We've Got To Quit Meeting Like This.

Over the years, we have been conditioned to accept what seems to me a co-dependent relationship with our doctors and the health care system. We're told: "Trust Us, We're the Experts" and if we should accept those terms, then we have locked ourselves into an unhealthy, dependent and passive relationship with our healthcare providers.

The unhealthy relationship we have with our health care system needs healing so it can move in a new and healthier direction. The first step in that new direction should embrace the goal of continuing self-education, practical knowledge and personal responsibility for our own health. That's not the easy path and few will choose to take it.

Likewise, many of us seem to have an unhealthy relationship with ourselves, and few seem willing to change that as well. I am speaking about an almost total disconnect with our physical bodies. I would liken this relationship with the one we may have with our automobile.

Are we an owner who maintains their vehicle according to the owner's manual specifications or do we just drive it until a problem develops? Are we responsive to the signal our car may give us about its performance? Do we ignore the warning lights as they flash on the car's dashboard or do we respond quickly to its message of trouble?

Those owners who regularly maintain their car and are responsive to the small telltale signs of its performance usually have a trouble free and positive experience with their vehicle over its lifetime.

Whereas, those owners who are negligent in proper care and maintenance and ignore the telltale warning signs of approaching trouble generally end up broken down alongside the road. When this happens, most likely the owner is looking at an expensive repair bill to get their car back up and running.

Isn't it the same way with our physical health. Essential nutrition is like the wise car owner who maintains his vehicle (our physical being) in a regular and prescribed manner. That's called good health sense; or maybe, just good common sense. After all, you can always purchase another car, but that's not the case with your physical life. Health is not a one-time event. Our health is something that should be nutrured and cared for on a daily basis. Why not be healthy until the very day you pass from this present consciousness. I invite you to keep up with future posts to Health Notes on your RSS Reader by subscribing to its RSS feed on the Sidebar under Feed Frenzy. Until next time, take care for your life and good health.

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