Health and Fitness
In the present time fitness and health play a major role in peoples
lives. As they say, “Health is wealth”, and
being healthy includes having a healthy mind because only healthy minds will be
able to conduct a healthy life.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, health is defined as “the condition of being
sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially: freedom from physical
disease or pain.” It originates from the word helthe, from Old English hǣlth,
from hāl its first Known Use:
before 12th century. Synonyms of the words health are fitness, wellness,
heartiness and wholeness. An example of the world health in a sentence is, “She looks so healthy with her red cheeks and bright
eyes."
I think that each one of us has a different
view of what health is because each person has a different definition of what a
healthy mind and body is.
A person that is actively involved in
sports will obviously have a different view of the concept of being healthy,
than a person that’s physically weak.
One of the ways of having a healthy mind
is; reading, doing crosswords and puzzles and not just attaching yourself to an
electronic device that gets you all the information you want. A person should
always challenge himself think out of the box and do stuff that make his
brainwork. Exercising is tremendously important, and a person that wants to be
healthy shouldn’t just have a healthy mind he should also have a healthy body
to help him with being healthy. Being active helps a person with living longer,
being fit and having a stronger body that would fight the unhealthiness back.
One of the main ways of
being healthy is eating right. When your body gets used to eating enough
nutrients and adjusts to your new diet, you’ll start seeing a change not just
your physical appearance but also your mental state. Also eating right cleans
out your body and removes toxins. Your skin will look smoother, hair will be
thicker, and acne will no longer be there. Another way of being healthy is exercising.
It increases self-esteem and decreases the level of stress. There are two ways
of exercising, exercising your body physically and exercising your mind
mentally.
Stress is one of the main reasons that
cause poor health; nowadays having a stressful life is the new normal. Many
people don’t know how to cope with it, which results into depression, a lot of
health issues and an unbalanced lifestyle. If a person is under stress he
should always jot down a to-do list, and organize a schedule for himself to
help him cope with the stress and make stuff more organized so he can
accomplish more stuff than just stressing out and wasting time.
The World Health
Organization says:
“Health is a state of
complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.’- Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization
(1948).”
In this case, it’s shown that health can be
affected physically, mentally and socially. As I researched, health is composed
of three important components, Physical – how healthy your body is. Social –
ability to cope with the people around you. Emotional – how you cope with
emotions, and hard situations. For this case, I believe that a person that can
look after himself; physically, socially and emotionally is considered healthy.
Analyzing a few quotes that might explain health:
“Living a healthy lifestyle
will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.” ~ Jill Johnson
In
other words Jill Johnson stated that, when a person lives a healthy life it
keep him away from poor health, and all its side effects. The author of this
quote used persuasion; she connected having a healthy life with being further
away from an unhealthy lifestyle. Jill Johnson chose simple yet powerful words,
to show the importance of having a healthy lifestyle.
Julius
Erving stated, “If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one
who comes up on the short end.” He was straight to the point, stating that
if a person doesn’t care for his body, his end might be closer.
“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time –
pills or stairs.” ~ Joan Welsh
Joan Welsh explained the concept of
how a man’s health is judged by using those two words “pills or stairs”, by pills she meant medicine, which gets
taken after a person becomes sick to make him healthy again on the other hand
the use of the word stairs in my opinion was used for a persons physical
ability. A person that needs pills to move is considered less healthy than a
person that can just go up and down the stairs without help or anything.
Positive view of health is the healthier a person is the longer they
will live. On the other hand, the negative view of health is that many people
misunderstand the concept of being healthy with what they see on the television;
they mistake a fit body with a skinny one. The concept of being fit has changed
over time; due to the way media emphasized it by showing skinny models and
skinny figures on TV, which leads to anorexia and psychological issues.
There are a few main
obstacles and causes of bad health.
·
Genetics (some
people are born with some diseases they cant get rid of no matter what)
·
Mental
disabilities
·
Physical
disabilities
·
Geographic
location (which biases a person to certain conditions)
·
Lifestyle (if a
person has a bad lifestyle: for example, sleeps late eats unhealthy obviously
he will be in risk of having a bad health)
To conclude fitness is the
key to success. Without fitness and health nothing can be achieved in life.
However only healthy people can work hopefully. Most probably people with weak
health always feel sick and tired.
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