How To Balance Fitness and Wellness
By ElmerFizz
http://www.elmerfizz.com
Have you ever stopped to think about how to determine your
current fitness and wellness levels? Does your doctor ask you
each time you visit if you believe yourself to be fit and well?
Probably not. Nor does he likely give you any method for
determining where you're at for yourself.
There are fitness centers everywhere, most staffed with
counselors who can test your fitness level. But what about your
wellness level. Are they one and the same?
The fact is, being fit and being well are totally different
conditions. However, both are essential to maintaining your
health.
Your wellness rating depends on your immune system, including
the vitamins, supplements and nutrition you intake. It's a fact
that people who are fit can sometimes be unwell, and well people
can sometimes be unfit. However, when you combine the two and
use sound principles based on clean living, exercise and healthy
eating, you attain a state of balance that helps you to maintain
both fitness and wellness.
Many people don't take the time to completely understand the
advantages of being both fit and well. We read and absorb the
information we're given through the media and health
organizations without ever questioning whether we're receiving
the information we really need, or simply what is profitable for
these companies to make available.
Fitness gyms need your monthly fees in order to stay in
business, so they probably have no real concern about the
condition of your immune system. Physical fitness is a condition
of the body alone.
Hospitals and doctors need you as a patient in order to remain
operational. They will tell you that you need to be fit and
well, but often leave out important information that affect your
wellness and, therefore, your ability to stay fit.
What about diet? What about vitamins? What role does our daily
intake play in our health, wellness and fitness? The fact is,
diet has more influence than you have been led to believe or
understand.
Our body's ability to stay well is directly related to the
nutrition you receive every day. The mind's ability to remain
well is also a direct result of our nutritional intake.
For example, the human brain doesn't develop well without the
necessary input of protein in our daily diet. No protein, no
intelligence. If there is no intelligence, then none of the
other states can be attained.
Spiritual input is another determining factor when establishing
our wellness level. Spiritual reflection is a way to cleanse
ourselves of the toxins of our daily life. Wellness encompasses
our complete state of being, mind and health. It's a condition
of the whole ... mind, body and soul.
So, for those who believe they are fit, it's also important to
pay attention to your wellness as well. Finding the ideal
balance is the best way to achieve a long and healthy life.
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