In my experience health is very simple. It requires discipline. Our bodies weren't designed for sitting in front of a TV and eating junk food. We need to move or our muscles will atrophy, of course, just look at astronauts. During the course of evolution humans had to get a lot of physical activity on a regular basis so that is what our bodies are designed for. Aside from that, concerning diet there is a very simple solution that we don't want to believe. Again, over the course of human evolution, people ate natural foods (fruits, meats, drinking water, etc.). When we eat something foreign, which can be anything from candy to preservatives, at best our body is indifferent to these substances. At worst its like constantly taking in poison in small doses, which of course will damage your body in small ways. If you kept cutting yourself every day, your body would have to devote resources to heal it all the time and this means resources are taken away from important things that improve health. One can do fun things without sitting around watching TV all day, so its a choice, watching TV and eating junk food or feeling better all the time. I've done it and I haven't even gotten sick in two years. So if you get regular exercise and stick to the basics you should be fine. Of course, like everything there are exceptions to these rules, so respond to them accordingly.
As for why people in cities are healthier, generally they have to struggle more on a daily basis (like humans have in their natural state), and not only that but junk food is expensive, and given that inner city people don't have that kind of money, when choosing between an orange and a bag of potato chips, the orange comes first.
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In my experience health is very simple. It requires discipline. Our bodies weren't designed for sitting in front of a TV and eating junk food. We need to move or our muscles will atrophy, of course, just look at astronauts. During the course of evolution humans had to get a lot of physical activity on a regular basis so that is what our bodies are designed for. Aside from that, concerning diet there is a very simple solution that we don't want to believe. Again, over the course of human evolution, people ate natural foods (fruits, meats, drinking water, etc.). When we eat something foreign, which can be anything from candy to preservatives, at best our body is indifferent to these substances. At worst its like constantly taking in poison in small doses, which of course will damage your body in small ways. If you kept cutting yourself every day, your body would have to devote resources to heal it all the time and this means resources are taken away from important things that improve health. One can do fun things without sitting around watching TV all day, so its a choice, watching TV and eating junk food or feeling better all the time. I've done it and I haven't even gotten sick in two years. So if you get regular exercise and stick to the basics you should be fine. Of course, like everything there are exceptions to these rules, so respond to them accordingly. As for why people in cities are healthier, generally they have to struggle more on a daily basis (like humans have in their natural state), and not only that but junk food is expensive, and given that inner city people don't have that kind of money, when choosing between an orange and a bag of potato chips, the orange comes first.