As a teen, most of us don’t
even care if we’re eating right, or begin to understand the
implications of poor eating habits. As we age, however, we do begin
to notice the effects of improper exercise, poor eating habits,
and how they affect our health. Today, as the baby boomers begin
their retirement years, health concerns and questions are on the
rise. These aging boomers are more concerned than any previous generations
about their good health, their ability to keep their good health,
and how their diet affects their health.
You don’t have to be a doctor
to understand the relationship between too much consumption of food,
and health disorders. You simply have to look around at a nation
approaching an obesity epidemic to understand what happens when
you over consume in general. One a smaller scale we wonder about
the over consumption of just certain kinds of foods? What happens
when you overdo in the sweet department?
There are all kinds of health issues
related to over consumption of sugar. Diabetes would be the number
one health concern. But, diabetes isn’t the only ill effect
from over consumption of sugar. Obesity, thyroid dysfunction, kidney
malfunction, and intestinal problems can all be directly associated
with too much sugar consumption.
What about too much alcohol? The
ravaging effects of alcoholism are a continual struggle and medical
expense to many companies and citizens in this country, and indeed
the whole world. Lost youth, liver problems, brain deterioration,
the speeding of other age-related diseases are all side affects
of too much alcohol consumption.
Then, we can talk about the effects
of too little food consumption. What happens when we don’t
consume what we need to maintain our health? Gum diseases, heart
disease, muscle deterioration, vision loss, and anorexia occur when
we don’t get the necessary food our body needs.
Even when we can’t consume
enough actual food, we can supplement the vitamins and minerals
our bodies need in order to maintain some healthy functioning. You
have only to walk down the aisle at your local supermarket to discover
that there has been a vitamin revolution. Every possible vitamin
and mineral needed by the body is available in capsule, pill, tablet,
or powder form.
Once your body has reached the point
of unhealthy functioning, or you have placed such a strain on your
body from over consumption that one of the related diseases has
taken hold, it’s almost impossible to correct one problem
without creating another. Once you have become a diabetic, there
are so many complications, that simply choosing to diet and exercise
is no longer an option. The health concerns you now have far outweigh
the easy solution of diet and exercise. Can you begin to see how
important maintaining your health is to your quality of life? How
important it is to the quality of your spouses’ and children’s’
lives? Your choices directly affect situations with their lives.
You should make every effort to keep your health; don’t you
owe it to your family, if not yourself?
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