The search to reach a healthy existence has led to a rethinking of life's modalities. An important step is to know the factors that intervene in the health of people.
The absence of diseases is synonymous with fullness
It has always been thought that a healthy life is one that is characterized by the absence of diseases. However, the development of the different disciplines related to health has generated a new concept, closely linked with the integral well-being of the human being and their quality of life.
The concept of health
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of integral well-being, both physically and mentally as well as socially. In other words, a positive value that exceeds the frames of the absence of certain disease. Good health contemplates, then, the enormous potential of the human being to develop each one of his physical, mental, emotional and social aptitudes. Only the balance and the realization of this complex fullness of the human being leads to a healthy life.
Far from being a static state, achieving a full life without disruption implies a continuous process that can be affected by different factors. The organic development itself, the emotional tensions, the influence of cultural habits, among other things, are actively involved in our quality of life. attend to our body, learn to know it, distinguish the signals it emits in the presence of irregularities can provide us with one of the greatest tools to take care of it.
Be sick
Disease is defined as the state in which a human being suffers from the irregular functioning of their organs or physical or mental capacities, which may or may not cause pain or limitations in their daily lives. In this sense, to be healthy is to show no signs of illness. But the truth is that the disease works as a symptom of some physical, mental or emotional imbalance of the human being that, however minimal, may interfere with the performance of our daily activities..
Our daily evils
The social environment in which human beings develop their lives is often an inexhaustible source of problems for our quality of life. Urban pollution (gases, hollin) and high noise levels (machines, automotive traffic, etc.) conspire against the development of a healthy life. To these are added a number of counterproductive habits, such as sedentary lifestyle, inadequate nutrition and insufficient rest and time dedicated to distraction. Specialists point to these daily ailments as generators of lack of organic vitality, which can only be overcome through awareness and the implementation of habits that restore the balance that our life requires. It is also advisable to pay attention to the mind and emotions. Sometimes there are situations such as internal ghosts and memories of the past that become entangled in useless vicious circles and prevent positively directing the energies towards the future. From time to time, analyze how we are and what things we could change comes very well.
