“Health is Wealth”: A truth or lie

Do you know only 3% of Americans are healthy? According to the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2013, In the world, 2.3 billion individuals have more than five illnesses. If we look around us, many people don’t even care for their health. For those people, health is not wealth. But here is the article that can aware you of your health. 

Why “Health isn’t wealth for some people”? 

When you become happy, you become healthy. Healthy doesn’t mean free of disease, it means well being of a person physically, socially as well as mentally. As researchers say only one in 20 people has no health problem but does it mean they are healthy? That’s the reason, people think that having unhealthy is normal and they don’t consider health as wealth. But having health is very important, and the idea of “health is wealth” says that the most important thing (wealth) is health. 

Ways to practice healthy living 

1- Improve physical health:

 • Minimize workplace accidents. 

• Practice good hygiene. 

• Do not use tobacco, alcohol or drugs. 

• Take Recommended Injections. 

• Exercise regularly for at least 15 minutes. 

These simple practices can help you to have good physical health which leads to overall well-being. Physically healthy also free a person from having the common disease. 

2- Improve Mental health: 

• Enjoy your life • Vanish all bad experiences from your mind as soon as possible. 

• Create a balance between your family and Career. 

• Feel safe and achieve your goal. Mental well-being is not only about getting free from depression, anxiety or any disorder.

 It is all about how a person wants to live which surely depends on the above aspects. If your mind is well, you feel well and when you feel well your work. 

Is happy mean healthy? 

According to scientific research, when a person is happy, he feels healthy. As you should also have heard once “Laughter is the Best Medicine”. Happiness reduces pain, releases stress, boosts your immune system as well as protects your heart. In short, we can say that happiness makes you healthy. 

Spain: The healthiest country

Spain has approximately 93% of the population healthy, which is grade A. You know why they are so healthy, the reason is “diet”. Spain’s population eats Mediterranean diet food containing Omega-3, protein and fats. This diet food reduces the risk of cancer, dementia and heart diseases. It also helps to cure normal diseases. Surely, they think that health is the biggest wealth.

 Healthy investments have the best Returns 

According to a scientific study, it's been found that approx 47% of the urban workforce is overweight. Around 27% are going through hypertension and 10% are suffering from diabetes. We all know that the working population have some burden due to which they can’t heal fast. But investing in their health is the most important thing one should do. Not only this population, but every person should also invest their time and money in health. As we say Health investment is the best investment. 

Conclusion  

At last, after giving a brief article on health, I can say that “Health is Wealth”. Every person should take some serious steps to create a healthy lifestyle. Our world has just gone through a pandemic and taught us about Covid-19. It was surely not a good time but many people still worked on their diet. Indeed, death is not predictable but mostly the reason for early death is not caring about our health. In short, live your life freely and make a healthy lifestyle.