Chew on This
Posted on November 19, 2008
Here’s something to think about from the introduction in Walter Willett’s book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating:
“By making the right choices, you will help yourself avoid some of the things we think of as the inevitable penalties of getting older. A healthy diet teamed with regular exercise and no smoking can eliminate 80 percent of heart disease and 70 percent of some cancers.”
Lifestyle, ladies and gentlemen. Lifestyle.
Easier said than done, I know, but we have to do it. There’s no need for so many people to be afftected by chronic diseases that can, in a lot of cases, be prevented.
If you’re reading this you probably are already living a pretty healthy lifestyle. But what can we do to encourage everyone else to make simple changes in the way they live?
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Make good choices. Avoid chronic diseases. http://tinyurl.com/6lup4l
I walk around my office building twice a day during my breaks. Whenever I see some looking tired and exhausted, I always ask them if they want to come. I am always on the look out for walking buddies at work. So far every day I worked at, I have been able to find a couple of walking buddies. And because people know that I walk, sometimes they seek me out in order to have someone to walk with on the days they want some exercise.
@asithi That’s awesome! Way to spread the exercise love! Thanks for sharing.
Lifestyle is the key, and an overall public improvement is the only way we will ever get medical down significantly.
James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.´s last blog post..How long have you had to wait to see a specialist?
@James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. Yup. It’s all about lifestyle. We can’t say it enough, can we?