Are you really healthy?

The global health crisis is getting worse every day. We are not only facing old disease like malaria and tuberculosis but infectious disease like AIDS are spreading quickly crossing international borders and unstoppable new viruses appears from no where threatening the world like the deadly SARS.

Every time the data and statistics appear, the numbers are always scary. According to WHO, from the total 52.2 millions of death across the world in 1997:

• 17.3 millions is caused by infectious disease and parasites
• 15.3 millions is caused by blood circulatory disease
• 6.2 millions is caused by cancer
• 2.9 millions is caused by respiratory disease
  

The list goes on. It is true that in this supersonic modern era we are blessed with amazing development of technologies but the health problems it brings is also aplenty. Most if not all of us is getting sick because of these 6 factors:
1. air pollution
2. water pollution
3. daily stress
4. seldom or never exercise
5. unbalance diet
6. uneven lifestyles
Because of these factors we are easily prone to get sick.

Many assume that if they are not having serious disease or is not regularly ill, they are healthy. This popular assumption is wrong and absurd. According to a study, only 20% of the public have ever felt really energized after a good sleep.

In reality, most people are far from being in the best of health. Most of us are in the semi-healthy-state. Observe the semi-healthy-state sickness below. If you have any one or all of the sickness listed below, then you’d know if you’re really healthy or not:

1. easily tired
2. cannot concentrate and easily irritated
3. headaches and insomnia
4. continuous back and shoulder pain
5. digestive problem and appetite loss
6. easily catch flu and cough
   

These sicknesses might not be serious disease but they are signals from our body telling us that there are slight changes in our cell metabolism. If it is ignored, it can spread uncontrollably and the affected cells might get infected and will catch a deadlier chronic disease.