Health and Wellness… ‘it is a pain’! As a society we take better care of our cars, pets, and toys than we do ourselves. We often sacrifice sleep, regular meals, and exercise in pursuit of our goals. Our immune systems are weakened when we do not eat right, nor get enough exercise or sleep, when we are exposed to
To add to this we manoeuvre between work, home and school. It must be reiterated here and reference to numerous research papers that the advancement of technology even in the homes, motorisation, sedentary lifestyles and a drastic decrease in the consumption of fruits and vegetables coupled with more than the equivalent increase in sugars and refined
we are under undue or chronic stress. Having and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a difficult one as we are constantly bombarded with advertisements that entice us with images and the promise of rewards for our taste buds. Snacks, sweetened beverages and sodium packed items (sometimes emboldened with the words “Healthy or Organic on the carton), are our daily temptations often strategically placed at eye level on grocery shelves.
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let us not forget the time spent
flours have caused major dis-
lying down to sleep. At least
ease throughout the world.
half of our day (24 hours,) or more particularly if we
environmental, chemical and household toxins and when
“With the increase in modern technology, movement has drastically decreased.”
“We often sacrifice sleep, regular meals, and exercise in pursuit of our goals.” Many live a sedentary life where they sit for a minimum of an hour in the vehicle to get to and from their destination, a minimum of eight hours daily at the desk at work, then for a minimum of two hours daily to eat and drink, then to watch television for a minimum of three hours before bed and
consider daylight, then almost the entire period is spent sitting down with a body that is meant to be in motion; after all we do have ball and sockets, as well as hinges at our joints that are lubricated for constant movement, otherwise we would be robots and without them limited in movement. Furthermore, there is the good, the bad and the ugly. Yes, technology, with its labour-saving devices that should increase our time for ourselves and our family so that we can do the things we enjoy! Right?
