The paradigm has changed. We no longer wait until we are ill to get better. Nowadays, we are expected to take care of ourselves and stay healthy and prevent illnesses. It’s up to us to make the right choices that keep us healthy. Those choices are continuous adjustments rather than a switch that we turn on and off after a set time. Our bodies, minds, circumstances and our lifestyle too are continuously changing and we need to continue to adjust and tune our responses. Taking care of our health is an ongoing process which doesn’t come with a start date and end date. Nor should it be a diet plan that we ditch after a week or two to return to our bad habits.

Facts we need to continue to remind ourselves: nutrition, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle are the keys to preventing and even curing diseases. Traditional healthcare continues to treat patients by prescribing medicines and performing surgery. This is how doctors are trained and this is how they are compensated. Healthcare corporates such as pharmaceutical and insurance companies cannot benefit from the healthy lifestyle choices we make; they can only make their money from prescriptions, operations and the like. Therefore, it is up to us to make good lifestyle choices daily, and not just react once we find ourselves ill. In the end, our health is in our hands and it costs so very little to make this simple investment. Start taking care of yourself today.