Natural health is really a matter of keeping healthy by prevention. Did you know that if everyone took the steps necessary to ensure good health we would save governments (which ultimately means us tax payers) millions of dollars a year in medical costs?

 

So what steps are necessary?

 

I believe the primary steps include: maintain a healthy diet, exercise, sensible number of hours sleep and keep a positive outlook on life. The last one this is very important. You can easily achieve the first three in this list but without a positive outlook it makes the job harder.

 

And that is exactly what keeping healthy by natural means is about – it’s a job! And it’s not a nine-to-five job – (if you’re lucky enough to have a job like that nowadays). It’s a 24/7 job, and only you can do it yourself.

 

I find that I can get lots of advice and read lots of books and really be gung-ho about doing all the right things but then I don’t do anything – to paraphrase Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the wind – “I’ll worry about that tomorrow!” Not a good attitude!

 

How can I change this kind of thinking? I think it’s done by habit. It’s not easy to begin with but if I schedule things daily then after a while it becomes a normal occurrence. After all eating three meals a day becomes even more of a habit if eaten at exactly the same time each day!

 

Let’s be honest, I’m not the kind of person that likes a regimented, schedule driven life that is timed to the minute so I go slowly – yes – I still worry about things tomorrow but at least I am doing something positive about my health without the need for doctors’ prescriptions and the like.

 

Information about natural prevention can be found at www.prevention.com