow, as a large number of people are affected by these significant, but preventable conditions. Something else must be going on here.
Think for a moment about all the factors that affect your health and what is the first thing that comes to your mind? You might think it’s what you eat, but it’s not! Believe it or not, your attitude is 50% responsible for your overall health. Therefore, if you fix your attitude, you’re halfway there.
According to the Hippocrates Health Institute, here’s how the equation for good health breaks down:
Attitude – 50%: This is the most important component when seeking great health. If we criticize ourselves, allow negative distractions and deal with stress, we will impair our mental, emotional and physical being.
Welcome to the frantic pace of today’s living. How does a normal day work out for you? Are you working umpteen hours a day while also tending to the needs of yourself and your family? Let’s face it; we work hard, don’t we? But we also play hard as well. In fact, in our desire to make the most out of living, many of us have let ourselves go, especially in our health.
As part of a sugar addiction, some people refer to a sugar rush or a sugar high as if it were a psychological reaction to a drug and one linked to exhibited feelings of euphoria and pleasure. The actual sensation seems to have less to do with the chemical reaction, and more to do with the increased levels of energy supplied by the ingredient. The energy may be short-lived, however, and will lead to an opposite reaction and can also leave behind headaches and other significant side effects, which we ignore over time at our peril.
Do you realize that if you regularly wake up in the morning feeling completely exhausted, even though you may believe you’ve had a restful night’s sleep, you might be suffering from what’s called “chronic exhaustion?” This is a medical condition caused by an infection. The enemy, it turns out, is a type of yeast termed candida albicans, and it grows rapidly throughout the body when an individual’s diet is consistently made up of “quick and easy” food choices. You may also consume a lot of refined and processed foods, have a sugar addiction and/or may be otherwise unbalanced due to doses of prescription medications or antibiotics.
