| Right now, our health care system is based primarily | | | | critical step. Once you are aware, you embark on a |
| on treating diseases after they appear. And while it's | | | | journey for life that will only enrich the quality of your |
| never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle, why not | | | | life and of those around you. This is the journey of |
| start now, rather than waiting until you or a loved one | | | | personal transformation. |
| has been diagnosed with a chronic illness? | | | | Second, health involves a mindset. The mindset is that |
| Many of us access health care right now in | | | | you are worth the effort. Probably the biggest reason |
| mainstream medicine. We want to do more for our | | | | people let their health deteriorate is that they don't feel |
| health and don't know where to turn. We may have a | | | | worthy of the time and effort that it takes. They fail to |
| diagnosis and are currently prescribed medication. | | | | realize that if they don't take better care of |
| Which supplements can we take which will be safe | | | | themselves, they won't be any good to anyone else. In |
| and help us the most? What else can we do to | | | | fact, as their health deteriorates, they will need to |
| restore and enhance our health and well being? | | | | depend on others to care for them. And illness isn't a |
| Or if we are currently not being treated for a particular | | | | pleasant way to live. Ask anyone who is home bound |
| illness, how healthy are we right now? Do we feel in | | | | or needs to depend on a ride for doctors' |
| optimal condition or do we seem to be dragging | | | | appointments. Or someone who is too weak to enjoy |
| through the day? How is the quality of our sleep? Do | | | | much of anything. Or in too much pain. |
| we feel a sense of balance in our lives? And what | | | | Health is not about subscribing to a magic formula or |
| can we do day to day to improve our overall sense of | | | | pill. It is a mindset that becomes a way of life. |
| health and well-being, before disease sets in? | | | | Our world needs more of us that are healthy. As we |
| Raising personal awareness is a pivotal first step to | | | | take better care of ourselves, we are better to take |
| attaining health. Recognizing there are things you can | | | | care of each other and the world around us. |
| do daily to get healthy and stay healthy is the most | | | | |