How Well Are You?

Wellness is a general term that is used of good physical and mental health, especially when maintained by a balanced diet, exercise, and good habits. A well balanced diet provides our bodies with good nurture - which incidentally is where the word nutrition comes from. We need to provide our bodies with all the necessary food, vitamins, and minerals so that we will thrive in our daily life, with all the stresses and strains this modern world imposes on it. But do we know if we are really well? How can we tell?

Do you exercise? If you haven't any exercise routines to examine, no wellness. Everyone, no matter what their age, benefits from exercise. Exercise keeps our bodies conditioned and keeps us sharp mentally. Physical exercise is good for a healthy heart , burns those extra calories and gets oxygen to all the vital process cells.

Another good indication would be an examination of your eating habits. The old saying that we are what we eat is ever true and if our eating habits are unhealthy and we do not provide our bodies with the nutrition needed then we are not going to be healthy individuals at the end of the process.
Do you eat more calories than your body needs? Do you supplement your vitamins and minerals to make sure you are getting your recommended daily allowances? If don't follow these basic nutritional needs, you won't be a well individual. You may not look sick, you may not have any noticeable symptoms of ill health, but you're not the truly well individual you could be.

Now on to the topic of stress which is now recognized as one of the greatest sources of attack against the state of wellness. Is your work in an environment with high levels of stress? Is your personal life a source of comfort or does it add to your stress levels? Do you engage in some form of stress-relieving activity? Stress is one of the main reasons for heart attacks and strokes, speeding up the effects of all the other contributory factors. Stress is basically an out of control situation for most adults today. We manage to schedule every moment of our free time, and leave ourselves with no time for quiet reflection, or time to deal with life's unexpected emergencies.

Stress brings us to the next two topics of health abuse. Smoking and drinking are often used to offset the effect that stress has on our nervous system. These solutions however do not provide any real help. If you smoke, drink, or lose sleep to excess, you're not the well individual you could be. Smoking, drinking, and loss of sleep work to our detriment, and it takes extreme discipline to stop. Smoking fills our body with carcinogens, and works to keep us tired and lethargic.

It is imperative to maintain ourselves as healthy individuals that we all make time to take a step back from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and evaluate exactly where we stand in our overall wellness, so that we can recognize areas where we need to improve the care that we give to our body and mind.

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