The Interchangeability
Being fit and being well are totally different conditions. Your
wellness rating is dependent upon your immune system, and what
vitamins, supplements, and nutrition you provide for your immune
system. Fit people can sometimes be unwell. And well people can
sometimes be unfit. However, when you do combine the two, and
use sound principles based on clean living, exercise, and
healthy eating, you attain a state of equilibrium where you are
healthy.
Most individuals do not take the time to completely understand
the health advantages of being both fit and well. We read and
absorb the information we're given through the media and health
organizations, without ever pondering if we're receiving all the
information we need, or simply the part that is profitable to be
seen or heard. Fitness gyms need your monthly fees in order to
remain operational. They 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 want you to know you need to be fit and well,
but often leave out important pieces that affect your wellness
and, therefore, your ability to be fit.
What about eating habits? What about vitamins? What role does
our daily intake play in our health, our wellness, and our
fitness? More than you have been lead to believe or understand.
The body's ability to remain well under anything other than
ideal conditions is a direct result of the nutrition received on
a daily basis. The mind's ability to remain well is, again, a
direct result of our nutrition intake. For instance, the human
brain doesn't develop well without the necessary input of
protein in our daily diet
You pick up the magazines each day, and you're bombarded with
health and fitness information. Advertisements and articles that
are designed to impart much needed information to the reader
about the state of fitness and health in America today, and what
we as responsible citizens should do. I want you to stop, and
think for just one moment. How do you determine your current
fitness and wellness levels? Does your regular doctor as you
each time you go if you believe yourself to be fit and well?
Probably not. Nor does he give you any method for determining
the status on your own. Fitness centers abound in this country,
and most are staffed with counselors who can test your fitness
level. What about your wellness level?
Are they one and the same? They are not one and the same, yet
they rely heavily on each other to keep you healthy.
The terms are often used interchangeably. Quite often someone
will talk about their health, when they're really addressing a
fitness issue. Then you will encounter conversations where the
word wellness is used to discuss a health issue. Because these
issues are still new as far as the participating public is
concerned, there will continue to be confusion as to the proper
use of each term. It's not so important that we use the correct
term, just that we take an active role in our wellness, fitness
and overall health.