We have all heard those stories of people who were "incredibly fit" or "always ate the right things" yet still got sick or suffered a heart attack - and wondered why. Often the answer has little to do with the goals they did achieve, but everything to do with those they ignored.
For example, did they eat all the right things but rarely exercise? Or did they exercise like a man possessed, but eat junk food? Or did they eat and move well, but were always plagued by negative thinking? I have spoken many times about viewing our bodies like a natural ecosystem; so for the sake of this article, let's think of our bodies like a plant.
Now imagine this plant isn't going so well. Perhaps the leaves are starting to wilt. Well, maybe it needs water. But what if you give the plant water and it doesn't get healthier? Does that mean water doesn't help wilting plants? Of course not - there must be another reason. Now imagine that you give it fertiliser and water and it still doesn't get better. Then you try fertiliser, water and sunlight, still to no avail.
Eventually you realise that there were toxins in the soil. When you remove the toxins and give the plant water, nutrients and sunlight, it returns to full health. So what is the lesson here?
The lesson is that for every natural ecosystem there are a number of requirements and innumerable toxicities. Any insufficient requirement or excess toxicity will prevent that ecosystem from functioning at its best.
Your body is no different. Your body requires proper food and water, sufficient exercise and plentiful positive thoughts in order to function at its best. It also requires no interference: no chemical toxins, no toxic exercise or postures, no negative thoughts and no nervous system interference. It needs all of these things at once in order to be healthy.
So it may be possible to drastically change your diet for the better and not notice any results. Your body will be healthier, no doubt. But you may still have the same old symptoms. That doesn't mean that the better food didn't make you healthier, just like it doesn't mean that water is no good for a wilting plant. It just means that there are other things that you need to change too.
The key to being healthy, then, is to figure out exactly what your body requires in order to be healthy - and also what to avoid. Once you have this figured out you can start to make gradual changes to the way you eat, think and move to bring you closer to full health. Also understand that you may not always notice drastic changes as a result of your lifestyle change... but whether you feel it or not, you will be healthier!
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