It is likely that you probably think of certain things when you think of healthy living. Here are a few things that may come to mind:
- Eating well
- Being thin
- Exercising regularly
- Getting enough sleep
- Visiting your natural healthcare provider for annual checkups
All of these “touchstone” issues can be major factors in healthy living, but often they can obscure the real issues that may be preventing you from living a truly healthy lifestyle. For example, many research studies show that it is not necessarily how thin or how fat you are that determines how healthy you are, but rather the lifestyle that has led you to be that way. Often, slightly heavier people who eat more responsibly than thin ones actually live longer and healthier lives. They can be more active and experience less physical strain on their bodies than their thinner counterparts. This is just one example of a way that our cultural perception of “healthy living” may actually be leading us astray.
