The Fundamental Misunderstanding About What Health Is

What I am about to say is not something you do not know...

But it is something that nearly every fails to actually understand.

Your health is important.

We all know this...

Yet...

We fail to really get what it means to have health.

How do I know?

Because over 75% of adults have "at least" one chronic disease.

If things do not change soon...

This trend is expected to continue to get worse.

But how is this so?

With how far technology and health services have come over the years...

What is causing us to become so sick...

When we "know" that our health is important?

It comes down to a fundamental misunderstanding about what health "is".

See, this is what most people believe health is...

The lack of disease.

That seems very straightforward...

But it is also wrong.

Why?

Disease is an "effect".

A result.

It is not like a disease just mysteriously happens for no reason.

And before you start screaming "genetics" at me...

It is estimated that over 80% of "all" chronic diseases are preventable...

And it is estimated that up to 90% of our DNA, and potentially more, is "directly" influenced by our environment.

In the research, they call this "expression", and the expression can and does change based on the environmental factors around us...

Most of which we do have the ability to directly influence.

What this tells us is that the vast majority...

If not all...

Chronic disease is within our power to influence.

But the reason that we are failing to overcome chronic disease as a society...

Is because we believe, incorrectly, that health is the absence of disease.

If an allopathic doctor does not "diagnose" it, then you are healthy...

Which is absolutely incorrect.

So, what is health truly then?

Health is the absence of "causes" of disease.

That is an incredibly important distinction.

Many people are not "diagnosed" with disease...

But that does not mean that they are healthy.

They have many things going on within their bodies and life which, eventually, will "cause" disease...

And therefore they are not actually healthy.

They are sick...

Without an official diagnosis...

Yet.

As we look at the world today...

It should be unsurprising that we see many trends that are similar to this.

For instance, one of my favorite subjects to talk about...

Burnout.

It is impacting over 80% of the workforce today...

And continues to get worse.

Now, think about this...

Is it a coincidence that over 80% of the workforce is in different stages of burnout...

And over 75% of adults have "at least" one chronic disease?

No, it is not a coincidence.

It is what should be expected.

Because both burnout and chronic disease are "caused" by other factors in our lives.

People, overwhelmingly, are not healthy because they are plagued by causes of poor health.

As long as you have a cause of poor health...

You are statistically more likely to end up with some form of chronic disease...

And the more causes of poor health that you have...

The greater the chances become...

To the point where, sadly, for how most people live their lives...

It is a statistical guarantee that they will end up with some form of diagnosis.

Just a matter of time.

But...

If we have the correct understanding of health...

As the lack of "causes" of disease...

Then we have the ability to not end up with a diagnosis in our lives...

And gain true health.

The lack of health that exists in our world today...

Is spreading and impacting more areas of life.

It makes it more difficult to learn.

Make it easier to make mistakes.

Drops both our IQ and EQ significantly.

Causes us to become significantly worse at problem-solving.

It is often at the root of our anxieties and existential dread.

It is impacting our work...

As well as our families.

But...

It can be overcome.

If...

We look at resolving the "causes" of our poor health...

Instead of waiting for a diagnosis of a disease.

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