It is one of the great paradoxes of our lives that, at a time when the human race is becoming ever more sophisticated and technology continues to develop at a phenomenal pace, it is actually getting harder every day just to stay fit and healthy! Whilst everything about modern life would suggest that it should be so much easier to keep ourselves in tip-top condition, the reality of daily life is very different! Health care standards are undoubtedly far, far higher than they were even as recently as twenty years ago.
With the aid of technology, the boundaries of medical science are being advanced daily.
As a result, medical professionals are able to isolate more and more illnesses and diseases that were previously not understood.
Medical care standards have also skyrocketed.
Technology is increasingly utilized to help uncover secrets that would probably remain hidden were it not for these advances.
Gyms and fitness clubs continue to spring up on almost every street corner, and most of them are still booming.
So, life is probably safer today than it ever has been, medical knowledge and standards of care are immeasurably higher and by every logical measure we should all be healthier and fitter.
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Particularly in the nations of the West, those that would claim to represent the advanced countries of the world, we are very, very clearly not healthier than we were 50 or 100 years ago.
Obesity, in particular, is a problem that has become an epidemic worldwide, amongst adults and children.
With all the advances in medicine, the average lifespan has gone to 80 years.
The sad part is that very few people will reach that age due to poor health habits.
An increasing number of men and women actually look and feel 80 before they even make it out of the first half of their life! Their lackluster, jaded physical appearance tells the whole sad, sorry tale: · Unsightly sagging dry skin · ungainly posture and an unsteady walk · tired, aching joints · constantly sporting the "I'm not happy because I know I look terrible" appearance.
And that's just on the outside.
Can you begin to imagine how bad it is inside? · Fat packed, clogged arteries and veins · inefficient and over-worked heart · heaps of unused sugar and excess fat lodged in or around vital organs · Medical problems such as diabetes, stress, nervous tension, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and even cancer.
The problem is that modern life is moving at an increasingly frenzied pace, making it difficult to take care of ourselves properly.
Unhealthy, fat-drenched fast food has become the staple food of modern life.
It is far more convenient to grab a burger on the run, than to sit down to a healthy unhurried lunch, for example.
Even in societies where the traditional diet was extremely healthy, the last twenty years have seen a huge rise in the popularity of fast food, and a corresponding rise in the associated problems like obesity and lack of fitness.
A primarily unhealthy diet together with a marked lack of physical activity and an ever increasing amount of stress are all contributing factors in this dilemma.
Of course, the blame cannot be laid solely at the feet of a junk food diet.
Even those that do not eat such things are not necessarily fit and healthy! There are a wide range of other contributory factors too.
It's up to you to reverse this trend and not be part of this terrifying trend.
With the aid of technology, the boundaries of medical science are being advanced daily.
As a result, medical professionals are able to isolate more and more illnesses and diseases that were previously not understood.
Medical care standards have also skyrocketed.
Technology is increasingly utilized to help uncover secrets that would probably remain hidden were it not for these advances.
Gyms and fitness clubs continue to spring up on almost every street corner, and most of them are still booming.
So, life is probably safer today than it ever has been, medical knowledge and standards of care are immeasurably higher and by every logical measure we should all be healthier and fitter.
And yet..
..
..
..
..
..
...
Particularly in the nations of the West, those that would claim to represent the advanced countries of the world, we are very, very clearly not healthier than we were 50 or 100 years ago.
Obesity, in particular, is a problem that has become an epidemic worldwide, amongst adults and children.
With all the advances in medicine, the average lifespan has gone to 80 years.
The sad part is that very few people will reach that age due to poor health habits.
An increasing number of men and women actually look and feel 80 before they even make it out of the first half of their life! Their lackluster, jaded physical appearance tells the whole sad, sorry tale: · Unsightly sagging dry skin · ungainly posture and an unsteady walk · tired, aching joints · constantly sporting the "I'm not happy because I know I look terrible" appearance.
And that's just on the outside.
Can you begin to imagine how bad it is inside? · Fat packed, clogged arteries and veins · inefficient and over-worked heart · heaps of unused sugar and excess fat lodged in or around vital organs · Medical problems such as diabetes, stress, nervous tension, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and even cancer.
The problem is that modern life is moving at an increasingly frenzied pace, making it difficult to take care of ourselves properly.
Unhealthy, fat-drenched fast food has become the staple food of modern life.
It is far more convenient to grab a burger on the run, than to sit down to a healthy unhurried lunch, for example.
Even in societies where the traditional diet was extremely healthy, the last twenty years have seen a huge rise in the popularity of fast food, and a corresponding rise in the associated problems like obesity and lack of fitness.
A primarily unhealthy diet together with a marked lack of physical activity and an ever increasing amount of stress are all contributing factors in this dilemma.
Of course, the blame cannot be laid solely at the feet of a junk food diet.
Even those that do not eat such things are not necessarily fit and healthy! There are a wide range of other contributory factors too.
It's up to you to reverse this trend and not be part of this terrifying trend.