I read a comment on another thread about how most people have foods in their diet that slowly poison them (processed foods, foods high in sugar, carbs and soy, pesticide-laden foods, etc.)
It sounds like an exaggeration except that I see a lot of evidence for it around me. I see people shaped like balloons who I never see snacking and their lunches aren't that big (I guess they stuff themselves silly at dinnertime?). I see people who are gone for a week or more because they or family members catch a cold.. I see people going home early because they get headaches or even migraines. I know plenty of people on medication cocktails.
Sometimes I wonder if what is in our foods are a considerable component to all this...or maybe half the country got in terrible bicycling accidents as kids and those wounds never fully healed.
It was only after starting to work out on a weekly basis that I stopped getting sick in any severe capacity.
While I do cheat a little when it comes to sinus infections(saline spray is an utter godsend), for most infections I can clearly feel my body just 'fighting it off'. A little bit more tired, a little bit weaker, but not serious or noticeable to others.
I only wish I knew that, yes, you really could just 'sweat the sickness out' alot earlier. Would have saved me alot of time.
A sedentary lifestyle has so many knock-on effects it's positively obscene.
Someone close to me in their early senior years had nearly the most sedentary lifestyle possible, and then he had a stroke. He came out of it surprisingly alright, yet continued his sedentary lifestyle. Then he had another stroke...and it practically aged him by another 40 years both physically and mentally, and made it impossible for him to live alone anymore. And his family shares in the consequences because they have to care for him now...merely thinking about that fact pisses me off sometimes.
I already had an affinity to nature hikes, long walks, workouts and Nintendo Switch fitness games...but every time I think of him I motivate myself to get out and about and even enjoy myself along the way.
I read a comment on another thread about how most people have foods in their diet that slowly poison them (processed foods, foods high in sugar, carbs and soy, pesticide-laden foods, etc.)
It sounds like an exaggeration except that I see a lot of evidence for it around me. I see people shaped like balloons who I never see snacking and their lunches aren't that big (I guess they stuff themselves silly at dinnertime?). I see people who are gone for a week or more because they or family members catch a cold.. I see people going home early because they get headaches or even migraines. I know plenty of people on medication cocktails.
Sometimes I wonder if what is in our foods are a considerable component to all this...or maybe half the country got in terrible bicycling accidents as kids and those wounds never fully healed.
It was only after starting to work out on a weekly basis that I stopped getting sick in any severe capacity.
While I do cheat a little when it comes to sinus infections(saline spray is an utter godsend), for most infections I can clearly feel my body just 'fighting it off'. A little bit more tired, a little bit weaker, but not serious or noticeable to others.
I only wish I knew that, yes, you really could just 'sweat the sickness out' alot earlier. Would have saved me alot of time.
A sedentary lifestyle has so many knock-on effects it's positively obscene.
Someone close to me in their early senior years had nearly the most sedentary lifestyle possible, and then he had a stroke. He came out of it surprisingly alright, yet continued his sedentary lifestyle. Then he had another stroke...and it practically aged him by another 40 years both physically and mentally, and made it impossible for him to live alone anymore. And his family shares in the consequences because they have to care for him now...merely thinking about that fact pisses me off sometimes.
I already had an affinity to nature hikes, long walks, workouts and Nintendo Switch fitness games...but every time I think of him I motivate myself to get out and about and even enjoy myself along the way.